Drake going down to NAIA Grandview?

[clenz]

Late in the 4th with Grandview up by 5 and driving....


There is no way UNI doesn't hang 70 on Drake next week without trying not too.

[Pant8her]

Quote from the movie Alien (Bill Paxton) GAME OVER MAN WERE ....

[clenz]

21-16 final - Grandview wins.


Here's a rundown on Grandview

NAIA school whose campus is 4 road miles from Drake.
Went 8-3 in NAIA last year
Plays their home games in Des Moines East High School football stadium with a capacity under 10K
Preseason #19 in NAIA
Not picked to win their conference

[hebmskebm]

Oof. Down goes Drake. Rough night all around for the Pioneer.

Delaware 51 Jacksonville 35
YSU 28 Dayton 10
No Dak 69 Valpo 10
Grand View 21 Drake 16

[clenz]

I was just going to start a thread on the lack of succfess from the PFL tonight

Great way to start the season showing they deserve that auto bid.

[sgt smash]

Another NAIA team over an FCS team with Pikeville over Morehead State.

[Pard4Life]

I was just going to start a thread on the lack of succfess from the PFL tonight

Great way to start the season showing they deserve that auto bid.

Ugh, yeah... I am voting Drake as "worst loss" in this week's top 25. Nothing can really top that.

[PantherRob82]

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/campus-overload/DrakeD.jpg

[pike51]

Ugh, yeah... I am voting Drake as "worst loss" in this week's top 25. Nothing can really top that.

Not even the greatest team in history losing to little old UTM? :)

[HensRock]

Fixed it for ya

http://gohens.net/images/D-.jpg

[Pard4Life]

Not even the greatest team in history losing to little old UTM? :)

There will be many more Chattanooga moments this year... it's simply the first week.

[Kramden]

We're do you put the NAIA? Closer to DII or DIII? I have heard both.

[MplsBison]

Quote from the movie Alien (Bill Paxton) GAME OVER MAN WERE ....

Aliens.

Sorry, but it's a classic.

[MplsBison]

We're do you put the NAIA? Closer to DII or DIII? I have heard both.

Definitely DII. The NAIA teams have (some) scholarships. To me it's inevitable that they'll fold into DII. That's what the small four-year schools in the Dakotas are doing, moving into the NSIC conference over time.

DIII, other then the jerk-off Wisconsin schools that should be (correctly) booted from the division, is for the tiny to small, private liberal arts colleges that play lots of sports but have small budgets and offer no aid to any student-athlete.

The MIAC schools are perfect examples.

[hebmskebm]

Definitely DII. They have (some) scholarships.

DIII, other then the jerk-off Wisconsin schools that should be (correctly) booted from the division, is for the tiny to small, private liberal arts colleges that play lots of sports but have small budgets and offer no aid to any student-athlete.

The MIAC schools are perfect examples.

DIII is also good for regional state schools with student enrollments below 4,000.

[MplsBison]

DIII is also good for regional state schools with student enrollments below 4,000.

No, those schools should still be in DII. (The WIAC schools have enrollments far above 4k, though)

If you're a state school you're receiving state tax money to prop up your budget. That means you should be giving athletic aid to student athletes, if you're going to have an athletic department.


Although truthfully, there should never be a public, four-year school with an enrollment less than 4k. It should be cut off from state funding, because all that is doing is giving a few kids a private school experience at the taxpayer's expenses. That's what private schools are for.

Turn any such schools into two year schools that train (badly needed) technicians in new, emerging, high tech fields. Etc.