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Subject: Re: Declining everything Author: the dirty secret is [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 00:46:30 11/05/09 Thu In reply to: Dbag 's message, "Declining everything" on 00:36:21 11/05/09 Thu most of the self-proclaimed diehards (like those on these boards) don't show either. they have to go to their kids' games, have work to do... etc. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Declining everything Author: M3 [Edit] Date Posted: 07:21:46 11/05/09 Thu In terms of crowd resurrection this will only happen if the Ivies went to the next level of competition. Harvard Holy Cross is one thing- Harvard BC would be quite another. Penn vs Navy, Princeton vs Duke, Yale vs UVa, Cornell vs Syracuse, Columbia v Rutgers, Dartmouth v UConn. These are matchups that would draw 30-40k attendance. How low would the AI have to drop to make these competitive games? Probably too low. But look at Wake Forest. Small school with good academics and dynamite athletic program. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Besides everything else Author: Go Green [Edit] Date Posted: 08:30:26 11/05/09 Thu Besides everything else, no D-I team is going to make an away game appearnace at Dartmouth or Columbia. Our respective stadiums (stadia) are too small to justify the trip economically. MAYBE Navy agrees to play at Franklin Field or MAYBE UVA goes to the Yale Bowl. Others... I don't see it. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Besides everything else Author: Doggers [Edit] Date Posted: 08:39:43 11/05/09 Thu FBS/BCS level schools cannot justifiably schedule these games. Ivies have no scholarship and thus a win vs. the Ivies does not count for the magic bowl elibility number of 6 wins. They aren't going to travel to our stadiums anyway. The best we could hope for would be a "body bag" game at the big school's home site. Take our paycheck and our 60-7 loss and go home. That doesn't help anything [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Besides everything else Author: Still waiting on the Michigan-App State game [Edit] Date Posted: 12:03:11 11/05/09 Thu the one to be played at App State [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Besides everything else Author: Doggers [Edit] Date Posted: 12:53:26 11/05/09 Thu Even if we could be assured of a home and home series... Players like Armanti Edwards aren't showing up in the Ivies regularly. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]