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Date Posted: 08/ 5/03 8:57pm
Author: Peter
Author Host/IP: 198.81.26.136
Subject: Re: Navy...Why not????In Annapolis
In reply to: CP03 's message, "Army? Navy?" on 08/ 1/03 2:32pm

2003 Navy will be playing VMI & Delaware two 1-AA schools at home....Delaware is Navy's Homecoming game. Navy & Army have been talking about going to 1-AA programsfor the past two years.

In a couple of years Cal Poly shall get a guarantee to go out to Maryland and play Navy...two years later Navy will come to SLO with our remodeled 12,000 seat stadium and play Poly. (The year is 2007 mark your calendars).



I disagree about the IVY league being a big draw.
>3,000 people in Mott gym for a game against Harvard is
>a far cry from 8,500 for a football game against
>Dartmouth. I would guess that 85% of Cal Poly students
>couldn't tell you what state Lehigh is located in.
>Army and Navy are out of the question. They are I-A
>teams and require a six figure guarantee. The best way
>to get decent crowds is to play as many Big Sky
>schools as possible in addition to UC Davis and St
>Mary's. UNI and YSU are great football programs but
>how many residents of SLO are I-AA football guru's. On
>the other hand, a lot of people know of the success of
>Montana's football program and also know people that
>attended Davis and Sac State. If it is all about
>attendence then they need to stop scheduling the
>Davis/Sac game as homecoming because those games are
>going to approach a sellout without a lot of promotion
>(Because of bands, alums, etc).

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