ETSU Football

UTisthebestofthesec · 12-22-2006, 01:30 AM

I heard on the news there will be a press conference tomorrow deciding the future of etsu football. The football program was dropped back in 2003.

**kptvol** · 12-22-2006, 03:05 AM

They need to play outdoors, not in a giant tin can like they did before. No one wants to watch a football game in a basketball facility.

**vols kick balls** · 12-22-2006, 11:18 AM

I also heard that they were going to have to demolish the minidome due to safety precautions or something.

doozer · 12-22-2006, 01:13 PM

Mini-dome is not a basketball facility. it was more of a multi purpose building for all sports. ever since they built that new fitness center across the street, there really is no use for it now anyway.

good riddance to that thing. i hated it anyway.

mattvols · 12-22-2006, 01:21 PM

yeah it was cool and state of the art when it was built, and it was the trend at the time for 1-AA and D2 colleges to make a all sports facility like that but alot of those teams are tearing them down now. ETSUs problem was they didnt keep it in good condition and now its falling apart so they can even get it approved to be safe.

doozer · 12-22-2006, 01:44 PM

ETSU's problem was they couldn't keep students around on the weekends to go to the games. the campus is a ghost town on weekends.

i used to hate it too because i never went home and there wasn't much to do but go to football or frat parties. heck, i didn't even have a car for half of my freshman year. however, my roomate went home every weekend so i had the place to myself for activities with ladies, before 12 midnight of course.

UTisthebestofthesec · 12-27-2006, 11:48 AM

Well their lookin to build a new stadium, and it was approved by the pres. Supposed to have a team by 2010.
I used to go to etsu football games a lot when i was younger. I got to see randy moss and chad pennington when etsu played marshall. I remember you couldnt see the receiver if he caught the ball on the sideline you were on.
They also use the facility for graduation and tennis.

volfanbill · 12-27-2006, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by UTisthebestofthesec

Well their lookin to build a new stadium, and it was approved by the pres. Supposed to have a team by 2010.
I used to go to etsu football games a lot when i was younger. I got to see randy moss and chad pennington when etsu played marshall. I remember you couldnt see the receiver if he caught the ball on the sideline you were on.
They also use the facility for graduation and tennis.

they've got a lot of money to raise to get football back and from what i've understood, the students have to agree to pay more money in tuition. The Board of Regents also has to approve this raise in tuition, something some people say could be a huge stumbling block.

HawaiiVol · 12-31-2006, 01:34 AM

http://www.etsubucs.com/sports/football/presser.pdf

found this

KSVOL · 12-31-2006, 07:21 PM

"Ten to fifteen million for a stadium" seams a little low. What kind of facilities can be built now days for that kind of money?

doozer · 12-31-2006, 09:26 PM

we're talking a small 1-AA stadium here. probably one that seats between 20-25k.

HawaiiVol · 12-31-2006, 09:31 PM

ETSU football going to 1-AA? The BB program is 1-A, can you split divisions in school like that?

**GAVol** · 12-31-2006, 09:33 PM

There is no division 1-AA in basketball, so everybody has to do that.

doozer · 12-31-2006, 09:41 PM

they've always played 1-AA in football.

they were/are in the Southern Conference with Ga. Southern, Appy St, Citadel, Westen Carolina, Furman, and others for football.

i believe in basketball they are a member of the Coastal Conference with all the above schools plus College of Charlston and others for basketball.

i'd look it up but i'm at work.

i believe they've always played 1-A basketball.

there are far more 1-A basketball teams than 1-A football teams.

KSVOL · 12-31-2006, 09:48 PM

And prior to joining the Southern conference in the late 70's they played 1AA football in the Ohio Valley Conference.