Valpo vs. Duquense

[covufan]

Against the PFL teams at home, we need to have more quarters (and games) like the first quarter against Duquesne. 

[chef]

This may be nitpicking but it wasn't 4th and 4. We needed less than 3 yards (2 yards and 2 ft to be exact). It wasn't at midfield. It was just inside the Dukes 43.

[usc4valpo]

What was crowd like on Saturday?  And how is the university and student body supporting this team?

[valpopal]

What was crowd like on Saturday?  And how is the university and student body supporting this team?

Student side of the field was full and enthusiastic during the first half, but dwindled some during the second half. The opposite bleachers on the Duquesne side, which were facing the sun, were almost empty, at most 25 people in the first half.

[valpopal]

This is one of the photos I took of highlights from the game. This is the fumble recovery.

[valpotx]

That is some cool looking stuff you do valpopal

[valpopal]

That is some cool looking stuff you do valpopal

Thanks. Here is another positive time in the game:

[vu72]

This is from the flickr page on Valpo's main website.  Shows a better picture of the crowd.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/valparaiso_university/7989826420/#in/set-72157631544160392/

[VULB#62]

The photo effects are really cool Valpopal.

[usc4valpo]

Do you guys believe this football program is going in the right direction and will the program be sustainable for the mission and strategy of VU?  I am not dissing Caoch Carlson because he has a tremendously difficult situation, and funding is below par.  But how committed is VU in providing a proud and quality football program?  Do you guys think VU provides football just for the sake of having it to bring students to enroll, with little consdieration to improve it?

[vu72]

Do you guys believe this football program is going in the right direction and will the program be sustainable for the mission and strategy of VU?  I am not dissing Caoch Carlson because he has a tremendously difficult situation, and funding is below par.  But how committed is VU in providing a proud and quality football program? Do you guys think VU provides football just for the sake of having it to bring students to enroll, with little consdieration to improve it?

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That may have been the opinion of the previous administration (Alan Harre), but isn't what President Heckler and Mark LaBarbera have in mind.  They recognize the need for a winning football team as a means of "setting the table" for student support for all athletics.  If, as has been the case, the students are embarassed by the football team, it can carry over to other sports like basketball.  This may account for, to some degree, for the reduced student involvement at basketball games, who knows.

[crusadermoe]

We should find out a lot from the September 20 news conference announcing the masterplan.       New facilities have been built for everything, and in many cases, far larger and more deluxe than needed (union and library).     If the vision for athletic facilities is on par with those..we have no complaints.   
Until now, athletics has received "band aid" projects at best.     
If you walk through the union or the library, you can probably find a few dozen fireplaces and perhaps more of those than students at some times of day.  It would be nice to put some money to into healthy student exercise rather than giving them scads of square feet and couches for lounging around.

[VULB#62]

Second you, Moe, on the impact of that master plan.

[covufan]

This may be nitpicking but it wasn't 4th and 4. We needed less than 3 yards (2 yards and 2 ft to be exact). It wasn't at midfield. It was just inside the Dukes 43.

With the ball inside the Dukes 43 we might (might) have been able to pin them inside the 10 yard line.  We could also have easily given them the ball at their 20 or greater, with a return or touchback.  At some point the HC needs to show trust of the offense to move the ball.  This was exactly one of those situations.

[valpopal]

The photo effects are really cool Valpopal.

Thanks, I'll just offer a couple more: