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Post by fantom on Jul 31, 2018 11:37:45 GMT -6
All of the talk about Last Chance U got me wondering how many JUCO's there are in the East that play football. The only one that I can think of are Lackawanna (PA) and Louisburg (NC).
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Jul 31, 2018 12:16:26 GMT -6
All of the talk about Last Chance U got me wondering how many JUCO's there are in the East that play football. The only one that I can think of are Lackawanna (PA) and Louisburg (NC). There’s some in NYC I believe |
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Post by RuningOutOfOptions on Jul 31, 2018 12:18:57 GMT -6
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Post by 19delta on Jul 31, 2018 12:29:58 GMT -6
Up until relatively recently, we had quite a few JUCOs in Illinois that played football but we are down to just one, College of DuPage.
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Post by pitt1980 on Jul 31, 2018 12:36:33 GMT -6
There are a number of prep schools in the East that roughly fill that niche, getting DI players w/o the grades eligible, while giving them a place to play, among them are Milford Academy, Fork Union Military Academy, Hargrave Military Academy, Valley Forge Military Academy.
(Those schools count LeSean McCoy, Eddie George, Vinny Testaverde, Plaxico Burgress, Torry Holt, Larry Fitzgerald and many more among their alumni)
Preserving eligibility wise, its a better deal for the player, you don't lose a year of eligibility by spending a year at the prep school (you might have to actually still make the test score, I'm not sure) |
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Post by fantom on Jul 31, 2018 12:40:45 GMT -6
There are a number of prep schools in the East that roughly fill that niche, getting DI players w/o the grades eligible, while giving them a place to play, among them are Milford Academy, Fork Union Military Academy, Hargrave Military Academy, Valley Forge Military Academy.
(Those schools count LeSean McCoy, Eddie George, Vinny Testaverde, Plaxico Burgress, Torry Holt, Larry Fitzgerald and many more among their alumni)
Preserving eligibility wise, its a better deal for the player, you don't lose a year of eligibility by spending a year at the prep school (you might have to actually still make the test score, I'm not sure) Hargrave gave up their post-grad football program. |
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Post by pitt1980 on Jul 31, 2018 12:46:35 GMT -6
There are a number of prep schools in the East that roughly fill that niche, getting DI players w/o the grades eligible, while giving them a place to play, among them are Milford Academy, Fork Union Military Academy, Hargrave Military Academy, Valley Forge Military Academy.
(Those schools count LeSean McCoy, Eddie George, Vinny Testaverde, Plaxico Burgress, Torry Holt, Larry Fitzgerald and many more among their alumni)
Preserving eligibility wise, its a better deal for the player, you don't lose a year of eligibility by spending a year at the prep school (you might have to actually still make the test score, I'm not sure) Hargrave gave up their post-grad football program.
I didn't realize that, interesting to know
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Post by wingtol on Jul 31, 2018 14:03:29 GMT -6
Erie CC near Buffalo has a football team.
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Post by fantom on Jul 31, 2018 14:47:53 GMT -6
Not much there from southern PA to Georgia. That's probably why those fly by night "academies" have been popping up.
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Post by stilltryin on Jul 31, 2018 15:05:51 GMT -6
Nassau CC on Long Island/ They play Erie and Lackawanna, along with Army and Navy Prep.
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Post by ahall005 on Jul 31, 2018 16:26:38 GMT -6
I wonder if there are less jucos playing football in the east because there are so many D3 football schools their?
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Post by coachklee on Jul 31, 2018 16:48:26 GMT -6
I wonder if there are less jucos playing football in the east because there are so many D3 football schools their? I’m guessing the plethora of D2s & D3s are likely the reason Michigan has none. Also probably the reason there are no FCS/1AA in MI (that & all the former FCS type schools are in the MAC). |
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Post by mdunham on Jul 31, 2018 17:30:31 GMT -6
New England has a ton of the prep schools (NEPSAC) plus there are many D2/D3 programs.
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Post by 19delta on Jul 31, 2018 17:52:35 GMT -6
I wonder if there are less jucos playing football in the east because there are so many D3 football schools their? I think it has a lot more to do with funding. Football is an expensive sport for cash-strapped JUCOs. |
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Post by MICoach on Aug 1, 2018 7:50:48 GMT -6
I wonder if there are less jucos playing football in the east because there are so many D3 football schools their? I think it has a lot more to do with funding. Football is an expensive sport for cash-strapped JUCOs. Grand Rapids Community College in Grand Rapids, MI had two non-scholarship JUCO national championships and an undefeated season in their last five seasons and folded the program because they were losing money on it. Somehow they weren't national champions in the undefeated season? There was some sort of housing accusations that I think sparked the question but I guess they had been talking about getting rid of the program for quite a few years at that point. |
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