FB: Middle Atlantic Conference

[labart96]

MAC endowments, as of 2006, according to NACUBO:

Lycoming: 114,011,000
Widener: 68,622,000
King's: 51,840,000
Lebanon Valley: 41,153,000
Wilkes: 39,823,000
Albright: 37,000,000
Delaware Valley: 16,180,000
FDU was not listed in the report, either campus.

Non-football schools:
Elizabethtown: 44,762,000
Arcadia: 42,424,000
DeSales: 40,408,000
Alvernia: 14,337,000
Misericordia: 11,805,000
Messiah was not listed

Departing institutions:
Drew: 241,450,000
Susquehanna: 108,259,000
Scranton: 104,039,000
Moravian: 81,544,000
Juniata: 63,102,000

Jeez PBR!  Use some of that Princeton money you got and make a donation for chrizzakes!?!?!?

[Lyco80]

bman,

Funny, I thought the post was well-reasoned, articulate and brought to the discussion some salient facts not already before us.  But, after all, I did major in political science and history at Lycoming so what would I know about a proper rant.

ATB

[Lyco80]

Lycoming: 114,011,000
Widener: 68,622,000

Looks like the only thing that Lyco has been able to beat Widener at lately ;-)

Yes, and a differential of $45 million and change is a substantial deficit that will require more than second half heroics to overcome.

ATB

[bman]

Lyco80

Hope all is well with the family.   It was a well thought out and reasonable defense of Lyco....it just came out of left field for me....

Guess I'll have to beef up my donation a bit!

[bill]

bman

Yes lyco updated their complex some time ago (mid 90's).
As a former coach, I always loved the experience of a game at Lyco. The intimate sttings of the local neighborhood, the food stands, the small town feel with a big crowd - to me, a game at lyco represented all that was good about d3 football...

[formerwu]

Lycoming: 114,011,000
Widener: 68,622,000

Looks like the only thing that Lyco has been able to beat Widener at lately ;-)

Yes, and a differential of $45 million and change is a substantial deficit that will require more than second half heroics to overcome.

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Or a botched field goal attempt that turns into a touchdown.

Right back at ya.
ATB

[Knightstalker]

Hudson Catholic in Jersey City is looking for assistant coaches for football and soccer

[PBR...]

MAC endowments, as of 2006, according to NACUBO:

Lycoming: 114,011,000
Widener: 68,622,000
King's: 51,840,000
Lebanon Valley: 41,153,000
Wilkes: 39,823,000
Albright: 37,000,000
Delaware Valley: 16,180,000
FDU was not listed in the report, either campus.

Non-football schools:
Elizabethtown: 44,762,000
Arcadia: 42,424,000
DeSales: 40,408,000
Alvernia: 14,337,000
Misericordia: 11,805,000
Messiah was not listed

Departing institutions:
Drew: 241,450,000
Susquehanna: 108,259,000
Scranton: 104,039,000
Moravian: 81,544,000
Juniata: 63,102,000

Jeez PBR!  Use some of that Princeton money you got and make a donation for chrizzakes!?!?!?

hey pbr writes a check every year(actually mpbr who does it w/o pbr even knowing and not sure she even gives to her college)!!! dvc has finally become aggressive in fund raising only in the last several years. it is starting to take hold but for a long time no one gave. the grass roots are finally taking hold and the last several years things are picking up. dvc is in dire need of redoing at minimum its football stadium and in reality their entire sports complex for their sports teams as well as intramural. always amazed pbr how their wrestling team is always top 20 if not top 10 with average facilities. just shows how good the coaches and recruiting are in reality.

maybe pbr will go to his boss and tell him take several hundred mill out of his mac acct.  since he was just estimated to be worth 15 billion and supposedly the bidding for the company when he sells it soon starts at 20 billion....

[labart96]

K+

Coming in 2010 - PBR FIELD!

[PBR...]

on a sad note pbr saw this article on the death of Travis "Bo" Tkach who took his own life and played at wilkes. a little info is at the end of the article. pbr heard from people at the service that bobby bowden, jim tressel, dave wannstedt were at the funeral and the paterno family sent beautiul flowers. bo's brother tyler plays at the university of pitt.

http://www.republicanherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18619792&BRD=2626&PAG=461&dept_id=529073&rfi=6

[bill]

My thoughts and prayers go out to Bo and his family. Before Bo tranferred to Wilkes, he was at Lehigh for a year, and I had the pleasure of coaching him. He was a fantastic kid to know and be around. I am truly saddened and suprised to read about this....

[PBR...]

yes bill it just sounds like a horrible tragic situation all around. being a parent pbr couldnt imagine what it would be like to have this happen to one of my children. thoughts and prayers go out to the entire family. it was nice that the other coaches thought of the family as well. evidently they are friends of the father thru coaching. 

[Hustle]

on a sad note pbr saw this article on the death of Travis "Bo" Tkach who took his own life and played at wilkes. a little info is at the end of the article. pbr heard from people at the service that bobby bowden, jim tressel, dave wannstedt were at the funeral and the paterno family sent beautiul flowers. bo's brother tyler plays at the university of pitt.

http://www.republicanherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18619792&BRD=2626&PAG=461&dept_id=529073&rfi=6

Back when I worked in Pennsylvania at the paper in Lehighton, I had the chance to cover Bo a few times early in his HS career. We covered a game they won (IIRC) at Northwestern Lehigh, he was QBing.

I grew up in Lehighton. My dad and uncles worked the sticks at Friday night games long before I was born and only recently have given it up. Another guy that always used to help them was Bo's grandfather.

Jim Tkach, a former player at Lehighton and Lehigh, went on to coach at Northern Lehigh, and I had ample opportunity to talk to him over the years, both in my job and just as being a family friend. I can't tell you the level of respect I have for him: honest, friendly, always welcoming even though we weren't the big paper on the block.

My heart breaks for him and his family. They've always been wonderful to me, and I'm just incredibly saddened to hear about this.

Obviously I don't post here much, but I thought this was something that was worth my time.

PBR: Jim Tkach also spearheaded several Nike clinics in the Lehigh Valley, and they always seemed to bring in big-big name coaches - I remember reading Bowden was one of them, wouldn't surprise me if Tressel and Wannstedt (if they're Nike now) were there too. Still, an incredibly nice gesture from them.

[Ryan Tipps]

So I'll fess up that, until recently, I didn't read the MAC board too often, but I've been staring at stats alot tonight (work is slow) and Widener keeps looking better and better to me....on paper.

Wilkes and DelVal seem to be losing a lot of top players, though I'll admit that I'm not sure how their depth charts are -- whether they're reloading or rebuilding?

Widener, however, is bringing back their RB and QB, as well as one of their two leading receivers. Plus they got a decent handful of folks back on defense. Does the team have blanks it needs to fill in? It's been a few years since Widener's been on top....can they make it there again?

[PBR...]

wc right now pbr would have to rank it like this...

1. wilkes (they are #1 until someone knocks them off and do return some good players)
2. widener (they return key players can they finally get over the top?)
3. dvc (can the incoming players take over for the last 2 great sr. classes, wr are a huge ? pbr may look to suit up if needed)
4. lyco (can coach g. rally the troops to the top again)
5. kings/leb val

** these are quickly off the top of my head  after full research a few teams may move up/down