FB: Middle Atlantic Conference

[bill]

FDU's new turf is being installed now...

[bman]

FDU's new turf is being installed now...

Bill

Awesome to hear!  Hopefully that will make it more attractive to new recruits.

Not that it is applicable to FDU, but I remember my first time in East Orange at Upsala, walking onto/across the field.  There were bare patches and broken glass shards on the field...
In retrospect, I'm glad I didn't get mugged...

[Warren Thompson]

FDU's new turf is being installed now...

Bill

Awesome to hear!  Hopefully that will make it more attractive to new recruits.

Not that it is applicable to FDU, but I remember my first time in East Orange at Upsala, walking onto/across the field.  There were bare patches and broken glass shards on the field...
In retrospect, I'm glad I didn't get mugged...

The drawn-out suffering and death of Upsala is one of the sadder stories of higher education.  A few years ago I noticed that there was an active Upsala alumni association (perhaps it still exists).

[Warren Thompson]

It stinks that no one in this conference announces recruits or transfers until right before the season

In recent years, LVC has published a pre-season roster well before August.

[bman]

FDU's new turf is being installed now...

Bill

Awesome to hear!  Hopefully that will make it more attractive to new recruits.

Not that it is applicable to FDU, but I remember my first time in East Orange at Upsala, walking onto/across the field.  There were bare patches and broken glass shards on the field...
In retrospect, I'm glad I didn't get mugged...

The drawn-out suffering and death of Upsala is one of the sadder stories of higher education.  A few years ago I noticed that there was an active Upsala alumni association (perhaps it still exists).

There's a pretty good article out there in the www, along with pictures of the campus area years after it closed.  I'll try to dig it up and post the link.
I played against a guy in HS that was kicking 50+ yarders (he kicked a 52 yd field goal against us).  He ended up at Upsala, and if I remeber correctly, my freshman year at WU, he missed 2 extra points againts us, and was terrible...
perhaps it was the environment....

LVC is definitely not the norm in that regard.  I get the pros and cons of publishing early, but in the case of most of the MAC schools, there is very little being published about the upcoming season.  Most end of season and summer activity on the team's websites are focused on awards etc, from the previous year...
We could all learn from what Linfield, MSU and WW do in terms of public relations...It only helps recruiting etc...
...plus I get bored...

[bill]

FDU's new turf is being installed now...

Bill

Awesome to hear!  Hopefully that will make it more attractive to new recruits.

Not that it is applicable to FDU, but I remember my first time in East Orange at Upsala, walking onto/across the field.  There were bare patches and broken glass shards on the field...
In retrospect, I'm glad I didn't get mugged...

Well, I don't think it will hurt

The old turf certainly wasn't a detriment, but we'll see about this version. We were going to go with all blue - but the folks at Boise shot us down. I still can't believe they're allowed to copyright/trademark a color...but that's a different post.

[PBR...]

FDU's new turf is being installed now...

Bill

Awesome to hear!  Hopefully that will make it more attractive to new recruits.

Not that it is applicable to FDU, but I remember my first time in East Orange at Upsala, walking onto/across the field.  There were bare patches and broken glass shards on the field...
In retrospect, I'm glad I didn't get mugged...

Well, I don't think it will hurt

The old turf certainly wasn't a detriment, but we'll see about this version. We were going to go with all blue - but the folks at Boise shot us down. I still can't believe they're allowed to copyright/trademark a color...but that's a different post.

Interesting... thought I read somewhere awhile ago that the NCAA said no more colored turf. Think it was after that university somewhere in state of washington put in the atrocious bright red turf and the NCAA said only green turf from here on out for all schools....could be wrong  but thought I read that some where...

[bill]

PBR

That field is Eastern Washington...another ridiculous field is Central Arkansas with alternating purple and grey!

Anyhow, the issue is not with the NCAA but Field Turf and Boise State. Field turf, the largest manufacturer of fake grass, is in league with boise state. Boise state has first refusal with any field turf product that's NOT green. If you want another color, they have to approve. They guard the color blue very closely.
We sent in to Boise, and they said no way.
You could always go with another company, or dig in for a lawsuit with the others. I can't believe trademarking a color would hold up in court, but FDU certainly doesn't have the deep pockets needed to fight that one.

[bman]

PBR

We sent in to Boise, and they said no way.

Because as we all know, ESPN would be confusing the coverage of FDU and Boise State forever afterwards.... 

[bman]

As mentioned...pics of Upsala

http://abnf.co/NJ-upsala_college(dec_2000).htm

Sad

[Warren Thompson]

As mentioned...pics of Upsala

http://abnf.co/NJ-upsala_college(dec_2000).htm

Sad

Sad, indeed. [Question: what's with all the vintage autos  in some of the photos? For all I know my family's 1948 Buick Special might well be somewhere in that collection.]

[bill]

I keep trying to post photos of FDU's new turf installation...but the site gives me all kinds of "quota full" and other interesting messages. Does anyone else have this problem?

[PBR...]

http://s3media.247sports.com/Uploads/Assets/654/673/3673654.jpg

Rasheed Bailey making a nice grab at Eagles OTA's....

[PBR...]

Very cool TV spot/story on Bailey working on with the Eagles with film of practice and he has been invited and is out in Cali working out with Mark Sanchez and others waiting for training camp to start... http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Football-Dream-Eagles-Signee-Rasheed-Bailey-312991741.html

[bman]

Very cool TV spot/story on Bailey working on with the Eagles with film of practice and he has been invited and is out in Cali working out with Mark Sanchez and others waiting for training camp to start... http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Football-Dream-Eagles-Signee-Rasheed-Bailey-312991741.html

He looks so small...(but then again, so did Maclin)...
Hoping he can turn some heads...