FB: Presidents' Athletic Conference

[ADL70]

Spartans QB 'room' appears to have shrunk by one, as Alex Fromberg's Twitter now has TCNJ in his heading. https://twitter.com/alex_fromberg

It's still pretty crowded, though.

Fromberg has just popped up on the Spartan's roster. He's listed at 220. Twenty pounds heavier that last season.

[DagarmanSpartan]

Indeed.

https://athletics.case.edu/sports/football/roster/alex-fromberg/8317

[ADL70]

https://d3football.com/top25/2023/preseason

Carnegie-Mellon #16

W&J RV (31st most)

[E.115]

Interesting.  A bit surprised Case Western Reserve didn't receive any votes.

Kudos to CMU and W&J for remaining on the national radar.

[DagarmanSpartan]

We may still have a great season IF (and this is a pretty big IF) we can establish someone as a reliable, productive starting QB.

[ADL70]

https://athletics.case.edu/news/2023/8/1/2023-cwru-football-season-preview.aspx

Fromberg now listed on roster as 200 lbs

[E.115]

^ Great read on the season preview.

[DagarmanSpartan]

Is PAC Media Day streaming live somewhere?

[E.115]

Found the recording: https://www.pacstream.net/

CWRU starts at 1:31

Here's the recap: 

https://pacathletics.org/news/2023/7/24/football-pac-media-day-2023.aspx

Btw are there any other PAC posters not from CWRU ??

[Bob.Gregg]

Btw are there any other PAC posters not from CWRU ??

Yes

[E.115]

^Salute to the you Bob!  Huge congrats and bravo on such an impressive tenure.

Media Day began with a brief welcome from PAC Commissioner Joe Onderko, which was followed by Bob Gregg and Mark Uriah being honored as this year's recipients of the Dow Carnahan Media Award. Carnahan, a longtime supporter and friend of the PAC, passed away unexpectedly on April 29, 2016. The award is presented annually to a distinguished member of the media or on-campus representative for his or her commendable service while covering and promoting the conference's student-athletes, coaches and programs.

The 2023 season will mark the 40th season that Gregg and Uriah will team up to call Washington & Jefferson College football games on WJPA radio. From the start of the 1984 season, the duo has called the action to local listeners in Washington. During this time, W&J has racked up more than 300 wins, 25 PAC titles and made 2 Stagg Bowl appearances. The 1984 season also started W&J's string of 39 consecutive winning seasons.

Both are Western Pennsylvania natives, as Gregg is a graduate of Washington High School and attended the University of Miami (Fla.) and Geneva College, while Uriah graduated from Chartiers Valley High School and Ohio State University. In addition to their work covering W&J, both gentlemen have been fixtures on the local sports scene. The duo has covered WPIAL and PIAA athletics over the last four decades, including football, basketball, wrestling, baseball and softball, as well as California (Pa.) University playoff games, the Pony League World Series in Washington, Washington Wild Things baseball and the Frontier League playoffs.

Due to their efforts, WJPA Sports is a four-time winner of the Pennsylvania Associated Press Broadcasters Association Award for Best Sports Play-by-Play. They were both inducted into the Washington-Greene Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.

[WashJeff68]

Another non CWRU poster.

Congrats to Bob & Mark. While living in Tennessee I was able to stream your broadcasts. Why sometimes I even heard my friend Bill Dukett on air. Now we can stream on the big screen, but if traveling, I still have WJPA streaming on the car radio. How far we have come. Back in the day I had to call the Observer Reporter to get a score if it wasn't in the NYT. You guys are great! And no, you were not homers. Best wishes to Mark as he retires, and to you, Bob, as you continue the march!

Washjeff 68

[mikefln]

Pittsburgh CW to broadcast PAC (mostly W&J) games this season.

https://pacathletics.org/news/2023/7/5/pac-football-to-be-broadcast-on-pittsburghs-cw-kdka-com-this-fall.aspx

2023 KDKA.com/Pittsburgh CW College Football Broadcast Schedule
Sept. 9 - Geneva at Allegheny, 1 PM
Sept. 16 - Westminster at W&J, 1 PM
Sept. 23 - Thiel at W&J, 1 PM
Sept. 30 - Carnegie Mellon at Allegheny, 7 PM
Oct. 7 - Allegheny at W&J, 2 PM
Oct. 14 - Grove City at Allegheny, 4 PM
Oct. 28 - Case Western Reserve at W&J, 6 PM
Oct. 4 - W&J at Geneva, 1 PM
Oct. 11 - Waynesburg at W&J, 1 PM

[WashJeff68]

And so the PAC continues to move into the new media age. As I'm sure you know it is much broader. W&J now streams MW Basketball, Lacrosse, field hockey, and baseball (there may be others). The production has become more professional. I'm sure this is happening at CWRU and CMU and many other D III schools.

[WashJeff68]

We know that the recent pandemic has impacted colleges across the spectrum, and a number have closed at least partially as a result and there are (perhaps many?) more to come as the Baby Boom ends. I have been concerned that there are several schools in the PAC that are seeing declining enrollments with limited resources that may not be able to survive long term. Yes, I was an English major, and my Excell skills have declined, but I still have some of my "executive function."   So here is a comparison of some key metrics of the current members of the PAC:


School   Net Assets 2020**   Students   Assets per Student
Grove City        $341,483,793 1366    $249,988
Allegheny             $315,834,647    1353       $233,433
CMU                  $3,591,866,       16002    $224,464
W&J                    $247,293,225     1157    $215344
Case                  $2,349,400,366    12201    $192,558
St Vincent            $249,224,266   1536    $162,255
Westminster    $167,834,360    1211    $138,592
Waynesburg         $85,753,336    1366    $62,777
Geneva             $70,555,178    1232    $57,269
Bethany             $35,379,781    623    $56,789
Chatham            $131,784,926    2387    $55,209
Thiel                   $46,212,536    907    $50,951
Franciscan          $179,111,641    3656    $48,991    
               
** From 2020 Form 990 filed with IRS   

Those From Westminster up look like they can weather the storm, but I worry about the rest. Of course, there are lots of other things that could come into play.

So. CWRU guys, what do you think?