FB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[colinsteinke]

Don't understand the trash talk re: Peter Jennings.  Met him and some of his players a number of years back and I was impressed. If this is all just UW-W bashing him because he left them, then okay.  But it seems rather malicious. 

I'm from Point, where they left FB to die a long time ago. The Oshkosh coach who came over to try and fix it needed to be a coroner.

I got back to Point last week and see they are building a new track facility.  What is that costing the state?  At least FB plays on a common park field shared with other teams.  Anyone know the budget?

Jennings might be a good guy, but he under performed in big games at UWW, and UWO has sunk during his tenure. I was happy to see him go, to be honest.

This is D3 football. Take a pill.

Nah. I'm good.

Also the track project costs $3,870,000. They're fundraising for a lot of it, so I'm not 100% sure how much the state is on the hook for. But that's chump change with regard to the rest of the improvements happening on campus.

[emma17]

ChickenHoops- I'm curious as to your "This is D3 football- take a pill" comment.
I don't want to assume your meaning, are you saying winning shouldn't be prioritized by D3 programs?

From my perspective, the emphasis on winning should be spelled out/defined in an overall university mission or strategy statement, that includes expectations.
I don't know if UWW does this, but I do believe the success of the football program, especially from 2005 to 2014, greatly benefited the university overall. The publicity was amazing. Game attendance continues to be impressive.
As an alum, I very much want there to be high expectations for the program to compete nationally.
I agree entirely w Colin in that I was very glad Jennings left UWW for UWO. UWW has been searching for the right OC for 12 years now. I'm glad to see changes made.