@azvalpo The VUL athletics website does not list NCAA DIII or NAIA affiliation. Only NCCAA (National Christian Collegiate Conference) and HBCU. In addition to Valpo as their opening game in 2025, they conclude the season against Sacred Heart. They also play Texas Southern. In 2024 their results were all over the place: 40+ point wins and 40+ losses. Some of their opponents I had never heard of.
@azvalpo The VUL athletics website does not list NCAA DIII or NAIA affiliation. Only NCCAA (National Christian Collegiate Conference) and HBCU. In addition to Valpo as their opening game in 2025, they conclude the season against Sacred Heart. They also play Texas Southern. In 2024 their results were all over the place: 40+ point wins and 40+ losses. Some of their opponents I had never heard of.
When I first saw the post regarding the game, I thought is was Lynchburg College which is a different school and doesn't have a football program. This school has 750 students and appears as if it is more an extended HS for faith based students with few opportunities elsewhere.
Every school they played last year that I had heard of beat them pretty handily.
Faith based college , more of an extended high school, not part of ncaa, lost every game by 50 last year
now where have we seen this before?
Faith based college , more of an extended high school, not part of ncaa, lost every game by 50 last year
now where have we seen this before?
Hold on 16. VUL is not THAT bad. 🙄 They actually went 2-8 last season with wins over Atlantis (45-0) and SC Central Christian (64-6) and ‘close’ losses to Texas Southern (10-28) and Livingstone (9-37). Additionally, they opened strongly against Wagner with a 7-45 loss and Wagner is scholly FCS. They are an accredited college, unlike the team we beat 80-0 from Missouri under Cecchini that has since been expunged from our record book 😉
Ah, yeah, they’re bad.
That was the College of Faith (Arkansas) in 2015, and we won 86-0. Virginia University Lynchburg seems like a more legit school, as they have been around since 1888, and 1996 in its current form.
Valpo has apparently gotten a commit from a punter....Jeremy Baker....from Ark/PineBluff.
Here is what I believe is the full list of the 52 new comers:
High School:
Nathan Downey - QB - Illinois
Johnny DiBlasio - QB - Ohio
Jacob Ritter - QB - Illinois
Iosua Stephens - QB - Indiana
Michael Rumuro - RB - Illinois
Ashton Allen - RB - Ohio
Donovan Dey - RB - Illinois
DJ Manns - RB - Florida
Nico Downie - WR - California
Bryson Winbush - WR - Ohio
Nolan Teising - WR - Indiana
Luke Doyle - WR - California
Jackson Crawford - TE - Nebraska
Billy Jack McCool - OL - Wyoming
Rafael Suarez - OL - Florida
Carson Scott - OL - Ohio
Marco Morales - OL - California
Matthew Gaisor - OL - Illinois
Alex Prine - DL - Arizona - IFS
Manny Olojo - DL - Illinois
Cameron Waldron - DL - Indiana
Case Edward-Miller - DL - Missouri
Caleb Baczek - DL - Illlinois
Nathan Fletcher - DL - Michigan
Micah Markley - LB - Ohio - IFS
Tristan Pusateri - LB - Indiana
Easton Hill - LB - Ohio
Carson Burckhardt - LB - Minnesota
Nathan Harris- LB - Indiana
Tyler McBride - LB - Illinois
Xavier Gipson - DB - Virginia
Donovan Brown - DB - Illinois
Kaiser Wilhelm - DB - Ohio
Colin Abercrombie - DB - Texas
David Akinbosoye - DB - Illinois
Aaron Briggs - DB - Minnesota
Zander Lankford - P/K - Indiana
Brock Huggins - K - Ohio
Transfer:
Jay Melchiori - WR - Marietta College - SR - 22 Games Played
Quinn Fracassi - WR - Eastern Michigan - RSJR - 10 Games Played
Kam Fouty-Koonce - WR - Marietta College - SO - 5 Games Played
Cooper Bothwell - OL - Marist College - RSSO - 0 Games Played
Jacardon Hardeman - DL - Southwest College - RSSR - 16 Games Played
Adrian Williams - LB - Riverside College - RSSO - 9 Games Played
OC Nurse - DB - Marietta College - JR - 20 Games Played
Jason Salman - DB - Marietta College -SO - 9 Games Played
Omar Jackson - DB - Albany - RSFR - 4 Games Played
Carson Wilt - K/P - Norfolk State - RSSR - 17 Games Played
Walk-On:
Robbie Spang - WR - Illinois
Liam Shepherd - K - Indiana (Former Player/Ball State Xfer)
Another 8-9 transfers coming in. Extremely excited about two confirmed coming in offense 18 divison 1 offers between the two coming out of HS. Great D Linemen from NAIA powerhouse. FBS punter.
things looking good!
Another 8-9 transfers coming in. Extremely excited about two confirmed coming in offense 18 divison 1 offers between the two coming out of HS. Great D Linemen from NAIA powerhouse. FBS punter.
You mean in addition to those listed above?
Of the 118 on the roster I counted 37 freshman, 25 playing their second year (sophomore or red-shirt freshman) 23 playing their third year, 22 playing their fourth year and 11, fifth, sixth or seventh year. That seems like really good balance as well as plenty of guys with lots of experience--may be experience riding the pines but experience nonetheless!
Of the 118 on the roster I counted 37 freshman, 25 playing their second year (sophomore or red-shirt freshman) 23 playing their third year, 22 playing their fourth year and 11, fifth, sixth or seventh year. That seems like really good balance as well as plenty of guys with lots of experience--may be experience riding the pines but experience nonetheless!
It appears that Covid-related eligibility has been stretched as long as Bluto Blutarsky's college career! 🤣 🤣 🤣
But seriously, it would be great to see a motley crew transformed into a conference winner.
