WWU drops football

[VikThunder1]

This is not good news for college football fans anywhere.

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/localcolleges/story/746010.html

It goes to show how difficult it is to be a DII program on the west coast.

 

[PSUVikings2]

http://www.savewwufootball.com/

 

[ManOfVision]

Wow. I hope this isn't the start of a trend.

 

[VikThunder1]

http://www.savewwufootball.com/

Thanks for the post Jeremy. I've added my email address to their email list.

I think college football fans everywhere should come to these people's aid. This creates an environment where cutting college football is acceptable. We should not let this start anywhere. Let's help out our fellow Vikings by voicing our support of their efforts to save WWU Football.

 

[VikThunder1]

http://www.savewwufootball.com/

Has this been posted at all the other Big Sky Conference forum sites?

 

[ManOfVision]

How many other schools have just dropped football like that over the last 10 years? Here's a list, compiled by the folks who want to reinstate Santa Clara's program, which shows the trend toward adding football: http://www.letthemplay.com/add-drop-1.htm

Can the costs of running a D-II program really be that prohibitive considering they play other NW schools twice per year?

 

[VikThunder1]

CNN report on the WWU situation...

http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2009/01/09/ldt.tucker.cancelling.football.cnn

 

[Maninblack90]

Always sad to hear this about any program.

 

[PSUVikings2]

http://wwuvalhalla.smfforfree2.com/index.php

Some pretty interesting conversation on that board. The way the talk it seemed inevitable that football would be dropped, why is what I don't understand, they did not seem like a program that would tank among they success they have had as of late.

 

[VikThunder1]

Some commentary in the Everett Herald...

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090118/OPINION03/701189966&SearchID=73342558077601

And from syracuse.com...

http://www.syracuse.com/kramer/index.ssf?/base/living-0/1232186323102990.xml&coll=1

 

[govikes3]

Thanks VikThunder for your support in our battle to keep football at Western Washington University.
We could use and appreciate all the support we can get.Thanks again.

 

[VikThunder1]

Impressive effort by WWU Football supporters. They've been able to get a bill introduced in the State Legislature calling for a review of WWU's decision to drop the program.

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/601/story/775241.html