First college football firing of the year?

Indiana State says goodbye to Lou West after starting 0-4.

1-25 in three years.

The Haute weeps.

 

An escape hatch for Weis??

 

First Royce Waltman, now Lou West. Indiana State have been so bad in football, has there been anytime in it's history they have had a winning season and made the I-AA playoffs?

 

The late 80s they had a coupla winning seasons. Might have even made the playoffs as the Gateway champ.

But generally, the Sycamores are full of fail.

 

Saw a playoff game there in 1984 when ISU was ranked No. 1, I think. Game went to overtime. Both teams score TDs, then-coach Dennis Raetz called a trick play on the PAT, trying to get the win. Needless to say, the play was stuffed and ISU lost by 1 point. Players were furious after the game. If you want to go for the win, line up and go for the win. Program went to hell after that. Raetz hung on, going 5-6 or 4-7 for about 10 straight years before retiring in 1997.

In a humorous twist, well humorous in a non-funny kind of way, Raetz has been named interim coach.

Holy crap.

 

Sportschick, I found the Gateway Conference vitals. Since ISU joined the Gateway for football in 1986, they have finished in second in 1988 (4-3, 5-6 overall), in 1995, they finished third (3-3, 7-4 overall), and in '96 finished 4th (3-2, 6-5). Those three seasons are the only seasons in which they finished over .500 in conference. It doesn't get any better when the Bison and the Jackrabbits join the league next year.

http://www.mvc.org/football/standings.pdf?SPSID=39013&SPID=2899&DB_OEM_ID=7600

 

So it was the mid 90s, dammit.

They are still full of fail.

 

No, sweetheart, I don't doubt that the Sycamores were decent in the early 80's pre-Gateway, just posting up the stats since they joined the UNI Conference ( ;D sorry, I had to be a hometown fanboy smart-ass here).

Raetz was there when they had those two runs in '95 and '96. In fact, it was good to see The Haute shows some pulse.

 

It's a basketball school, dammit. Oh wait, um, it's a baseball school. Oh, um, well, it's a track school, yea, that's it . . .

And wait till the Bison joins up. UNI will then be full of fail

 

The Salukis won't know what hit 'em Saturday.

 

If this



was your mascot, you'd be full of fail too.

 

Something from the Haute sucks? Color me surprised.