FOF" TCY Solecismic 8 in West Virginia

[Abe Sargent]

Because of the funky state profile for WV, you can fit in a lot of schools into a SCE8 in WV.


If I were to put the SCE 8 in WV, here are the places I would look:


State Schools, WV:

Fairmont State University - Enrollment 7,800. Less than one hour from WVU

West Virginia State University - Enrollment 7k. Right beside Charleston, WV. A Historically Black school that is no longer.

Concord University - 3k, out in the middle of nowhere

Shepherd University - 4.4k - in the Eastern Panhandle and that puts it near the eastern seaboard.

West Liberty University - 2.6k, in the Northern Panhandle next to Ohio and Pennsylvania.


I am skipping schools like Granville State, WV Wesleyan, Univeristy of Charleston and so forth (too small)

Funny -

West Virginia University - Parkersburg - 4400 people, no athletic teams.
Mountain State University located in Beckley, 5100 people, no football team.



The Next State Over:


Kentucky - Not much falls in the geographic range of WV. Pikeville has a college with about 1k people.



Maryland - Western Maryland is in the geographic range of WV and includes just a couple of rural counties with only two schools worth looking at:

Frostburg State Univ in Frostburg - 6100 enrollment (no football team though)

University of Maryland - Hagerstown - Just five years old, no football team, could not easily find enrollment numbers.



Pennsylvania - This is very promising, with the entire southwest corner of the sate in the WV latititude and longitude.Pretty much everything from Harrison Township and Indiana, over to a line at Mt Union is in. That includes a ton of schools.


Carnegie Mellon University - 11,000, in Pittsburgh, but waaay back in Div III right now, so that's a huge leap.

Duquesne University - 11,300, Pittsburgh, actually play in Div-1AA (the old name for it) so makes sense.

University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown - 3k, First branch campus in nation, currently plays the WV schools.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania - 14k, Div II.

California University of Pennsylvania - 8k, currently Div II

Seton Hill - 2.1k, in Greenburg, currently plays the WV schools

Robert Morris - Moon Township in the Pittsburgh area, 5100, no football team, Div1-AA for sports

Skip schools in Pitt like Chatham and Carlow


For fun, St. Vincent College just rebooted their football program in 2007, and have lost a ton of games. 1800 students in Latrobe, PA.

Juniata College, in Huntingdon, PA has 1800 students and a Div III football team


I'm sure there's one or two here or there I missed.


Ohio - There's a sizeable slot of Ohio that is in the lines of WV. A hortizontal line through Carrollton and Millersburg, over to a vertical line in Logan and Newark. What can we find in here?


Kenyon College - In Gambier, a very rich private school with 1650 students. Npo football tema I could find.

Marietta College, 1400 students, just across teh Ohio River from WVU-P,


For another fun name, Franciscan University of Steubenville, with its 2500 students and zero football team

University of Rio Grande, in Rio Grade Ohio, 2300, no football.

Muskingum University in New COncord Ohio, with 3k students, with Div III football team



Finally:


Virginia - A really nice chunk of VA is in the WV range, from Blacksburg and Roanoke over to just west of Richmond, and up to the border, west of Manassas. Lots of ground to cover here.


Good candidates:


Liberty University - 20.5k students, Div 1-AA team, in Lynchburg - a serious contender

Radford University - Radford VA, JUST south of the lines, but you could cheat it in, almost 9k, Div 1-AA football team

Virginia Military Institute - VMI is a classic school in Lexington, VA with a HUGE endowment, just 1300 students, and yet, they have a Div 1-AA football team.

Challenge - Roanoke College, with 2000 students, hasnlt had a football team since WWII.

University of Richmond - 4250 students, Div 1-AA football team

Virginia Commonwealth Univ - Richmond, 32k students, no football team

James Madison University - Harrisonburg, VA Div 1-AA football team, 18500 students

Washington and Lee - LExington VA, Div IIi football team, 2200 enrollment

Shenandoah University - Winchester VA,Div III football team, 1600 students





And there's a solid list. I made this just now so I can build my own SCE8 tomorrow for WV, and this willg ive me the info I want.

[Abe Sargent]

You coudl rock the Blank and Blank schools for a fun division:

Washington and Jefferson
Washington and Lee
Davis and Elkins

Cheat in:

Emory and Henry
William and Mary
Franklin and Marshall

Then maybe turn Carnagie-Mellon and Randolph-Macon into Carnagie and Mellon, and Randolph and Macon.



Could also do the funny names schools with stuff like Indiana University of Penn, California Univ of Penn, Mary Baldwin College and Univ of Rio Grande.

[33sherman]

I've used fictional schools to fill out the Solecismic 8:

Faber College
Adams College
Grand Lakes University

Always nice to see Faber make a bowl game.

[Abe Sargent]

Here are the Eight I ended up going with:


Changed Charleston, WV to West Virginia State University (WVSU) Yellow Jackets - Moved to Institute, WV - 38, 23 ; 81, 45

Changed Fairmont, WV to Fairmont State University (FRSU) Falcons. All other info remains the same.

Changed Martinsburg, WV to Shepherd University (SHEP) Rams. 39, 25: 77,48

Changed Beckley, WV to Liberty University (LIBU) Flames. 37,35; 79,18. Avg Sept High 78, Avg Dec High 48.

Changed Wheeling WV to Duquesne University (DUQU) Dukes. Give it the same demo info as Pittsburgh,



Now, do I want a more realistic final three, or do I want a few fantasy schools, in different places on the map. I could do one in Maryland, one in Ohio, and another in Pennsylvania or Virginia. Realistically, I could add three Div 1AA schools from the list of Radford, JMU and VMI and Univ of Richmond, and call it a day, with 4 VA, 3 WV and a PA school.


I change Bluefield, WV to Radford University (RADU) Highlanders. 37,13; and 80;55 are the real life coordinates, but I have to go with 37, 18 and 80,55 (Like I said, it fell just outside the line) Give Radford the weather of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech's city. (Radford is about 15 miles from Tech).


I edit Parkersburg, WV to Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUPA) Crimson Hawks. 40.61;79.16. Sept High 74, Dec High 40. Drop precipation to around 50.

Edit Clarksburg WV to University of Richmond (URIC) Spiders. 37.57; 77.53, but I have to go with 77.77 due to the state limits. 80 and 50 for the highs. Lots of precipitation.



Here is my Appalachian Mountain Conference (AMC):

Duquesne University
Fairmont State University
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Liberty University
Radford University
Shepherd University
University of Richmond
West Virginia State Univeristy

[Izulde]

I'm surprised you didn't include Seton Hill for Pumpy.

[Abe Sargent]

I love Pumpy, but not that much ;)

[digamma]

I've used fictional schools to fill out the Solecismic 8:

Faber College
Adams College
Grand Lakes University

Always nice to see Faber make a bowl game.

Especially since they are usually on double secret probation.

[Kobeck]

:thumbsup:

[Pumpy Tudors]

the fact that seton hill ain't in there is bullshit pretty much imo