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Poor Fiacchi..

Something to keep in mind, last year Coach Ford said that he believes JMU plays to their level of competition.

Coach, did JMU play any differently than they have in the first game? You mentioned this week earlier that they have played to their level of competition.

To which Coach Ford answered:

Yeah, I know that sounds like a slap but I think a lot of teams are guilty of that and we don't like it as Head Coaches. I watched them play St. Francis, which was in our conference [NEC], and St. Francis came within 4 points. I watched them play Akron which they gave them a hell of a ball game, so obviously they're capable of playing on that level [FBS], but obviously they're capable of playing down a level as well. I think they probably did a little bit of that in the 3rd quarter against us, but nonetheless our hat is off to them, they did an excellent job.

Food for thought.

Look at that spread.

Sorry Columbia

Wow, hello Top 25, it's been a while. Not sure if we deserve it yet, but I kinda like it.

Welp, I just bought 2 tickets to the homecoming game. Pumped.

He's there, he's giving a radio interview right now.

ESPN doesn't have a GameCast for this game, so I can't see any stats.

Loving these field goals though.

4th down. big stop coming up.

Edit: Nice, forced a punt

Try this free stream http://www.vipleague.se/american-football/248601/1/albany-at-rhode-island-live-stream-online.html

Quick link to the rankings http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/fieldhockey/d1/nfhca-coaches

pft. I only recognize one polytechnic institute in the capital region.

Just watched the highlights. Holy Cross had our backs against the ropes, why didn't their HC tell them to take a knee?

That was an ugly victory. Much credit to HC for a tough game played.

Do we ever publish our depth chart?

 

Yes. its in the game notes. See link above

That's a really bad depth chart, there's so much incomplete information. I know our website is Bush league, but c'mon Albany, have some pride.

Last year I created this depth chart on NDSU before the start of the season to help K-State fans get a better idea of the opening competition:

Why can't we have something up like that?

Do we ever publish our depth chart?

From Coach Gattuso's twitter today. We've got a billboard up:

https://twitter.com/...000361481646081

@CoachGGattuso

My boss went to Holy Cross. He should clearly give me a raise if Albany wins 'cuz by transitive property, an Albany victory is a victory for me.

Since the athletic council proposed blue and gray to replace the purple and gold, I ran a super advanced computer simulation to see just how things would be if history played out differently

Well.. that's something..

I was doing research on my pennant when I came across an interesting piece of UA history. Essentially, the athletic council proposed changing the school colors for practical reasons.

1. Too many local schools used purple and gold. Changing the colors, as the athletic council believed, would help distinguish UAlbany (then NYS College for Teachers) from the local high schools who also used the same color scheme, and would make reporting on UAlbany events much easier for newspapers when they referred to the school by its colors
   
2. Purple and gold were difficult to come by. Equipment in purple and gold were hard to fill orders as they were not stock colors back then.
   
3. Poor quality of purple dye. For whatever reason, the purple dyes back then would fade easily and washing them only ensured that the colors ran.
   

Here are the screen shots from State College News, March 3, 1921. I have the text version below in case it's difficult to read:

ATHLETIC COUNCIL PROPOSES A CHANGE OF COLORS FOR STATE COLLEGE

Student Body to Decide Whether Purple and Gold Will Remain

—Question to be Discussed

March 11th

 

In a meeting witli Dr. Brubacher in the President's office Wednesday,February 23, the Athletic Council petitioned the President for consideration of a change in the colors of State College. The main objections to the present combination were presented by Coach Suavely. First, he said that in tl>e Capital District there are at least live secondary schools which have Purple and Gold, namely, Christian Brothers' Acadamy, Cathedral Academy, La Salle, St. Bernard and the Johnstown High School. This fact makes it hard for the local newspapers to simply use the colors when writing up State College athletics, for it would he very confusing. In this way State loses the distinction that Syracuse has when it is referred to as the Orange, or Harvard as the Crimson, and Colgate as the Maroon.

 

Another reason for the proposed change was that Coach Snavely found it hard to fill orders for basketball, hockey and baseball equipment. Purple and Gold are not stock colors, and when they are obtained the purple especially is not a good dye. Consequently it cannot be washed without running and changing lo nearly all the colors of the rainbow.

 

After hearing the reasons for such a change, Dr. Brubacher opened the

Continued on page 4.

 

ATHLETIC COUNCIL

Continued from page I.

 

matter to general discussion, and some objections to relinquishing the old colors were recorded. The chief of these was that a mass of tradition has been built around the Purple and Gold in in past and a change would do away with this. In connection with this it was pointed out that tradition is an important part of college life.

 

After carefully summing up both sides of the question Dr. Brubacher decided to refer the question to Myskania, and a committee of men from the various athletic teams, for further consideration, and to finally put the matter lo vote in Student Assembly Friday, March 11. The committee appointed includes Coach Suavely, chairman; Edward Linck and Harold Baldwin, 22; Charles Reilly and Adrian Johnson, '23, and Oliver Putnam, '24. Maurice liathoni was named as general chairman of

the two bodies.

 

Among other colors suggested, a dark blue and gold, blue and gray, seemed to meet with the most approval, as they involve less change than other combinations, and at the same time overcome all the objections to the Purple and Gold.

No, it doesnt say anything other than "State Normal" on the front. This pennant was hand made and the seller found it in New York (didn't say which city).

The university archivist said it's almost certainly a UAlbany pennant, but there's no way we can be 100% certain.

Damn, I thought for a second I had an original thought.

If they're trying to represent the city of Albany as well as the school, does that mean they'll drop the "U" in UAlbany?

It wouldn't be a radical change since our jerseys used to say "Albany" back in the 70s

Thanks!

I highly recommend museum glass for its clarity and anti-reflective properties (also its UV protection to keep the pennant from fading even more). It'll cost more, but it's worth it if you're going to display something for life.

See the difference:

Hey guys,

Check out my latest purchase from eBay. Great old vintage pennant from the New York State Normal School, which as you know, eventually became UAlbany. It's extremely rare and in excellent condition considering that it's from the late 1800s. Letters are stitched and the pennant comes in 3 separate shapes of wool/felt fabric that have been sewn together - this is a very old design technique.

The color gold remains but the purple has faded over time, which would be expected considering that the purple dyes back then were not nearly as robust as the normal stock colors of the day and washed out easily. Poor quality of purple dyes was one of the reasons why UAlbany proposed changing the school colors back in 1921, but the motion never passed.

I hand washed it with Woolite and cold water to remove the century of dust and dirt embedded in it. I talked to the university archivist and he said the pennant may date from 1897 when the first sports are mentioned in The Echo, the monthly student literary magazine/newspaper/alumni magazine all rolled into one, or from 1898 when we played our first inter-collegiate baseball against Oneonta. Here it is after the clean up phase:

I got this professionally framed to preserve the pennant. I went with a gold frame and purple matting to compliment the time faded purple and gold pennant. That's museum quality glass too , peasants don't know about that.

It sits nicely in my humble home office