I would like to see "We Are... Marshall" or "Protect The M" painted on the roof of it so that you could see it from the stadium.

(10-11-2013 07:23 PM)MUTeke Wrote:  I would like to see "We Are... Marshall" or "Protect The M" painted on the roof of it so that you could see it from the stadium.

Also see it from the sky. Ive flew over Huntington a few times not realizing it until I spot JCE Stadium. That would catch you eye right away.

IPF progress. The steel frame of the building is about 3/4 complete.

Click on the IAF camera link.

What is the cost for the IPF Marshall fans? I only ask b/c you hear some talk of it at ECU.

Looks really good Marshall - what is the price tag?

(11-01-2013 09:12 PM)winston70 Wrote:  Looks really good Marshall - what is the price tag?

The whole facility including the other attached buildings is $19M.

(11-01-2013 09:08 PM)ECUgradstudent Wrote:  What is the cost for the IPF Marshall fans? I only ask b/c you hear some talk of it at ECU.

I hope not...We have a very nice practice facility that serves our needs. I would rather see them put that money into further upgrades to Dowdy-Ficklin.

The IPF will be a full 100 yard field with a 6 lane track surrounding it. Plus bleachers for spectators. Be a top notch facility for our teams. Attached will the the academic center, new sports medicine training rooms and MU HOF.

(11-04-2013 09:10 AM)SVHerd Wrote:  The IPF will be a full 100 yard field with a 6 lane track surrounding it. Plus bleachers for spectators. Be a top notch facility for our teams. Attached will the the academic center, new sports medicine training rooms and MU HOF.

Makes a lot of sense for Marshall to have one of these with your climate....Not so much in eastern NC where it stay fairly mild most of the year. Sure we do run into some weather issue from time to time for practice but hell you have to play in it sometimes.

(11-04-2013 09:10 AM)SVHerd Wrote:  The IPF will be a full 100 yard field with a 6 lane track surrounding it. Plus bleachers for spectators. Be a top notch facility for our teams. Attached will the the academic center, new sports medicine training rooms and MU HOF.

The field will actually be 120 yards long. Endzones are 10 yards each.

The changing of seasons can be extreme in WV. In March/April it can be 60 and sunny one day and 30 and snowing the next. Severe storms cost us practice days in the spring and during fall camp. That will no longer be the case.

In addition to football and track & field, it will also benefit baseball, softball and golf with batting/swing cages. It will also save wear and tear on the Joan's playing surface. We get new turf at JCE for next season, thankfully. It's really showing its age.

(11-04-2013 09:18 AM)ECU-DMB Fanatic Wrote:  

(11-04-2013 09:10 AM)SVHerd Wrote:  The IPF will be a full 100 yard field with a 6 lane track surrounding it. Plus bleachers for spectators. Be a top notch facility for our teams. Attached will the the academic center, new sports medicine training rooms and MU HOF.

Makes a lot of sense for Marshall to have one of these with your climate....Not so much in eastern NC where it stay fairly mild most of the year. Sure we do run into some weather issue from time to time for practice but hell you have to play in it sometimes.

You don't practice or play games during thunderstorms...

(11-04-2013 12:11 AM)ECU-DMB Fanatic Wrote:  

(11-01-2013 09:08 PM)ECUgradstudent Wrote:  What is the cost for the IPF Marshall fans? I only ask b/c you hear some talk of it at ECU.

I hope not...We have a very nice practice facility that serves our needs. I would rather see them put that money into further upgrades to Dowdy-Ficklin.

I know Holtz wanted one, but I have heard rumblings that our current staff would like to see one as well. I don't think we will see anything new on DF until either a new conference move/shake up of NCAA FBS resulting in more money for us or endzone paid off (or possibly both).

(11-04-2013 05:06 PM)Marge Schott Wrote:  

(11-04-2013 09:18 AM)ECU-DMB Fanatic Wrote:  

(11-04-2013 09:10 AM)SVHerd Wrote:  The IPF will be a full 100 yard field with a 6 lane track surrounding it. Plus bleachers for spectators. Be a top notch facility for our teams. Attached will the the academic center, new sports medicine training rooms and MU HOF.

Makes a lot of sense for Marshall to have one of these with your climate....Not so much in eastern NC where it stay fairly mild most of the year. Sure we do run into some weather issue from time to time for practice but hell you have to play in it sometimes.

You don't practice or play games during thunderstorms...

Obviously not but honestly thunderstorms are not the issue as they are typically in and out fairly quickly. What causes us more problems are rainy game weeks where you only have a couple of days to prepare for an opponent. We have had a few of those this year where the team has had a hard time getting game prep done. I think if given the option to have one our staff would jump on it for sure. It is almost getting to the point that we will have to build an indoor facility from a recruiting standpoint since it appears most every school is building one these days.

How much is Marshall spending on your IPF ?? I think we could probably do ours cheaper because we would not really need to add other facilities into the project like an academic center or the HOF that Marshall is including with their IPF.

(11-17-2013 10:31 AM)ECU-DMB Fanatic Wrote:  

(11-04-2013 05:06 PM)Marge Schott Wrote:  

(11-04-2013 09:18 AM)ECU-DMB Fanatic Wrote:  

(11-04-2013 09:10 AM)SVHerd Wrote:  The IPF will be a full 100 yard field with a 6 lane track surrounding it. Plus bleachers for spectators. Be a top notch facility for our teams. Attached will the the academic center, new sports medicine training rooms and MU HOF.

Makes a lot of sense for Marshall to have one of these with your climate....Not so much in eastern NC where it stay fairly mild most of the year. Sure we do run into some weather issue from time to time for practice but hell you have to play in it sometimes.

You don't practice or play games during thunderstorms...

Obviously not but honestly thunderstorms are not the issue as they are typically in and out fairly quickly. What causes us more problems are rainy game weeks where you only have a couple of days to prepare for an opponent. We have had a few of those this year where the team has had a hard time getting game prep done. I think if given the option to have one our staff would jump on it for sure. It is almost getting to the point that we will have to build an indoor facility from a recruiting standpoint since it appears most every school is building one these days.

How much is Marshall spending on your IPF ?? I think we could probably do ours cheaper because we would not really need to add other facilities into the project like an academic center or the HOF that Marshall is including with their IPF.

I think the IPF part of it is about $12M.