In local College Football news, this is the first year in 120 years that Mansfield University will not field a football team. In a decision based purely on $$$ they folded the program which is a damn shame. Most of the players have transferred elsewhere and the coaches have moved on as well.
While the Mansfield team didn’t have much success recently competing in Division II against the likes of Shippensburg and West Chester, they had a storied past. It was at Mansfield that the first night football game was played. The annual celebration of the first night game against Wyoming Seminary in 1892, The Fabulous 1890’s Weekend, will now be held during a soccer game. *sigh*
Businesses in the town saw increased activity on home weekends with people coming in for meals and rooms so this decision by the MU will impact the town’s bottom line.
Already there are discussions of bringing the program back within a year or two at a slightly lower level.
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