Who is Lincoln University and Why did Idaho State Schedule Them?
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2025 2:14 pm
ISU beats Lincoln 90-0. ISU was up 69-0 at half. Lincoln (out of Oakland, CA) is an NAIA school. Why?
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I posted this on another thread. Lincoln is not a football team. They are a money making scam for unethical coaches and school administrators and a sacrificial lamb for opposing teams. Any school that schedules them should be ashamed and not get credited for a victory.
Forty years ago, Eastern Oregon had an established football program that played in a football conference and had (still does) a college campus. Lincoln doesn’t even have a home football field, plays all away games, has no football conference, and its campus consists of one small building. The ISU AD was looking to fill a home, non-conference game slot. I get it, scheduling games is hard. Scheduling Lincoln does the ISU players, coaches, fans, and the university no favors though. I bet even Eastern Oregon would have given ISU a better game than Lincoln did.nevadacat wrote: ↑Sun Sep 21, 2025 3:42 pmWho knows?
In 1985, we hosted Eastern Oregon, an NAIA school. The starters only played the 1st quarter. It was 73-0 at half. In the 2nd half, we only ran two plays that weren’t FB/HB dives. Those two plays were long TD runs by Corey Lamey. We finished 86-0. The outcome was always certain, only the magnitude was undetermined.
Mr. Parac must have had a good reason to schedule that game, but I don’t know what it was. Maybe the ISU AD had a good reason, too.
Then the 1985 team proceeded to lose every remainingnevadacat wrote: ↑Sun Sep 21, 2025 3:42 pmWho knows?
In 1985, we hosted Eastern Oregon, an NAIA school. The starters only played the 1st quarter. It was 73-0 at half. In the 2nd half, we only ran two plays that weren’t FB/HB dives. Those two plays were long TD runs by Corey Lamey. We finished 86-0. The outcome was always certain, only the magnitude was undetermined.
Mr. Parac must have had a good reason to schedule that game, but I don’t know what it was. Maybe the ISU AD had a good reason, too.
Saw your link after I posted and learned they are not even NAIA as the OP stated. I see where you are coming from. Yuck. Just like to give the benefit of the doubt, except for the gris, of course.AFCAT wrote: ↑Sun Sep 21, 2025 4:34 pmForty years ago, Eastern Oregon had an established football program that played in a football conference and had (still does) a college campus. Lincoln doesn’t even have a home football field, plays all away games, has no football conference, and its campus consists of one small building. The ISU AD was looking to fill a home, non-conference game slot. I get it, scheduling games is hard. Scheduling Lincoln does the ISU players, coaches, fans, and the university no favors though. I bet even Eastern Oregon would have given ISU a better game than Lincoln did.nevadacat wrote: ↑Sun Sep 21, 2025 3:42 pmWho knows?
In 1985, we hosted Eastern Oregon, an NAIA school. The starters only played the 1st quarter. It was 73-0 at half. In the 2nd half, we only ran two plays that weren’t FB/HB dives. Those two plays were long TD runs by Corey Lamey. We finished 86-0. The outcome was always certain, only the magnitude was undetermined.
Mr. Parac must have had a good reason to schedule that game, but I don’t know what it was. Maybe the ISU AD had a good reason, too.
I remember that game - word on our team was that Eastern Oregon's HC was connected to Dave Arnold, who made it happen.nevadacat wrote: ↑Sun Sep 21, 2025 3:42 pmWho knows?
In 1985, we hosted Eastern Oregon, an NAIA school. The starters only played the 1st quarter. It was 73-0 at half. In the 2nd half, we only ran two plays that weren’t FB/HB dives. Those two plays were long TD runs by Corey Lamey. We finished 86-0. The outcome was always certain, only the magnitude was undetermined.
Mr. Parac must have had a good reason to schedule that game, but I don’t know what it was. Maybe the ISU AD had a good reason, too.
Maybe just as controversial as Lincoln university’s football team is the link to the supposed news site.
From the article; "the Bengals could have set the Big Sky record for points scored in a game — a mark set in 1980 by Portland State with 105 points — had both coaches not agreed to play eight-minute quarters in the second half."
I pretty sure I went to an MSU-Montana Tech game back in the mid-90s that was somewhat competitive. Had plenty of open rows around my friend and me.damnyoutuesday wrote: ↑Sun Sep 21, 2025 5:03 pmI would 100% rather MSU, and Big Sky members as well, schedule the Frontier Conference NAIA teams (Tech, Western, Carroll, etc) instead of scam program Lincoln
Only comparable scenarios I've seen covering the Big Sky is when Portland State beat North American University 94-0. They played a 5-minute 4th quarter.110010110 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 30, 2025 1:36 pmFrom the article; "the Bengals could have set the Big Sky record for points scored in a game — a mark set in 1980 by Portland State with 105 points — had both coaches not agreed to play eight-minute quarters in the second half."
I don't think I have ever heard of a mercy rule being used in college football before. Thats incredibly embarrassing for everyone involved. Even though Lincoln is not an NCAA sanctioned team (or NAIA, or any other governing body for that matter) the NCAA needs to end this by not recognizing games played against this "team". If they make it so its not a "countable" win at all then schools would have 0 reason to schedule them as having an extra bye week would honestly be better.