Bruce:
I imagine that is true. But I have the belief that if Fr. Graham had really wanted the club program to prosper then more of an administration effort would have happened. Dr. Heidt's recent contribution to the recreation center complex and Charles Gallagher's donation for the recent new student center show that there are benefactors out there. When the owner of the Chicago Bears was at Xavier a few years ago extolling football and Catholic education, one would think he could have been approached. Yesterday, Bucknell hosted Sacred Heart University at Christy Mathewson stadium (named after a former Bucknell football alum who went on to a Hall of Fame baseball career as a pitcher). The stadium was built in 1924 for what now would be a cost of roughly $3.7 million dollars and after a 1989 renovation seats 13,100. A nice stadium that seemed fairly empty on the far side. Not sure what either school pays for football but Bucknell is a Patrit League School and Sacred hear a NEAC school so I think atheltic scholarships are minimal if at all. Sacred Hear traveled to Lewisburg, Pa. from Connecticut. Somehow, it gets done.