Interesting history as Mason Club football dates to 1993
They thought they had momentum to build a varsity program15+ years ago, but hit a wall. This article in the city paper is from 11 years ago.
The founder of Mason club football really felt the numbers were set to lead to a negative decision on varsity football and keep all the money flowing to basketball.
Today, Mason has a new AD, Brad edwards, former NFL player and a standout fundraiser and administrator. One of his hires several years ago was Washington Redskins legend Darrell green, who training at Mason all of his career
So it’s easy to say never for Mason football. But the GMU administration can’t miss James Madison getting recognition as a top 25 school five games into their time in FBS or the promotion old Dominion and Liberty get.
** Edited by Hokie1992 at 10/12/2022, 6:23:08 AM
Thread Replies (16)
Any chances George Mason and/or Virginia Commonwealth get football
-- MaskedRacer
Oct 10, 2022 at 12:40 PM ET
MaskedRacer
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10/10/22 12:40 PM ET
Nope Mason never will. Told the Skins no to building out the facility
-- Brewing_Hokie
Oct 10, 2022 at 06:58 PM ET
Brewing_Hokie
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10/10/22 06:58 PM ET
Correct me if wrong, but that can change if the BOV & President change?
-- Stech
Oct 11, 2022 at 02:08 PM ET
Stech
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10/11/22 02:08 PM ET
Well could have ever Mason has other challenges
-- Mercury
Oct 11, 2022 at 05:06 PM ET
Mercury
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10/11/22 05:06 PM ET
One would think but the president has changed.
-- Brewing_Hokie
Oct 11, 2022 at 02:11 PM ET
Brewing_Hokie
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10/11/22 02:11 PM ET
Where would they play?**
-- Femoyer Hokie
Oct 10, 2022 at 04:54 PM ET
Femoyer Hokie
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10/10/22 04:54 PM ET
GMU has a large piece of undeveloped land
-- Hokie1992
Oct 12, 2022 at 05:43 AM ET
Hokie1992
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10/12/22 05:43 AM ET
Man every HS football player will end up getting a scholie
-- Vippie1
Oct 10, 2022 at 04:42 PM ET
Vippie1
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10/10/22 04:42 PM ET
I don't think the interest is there at either school. At least in terms of
-- VTHokie2000
Oct 10, 2022 at 03:33 PM ET
VTHokie2000
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10/10/22 03:33 PM ET
The administration at Mason definitely isn’t interested, and I suspect
-- RJHokie
Oct 10, 2022 at 06:20 PM ET
RJHokie
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10/10/22 06:20 PM ET
I wasn't thinking just about the administration though. I also included
-- VTHokie2000
Oct 10, 2022 at 06:24 PM ET
VTHokie2000
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10/10/22 06:24 PM ET
Interesting history as Mason Club football dates to 1993
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-- Hokie1992
Oct 12, 2022 at 06:22 AM ET
Hokie1992
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10/12/22 06:22 AM ET
Interesting article indeed. Given that GMU football would either have to
-- VTHokie2000
Oct 12, 2022 at 11:07 AM ET
VTHokie2000
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10/12/22 11:07 AM ET
Being a mostly commuter school probably has something to do with the
-- RJHokie
Oct 10, 2022 at 10:07 PM ET
RJHokie
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10/10/22 10:07 PM ET
Hey, competition for the Hokies after NIL makes everything go kablooey.
-- FrederickHokie
Oct 10, 2022 at 10:03 PM ET
FrederickHokie
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10/10/22 10:03 PM ET
Even if everything goes kablooey, football will still be the most expensive
-- VTHokie2000
Oct 11, 2022 at 08:36 PM ET
VTHokie2000
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10/11/22 08:36 PM ET