New York Times, December 29, 2019 issue. I don't know how to post the link on here. Very interesting article about one college which added football and another college that dropped football. Both schools have prospered since.

It wasn't just a loss for Ohio. It was a flat-out embarrassment: 31-0. That was in 2002, seven years before they dropped the program.

As for the article, it's largely a matter of having a small school in a major city that's dominated by pro sports and few more prominent universities vs a small school basically in the boonies. And Anna Maria is in D3 so it's not saddled with scholarships. Northeastern was 1AA and was burdened with scholarships while facing dwindling attendance at games. Just dropping the program helped the bottom line. They attract students by focusing on what they're good at academically.

Here's another article, this one from last month:
https://www.jacksonville.com/sports/20191203/jacksonville...

FCS school Jacksonville State, who played in the non-scholarship Pioneer league, made the decision to give up football entirely. FCS is rough - they don't get much revenue, and they have many of the same expenses. Even without having the expenses of scholarships, Jacksonville State found it to be too expensive. It's no wonder that so many FCS schools try to escape up to FBS, where they get a lot more revenue (bowl money, conference money, higher attendance, bigger paychecks from "money games"), as well as the benefit of visibility.

My friend says to tell your friend that that's a distinct possibility! ;-)

Correct, the Dolphins

Didn't that loss spur Boeh into sending out the infamous "football letter" to alumni? Or maybe it was later that season?