Around the Nation Podcast: New faces the reason for excitement
You’ve been asking for this for years, haven’t you? John Carroll and UW-Oshkosh advanced to the national semifinals, meaning there will be at least one team in the Stagg Bowl for the first time. And...
View ArticleATN Podcast 173: What’s wrong with big scores?
Lots of cool and interesting things happened in the opening weekend of Division III football. Of course, many of them were overshadowed by the 98-0 win by St. John’s over St. Scholastica. Nobody here...
View ArticleHazing: Enough is enough
By Dave McHugh D3sports.com How many hazing incidents do we need to hear about on college campuses before people finally figure it out? Enough is enough. The latest Division III instance comes from...
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Quick Hits: The 35,000-foot view
The biggest show in Division III is coming to a major league baseball stadium. Perhaps you’ve heard. But there are 100 other games on Saturday as well, and if you’re not named Tommie or Johnnie,...
View ArticleATN Podcast 177: Covering the rest of a newsy week
Aside from “the Target Field game” there were another 99 games played on Saturday, and on top of that, there was all sorts of other news in the past week to cover. Pat Coleman and Keith McMillan talk...
View ArticleATN Podcast: The end of one purple era
Once upon a time, this patient got up off the table, but now Pat or Keith (hint, not both) is ready to call an end to the UW-Whitewater dynasty. See, yes UWW has lost three games before in a season...
View ArticleATN Podcast 179: Big games lead to playoff talk
All of a sudden we drop a few big games into the mix, set a couple of Top 25 ballots on fire, and then it’s not too early to talk about strength of schedule, and the playoffs, and how at-large bids...
View ArticleATN Podcast 181: How it all ties together
There were more than a couple of games that all came down to exciting endings at about the same time on Saturday, and there are plenty of games from this past week and future weeks that are fairly...
View ArticleATN Podcast 182: Eight teams for five at-large slots
Sure, UW-Platteville losing theoretically opened up a playoff spot, but that doesn’t mean anyone should breathe easy. Even if you don’t count Platteville, there are at least eight more teams vying for...
View ArticleATN Podcast 192: Back for a second year
When you first become a head coach, there’s a flurry of things to do, a bunch of things to learn, and not always enough time to do it or enough people to lean on to get it done. Only after that first...
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ATN podcast: Down to eight
Leo Gutierrez was the fourth of four Mary Hardin-Baylor players to rush for more than 100 yards Saturday. A strong ground game; playing strong defense. These are the tenets of teams that go deep into...
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Triple take: Surges and upsets
Brandon James ran for 77 yards in Pacific Lutheran’s opener. Are the Lutes ready to pick up where they left off in 2010?Pacific Lutheran athletics photo We’ve seen what teams can do, and some may...
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ATN Podcast: Time to re-evaluate?
Ohio Northern survived an upset bid by Otterbein, setting up an interesting conundrum for the people who like to play comparative scores.Ohio Northern athletics photo If you like playing the...
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Triple Take: Clarity in conferences
Was Redlands stiffed in this week’s regional rankings?Redlands athletics photo The Eastern Collegiate, Empire 8, North Coast, Old Dominion, Southern Collegiate and USA South each feature matchups this...
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ATN Podcast: What they got right
Linfield has gone 9-0 with Mickey Inns at quarterback this season.Photo by Rusty Rae Usually we have some complaints about the bracket, so much so that there’s a category in the annual predictions...
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ATN Podcast: Welcome back!
Chris Denton was the Purple Raiders’ top receiver and returned two punts for touchdowns. Photo by Dan Poel for d3photography.com It was a long, strange trip. But when you see four games, you are bound...
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ATN Podcast: A tangled, tangled web
Nate Oropollo’s four sacks helped drag Delaware Valley out of the Top 25. Lycoming athletics photo Having played two weeks can sometimes be more confusing than having played one, when you come to...
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Around the Nation Podcast: The big shuffle
Alfred’s Chuck Beckwith had another fantastic game on Saturday. Alfred athletics file photo Subscribe to the Around the Nation Podcast in iTunes. Let’s see, there’s only a ton of good games from...
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ATN podcast: Will they get in?
Cory Wipperfurth’s touchdown catch against UW-Whitewater comes up in Keith’s breakdown of the game. Photo by Daryl Tessmann for d3photography.com Subscribe to the Around the Nation Podcast in iTunes....
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ATN Podcast: There will be a new champ
Kevin Burke and Mount Union are going strong, despite Heidelberg actually scoring this week. Mount Union athletics photo by JT Higgins Subscribe to the Around the Nation Podcast in iTunes. Now at...
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ATN Podcast: Who’s still in contention?
Cody Pohren and Pacific Lutheran benefited from the double losses in the MIAC. How? PLU athletics file photo by John Froschauer Subscribe to the Around the Nation Podcast in iTunes. We’re down to a...
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ATN Podcast: When a surprise isn’t a surprise
Mary Hardin-Baylor bounced Louisiana College from the playoffs, perhaps a round sooner than it should have been. Photo by Andrew Zavoina, d3photography.com Subscribe to the Around the Nation Podcast...
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Around the Nation podcast: Playing the questions game
Wabash had some great performances from people in new spots, such as freshman Delan Pettiford. Wabash athletics photo by Howard Hewitt Subscribe to the Around the Nation Podcast in iTunes. There’s...
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Around the Nation podcast: Playoff picture takes place
Hardin-Simmons wasn’t a threat to Linfield, Willamette or UMHB but crushed Texas Lutheran. Hardin-Simmons athletics photo Subscribe to the Around the Nation Podcast in iTunes. So let’s see, John...
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Around the Nation Podcast: Shootout weekend
Marquis Barolle has already gone for 1,152 yards on the ground this season. (Texas Lutheran photo by Bailee Bauman) No offense, but if you like defense, there wasn’t a lot to like about Week 6. But if...
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Around the Nation Podcast: A bit about elite teams
Duane Thompson and Mary Hardin-Baylor continue to put up lots of yards and points. (UMHB athletics photo) Whether there is a separation at the top of the poll, whether it’s the top four teams, the top...
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Around the Nation Podcast: Bringin’ the intrigue!
Andrew Robinson (three quarterback hurries, one sack) kept UW-Whitewater quarterback Matt Behrendt on the run Saturday. (UW-Platteville athletics photo) Now, we finally get some intrigue. Admittedly,...
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Around the Nation Podcast: Down to 16
Linfield honored fallen teammate Parker Moore before taking the field against Chapman, then did so again on its first offensive play from scrimmage. (Photo by B. Scott Presley, d3photography.com) We...
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Triple Take: Predicted scores for the second round of the playoffs
Tyre Coleman needs one sack to move into sole possession of second place all-time in the history of the NCAA tracking stats, and 4.5 to move into a tie for first. (Hobart athletics photo) Consider for...
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Around the Nation Podcast: Shaking up the bracket
Linfield’s big win was the biggest news of Saturday. (Photo by Joe Fusco, d3photography.com) Linfield upset the apple cart with its big win on Saturday, knocking off a UMHB program that had been a play...
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Around the Nation Podcast: Here we go again
Will Hiteshue had a big impact on the Wesley offense, with two takeaways on Saturday. (Photo by Dan Poel, d3photography.com) Making too much of one result, or one big score? Well, we probably won’t...
View ArticleATN Podcast: One big shakeup
There was one huge upset this week, but that left a lot of room to talk about other games as well. So in addition to Dubuque-Wartburg, let’s take a few minutes to focus on the “middle class” of...
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Triple Take, Week 8: The biggest week so far
Everything that Week 7 was not, in terms of big matchups, Week 8 is. There are no fewer than five nationally significant major clashes, plus several more games that will greatly impact conference...
View ArticleATN Podcast: Let the speculation begin
Lots of good showdowns this weekend to talk about, and we hit on a bunch, but that’s just the beginning. What we’re really here to do is talk about the playoffs! Where do we know more about automatic...
View ArticleATN Podcast: Let’s wipe our hands of that first round
Phew, that was ugly. UG-ly, with a capital U. And a G. In this case, we’re talking about most of the first round of the playoffs we have a coach talking about winning ugly, and another talking about...
View ArticleATN Podcast: Now those were some playoffs!
After a disappointing first round, this was exactly what Division III football needed, including competitive games, a big play for the ages and more. Pat and Keith talk about each second round game,...
View ArticleAround the Nation Podcast: D-III pride
There were a couple of big games and although we’ll spend a good amount of time talking about the St. Thomas-St. John’s game, that’s not all that went on this past Saturday. UW-Whitewater preserved...
View ArticleAround the Nation Podcast: Purple ponderings
Hard to start anywhere but with UW-Whitewater and Mount Union this week, as Whitewater comes away with a key win and the Purple Raiders looked a little shaky in their win vs. Ohio Northern. Plus we...
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Quick Hits: Hard act to follow
Last week was such a great one in Division III that it might be hard to follow, but we will do our best, since there are quite a few great games and some really intriguing ones on tap. Our guest...
View ArticleATN Podcast: Playoff picture update
About half of the automatic bids have been handed out to the Field of 32 teams which will play for the 2016 Division III football championship. But while two of the remaining ones will be battled out...
View ArticleATN Podcast: The bracket reaction
We’re still feeling really good about this bracket — about the teams selected, about the first-round pairings, about so much of it. We’ll hear from the NCAA committee chair, Jack McKiernan, gets...
View ArticleAround the Nation Podcast: Tense moments
Whether you were among the excited, with no rooting interest, or among the tense, with your season hanging in the balance, the 3 p.m. hour-plus in the Eastern Time Zone on Saturday was a great time to...
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Quick Hits on the quarterfinals
Is there enough offense in Anthony Moeglin’s right arm to overcome a stout Whitewater defense? Can Oshkosh manage to put enough points on the board to win at St. Thomas, or, for that matter, can St....
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Quick Hits Week 4: Unleashing the Cougars
The crew is picking the Cougars to make some noise this week, as well as the Colonels, while everyone has their eyes on the clash in the OAC. Our regular crew is Keith McMillan, Ryan Tipps, Pat...
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ATN Podcast 247: The one with buy or sell
There are lots of teams in Division III which you have questions about, and you’re not alone. We have the same questions about a handful of teams, and in this edition of the D3football.com Around the...
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ATN Podcast 248: The one with fourth-quarter comebacks
We’ve often said in the course of writing about and covering Division III that you can find everything in Division III. That is definitely true in football, where when you have more than 110 games,...
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ATN Podcast 265: A new-look quarterfinals
We’re on to the third round of the playoffs, and it’s a round that looks a little less purple, a little more wide-open, and has a lot less for people to complain about. Will any of the games be close?...
View ArticleATN Podcast 285: Game balls, off the beaten path, and more
We got our first look at the defending national champions this past week, and against a ranked team as well. What do the Cardinals look like? Greg Thomas has his take, and it’s bad news for the rest of...
View ArticleATN Podcast 309: Off to a fun start
Yeah, this was a fun first week of the Division III football season, as we were treated to a Top Five showdown right out of the gate, another matchup of national semifinal teams and much more. We...
View ArticleATN Podcast 310: Loving this alternate reality of D-III football
Most years it seems as though our first couple of weeks of the season are filled with top teams pasting teams that are clearly overmatched. And while we’ve still had some of that in 2022, this...
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