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#1
During the broadcast of the CWRU-Chicago series, it was suggested that Chicago will return to UAA for baseball in 2025.

Six teams would mean an autobid, yes?
#2
CWRU will remain in UAA for all sports that aren't football. PAC seems to me to be the best place for football, given how heavily they recruit in WPa.
#3
On the proverbial 'any Saturday,' I think any of the top 4 PAC teams could have beaten any other. CMU v W&J was the big outlier, owing to CMU's use of Buoma running from direct snap since, starting QB Ben Mills was unable to play. The Tartans were up 32-7 at the half and won 35-14. CMU beat CWRU 31-21. If Spartans hadn't used all it's time out in the closing 2:32 with CMU getting the ball on the CWRU12 following an interception, I think CWU would have taken three knees and the final score would have been 24-21.

It appears that the PAC will end the full round-robin for the 2025 season, hopefully finding a way to avoid 2017 when Thomas More and CWRU didn't play one another and each finished 10-0, 8-0 PAC. Would they invite Hiram back (winners of 1982 PAC football title and a top PAC team in 80s), but fallen on hard times of late? Hiram might be glad to be rid of road trips to Western Indiana. Then have two 6-team divisions with a title game like MWC did for several seasons up to 2019. They would need to avoid the Big 10's problem have having the top 3 teams lately being in the same division. CWRU and CMU and the other rivalry pairs: W&J and Waynesburg, Grove City and Thiel, Westminster and Geneva, and Bethany and St Vincent ought to be in the same division, but otherwise they could be reapportioned every four years creating divisions or relatively equal strength.

#4
Quote from: ExTartanPlayer on December 17, 2023, 06:15:12 AM
Considering that Grove City a) beat the only team that beat the eventual national champions and b) lost a close heartbreaker to the national champions themselves and c) needed to work hard to beat W&J and CMU, maybe Pat will reluctantly concede that the top teams in the PAC were perhaps a bit underrated.

What a moment for D3 football. Maybe we're finally past the days when there are only 2 or 3 teams are real national title contenders. Massive congrats to Cortland (what an epic game!) and they give me hope that D3 football is now a sport where a bunch of top 25ish schools play on relatively equal footing rather than there being a big 2-3-4 teams that are 30 points clear of everyone else.

Had to go to overtime to beat CWRU, too
#5
Quote from: UAA_Truthsayer on December 10, 2023, 06:55:13 PM
Got an early look at CWRU going into conference play. I think it is silly that division 3 doesn't value strength of schedule as much as they should. There are 3 top 15 teams in the Cleveland Metro and they don't play each other: why?

Colin Khal is an early lock for all conference, all region, and maybe all-American. The kid competes at a high level. At times Case can lack direction and focus as they are team that relies almost entirely on transfers. I would press them when their primary ball handler is on the bench. It is tough to piece together former starters from previous schools with former starters at the current school. It will be interesting to see how it all works when they start play competition that matches the skill on their roster.

I'm disappointed that CWRU and JCU aren't playing one another and the first four games in December are against weak teams. But Capital is 8-2 with losses only to CWRU and 6-2 RV Marietta. Then too in Vegas after Christmas Spartans face # 4 Oswego State and  8-1 Clark whose only loss is to #5 Tufts by 4 points. And of course three other UAA squads are in the Top 25. SoS will be just fine.

I think that it's inaccurate to say CWRU relies almost entirely on transfers.  The top 5 in minutes/game are 2 transfers and 3 returners from last year. To me their weakness is the absence of a true point guard. Mazzeo is filling that role, but it wasn't his role at BW. 

#7
Now 5-0 CWRU beat then 6-0 Capital last night 94-87
#8
Quote from: mikefln on November 14, 2023, 03:41:33 PM
Obviously, the PAC did not get any respect as their 10-0 champ was sent on the road. They have a tough task ahead of them is Susquehanna, but I would not call them underdogs either. I see this as a close game and whoever wins it, will have earned the victory.  Obviously I am pulling for GCC.  Good Luck.

Until today, there was no way to measure how good the PAC teams were.
#9
CMU defeats Brockport 37-7. A three-sweep for the PAC, the Rodney Dangerfield conference of D3 football.
#10
He's no longer on the roster.

He was a JR transfer from RIT, perhaps he's decided to go back there next semester.
#12
Blocked punt was the difference.

Jeff you missed key plays in the first half. Here's the replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZJnLbjuieE

After the first W&J TD. CWRU went three and out and punted. The punt was muffed at the W&J 12, but went out of bounds before the Spartans could recover. W&J went three and out and after a short punt, Spartans started at $&J 48. On 3rd and 4 a W&J lineman clearly jumped into the neutral zone -- event the commentators agreed, but no flag and Fromberg's pass, perhaps thinking it was a free play,  is intercepted. The INT was a great play by the defender who leaped high to make the catch. On the drive that followed, Sais was called for a late hit out of bounds when an inbounds tackle drove the ball carrier into him while he was standing at the side line.

An impressive comeback from a 21-7 deficit that just fell short.

Total offense CWRU 446 W&J 431 
#13
Done

The W&J FG looked to me like it was over the upright not through
#15
CWRU isn't a member of ECAC, so, it can't go to an ECAC bowl.