Not really a good place to put this but... spent a little over 2 hours today taking U.S. Soccer's online Grassroots 4v4 coaching course. The replacement for the E or maybe F license. I can't remember. But I will say that it was surprisingly good for an online course. This is my third season coaching in a very low key church league, my daughter dropped after one season at 7 but my twin boys are on their second season at 6, and I wanted to look into what is recommended these days.

For $25 and a few hours you get a lot of resources and some much more modern techniques and concepts than the old skill drills I learned on. I'd recommend it for volunteer coaches with or without a soccer background to get ideas and outlines for running practices. If my boys stick with it I could see myself doing the other grassroots courses as they grow, even after I'm relegated to parent assistant.

Thomas More has released its schedule for 2018.  Its a really tough one in terms of having 7 road games, distance to be traveled and who they have scheduled. 

There are four games which really stand out:  At home vs. UW Plattville and Muhlenberg , road games Saint Johns and Huntington.

You'll also notice they have their first D2 opponent since the Dean Paul era.. when they host Lake Erie College.

http://tmcsaints.com/sports/fball/2018-19/schedule

The life of a DIII independent is getting less and less practical. I wonder how many of these are home and homes.

Quote from: Craft_Beermeister on February 24, 2018, 09:48:22 am

Kyle Moore QB from Marlboro High School, NJ who signed with UMU 5 days ago recently revived a tweet shout from QB trainer Tony Racioppi (TEST Football Academy) who posted I’ve had the opportunity to train, coach, mentor and develop QBs from young to the NFL and this guy is one of my all time favorites! Congrats Kyle Moore on his commitment to Mount Union! So proud, happy and excited for you. Earned it everyday! @Kylem1424 @TEST_Football

This looks like a good pickup for UMU.  Kyle besides being a good young QB is a smart kid with a 1170 SAT. 

Hopefully learning behind Poorman and Fulford will be very beneficial to Kyle's growth.

Tony Racioppi played for Rowan!

I remember Racioppi. He grew up in my hometown and played Freshman and Sophomore year for my h.s. Transferred to Red Bank Catholic for his junior and senior seasons if I remember my ancient history, though I think that was the year I graduated. Played with a running back, McCoo, that went to Penn State. That RBC team was good.

I'm not sure pointing out a "Jews for Jesus" event is the way to go here. That's really an extremely small and fringe group in Judiasm and not really recognized. To lump that in as a support for Jewish culture shows a fair amount of ignorance. It's somewhat equivalent to a Jewish school inviting an Amish speaker as being representative of modern Christians.

That being said, this seems absolutely like a he said she said kind of case, and if they want to fight it probably stand a good chance of coming out unscathed except by the publicity. And I doubt the publicity would really hurt a small, Christian school on LA.  The people going to La. Col aren't exactly the demographic most concerned by perceptions of religious inclusivity.

Tale of 2 halves as the Quakers open the second half on a 22-10 run to chop the lead to 8 with 11:30 to go. Generals went cold on the 3, Guilford heating up.

Jackets blow a 2nd half lead and lose 56-54....can't hold a lead....defensive problems....maybe next year...Congrats to the EMU's......What was promising before last Saturday slips right down the drain....Nobody to blame but ourselves.... Gonna be a good next few days to see who advances....Hasa I'm pulling for your guys!

When you only allow 56 points I'm struggling to see how you are pointing at defensive problems, but I'm not real knowledgeable about basketball. Seems like an offense that only scores 54 is more to blame...

Quote from: jknezek on February 22, 2018, 11:40:09 am

This isn't a good look. Be interesting to see how it plays out...

https://sports.yahoo.com/lawsuit-alleges-diii-louisiana-school-didnt-hire-coach-jewish-blood-152503851.html

Not a "good look," indeed. If the allegations are true, something really smells at this venue.

Which is a big and hard to prove "IF". I'm guessing this gets settled out of court. LC isn't going to want the publicity...

Just got non-conference schedule details for W&J for the next five years:

W&J will open 2018 AT St. John Fisher, 2nd year of this current home & home.

The Presidents will then play home & home with Wittenberg (2019-2020) and John Carroll (2021-2022).
All are early September games.

Still a chance for 2023 with W&L but I never did get a response.