Quote from: IC798891 on Today at 10:14:16 AMJust to clarify, I was an adjunct for 7 years. I wasn't trying to bash them, just going off my own experience/observations that they tended to be used for the introductory level courses, not the upper level courses -- which tended to go to the professors with tenure

I was only worried that I was bashing adjuncts by calling the programs low rigor.

Just to clarify, I was an adjunct for 7 years. I wasn't trying to bash them, just going off my own experience/observations that they tended to be used for the introductory level courses, not the upper level courses -- which tended to go to the professors with tenure

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Quote from: IC798891 on Yesterday at 12:48:48 PMHuh! Man, you learn something new everyday. I would have thought the exact opposite, but to your point, and in fairness to me, I was assuming that the courses were reflective of being part of advanced degree pursuit, not merely low-rigor cash grabs. If they're the latter, that makes sense that they could hand them to adjuncts.

Fair, and also nothing against the adjuncts, many are smart, capable and dedicated to student learning.

My son's best and favorite professor at Fordham was an adjunct. The guy basically taught the same course load as a full-time faculty member. He hated the year-to-year uncertainty of being an adjunct. I'm not sure why he couldn't get a regular faculty position. 

Round 1
1. Nescac1 - Kye Robinson - Mary Washington x1
2. FCGG - Josiah Butler - UW-Stevens Point x2
3. NCF - Sam Grieger- UW-Lacrosse x1
4. Greek - Deacon Judd - Oswego St x3
5. Ronk - Zach McLaughlin - ME-Farmington x1.5

Round 2
6. Ronk -Carvin Fish - Minnesota-Morris x3
7. Greek - Vinnie Adjahoungbeta - Elmhurst x3
8. NCF - Kaleb Nutifafa- Keuka - x2
9. FCGG - Jason Reynolds - Maine-Farmington 1.5x
10. Nescac1 - Jackson Rein - Williams 3x

Round 3
11. Nescac1 - Dominic Trelenberg - Elmhurst 3x
12. FCGG - Jay Randall - Mary Washington 1x
13. NCF - Ulysses Young - Mary Washington 1x
14. Greek - Jordan Cooper - Keene St 3x
15. Ronk - Aidan Yates - Williams 3x

Round 4
16. Ronk - Aidyn Boone - Elmhurst 3x
17. Greek - Andrew Deppe - RPI 3x
18. NCF
19. FCGG
20. Nescac1

Round 5
21. Nescac1
22. FCGG
23. NCF
24. Greek
25. Ronk

Quote from: IC798891 on Yesterday at 12:48:48 PMHuh! Man, you learn something new everyday. I would have thought the exact opposite, but to your point, and in fairness to me, I was assuming that the courses were reflective of being part of advanced degree pursuit, not merely low-rigor cash grabs. If they're the latter, that makes sense that they could hand them to adjuncts.

Fair, and also nothing against the adjuncts, many are smart, capable and dedicated to student learning.

It appears that Oberlin College isn't the only football team in Oberlin with a numbers problem.

https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/high-school/hs-football/oberlin-high-school-football-season-canceled-parents-speak-out-athletics-sports-local-lorain-county/95-4d050d16-8d3d-4a23-a941-d4340fb55c86

Oberlin College lists only 41 players on its website.  16 are Fr. 12 Sr Only 5 are Jr. Only 8 are So. That's only 29 next season if all return..

16 Fr is a slight improvement over 2025 which had only 13 Fr.

https://goyeo.com/sports/football/roster?sort=class

Quote from: DagarmanSpartan on August 04, 2026, 10:25:06 PMI like our class of newcomers, after reading the media guide.  I sure hope that our new O-Linemen can step up. 

Being picked 4th out of, essentially, 12, is not a bad place to be.  It's a bit higher than I expected. 

Hopefully we can contend.

I liked Coach Debs' and Kavcic's interview at Media Day. 

Who besides the three transfers who have been discuss caught your eye? Debs seems high on the OL returning rather than FYs.  "There were several younger players we liked that
are going to see more time this year ... I think this year, if we let the offensive line be aggressive
and physical, we can be a successful offensive line."

PAC currently has a top tier of five and a big gap to sixth. Why would the Spartans be lower than fifth? I wonder how many poll voters were aware of Geneva's schedule advantage. CWRU and Geneva do not play one another in 2026. Geneva, as in 2025, plays one fewer of the top three than CWRU

The situation in Loretto hasn't gotten any better for St Francis. Their website now only shows twelve returning players, when earlier it listed nineteen.

The media guide has Spartan's 2027 schedule with nine conference games without Grove City or St Francis. Rochester, like this season, is the non-conference foe. 

I wish that the five UAA football schools would agree to schedule one another in week 1. CMU and Rochester each need three non-conference games so they could alternate playing the odd team out in week 2.   

When is the OAC media day?  Nothing on the OAC page or Mount Union page either...have I missed it?

I agree that if 5/5 comes to D3, it could be the impetus for schools without grad programs to join together.

D3football FAQ Medical redshirting (also known as a medical hardship season) is still permitted at the Division III level. The general guideline is that you must have played one-third of the scheduled games or fewer in order to be eligible. If you suffer a season-ending injury in that time-frame and can document it, your conference (or athletic director, if an independent) can file paperwork with the NCAA on your behalf to restore a season of eligibility.

Quote from: D3fanboy on August 06, 2026, 04:44:56 PMnot to upset Pat, but I highly doubt many 17-18 year olds are listening to the D3FB podcast to make their college decision.

No argument here! We also started posting this content on YouTube in order to extend our reach. The podcast audience is about 4-5% 18 and under.