OK.  Thanks.  Seems like an all-purpose back.  Hopefully we'll be able to get the ball in his hands a good bit.

Looking forward to seeing the NESCAC champ in the playoffs for the first time this year!

LONG overdue!

OK, so the NESCAC people are telling me he's probably more of an all-purpose back (mostly a receiver) than a pure QB.  Looks like most of his production at Bates was through rushing and receiving. 

So if Filips is fully recovered and healthy, I'm guessing he starts at QB with Beltran making a major contribution as a receiver, rusher, and perhaps as a wildcat option at QB.

Gang,

I just noticed on another thread that my own alma mater, Case Western Reserve U., just got a transfer QB from Bates College named Sergio Beltran.

What can you folks tell me about him as a QB?  Should we be excited?

Interesting.  Thanks for the update!

I'll go check it out.

Who would you say is the front runner at QB?  Filips or the Bates transfer?

OK, so does this mean that in D3 teams can only travel every three years, or can they now travel every summer, as D1 schools apparently can?

Gee.

I never realized there were such RABID D3 fans!

I heard on a radio show that the NCAA had just made a rule change.

In the past, summer international trips were limited to only once every so many years.

But now, teams are apparently eligible to make a trip EVERY summer if they wish.

I wonder if this means that CWRU football, which takes a trip to Italy to play an Italian "pro" (term used very generously) team every five years or so, will start making that trip every year.

Ya know, there's nothing that can legally be done to prevent NIL in D3.

But at the same time, I'm surprised it would be much of a thing given how little advertising value there would be in sponsoring athletes and programs that the media barely covers.

Just saw this news alert.

https://www.westernmassnews.com/2026/04/14/hampshire-college-closing-its-doors-end-fall-semester/

Is this a D3 school?

How about this?

Forbes just published its 2026 list of "The New Ivies."  This is the third year that Forbes has published such a list.

There are 20 total, 10 public and 10 private.

Five of the ten privates are D3 schools: Carnegie-Mellon, Case Western Reserve U., Emory, Washington U-St. Louis, and Tufts.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciapark/2026/04/08/the-new-ivies-20-great-employer-friendly-colleges-embracing-ai/

This year's list puts a premium on schools that embrace AI fully.

There was a WSJ article today that stated that it is small, private colleges that are being most affected by declining enrollments and falling revenues.  I suppose that that could disproportionately affect D3, as some here have claimed.

That same article, however, said that Ivies, major universities, and big-time athletic schools appear to be unaffected.  I didn't get to read the whole thing because it was behind a paywall, but perhaps a subscriber here could elaborate more fully on it.

Well, ITA indoors are over.  #5 CWRU lost to #4 Claremont-Scripps, but then beat #1 Denison, avenging last season's national title loss.

Hadn't noticed until now that CWRU's 2026 schedule has dropped.

https://athletics.case.edu/sports/football/schedule

I hate that we don't have our "Trophy Game" rivalries against Carnegie-Mellon and Wooster as our non-conference games.

But at least we get a UAA team in one game (Rochester).

CWRU opens its fall schedule with 7-0 sweeps of Wabash and Anderson.

And then.....

Beats Hope 5-2 and sweeps Rose-Hulman 7-0.

4-0 start for the #5 ranked Spartans!

Greetings!

To any Wooster fans out there.  Now that CWRU needs two OOC opponents for next season, has there been any talk of reviving the "Baird Brothers Trophy" game?  I had the late Robert Baird for Microeconomics at CWRU.

At one point, that "fishing" trophy was profiled as one of the most interesting in college football by Sports Illustrated.

Would love to see that series/rivalry revived!