Quote from: D3fanboy on October 14, 2026, 01:37:39 PM

Quote from: pradierguy on October 14, 2026, 08:17:00 AMHe's no Nate Kmic (yet), but I have fond memories of a stout and white Freshman RB bursting onto the scene and that worked out pretty well for the Purple Raiders.

there will never be another Kmic, he's the GOAT.  How he is not a first ballot College Football Hall of Famer blows my mind. Seriously, go back and look at his numbers...they are absolutely bonkers

That being said, if Kmic arrived on campus as ready for college football as Bokman...Nate might have put up 9-10K yards.  Those old huge shoulder pads and helmets helped freshman Nate look "stout".  Bo Bokman has an incredibly bright future.  He and a healthy Mikey could be an extremely dynamic backfield, Minner as well. 

For the love of all things holy, please start fast and build huge leads at half in the next two weeks.  The Standard's starters should not see the 4th quarter (mid 3rd really) against Cap and Wilma

Bokman is averaging 8.2 yds/carry and 17.1 yds/reception.  Maybe they thought he was getting tired from running that much and gave him a break?   

Also noticed when I was looking at stats that it seems Omari Allen is no longer on the roster.

Wow, congrats to Wheaton.  I thought Mount looked very evenly matched with Wheaton.  The problem is I thought they looked very evenly matched with everyone not named Muskie too.  They've played 3 OAC games and in 2 of them the opposing QB set a career high in passing yards.  Fortunately today the defense stepped up with the last minute pick to save the game.

Quote from: MUC 2008 on October 10, 2026, 03:16:50 PM

Quote from: Desertraider on October 10, 2026, 02:36:18 PMJust had a 4 play 70 yd scoring drive in :30 before half. They are showing glimpses of THE Mount. But leading Marietta 20-7 at half is underwhelming

Even more underwhelming now.

We've gone from underwhelming to let's just get out of here with a win. 

First world problems, but it is insanely annoying that if you're watching Flo on your phone and you take your headphone out of your ear and then put it back in Flo cuts to a commercial every single time you do.  The only way it could be worse is if it was a political ad each time. 

Quote from: The Third Division on October 07, 2026, 02:49:06 PMLucas weaver has hit the portal

https://x.com/lucasweaver2025/status/2107805111762243785?s=46

Mid-season?  Damn.  Bokman is listed as the starting RB this week so I guess the writing is on the wall though with a freshman starting.

Saw a few pics on social from Mount's photo day.  Returning guys who played a lot that I noticed in them were Farrington, Hamilton, Taylor, Weekley and Dunbar (I'm pretty sure it was him).  Also saw Knight, Romigh, Rodriguez, Braylon Johnson and Zach Davis.  Curious to see about incoming transfers and freshmen, but considering that we knew Casenhiser and Vaden transferred this is best case scenario for retention from last year.

WTF is going on in Springfield?  I know Witt hasn't been their old selves recently, but holy crap.  This seems to be a legit disaster currently. 

27-7 at half.  Berg has 45 yds of offense.  Really having trouble squaring this up with the disaster we saw in Alliance, but here we are.  Nothing Mount can do now except win out and get help.  I didn't get to watch today, but looked like a proper response in New Concord.  Progress.

Quote from: pradierguy on October 01, 2026, 04:19:48 PM

Quote from: USee on October 01, 2026, 12:11:39 PMHas anything outside of the HC changed for Mt Union? If so, changing the HC, while its the lowest hanging fruit, may not be the (only) answer.

Yes, the University as a whole has changed significantly. It seems more concerned with diversity and inclusion and less about educational and athletic success. And that is totally and completely fine, no issues with it as long as they realize a significantly large portion of their alum base were athletes, most specifically successful football players. So when they no longer have interest in the school or program, they take their dollars with them.

Taking the program for granted as a cash cow to get butts in classroom seats and to fundraise works great when you're winning 3+ National Championships a decade.

But when you're a "hoping for the OAC playoff spot" quality program, it isn't as attractive.

There was a point in time when Football and winning was priority number one organizationally across campus. It isn't anymore. And again that is totally fine, as long as you're willing to deal with the consequences.

Like a lot of D3 schools, athletics is absolutely critical to enrollment for Mount.  Around 40% of the students play a sport according to their website.  If the internet is to be trusted Mount has around 1200 male students.  The non-football male sports roster count right now is 373.  Men's track has almost 100 kids.  Baseball has 54 currently and has consistently been between there and mid 60's for years. 

Point being that you want enrollment and kids are attracted to good financial aid and good programs (academically and athletically).  Mount has historically been very pro-athletics.  I really like their academic additions of the engineering school, nursing program, PT, PA, etc.  I hope they don't sacrifice one for the other because it's only getting more competitive for students going forward. 

Muskie is down 42-0 to Berg and has 100 yds of offense.  I surely hope that we see a first half that matches the opponent next week.

Normally I would be annoyed having to attend a fall wedding, but yesterday was a blessing to miss half of that debacle.  The last I saw was Mount going up 14-13, but at that point I had seen enough to assume that at best they would eek out a close win against a team that isn't great.  Instead a senior threw for almost half of his career passing yards yesterday against Mount.  Threw 5 picks.  And still won.  A third week of almost non-existent offense in the first half.  I've lost count of how many weeks it is of coming out flat in general.  It's a broken record. 

After Wheaton I thought I was overreacting thinking those didn't look like top 10 teams and definitely not top 5 teams IMO.  After last week I didn't think Mount was a top 15 team.  Now I agree with whoever said they'll be ranked this week, but probably only because it's Mount. They aren't good.  They can certainly improve as the season goes on, but what would give us any confidence in that happening?  I'm still holding out hope that the OC and DC will figure some stuff out and make adjustments, but they need to happen quickly because they aren't even a playoff team right now and that's a fantasy right now because this won't be the last OAC loss the way they've been playing.  And this isn't the glory days of past where the OAC had ONU or JCU teams that were legit NCAA quarterfinal/semifinal caliber teams.  The OAC is not strong at the top right now. 

About the only positives I saw yesterday were that it seems like they have possible future stud freshmen at RB and WR.

And purple may be correct that there's "no chance, none, zero" of a coaching change.  That's the AD's call (with LK's input, I'm sure).  But if that is not even a possibility then you're becoming just an extension of the admissions department now measuring success by roster size and not a serious program with championship expectations.  You can't constantly talk about the standard and then actively erode it in front of everyone's eyes and not expect questions to be asked.   

I don't know if I am concerned about any one opponent outside of maybe BW right now, but I am very concerned that someone in that group of Berg/Etta/ONU could trip them up.  And since Berg is this week I suppose that makes them the most worrisome of that trio since I hope things start clicking more each week as the season progresses.

A couple thoughts from yesterday now that I got a chance to watch it this morning.

The thing that popped into my head last week and again this week is the absence of difference makers.  I didn't make a ton of it after Wheaton because that's a really good team on the road in game 1.  A lot of factors that could skew what your roster legitimately is.  But this week my takeaway is that Maloney (and maybe Ashby) are about it when it comes to difference makers right now.  I'm not sure who on defense it could be.  And when Maloney doesn't play well yesterday is how it's gonna look right now. 

I think the defense as a unit played pretty well both games, but by no means dominant to the eye.  And to be clear when I say difference makers I'm not expecting to have All-World guys Kaleb Brown or Rossy or Lally or Driskill all over the field every single year.  I'm thinking guys like Duke Hill, Danny Robinson, Isaiah Scott, Matt Fetchko, etc.  Just really, really good D3 defenders.  And I agree with the statement that the defense does not look as fast this year. 

Offensively I'm not sure what to make of things.  At Wheaton they looked abysmal in the first half, then looked good in the second half against a really good defense.  Then yesterday 5 turnovers against a decent team and looking disjointed basically the entire game until the end.  Just seems like a lot of stuff to work out.  I noticed in the box score that Caldwell did not play yesterday.  I'm not down on Minner and Bokman, but anyone local to the area probably shares my annoyance when I see a stud RB from their backyard looking like he's gonna be a star at BW in Boston Mulinix from West Branch.  142 yds and 3 scores on 11 carries in their opener.  Oh, and he's 5'8" 195 lbs so he is very comfortable running between the tackles too.  And yes, it already crept into my head the agony it would be if not only Mount somehow lost to BW, but lost with the sons of two M club HOF'ers playing key roles on their offense.  Luckily that's their 9th game so hopefully we'll be humming along by then.

Quote from: MUC 2008 on September 05, 2026, 03:59:56 PM

Quote from: Dr. Acula on September 05, 2026, 03:54:23 PMReally?!  FFS.

I am surprised you're surprised.

Fair.  I was definitely not surprised they lost.  I was surprised they couldn't execute a PAT I guess.  After watching the rest of the game that's on me though! 

Really?!  FFS.