Quote from: unionpalooza on Yesterday at 06:31:53 PM

Quote from: IC798891 on Yesterday at 06:02:38 PM1) It's simply not possible to rank 25 teams so that no one is ahead of a team they lost to and or behind a team they beat.

2) But even if you could, doing that takes it away from being a national rankings and turns it into a national standings.

To illustrate this using your specific example:

Dickinson, has not posted a winning record in the CC since 2006, and has one winning season overall since then. Hopkins ass been to the national semifinals two straight years, won 10+ games in 12 of their last 14 seasons, and beat Dickinson 55-10 last season. If you think they're *better* than Hopkins, well...

Besides, they're fun and they give us something to talk about.

Sure, but it still makes no f*cking sense.  A reasonable person can think Hopkins is the #13 team, or that Dickinson is not a top 25 team, but the only way you can think both at the same time is if you ignore what's happened on the field in favor of pre-history and personal bias. That said I agree it's fun and gives us something to talk about.  I just think one of the most fun things to talk about is how Week 2 polls are goofy exercises in radically uninformed and logically indefensible decision-making.  I'm a weirdo and think it was cool how back in the day you'd make the playoffs and by the second round draw a team you only vaguely knew, and if you made the quarters, you'd play a school you never heard of.  A littler mystery in life is under-rated.

Do you think the Top 25 is just a reflection of what a team has done this season? That still makes it way more like standings rather than rankings. The subjectivity allows us to share what we think will happen the rest of the season. We will see how those three schools end up compared to each other.

Oh my gosh -- the old Post Patterns from 2005?

I didn't find a video in an immediate search, but I saw Heidelberg's headline:
https://bergathletics.com/news/2026/9/5/football-berg-rolls-with-the-punches-in-win-over-maryville.aspx

That's what I would have done if I were writing a story and wanted to reference something like that without actually printing it.

Quote from: Ron Boerger on September 09, 2026, 09:45:07 AMThe guy that bailed on Schreiner a few months into the job, Kenny Treschitta, is now on his second job in two seasons as an assistant at W&L after less than a year at Elmhurst.  Given the way things have worked out with Coach Allen, I'd say the Mountaineers dodged a bullet.

I believe Treschitta had some health problems which led to Schreiner making the change.

Yep, can't make a determination on this particular play but I will note that generally the officials are going to have more than just this angle to look at -- the coaches' video is supposed to be accessible to them as well.

I know you are doing your thing in ragging on the technology used, but not sure what impact the type of table is going to have.

Quote from: SFUkindaFan on September 05, 2026, 02:09:01 PMSFU fan here.  I'll try and post a little this year.  It has been rough so far and I can't imagine we win any games this season with a dozen returners.  Going forward I think they will be fine as coach V is a great coach but that might be a few season from now.  The university has some pretty serious financial issues and it appears they are making some massive cuts so don't expect SFU to raise the PAC's profile.  They even changed the mascot but don't have the money to change the signage so I am told we will be Red Wolves/Flash for a while longer LOL.  Let me know if anyone has any questions and I can give you the scoop and my opinions.

Welcome to the board!

Yes, replay review has been in use at the D-III level for a couple of seasons now. Conferences are in charge of whether their games use review.

Quote from: The Third Division on September 05, 2026, 12:26:31 AMAll eyes on the homies from Carlisle, Pennsylvania to tell Davidson to suck my Dickinson College!!!

What a weird thing to say among the adults here.

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Quote from: Patrick Coleman on September 02, 2026, 11:53:33 PMA young man playing Division II football in Missouri last week collapsed and died. We don't need to risk these sorts of things.

I didn't realise a cause of death had been published.  The coroner put it on the heat?

I didn't declare a cause of death either. I just think it underscores the risks, regardless of the cause.

Full on brand-new stadium, yes.

A young man playing Division II football in Missouri last week collapsed and died. We don't need to risk these sorts of things.

Quote from: unionpalooza on September 02, 2026, 10:44:57 AMAlso, this is a peak year for Ithaca - basically everyone is back, a ton of seniors.  Means a long season, and a real chance a backup QB may not to step in at some point with a lot on the line.

Plus Yankee Stadium.

For a noon start on the first weekend in September, I don't think anyone looks directly into the sun.

Fun idea, except for all of those sprinters chasing me down!

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Quote from: Marmac on September 01, 2026, 12:53:51 PMIs Zeb Rashid healthy? If so, I expect him to emerge as RB1 as the season progresses.

They will rotate a bunch but Zeb was clearly the 3rd back in the rotation during the scrimmage against Chicago. If I had a bet, I think Duke Guenther ends up with the most carries on the season, followed by Jordan Williams, and then Zeb.  I could definitely be wrong though.

nothing more "D3" than a 5'7" RB...love it! Even Pat could run behind the NCC line and get 1k yards.

Not sure how many carries that would require! I'm a distance runner, not a sprinter.

I would think they will continue to split up those carries by game situation, yeah.