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Quote from: bleedpurple on July 12, 2026, 09:24:17 PMAhhh. I stand corrected. Thanks Pat. Why would I think the NCAA would have something simple and straightforward? Silly me. 

It's based on practice opportunities, rather than days, and days before class starts are counted differently as a result.

Just did a quick Google search for WIAC 2026 fall semester start dates.  These are the results:

Sep 1 - UWEC
Sep 2- UWP, UWW, UWSP, STOUT, UW-RF
Sep 8 - UW-L
Sep 9 - UW-O

Looks to be a disadvantage for Demir Ashiru to start the season strong.

Everyone has the same 25 practice opportunities before the first game. (Although schools playing on Thursday or Friday might short themselves by one or two in order to do so.)

Would seem to be a disadvantage of the Week 1 Bye then wouldn't it? You don't play week 1, you loose 5 practices during the season, since your calendar starts a week later. Unless I'm missing how that's accounted for.

Quote from: palum on July 01, 2026, 08:58:48 AMI've seen some news reports that former UW WW AD Shawn Eichorst is a leading candidate to be Wisconsin's next AD.

Looks legit. He was a train wreck at Nebraska, also at Miami back in the day.

Quote from: art76 on June 28, 2026, 07:55:48 PMWas helping my son move into his first home this afternoon and one of his gaming friends shared a quip he learned when working at Carleton a number of years ago that made me chuckle, so I thought I'd share it here. "You may beat us today, but we'll be hiring you tomorrow."

Reminds me of when I lived in Overland Park, KS in KC area. We were Shawnee Mission South, Shanwnee Mission East is Old Leawood, sort of the Edina of that area. A lot of chants while they lost in football or basketball "That's alright, that's ok, you're gonna work for us someday..." I'm guessing it only made beating them that much more enjoyable.

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Quote from: Texas Ole on May 27, 2026, 05:48:39 PMWhat's everyone's favorite thing to hunt?  Love me some dove hunting.  High limits with lots of shooting.  If it flies and dies I am in.  Deer hunting is nice, but in Texas it's not the most sporting of activities in my opinion.  Hoping to do some hog/predator hunting with the thermal scope soon.

Deer, but wild love to do wild hog. I'm glad we don't have them in the area of our family farm where I hunt deer.

Pheasant, I enjoy how active it is. I get a bit bored in the tree stand all day. Wild hog is on the list for sure.

Not that anyone asked, but got done with SJU visit #2 with my oldest Sunday. Prospect camp, we did a Jr Day visit earlier this Spring. Both Dumo and Heckendorf were really great, as much as I'd like to still believe all Johnnies are horrible degenerates.   I will also say, your burgers are much better than Bethel's. 

Fun Spring so far, next few weeks will be interesting with NDSU and UWRF Mega Camp on deck. Hoping to get the camps done early so we can enjoy summer and prep for Sr season. It's crazy how much pressure is on these kids to go to every camp under the sun. Very different from when we old farts did this process.

I know this might sound strange.  But could you please post a few pictures of the UW-RF Mega Camp that's happening tomorrow.  No hurry, but I would be interested in the turnout.  New coach running the camp, but after a Division 3 Championship.  Thanks

Sorry, just saw this. I didn't attend either camp with him. Lots of programs in attendance though from D3, D2, and small D1 levels.

Quote from: OzJohnnie on June 10, 2026, 10:25:30 AMI have had a bit of a read of the ruling and it looks like the ncaa is laying on a bed of platitudes of its own making.

They did the whole mental illness excuses any behaviour rule making a few years ago and even added on a responsibility for them to treat and never punish mental illness.  So this guy gets a doctor to declare him a gambling addict, a mental illness the ncaa recognises, and Shazam!, they not only can't punish him but are obligated to help him, which they didn't according to their own policies.

Gambling is only a rules violation, it appears, if you're solely doing it because you want to make the bucks. If you're doing it compulsively because you're an addict, the ncaa is obligated to treat you and hand out no punishment whatsoever.  That's what this guy's lawyers argued and the temporary injunction affirms.

The NCAA are appealing, however, but quite a few observers think their appeal has little hope of succeeding. We'll see.

(Obviously, I think this is stupid. But even more stupid was the ncaa's vapid rule making regarding the ultimate modern get out of jail free card, mental illness however defined)

Shockingly, the NCAA was hoisted on their own petard! Good luck winning an appeal when you're essentially arguing against your own inane, coddling rules.

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Quote from: art76 on June 09, 2026, 09:23:06 AMSo, what's the consensus on the "Brendan Sorsby ruling". Is this as straight forward as it seems? What's the scuttlebutt?

If the "straight forward" part is "it's completely crazy and makes 0 sense" then yes, I'm on the train. He should 100% not be allowed to take the field.

The NCAA has a lot of rules, but the one rule that it just straight up will not let you break is gambling, it's like the absolute 1 thing you can't do, and dude did it - a lot. And while some kind of sickness could be what compelled him to do it over and over, he did something wrong, and he has to live with the consequences of that action - which should be not to play.

I hope no one chooses to play Texas Tech all season. If they're going to be that selfish, they deserve not to have any games. Try winning a natty without winning a single game on the field.

It's just a bonkers ruling, and frankly a bonkers verdict by a judge, but that's the way it is in this era of college sports. 

Absolutely insane, Dekker at ISU grew up in my area of Iowa. He did a fraction of what Sorsby did, both in terms of frequency, dollar amounts, and had 1 like $10 bet on an ISU game. And he essentially got a lifetime ban from the NCAA and kicked out of ISU. And he deserved that punishment. But how the same standard can't be applied to similar behavior on a grossly larger scale is craziness.

Quote from: CarollFan on June 01, 2026, 02:27:29 PMEarly ranking.

https://www.flofootball.com/articles/15952489-way-too-early-d3-football-rankings-for-2026-season

I don't know about UWRF 3rd with all their changes. Expecting a big year out of Bethel after last year. They have NCC #1 and Wheaton #7.

UWRF is going to be fascinating. They graduate Blaha, lose HC, OC and a few transfer portal guys. But they have been recruiting at a really high level the last few years. The cupboard isn't empty. But that's also a lot of elite talent to replace.

In no particular order, I'd have NCC, Mount, Wheaton, Bethel and UWRF all in my Top 5, with Wartburg and JHU knocking on the door going into the season. Based on my rough idea of what they all have returning.

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Quote from: hazzben on June 04, 2026, 02:52:48 PMIt's crazy how much pressure is on these kids to go to every camp under the sun. Very different from when we old farts did this process.

It is crazy.  Duff Jr will be a freshman this year, and we had a high school football meeting a few weeks ago.  They had a 20 minute presentation on college recruiting.  Not to mention the offseason workout expectations.  Much different than my late-90's experiences.

Working at a middle school I've heard about kids currently practicing / playing on teams and having games this spring / summer. I've also had kids as young as 7th grade tell me their teams play in "football tournaments" and play as many as 3 games in day (that's insane  #IMO)

My guess would be those are 7v7 related tournaments. There are Winter and Spring leagues for 18U and 16U, and even summer leagues for middle school aged.

I worked with our HS HC to setup an 18U team for Mounds View. My son did a competitive travel one last year after his Soph fb season. But this year with varsity basketball, it was too much to try to do tournaments all over kingdom come. Part of our strategy was that it was better to have our skill guys running our scheme all off-season rather than some frankenstein 7v7 O & D. The skill building stuff was good the first year. But if you do a winter or spring sport, it's impossible to travel to even Fargo or Des Moines for tourney's, much less TX or CA or AZ when you've got a basketball/baseball game on Friday night and 7v7 games on Saturday morning.

We weren't the only ones who took this approach. We competed against teams from Maple Grove, East Ridge, Orono, Forest Lake, St. Thomas Academy, Centennial, etc.

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Quote from: Texas Ole on May 27, 2026, 05:48:39 PMWhat's everyone's favorite thing to hunt?  Love me some dove hunting.  High limits with lots of shooting.  If it flies and dies I am in.  Deer hunting is nice, but in Texas it's not the most sporting of activities in my opinion.  Hoping to do some hog/predator hunting with the thermal scope soon.

Deer, but wild love to do wild hog. I'm glad we don't have them in the area of our family farm where I hunt deer.

Pheasant, I enjoy how active it is. I get a bit bored in the tree stand all day. Wild hog is on the list for sure.

Not that anyone asked, but got done with SJU visit #2 with my oldest Sunday. Prospect camp, we did a Jr Day visit earlier this Spring. Both Dumo and Heckendorf were really great, as much as I'd like to still believe all Johnnies are horrible degenerates.   I will also say, your burgers are much better than Bethel's. 

Fun Spring so far, next few weeks will be interesting with NDSU and UWRF Mega Camp on deck. Hoping to get the camps done early so we can enjoy summer and prep for Sr season. It's crazy how much pressure is on these kids to go to every camp under the sun. Very different from when we old farts did this process.

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Quote from: faunch on May 26, 2026, 10:46:07 PMNot sure if there's an air conditioning contest but we turned ours on today at approximately 6:30 pm. Hot and sticky might be fun for some things but sleeping isn't one of them.

Quote from: faunch on May 26, 2026, 10:46:07 PMNot sure if there's an air conditioning contest but we turned ours on today at approximately 6:30 pm. Hot and sticky might be fun for some things but sleeping isn't one of them.

I considered it.  I even consulted the wife.  We left it off.

Had to surrender early. Cleaning lady texted yesterday asking if she could turn it on ... couldn't think how I'd explain her needing to sweat like a stuck hog because I want to bump my street cred with a bunch of random, middle aged D3 football nerds 

Quote from: Texas Ole on May 19, 2026, 06:09:44 PMLooking at moving back to Minnesota.  I haven't had my first $200 cooling bill yet, but the $500 one is coming!  Anyways I was asked about a job in Willmar.  I had some friends who were from there, but I've lost track of most of them.  Anyone know anything about the town today?

Also will have to do some research on hunting.  Most hunting in Texas on private lands where pretty much anything goes.  Deer and turkey hunting over feeders.  Not really the most sporting means.  Certain species you can hunt at night especially with thermals and night vision.  Also I don't remember there being a ton of dove hunting in MN, but looking forward to chasing some other wild upland birds.

Quote from: Texas Ole on May 19, 2026, 06:09:44 PMLooking at moving back to Minnesota.  I haven't had my first $200 cooling bill yet, but the $500 one is coming!  Anyways I was asked about a job in Willmar.  I had some friends who were from there, but I've lost track of most of them.  Anyone know anything about the town today?

Also will have to do some research on hunting.  Most hunting in Texas on private lands where pretty much anything goes.  Deer and turkey hunting over feeders.  Not really the most sporting means.  Certain species you can hunt at night especially with thermals and night vision.  Also I don't remember there being a ton of dove hunting in MN, but looking forward to chasing some other wild upland birds.

Former Bethel teammate of mine is a doctor down in the Willmar area on Green Lake. They love it, but both he and his wife grew up in small towns so it's totally their vibe. It's also growing, so you're not talking about small town that's just slowly dying and dreaming of the glory years. For hunting you'll be short on doves, but not short on waterfowl and you're only a few hours drive from upland hunting nirvana in South Dakota.

Nice work Art! I think we've officially established BU Rocketry as one of the great quirks of the MIAC PP Board:
- Hamms
- Aussie Rules Football
- Furnace & AC Competition
- Monkey Stomp Tracking
- Ryan Hoag Jokes
... I know there are more that I'm not remembering right now.

BU men won their 3rd straight MIAC Outdoor T&F title, women finished 2nd. Grant Nelson was also named USATF D3 Track Athlete of the Week.

- 1st in 400 m in 46.06, broke his own school record, and best time in D3 this year.
- 1st in 200 m in 21.1
- 1st in 4x100 in 40.74, 10th in D3 this year.

Royals got bounced early in MIAC playoffs after securing a 1 seed in baseball. Seth Nelson was named MIAC POTY. Max Edwards at SJU Rookie and Pitcher of the Year.

Same for Devin Williams. I think the hope for both right now is probably mini-camp invite. Didn't see anything about either getting undrafted free agent offers over the weekend.

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Quote from: DuffMan on April 17, 2026, 08:30:13 PMThat was tough to watch/listen to. 

Dude makes a lot of social media content and yes it can be difficult to listen to with his delivery.

Yeah, the voice inflections are odd. Reminds me of Sheldon from Big Bang.