In this episode of the D3Datacast, at about the 32 minute mark, the Snyders talk about streaming of D3 sports, with a significant portion of the +/-10 minute conversation devoted to Flo.

https://youtu.be/TrVpYuwnzNU?is=3oqNUjtQlVsKhpGr

^^^ I'm certainly not predicting any specific outcomes for Averett in any of their ODAC games. But every ODAC team would be wise to respect that, as you say, they are at the very least "less terrible" than last year. It's hard to know for sure at this point exactly how much less terrible they are. But I'd venture they will be tougher to beat this year than last. Five of their six ODAC losses last season were by 40 points or more. The other was by 27 to Bridgewater who are off to a tough start. I just reiterate the folly  of disrespecting an opponent and their desire to win. I know of one specific example in women's basketball out here where a player verbally said a game was a gimme for her team and had to eat those words. I'd venture to say there are more such examples in many sports.

^^^ I'm always hedging my bets on observations like that. But last season Averett lost to NC Wesleyan 64-12 and this year 27-13. They also lost to Southern VA last year 46-14 vs a 41-34 win this year. So they improved their results against all three year-to-year. I know this is a new season for all those programs, so those comparisons aren't necessarily worth much. But, Averett does have a knew head coach. And I think it's always wise, in any sport, that no matter how good you think you are or how bad you think your opponent is, never underestimate your opponent's desire to win. They might just surprise you. I've seen it happen, as I'm sure you have.

Averett downs Gallaudet 55-19. Last season the Cougars lost that game 39-30 in D.C.. Averett is 2-1. This might be a different Averett team than we have seen lately. ODAC opponents should not take them lightly.

Quote from: MCScots2013 on September 19, 2026, 01:05:25 PMI was wondering when Macon would remember the film and expose our secondary...

Yes, an uncharacteristic way for RMC to win a game. One long pass where the receiver beat the secondary, plus two long pass TDs with credit to the receivers for great runs after the catch. Also, one other big pass play where the receiver just beat his defender and made a nice catch before going out of bounds. The Jackets racked up 241 of their 310 passing yards on those four plays. Maryville did a good job containing the RMC running game giving up only 143 yards on 42 attempts. In all, a solid win for RMC, but hard to know how the team will fare in ODAC play.

H-SC won a high scoring affair, 43-41, way up in Maine vs University of New Englalnd.

Shenandoah lost a high scoring game in Cleveland 48-41 to Case Western Reserve. DagarmanSpartan's comment about the SU passing game has me concerned.

Salisbury easily handled W&L 43-13.

Averett hosts Gallaudet tonight.

Bridgewater, Guilford, and Roanoke had their bye weeks. They play next week, while the the five ODAC teams who played today are idle. Then it's seven straight weeks of conference action.

As for last week's RMC opponent, Johns Hopkins, the were handled easily today by Susquehanna, 49-23. That makes the win over Hopkins perhaps less remarkable than it seemed last week. Still a very good win, but with maybe a little less shine on it now.

Quote from: WUPHF on September 17, 2026, 08:30:45 PMJust thinking about one of the other themes here, many colleges and universities today were founded as academies, seminaries, one-year normal schools and through mergers.

For the latter, there is the previously mentioned Case Western Reserve and Carnegie Mellon as the obvious examples, but also:

UW-Platteville was a merger of the first normal school in Wisconsin with the local polytechnic.

Southwestern (TX)

Brevard College

University of Hartford involved a merge of independent art and music schools along with a liberal arts college.

My wife graduated from Southwestern. If I'm not mistaken, it's a uniting of four different institutions.

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Quote from: MCScots2013 on September 14, 2026, 09:43:03 PMChanging things up tonight. Instead of "Future", let's talk about the Past. I knew we had some interesting facts like the first College in Tennessee to give a woman a baccalaureate degree or playing in the first Tangerine (Citrus) Bowl in 1947, but these are noteworthy:

I always wanted to make a Past of Division III thread.

So many colleges have a history of almost closing, almost burning down to the ground, almost moving to another city or town. And usually a fascinating history with varsity athletics.

Some colleges actually did move to another town.

I think Macon was founded somewhere close to South Hill, correct? there's a historical marker somewhere in that area.

I'm also fairly certain that MCV (Medical College of Virginia,  now part of VCU) was founded somewhere around HSC before moving to Richmond.

Yes, RMC was founded in Boydton, VA in 1830 and moved to Ashland in 1868 because, per Wikipedia, the rail line to Boydton was destroyed during the Civil War.

Quote from: WUPHF on September 16, 2026, 10:57:16 AM

Quote from: MCScots2013 on September 14, 2026, 09:43:03 PMChanging things up tonight. Instead of "Future", let's talk about the Past. I knew we had some interesting facts like the first College in Tennessee to give a woman a baccalaureate degree or playing in the first Tangerine (Citrus) Bowl in 1947, but these are noteworthy:

I always wanted to make a Past of Division III thread.

So many colleges have a history of almost closing, almost burning down to the ground, almost moving to another city or town. And usually a fascinating history with varsity athletics.

Some colleges actually did move to another town.

Quote from: KnightSlappy on September 14, 2026, 08:11:17 AMMy two biggest issues with Flo navigation are:

(1) you might see recommended content with something like "WashU vs. Ohio Wesleyan" and have no idea if it's football, soccer, or volleyball (etc.).

(2) if you go to a category like College Football you see D3, D2, NAIA, FCS all together. I would like to see preference filters for each division.

Similarly, if you go to Flo's schedule of events for the day, everything is listed in order of start time. With so many games at this time of year, and lots starting at the same time, it can be hard to find a specific game. So, preference filters are a good idea. Or perhaps segregating games by affiliation (D2, D3, NAIA, etc). Having said that, I don't want to see them add more steps to the process.

Quote from: Tigerfan on September 14, 2026, 09:31:03 AMMuch excitement at H-SC about their new players - there's a bunch of them.  Hopefully we'll have a more physical, better shooting team.

As an aside, my oldest brother is a HOFer at MSM, primarily for tennis but he also played basketball for Jim Phelan.  Apparently he got most of the athletic genes and not much was left for # 6. 

I count ten new players, two appearing to be transfers -- one of whom is 6'9" and played at Piedmont last season.

Curious what you mean about "...not much was left for #6". Does #6 reference being the sixth child in a family, or a jersey number, or something else?

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Quote from: y_jack_lok on August 11, 2026, 10:40:33 AMI saw on the "Transfers" board that Liam Joyce, who just graduated from RMC, is playing a grad year at Mount Saint Mary's. https://mountathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

He was injured and did not play his sophomore year, thus the eligibility. 

I believe that Liam's father is President of MSM.  Incidently, MSM was a major rival of RMC basketball in the '70s and '80s.

Mt. St. Mary's was a rival in the 60s, too.

Thanks for the info on Liam Joyce's father.

Correct, if memory serves, MSM and RMC were consistent contenders in the DII Mason-Dixon Conference.

Additionally, on Saturday, I thought that I heard from Marty that Amr Areikat was doing graduate work at JHU.  At the time, I assumed that he was inferring that he was playing basketball as well, but he's not listed on the team.  My bad.

Well, in the 60s there was no D2, but there was a Mason-Dixon conference. which both schools competed in.

Amr is, indeed, on the JHU '26-'27 roster. He's #22. It's a bit tricky to navigate to, but here is the link: https://hopkinssports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2026-27

Also, here is his bio: https://hopkinssports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/amr-areikat/25785

Quote from: Macon on September 13, 2026, 07:15:40 PM

Quote from: y_jack_lok on August 11, 2026, 10:40:33 AMI saw on the "Transfers" board that Liam Joyce, who just graduated from RMC, is playing a grad year at Mount Saint Mary's. https://mountathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

He was injured and did not play his sophomore year, thus the eligibility. 

I believe that Liam's father is President of MSM.  Incidently, MSM was a major rival of RMC basketball in the '70s and '80s.

Mt. St. Mary's was a rival in the 60s, too.

Thanks for the info on Liam Joyce's father.

Quote from: Macon on September 13, 2026, 06:22:35 PMRMC roster is up, 7 freshmen with some much needed size.  All 6 freshmen from last year return. A very strong looking team.  Go Jackets!!

Well, one freshman is listed as 6'9", one is 6'6", three are 6'4", one at 6'1" and one at 5'10". The only player missing from last season is Ollie Jones, who would be a junior.

Quote from: Ron Boerger on September 13, 2026, 09:28:35 AMWatched the first half of the RMC game and the running game looked quite good against a top-notch opponent like Hopkins.  Don't think the 'Jackets will have any problem with a Maryville team that has so far underachieved.

Y'alls announcing team does a fine job - if all the Flocasts had guys like that it would make such a difference.

Yes, while Rob and Marty are "pro RMC" they are not partisan in their game analysis, they seldom question or second guess the officials, they don't overreact to anything that happens on the field. Just a real pleasure to listen to.

Quote from: rmc1982 on September 12, 2026, 06:15:34 PMOne thing I don't like is platooning QB's..... we love Pedro and trust him above all but I don't like switching those guys in and out..

The "platooning" that was done yesterday was mostly putting in Detric Brown in certain situations. As Rob and Marty noted, it's usually predictable what's going to happen when he's in, so the defense knows what to look for -- except for one play that went "off scrpt" and resulted in a big gain. They suggested that a few more wrinkles when Brown is in would keep the defense guessing.

I want to note that this is the second week in a row that special teams have done well. Kickoff returns have been good, decisions about fielding punts and kickoffs have been good, and kick coverage -- both kickoff and punts -- has been good.