^^^ I was only able to watch the first half and got plenty worried when the Jackets fell behind 23-14. But they were able to close out the half on a 14-6 run to trail by one at the half. It was quite a relief, about two hours later, to see the final score. It's the second game in a row  that Ollie Jones didn't play for RMC. Hope he's okay.

In other games, H-SC gets a two point win at EMU. Putting that game together with EMU's five point loss at VWU on Wednnesday and it would seem that the Royals have something going and are not to be taken lightly.

Shenandoah loses at home by 15 to Averett. After Wednesday's loss at Bridgewater the Hornets are off to a rough start in ODAC play.

VWU downs Randolph and Lynchburg beats Bridgewater.

W&L and Guilford were idle.

It's no consolation to anyone, but worth noting that today Mount Union scored the same number of touchdowns vs John Carroll as RMC did last Saturday.

Quote from: WUPHF on December 06, 2025, 01:15:27 PMAs Fall sports begin to conclude for the season, I am going to assign Flo Sports a failing grade for exclusive content. The UAA and others leagues promised that this would be a value-ad for subscribers.

Technology-wise, the live stream has been better lately, so there is that.

Just recently (starting with post-Thanksgiving broadcasts) RMC has added a second camera. It has been in a couple of different locations, so they seem to by trying to decide on the best location. The quality of the livestreams have improved since the really awful stream of the game vs Yeshiva.

I do wonder if Flo "staff" are actually writing articles, or if there aren't just a few freelancers who cobble stuff together based on what AI feeds them.

I suppose some of the quality of campus stores depends on whether they are owned and operated by the college itself, or they've been outsourced to Follett, or Barnes & Noble, or one of the other corporate entities in that arena. Randolph-Macon's campus store is proprietary to the college. It's been almost exactly 10 years since I was on the campus, but at that time the store was well stocked with a wide variety of gear as well as most of the things students need for classes. From everything I can discern, that hasn't changed and it is a thriving business that offers college gear that people like.

^^^ That all works in places where there is a concentration of alumni who can gather. But there are no other, to my knowledge, alums of my alma mater living anywhere near me. However, last June I received a call from the VP for Advancement. She knew I always make my gift in June and expressed the hope I would do so again. So it was clearly a fundraising call, but we also had a very nice general conversation. It's the first time that has happened in the many decades since I graduated. Sure, I've been called during phone-a-thons, but always by a student or other alum. The call from the VP worked. I wasn't asked to increase my gift, but I did.

^^^ Speaking of Brady Lam not getting many minutes, Ollie Jones didn't play at all. I can't imagine it was for lack of effort on defense in practice. Do you know if he was sick or injured?

Yep, quite the surprising result in Crenshaw. Defensively it seemed that Jackets were coming from nowhere to double and triple team whichever Tiger was holding on to the ball for more than two seconds, resulting in turnovers. Jackets were also quicker on both ends. Coach Merkle said in the post-game interview that he likes the team's depth and quickness (or he might have said speed). Anyway, no laurels to be rested on. Every game is a new game. I hope the Jackets play as well on Saturday vs Roanoke.

In other ODAC action:

Bridgewater over Shenandoah
Roanoke over Guilford
VWU over EMU
Lynchburg over Randolph
W&L over Averett

I find the Bridgewater win a bit surprising. Not sure why. It was a close game and they were the home team.

After putting up big numbers (121 vs Pfeiffer and 122 vs Greensboro) Guilford gets held to 79.

The VWU win seems surprisingly close, especially being a home game for the Marlins.

^^^ Thanks. It's likely that a number of the games played by some teams were against non-D3 schools. I didn't look at each school's individual schedule. Still, 44-14 is pretty good.

There have been several posts on the ODAC men's board about the combined non-conference record of all 12 men's teams, which is quite good. I just did a calculation of the same thing for the 12 ODAC women's teams and. if I added it up correctly, they are a combined 50-18, which is better than the men.

I watched some of the Guilford/Greensboro game last night. The game was played at the UNC Greensboro coliseum and the video quality, which came via Flo Sports, was the best I've seen. Really crisp and clear. I suspect this has to do with superior equipment at UNCG, which would confirm what people have said that streaming quality itself is not controllable with just the Flo platform.

I watched some of the Guilford/Greensboro game last night. Guilford's new coach has certainly brought a different style of play to the Quakers. While it's not a full-on System style, it's very close. They work a little more to find shots than a true System team, but don't waste too much time. Back court defense is more similar to what I've witnessed with Greenville, half-court defense a little less so, but still plenty of pressure.

And what is it with schools that start with "G" (Grinnell, Greenville, Guilford) and this style of play?

The game was played at the UNC Greensboro coliseum and the video quality, which came via Flo Sports, was the best I've seen. Really crisp and clear. I suspect this has to do with superior equipment at UNCG, which would confirm what people have said that streaming quality itself is not controllable with just the Flo platform.

Not just the future of D3. https://www.womenscollegeflagfootball.com/teams

^^^ While they didn't make that specific observation, my read on what Rob Witham and Marty Wilson were describing on the field certainly made me wonder about defensive adaptations.

^^^ I was in and out of that Millikin/Webster game. (Several other games of interest going on simultaneously.) At one point in the first half I checked in and MU was up 25-21. The next time I checked it was 40-21. I suspect that's what broke the Gorloks. They seemed to claw back, but couldn't get their deficit into single digits until the final bucket.

I could only listen to RMC at John Carroll, but I have a feeling it was even uglier to the eyes than it was to the ears. Tough way to end an otherwise excellent season.