Ouch!  Sounds like a pretty big rebuilding year in the trenches. 

I hope we don't take a step back, given that.

OR you could do what CWRU does and have a School of Engineering, a School of Management, a School of Nursing, and a College of Arts and Sciences, that way, nearly all students can study something they like!

Just confirmed!  CWRU beat Denison.

And we now advance to something like our fifth Final Four in the last six years.

WOW!!!

I need to verify if this is correct, but I saw one source that said that CWRU beat defending national champion Denison in today's Elite Eight match!

Sure hope it's true.

Because if it is.......then on to ANOTHER Final Four for the Spartans!!!

Not to belabor the point, but CWRU just posted its 2026 roster, and it shows Beltran from Bates as a WR and graduate student.  I'm sure he'll get a good number of catches.

CWRU's 2026 roster is now posted.

https://athletics.case.edu/sports/football/roster

Large crop of newcomers (39 or so), one of which, as mentioned, is Beltran from Bates, who is penciled in as a "WR."  The kid from Wofford is listed as a TE/HB, and a sophomore.  I assume that if he had the talent to get a I-FCS offer, he should be able to contribute immediately.

Filips and Detillio return as QBs, and there is more than one back up listed, so plenty of depth in that room.

ADL70, any thoughts on who starts on O-line and D-line?

OK.  Thanks.  Seems like an all-purpose back.  Hopefully we'll be able to get the ball in his hands a good bit.

Looking forward to seeing the NESCAC champ in the playoffs for the first time this year!

LONG overdue!

OK, so the NESCAC people are telling me he's probably more of an all-purpose back (mostly a receiver) than a pure QB.  Looks like most of his production at Bates was through rushing and receiving. 

So if Filips is fully recovered and healthy, I'm guessing he starts at QB with Beltran making a major contribution as a receiver, rusher, and perhaps as a wildcat option at QB.

Gang,

I just noticed on another thread that my own alma mater, Case Western Reserve U., just got a transfer QB from Bates College named Sergio Beltran.

What can you folks tell me about him as a QB?  Should we be excited?

Interesting.  Thanks for the update!

I'll go check it out.

Who would you say is the front runner at QB?  Filips or the Bates transfer?

OK, so does this mean that in D3 teams can only travel every three years, or can they now travel every summer, as D1 schools apparently can?

Gee.

I never realized there were such RABID D3 fans!

I heard on a radio show that the NCAA had just made a rule change.

In the past, summer international trips were limited to only once every so many years.

But now, teams are apparently eligible to make a trip EVERY summer if they wish.

I wonder if this means that CWRU football, which takes a trip to Italy to play an Italian "pro" (term used very generously) team every five years or so, will start making that trip every year.

Ya know, there's nothing that can legally be done to prevent NIL in D3.

But at the same time, I'm surprised it would be much of a thing given how little advertising value there would be in sponsoring athletes and programs that the media barely covers.

Just saw this news alert.

https://www.westernmassnews.com/2026/04/14/hampshire-college-closing-its-doors-end-fall-semester/

Is this a D3 school?