JCU is 2 losses behind Denison with the season finale against each other.  That home loss to last place OWU is looming large for the Streaks.

Also, seeing Wooster at 7-14 compelled me to pull up their archives.  It's been almost 40 years since the Scots had a losing record in a full season (1986-87).   

I did not get a chance to watch the Mount game last night due to work obligations, but the stats look pretty much as expected.  Coast to an easy win, hold BW to 35% shooting, +10 on the turnovers.

What is going on with Muskie?  Cap almost rang up triple digits on them.  The Fish have come crashing down to earth after the red hot start.

Looking at the preseason coaches poll the biggest misses have been Etta (picked 2nd with a 1st place vote--currently 4-8) and ONU (picked 2nd to last--currently solidly 3rd at 9-3 only 1 GB of 1st).

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Quote from: Dr. Acula on January 28, 2026, 11:28:08 AMListening to Zac Jackson's podcast from the Senior Bowl.  He said there was buzz of "who is this kid from JCU?"  Sounds like Montgomery is opening some eyes down there.  Also saw on Daniel Jeremiah's draft top 100 that the safety from Toledo is #19.  I'm curious what type of talent VK is going to be able to get to Cuse and develop.

boy are the Polian's taking a beating in the social media world the past week or so, hopefully the JCU WR can get drafted.  He is the type of athlete that can break the D3FB draft dry spell.

VK is one of the top DC in all of college football.  His 'Cuse defenses will be absolutely nasty within a couple of years.  VK is a leader of men to a tee

With all the videos I've seen of JCU WR Ty Montgomery absolutely torching FBS defensive backs, I've really got to hand it to Mount Union's D the last few years. 2024 playoff matchup we held him to 2 catches for 24 yards. This year he had a lot of catches (10) but he only had 89 yards receiving and 0 TDs. Kind of amazing, when you see how well he matches up against guys who will likely get drafted.

Ely could 100% coach them up.  he had plenty of defensive gems, I think it was time for a move up and Mount was hoping for some more consistency at high level defense.  Imagine if there wasnt such a D3 stigma and twitter when Pierre and Cecil were in school. The Mount boys would have been picked a few rounds earlier imo

Pierre's highlights would have broke the internet, that's how a D3 dominates the division

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That video is such a great trip down memory lane. Other WR have come and gone and had major success (and better stats), but no one was ever more dominant than #1.

Also.... Jorris had a CANNON. He tends to get forgotten due to a small window of time when he was QB1, but my goodness could he sling it.

no player in D3FB history was ever as athletically dominant as PG.  From the moment he was on campus, you pretty much knew that he had no business being there, he looked different, played different, and was just unfair to D3 CB's

The other player I saw play in college and thought he had no business playing D3 was London Fletcher.  He was just a different level of athlete compared to the other guys on the field.  I knew he played a long time in the NFL, but I had to look it up...he started 15+ games at LB for 15 straight years in the league.

Having your two primary ballhandlers both be excellent FT shooters is such a luxury we aren't accustomed to.  And Collier is basically automatic at the line also.  That nice lefty stroke is pure.

I will always worry about Fuline leaving, but he's so family focused.  It seems like he's happy with his situation.  Let's face it, at this point he's basically got a lifetime job if he wants it.  He's got the program humming along at a high level, he's had the same group of assistants for years, he recruits well and locally.  JCU left.  JVW left.  The foundation is there for prolonged success. 

Quote from: deiscanton on January 24, 2026, 01:36:26 PMWabash just called their first coaches challenge of the season and it was successful.   The Wabash stream benefits from being of ESPN level quality with 4 camera angles, making it easier for the referees to review the court monitors and instantly give possession to Wabash.  The challenge happened with 3:31 remaining in the game. 

John Carroll still leading over Wabash, 82-71, with 1:51 left.   This seems low-scoring given the track meet pace that the Blue Streaks tend to run.  D3Datacast had the game as a pick em with the over-under total at 190 points combined by both teams. 

I have not watched a Wabash hoops game ever, but they've had excellent, multi camera football streams with the graphics for years.  Even back when most schools were running the "one camera from the press box" model they had it.  The SID or whoever is in charge of that production at Wabash is fantastic.  Been jealous of LG fans for years!

By the way, 55 fouls and almost 70 FT attempts in the ONU/Cap game had to be absolute torture to watch.  Cap's 5 starters and 6th man all had at least 4 fouls.  Hopefully the ref show isn't back in Bexley when the Raiders get there. 

Excellent win on the road 74-69 to complete the sweep of Ott and retake 1st place.  That was a heavyweight fight in Westerville.  Neither team led by more than 5 points at any point and most of the game was played in a one possession lead for one or the other.  Mount iced it with Casenhiser, Hamilton, Collier all knocking down both FT in the final minute to keep pushing it back to a 4-5 point lead.  17-19 at the line vs. 11-21 for Ott was a difference.  The scale tipped in the Cards' favor on turnovers though (15-7 edge).  I was slightly surprised Ott had a 14-8 offensive rebound advantage that resulted in +11 points.  Ott is a good team.  Clearly a tier above #3 IMO.

Farrington fouled out at the end, but he was huge today.  21 pts (7-10 FG), 15 reb.  When he can play as much as he did today (31 min) he's tough to deal with all day down low.  Vaden had 6 blocks.  Casenhiser had 18 and had 2 key buckets right before the aforementioned 6 FT streak.

At BW, three straight at home then finish at Cap.  Good opportunity to finish strong.

No OAC teams in the preseason top 25.  BW is sitting just outside at 27.  Mount is the only other team I saw receiving votes.

Unrelated, but I happened to be looking at Berg and Ott's roster/stats.  Both did not have great seasons last year and based on what they have back on paper they both probably need several guys to step up or have impact transfers/freshmen coming in.

I wish I could agree with the preview that Mount is a contender, but I fear BW will be on top this year.  Mount lost a ton especially pitching.  I'm not sure who will push BW to be honest.

The concern early on was warranted.  They seemed a little flat and Wiesnewski was taking it at Laurich aggressively and hitting the offensive glass.  It was almost like they were walking on egg shells hoping it wasn't going to be another bad shooting night after they got down a little early on against that zone D.  I think Hamilton making (I think?) his first 5 shots helped calm them down then Collier blew the zone up with those 3 consecutive triples and it was off to the races.

I mentioned earlier that in the past Fuline's teams right the ship by becoming laser focused on the defensive end.  They weren't the first handful of minutes of the game.  After?  They held Etta to 30% shooting in the first half building the 19 point lead, forced 18 turnovers for the game and the Pios didn't crack the 40 point mark until 12 minutes into the 2nd half when Mount was up 36.

I've watched both games and I don't say this lightly.  Marietta is bad.  They have three players I like but as a team they are bad.  They were bad last year but before that?  We're going back to 18 yrs ago in JVW's first year that they've been this bad.

Please, PLEASE stop using the under the hoop camera angle during game action.  Trust me, it's actually better when you can see the more than half the floor and see the guys shooting the ball.

Also, Marietta's big guy is killing them so far.  Seem tentative like they're scared of getting in foul trouble.

Update: now that's a bounce back half!  49-30 good guys.  Collier 5-5 from deep against the zone.

Listening to Zac Jackson's podcast from the Senior Bowl.  He said there was buzz of "who is this kid from JCU?"  Sounds like Montgomery is opening some eyes down there.  Also saw on Daniel Jeremiah's draft top 100 that the safety from Toledo is #19.  I'm curious what type of talent VK is going to be able to get to Cuse and develop.

Mount tumbles from #4 to #13 this week.  Otterbein is up to #21.  A win Saturday for the Cards and they could be switching spots.

Wow.  I was out of town this weekend and returned to Snowmageddon in Columbus.  It was miserable.  The only silver lining is that I wasn't able to watch the game in Ada.  Scorers going through droughts isn't uncommon, but having multiple guys go cold all at the same time isn't fun.  50 points isn't going to win games in the Federal League (unless you're playing Lake or Green) let alone OAC games.  Time to dig in and fight.  In the past when Fuline teams have been in spots like this they lock in defensively and just suffocate opponents, force turnovers and let the defense fuel the offense.