Mike Green , Hobart DC has accepted the HC job at Gettysburg . Mike has been on the Hobart staff following his All American season at Hobart while anchoring the offensive line at the Center position in 2013. He was 34-8 as a player and 88-31 as a coach over the last 15 years. Good luck to Mike , he will be missed , and I'm sure he will use his Mathematics degree to turn around the Gettysburg program.
Although I'm happy for Mike , I'm kinda depressed for Hobart since he was such a great guy and very effective coach. Kevin DeWall will have a challenge replacing Mike, although I'm sure he's up to the task. With Nate Milne at Muhlenberg, Hobart has 2 of the HC positions in the Centennial Conference.

Quote from: UfanBill on January 10, 2026, 06:56:37 PMUnion 81 - Ithaca 73...For a large portion of today's game it looked like the emotional high of beating their arch rival RPI at their place followed by the long bus ride to face tough Ithaca would be too much. With strong pressure defense and great half court offense the Bombers totally controlled the first half and led 39-32 at the break. Union looked tired and confused...I don't know what coach Chris Murphy said to his team at halftime but they came out refreshed and determined. Led by the ever hustling of Jack Plesser and the sharpshooting of Tanner Tedesco the Garnet turned up their own defense and steadily chipped away at the deficit until finally gaining the lead for the first time with 12:32 left in the game. From there it appeared it was the Bombers that tired and Union poured it on stretching their lead to 70-52 and coasting in... Plesser had 30, Tedesco 16, Matthew Garside 14 and Christian Dufort 9 for well balanced Garnet.

Union has certainly earned the lead dog in the LL race after this weekend. Hobart has to travel to Ithaca this Tuesday, and hopefully we can snatch a road win to keep pace.

The CSC All District Academic Team was announced(3.5 average or better, Sophomore +, and start in 66% or play in 90% of the games).....it's nice someone still cares about academics.

Rochester_8
Union-8
Hobart-7
Ithaca-5
SLU-5
RPI-2
Buff State-1
Hilbert-1

I'm sure each college will announce their members, but my only comment is it's nice that this type of recognition still matters. Also, it must be that Union and UoR have some smart kids or easy grading professors .

I hope everyone has a great Winter, as I'm forusing on D3 Hockey and Basketball.

The Final D3.com poll is out, and for the first time since 2009, no Liberty League team received a single vote. The Liberty League often gets their best team in the Top 25, and almost always gets a team or two receiving votes. But, not even Ithaca beating Cortland or Union winning the LL got enough support to attract a vote. I'm hoping the recruiting has gone well for the teams and we can look forward to the younger players stepping up for a results rebound in 2026.

Watching the D3 Championshipp reminded me how much I enjoy D3 Football without all of the money and annual roster recruiting insanity at the FBS level. Don't get me wrong, the entertainment value of the incredible Power Conference athletes on game day is awesome, especially with the playoff system.. But, I appreciate the D3 coaches and athletes for the pure effort and competition. So , I will always be "all in" as a fan for the Liberty League Championship competion every year and 2026 should be another entertaining fight for the crown. 

Quote from: UfanBill on December 23, 2025, 06:40:05 PMAccording to local news sources Susquehanna head coach Tom Perkovich is being named the new coach at FCS UAlbany.
I noticed the move, he had a strong record at Susquehanna.

The Liberty League gets 2 on the D3Football.com All America team> Congratulations to:

Vicente Lyon , Hobart Third Team Punter(Also Named in 2024)
Joe Spirra, Ithaca, Fourth Team Defense

Last night, I noticed that Mekhi Rodgers, DB, played for JMU in the CFP game . He was a starting CB for Hobart thru Sophomore year , then transferred to Saint Francis before being recruited to JMU to play this year. Congrats to Mekhi for pursuing his dream to play for a top D1 program. 

Quote from: Machiavelli on December 15, 2025, 04:05:25 PMFR holding grudges, being spiteful, and making more enemies? No way. I don't believe it for a second.

This is the kind of sarcasm I can totally support. 

Hobart beats Utica 66-53 and moves to 8-2 in a game where both teams seemed to be looking towards holiday break.

Quote from: IC798891 on December 11, 2025, 09:01:20 AMI mean, Flanagan was really good, but not the caliber of player these other QBs were.

He had ~3,000 yards, 29 TD and 10 INT

Barry had ~ 3,000 yards, 46 TD, 6 INT
Ehrlich had ~ 3,400 yards, 39 TD, 2 INT
Harvey has about ~ 3,400 yards, 39 TD, 4 INT

Yeah, different number of games, and I don't know when they did the voting, but these aren't especially close

No argument, that's why I said the QB talent was so good in Region 2, I think Drach really improved his numbers and performance from last year, I guess that's why Drach is the COY with only one player selected for the list. He get a great result from the players he had.

Quote from: unionpalooza on December 11, 2025, 09:50:50 AMIt's an interesting list; Union and Ithaca with one guy each; Hobart with three and RPI with five.  Utica with five, too.

It also demonstrates the extent to which JHU is a total outlier in terms of recruiting footprint.  Nearly all the players listed for other schools are in the R2 footprint or eastern OH.  Of JHU's seven guys on the list, they have players from Switzerland, Illinois, Michigan, California, and Texas. 

If you pass the academic admissions at JHU and then look at their awesome facilities, I totally understand their geographic reach and their attraction to very good D3 players. In addition, they have free tuition and room and board for families making less than 100k, that increases to 200k in 2026.....it helps to have wealthy alums and high endowments.

Congratulations to Coach Drach for being selected to the D3 Football Region 2 Coach of the Year. I found it interesting that Coach Drach's best coaching job for an individual player, Patch Flanagan didn't make the team, although the QBs in Region 2 were outstanding this year.
Perhaps they needed the "Athlete" category for Patch.
I'm happy that Statesmen Vicente Lyon(Punter ,first Team), EJ Taylor(RB 2nd Team) and DL Billy Brosco(2nd Team) were named and EJ and Billy will be back next year.

Cabral is Ithaca's leading scorer, he played last night and scored 22, Zenker #2 scorer and 6'6" forward was missing, so that might have affected them to some extent as the big men for Hobart pretty much had the better of the play.

Hobart doubles up Ithaca in a fast paced first half tonight 53-26 with hot shooting , good defense and rebounding. Game gets sloppy in the second half as Hobart wins 86-66 and moves to 7-2 on the season. The new coach at Ithaca does not seem to have the same chemistry with the team as last year's coach, so I think Ithaca is in for a long season. Hobart goes 2-1 in the LL and I think we should finish in the mix this year come playoff time. Monty Nedd plays with great speed but sometimes out of control finishes with 27 on 11-15 , leads the team with 9 rebounds but also has 7 turnovers. Alex Moesch with 20 and Dorian Paki with 17. I like this team because it is talented, plays good defense and its frequently wild fast play is exciting yet imperfect at times but should improve as the season progresses.