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Quote from: HSCTiger74 on March 03, 2026, 07:37:41 PMI know that desperate times call for desperate measures (not that the situation is actually "desperate" yet), but before you pine too much for Gallaudet as an associate member check out their scores against the ODAC last season. Then imagine how they would do against SCAC or ASC competition.

Thanks for the post.
Yes sir, I did. 

Here is the link to the final NPI at datacast.

https://d3datacast.com/npi/fb/

Austin College #200, Lyon #201, Gallaudet #220 and Centenary LA #223.

  I admit to not being a dogged researcher, so I didn't realize that the bottom of the SCAC had such dismal NPI rankings. Maybe Gallaudet would fit in okay, even if they don't compete for the top spots. Hopefully something can be worked out that's good for everybody.

  I know that desperate times call for desperate measures (not that the situation is actually "desperate" yet), but before you pine too much for Gallaudet as an associate member check out their scores against the ODAC last season. Then imagine how they would do against SCAC or ASC competition.

  So Gallaudet knows they'll be playing in Little Rock on 11/14, but they don't know who?

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Quote from: The Third Division on February 14, 2026, 01:15:30 PMUMHB's two year scheduling agreement with Keystone screams desperation. It is not a good look for the program.

Go ahead and list the teams who are interested in scheduling a series with us. Then we can discuss which ones would be better options.

One would think the Division 3 philosophy is grounded in conference and regional competition rather than national and most schools are interested in scheduling as such.

Oh wait: It is

I know you all filter everything through the lens of "What's best for the football team?" which means you think everyone's just too scared to play you, but the sooner you realize that most D3 institutions have bigger concerns than the football team picking up an elite OOC game, the easier it'll be for you.

Thanks, you just proved my point.

We have limited options in our region to schedule, and few schools from outside our region want to play us, so we're forced to schedule those who do. Then you trolls come around offering unsolicited critiques of our scheduling without offering any ideas for what a program in our position should do differently.

What about the possibility that it's not that they don't want to play you, but rather that they are unwilling to take on the extra cost of a trip to Texas?

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Quote from: HSCTiger74 on December 23, 2025, 12:25:57 PMCongrats to Whitewater's Quinn Meinerz, voted to the AFC Pro Bowl squad.

Thanks for posting. Congratulations and what a great accomplishment.

I get my UWW fix these days by watching and rooting for the Broncos.

What is his position? Is he a special teams player? Congrats to the young man.

He's a guard for the Denver Broncos. I probably should have said that in my original post.

Congrats to Whitewater's Quinn Meinerz, voted to the AFC Pro Bowl squad.

Quote from: fredfalcon on December 18, 2025, 08:58:17 PMBlaha is in his 6th year, not his 5th as I have previously argued. Not that it really matters.But Dr. Blaha?

Pat, are there any Centennial League posters?

BDB's post of the Twin Cities video (50 minutes long) shows Walker and 5 players. The players fall all over themselves praising each other. Walker praises everybody from the water boy to the AD. It all seems very sincere.

I'm not Pat but, despite having a few new posters and some actual content this season, for the past several years the Centennial board has been only slightly more active than the UMAC board.

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Quote from: bluestreak66 on November 16, 2025, 08:05:08 PMHello Raiders my old friends
I've come to play your team again

Come back to the OAC boards when if you beat Randolph Macon LOL

Fixed that for you. 

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Quote from: HSCTiger74 on November 16, 2025, 07:46:13 PMThis has been an interesting discussion, and I understand the frustration, but without knowing the details of every D3 conference isn't it safe to say that most of them have their own Hilbert who will drag down their NPI.

But do they have 2? (A Hilbert AND a Buff State). And are they associate, football-only members?

   Well, in the case of my own ODAC we have Averett (five conference wins in four seasons) at 216 and Gallaudet (a new associate member, outscored 401 to 95 in conference) at 220. Could substituting two middling OOC games for them have raised an 8-2 Shenandoah into playoff range? I doubt it, but who knows. All you can do is win your games and hope you don't get hosed by some computer algorithm.

  This has been an interesting discussion, and I understand the frustration, but without knowing the details of every D3 conference isn't it safe to say that most of them have their own Hilbert who will drag down their NPI.

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Quote from: hazzben on October 27, 2025, 01:18:27 PM... if JHU, Carnegie Mellon, Wash U, et al can put very competitive teams on the field at both the conference and national level, there's no reason Carleton can't get there.

All three of those schools are much, much larger than Carleton. The NESCAC schools are probably a better comparison -- we just don't have the picture on how they stack up nationally as of right now.

It's funny, I literally deleted a comment about NESCAC comparison. Totally agree we can't tell how they compare. But to push back, "size of school" is something we say all the time doesn't matter for the WIAC. I suppose if you're academically "elite" you can lower your dial a bit more if you have a larger student body, compared to an enrollment of 2k. But then you'd have to prove to me JHU and Wash U are really lowering the bar, as opposed to just being better at marketing themselves to good HS talent that meets the standard.

This is an important point. Even when I was in high school many, many years ago I had heard of Washington University (Johns Hopkins was only five miles away, so obviously ...) but I had never heard of Carleton until I joined these boards. It really helps to be a national brand.

Despite the losses to this season's top three it looks as though Roanoke will be a team to reckon  with as they go forward. There's always been a lot of talent in and around Roanoke and the Valley, so if Coach Stinespring is able to make significant inroads with the coaches and schools there he should see his program grow and thrive fairly quickly. I have to say, on a homer-ish note, that I hope it's not too quickly, but he's definitely off to a good start.

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Quote from: Pat Coleman on October 05, 2025, 01:45:39 PMI would love to see an attempt. People talk about Camp Randall Stadium in Madison and it is centrally located but I think the Brewers' stadium would be cool and the marketing weight of an MLB club certainly helps in these endeavors.

I like both those ideas, but c'mon ... Lambeau. I know it's the least convenient but the coolness factor would be off the charts.

Agreed -- NFL would mean it's off-limits half the season, of course.

Yeah, I should have taken that into account. Still not impossible, though, with good planning and some help from the Packers.

Quote from: Pat Coleman on October 05, 2025, 01:45:39 PMI would love to see an attempt. People talk about Camp Randall Stadium in Madison and it is centrally located but I think the Brewers' stadium would be cool and the marketing weight of an MLB club certainly helps in these endeavors.

I like both those ideas, but c'mon ... Lambeau. I know it's the least convenient but the coolness factor would be off the charts.

Quote from: y_jack_lok on September 20, 2025, 10:16:10 PMIn the first week of ODAC play:

H-SC 42 - Shenandoah 7
Gallaudet 39 - Averett 30
RMC 27 - Bridgewater 3
W&L 35  - Guilford 7

The H-SC win has to be the most impressive. The Tigers must be the real deal.

RMC looked better in its win than in the first two games. The aforementioned changes certainly helped. Passing game also seemed a little different. A freshman RB (#32 Tristan Overbay) looked good in his first action of the season-- five carries for 33 yards.

I'm starting to come around, and I sure hope you're right, but the last few years have left me reluctant to jump on the bandwagon too soon. W&L have been a real problem for the Tigers recently; if we get by them I just might have to.