Quote from: y_jack_lok on October 10, 2026, 07:41:56 PMA good game in Lexington today. Congrats to the Generals. Seems that Ty Collins made all the right decisions on option plays -- whether to keep the ball himself, hand it off, or pitch it. Jackets defense wasn't up to the task. RMC had an efficient drive with under a minute left in the first half to come away with a field goal and a 10-6 halftime lead. Then, trailing 20-17 with over three minutes left they had a chance to do the same thing and get a TD to take the lead or FG to tie, but it was not to be.

I thought jknezek's pessimism about W&L's chances might have been off. I felt similarly about RMC leading up to the game. It's no consolation that my pessimism was more accurate.

I caught the second half of H-SC at Roanoke. Both offenses looked good. But what does that say about their defenses? Tigers prevailed 39-33.

Bridgewater came from behind to beat Guilford 19-14. I get the feeling that BC's offense is still struggling.

Shenandoah beat Averett 38-20.

Work in progress?
I can't speak knowledgeably about Roanoke, although I'm impressed at what they've achieved in only two years, but coach Luvara seems to be rebuilding the Tigers to the point where they have to be taken seriously every week. I'm hopeful that we will see more games like Monmouth and Shenandoah and fewer like Roanoke and UNE, but at least it appears that they are trying to put the Martyball era behind them.

Quote from: Macon on October 03, 2026, 11:41:03 AMHere's the game I'm watching today, HSC/SU.  And, next week it's HSC/RC.  We'll learn a lot about the ODAC with those two games.

    If such things were actually done at the D3 level I'd be really curious to see where the over/under was set for those two games.

Quote from: Reserved Seat on September 19, 2026, 04:54:17 PMSusquehanna is not in the CC.

  And that's probably why he included them with Ithaca and Randolph-Macon as OOC games for Hopkins.

Quote from: Tigerfan on September 19, 2026, 05:17:09 PMThe H-SC/UNE game turned into a track meet.  UNE backs had 192, 143 and 108 yards, respectively.  Fortunately, UNE had almost no passing game (29 yards), and Terry Hicks had a monster 317 yards for the Tigers. 

  I saw that score and wondered if they brought back Marty Favret for a last hurrah.

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Quote from: MCScots2013 on September 14, 2026, 09:43:03 PMChanging things up tonight. Instead of "Future", let's talk about the Past. I knew we had some interesting facts like the first College in Tennessee to give a woman a baccalaureate degree or playing in the first Tangerine (Citrus) Bowl in 1947, but these are noteworthy:

I always wanted to make a Past of Division III thread.

So many colleges have a history of almost closing, almost burning down to the ground, almost moving to another city or town. And usually a fascinating history with varsity athletics.

Some colleges actually did move to another town.

I think Macon was founded somewhere close to South Hill, correct? there's a historical marker somewhere in that area.

I'm also fairly certain that MCV (Medical College of Virginia,  now part of VCU) was founded somewhere around HSC before moving to Richmond.

It was actually founded as the Medical Department of HSC in 1837 and was granted an independent charter as MCV in 1854, but has been located in Richmond from the beginning (the specific facts of which I only learned by Googling).

Quote from: y_jack_lok on September 04, 2026, 10:00:19 AMOver on the ODAC Pick-ems board, here's how HSCTiger74 has the odds for ODAC teams this week:

Roanoke [-11.5]  @  Virginia-Lynchburg  9/3
Bridgewater [-4.5]  @  Stevenson  9/4
Shenandoah [-8.5]  @  Methodist  9/4
#25 Randolph-Macon [-17.5]  @  Dickinson. 9/4
NC Wesleyan [-12.5]  @  Averett
Guilford [-9.5]  @  Greensboro
Hampden-Sydney  @  orv Wabash [-15.5]
Wittenberg  @  Washington & Lee [-13.5]

Last night Roanoke easily beat the spread with a 37-7 win.

Three interesting games tonight with all three ODAC teams favored. In Saturday's games Guilford and W&L are favored while Averett and H-SC are underdogs.

Well, you can't say I didn't warn you that I basically make them up as I go along. 

Quote from: Patrick Coleman on May 06, 2026, 11:37:22 AMTechnically, Gallaudet has club teams on the schedule for three of those weeks, but those are probably possible to get out of.

Thanks Pat. I should have done a deeper dive, maybe gone to their website. Anyway, I appreciate the update.

Quote from: The Third Division on April 24, 2026, 08:38:37 AMAnna Maria to shut down at end of spring semester. How will the rest of the mascac fill 10-game schedules?

Gallaudet's only scheduled game in October is on the 10th; every other Saturday is open. It might be worth a call if a team is willing to make a trip to DC.

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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.