Quote from: SagatagSam on May 31, 2025, 08:51:12 AMMIAC official conference schedule webpage shows football championship weekend has been eliminated.

Boz Bostrom broke the story on Twitter:
https://x.com/bozbostrom/status/1928650310127358307?s=46&t=mGqTC79GJ1s2EzukNSOUQQ

Bethel's website is a little behind it seems - thanx for sharing.

Update on the Bethel University Rocket Club

The short story is that we are waiting for a few teams to get in their final flights, and until they do, we wait.

Back story – this competition was to fly one or two rockets using the same motor designation to a specified altitude, and an unlimited altitude. You got bonus points if you used the same rocket for both aspects of the contest. The first altitude to hit was 1000 feet, give or take 25 feet. If you hit the sweet spot you got full points for that aspect of the contest. Bethel hit it on their first flight. The second aspect was to design and fly a rocket that would go as high as you could make it go on the same motor designation that got you to 1000 feet. All the teams in the contest were using the exact same motor designation for both aspects of competition. On competition day, if you checked in on time, and were ready to fly in a timely manner, you also got the maximum number of points for that aspect of the competition. Bethel also received all those points on competition day.

The hiccup – there was a pretty low cloud ceiling on the day of the competition, roughly 3200 feet. Rockets that were predicted to go into the clouds and out of sight were grounded for safety reasons. Bethel's prediction was right in the neighborhood of the ceiling and we were not allowed to fly until near the end of the day when the clouds were as high as they had been all day. Thankfully, the rocket was visible all through it's flight, and we were happy with our flight. Unfortunately, two or three teams were not able to fly for safety reasons and they have been given an extension to fly all the way through the end of September.

So, we won't know who placed in what position on "flight day" until all the teams have submitted their final flights. That may be sometime in the middle of October, or it could be early as next month because those teams that have been given the extension may choose not to fly their final flights, or somewhere in the middle. We've done all we can do on the field. We need to finish up our final report, submit it on time, and then we have to wait to hear from the contest organizers once all the teams have turned in their flight data and their final reports.

Non-D3 football post follows: Just got back from this year's Oral Presentations and Safety Checks for the Upper Mid-West High-Powered Rocket Contest that will have the launches done tomorrow in North Branch, MN. There will be 19 teams launching tomorrow - yikes! The MIAC is well represented with Augsburg, Bethel, Concordia, Gustavus, and Macalester. Other notables mentioned here would be St. Thomas and Whitewater. Some of the bigger schools include NDSU, University of Iowa, Austin Peay, and three teams from the U of MN. It's gonna be a fun day launching tomorrow - could easily end up being over 50 or 60 flights.

Go Bethel!

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Quote from: hazzben on May 14, 2025, 02:37:01 PMSounds like the MIAC Championship game might still be on the chopping block. Mtgs ongoing but a lot of coaches want to get rid of the rematch games and just play a real round robin.

As in - it might be cut this year still?

So all 9 MIAC teams would be scrambling to find a 10th game? That sounds very MIAC-like.

They wouldn't need to find a game, they'd all play each other.  SJU would play St. Olaf week 11, since those two aren't currently scheduled to play.  Carleton would play Concordia, etc.

So BU would end with St. Scholastica - that would be interesting, as BU hasn't played them since 2013 when they met in the Metrodome in the first week of the playoffs that year.

Quote from: BiggieSmalls on March 29, 2025, 11:13:19 PMMIAC 2025 schedules:

Augsburg: https://athletics.augsburg.edu/sports/football/schedule/2025
Bethel: https://athletics.bethel.edu/sports/football/schedule/2025
Carleton: https://athletics.carleton.edu/sports/football/schedule/2025
Concordia: https://www.gocobbers.com/sports/fball/2025-26/schedule
Gustavus: https://gogusties.com/sports/football/schedule/2025
Hamline: https://hamlineathletics.com/sports/football/schedule/2025
Macalester: https://athletics.macalester.edu/sports/football/schedule/2025

Not posted yet: The 3 Saints (Olaf, John's, and Scholastica)

Was listening to the latest podcast while catching up on the posts here.

Go Hawks!

So it seems apparent that the MIAC is letting teams schedule their one non-con game in the first two weeks of the season. Also noticed the championship games start at noon while adding it to my fall calendar. Anybody know off-hand where to find out which teams will be hosting?  Inquiring minds are curious.

Very busy this time of year getting rockets into the air with the BU Rocket Club. Also, the company I worked for was bought out. I got to keep my job with no real changes - so, very grateful for that.

Finally had a chance to listen to the last podcast because I've had a tumultuous 10 days. I had a high school buddy pass very unexpectedly while taking a nap on Friday the 3rd, whose funeral was on Wednesday in New York State, South of Buffalo. Then on Sunday the 5th, one of our good friend's wife also passed from cancer. She had just been diagnosed in November, so it also was rather abrupt. Make sure that those you love know it because you never know when it will be the last time for them to hear it from you.

It was a very nice way for Matt Jung to finish his time at Bethel by being selected as the D3 Football Defensive player of the year.

Go Vikes?

D3 Football All Americans from the MIAC

First Team Offense
Bethel Joey Kidder

First Team Defense
Bethel Caden Dewall
Bethel Matt Jung

Second Team Offense
St. John's Aaron Syverson
St. Olaf Derek Hansen

Third Team Offense
St. John's Dylan Wheeler

Fourth Team Offense
St. John's Joey Gendreau
St. John's Nick McKenzie

Fourth Team Defense
St. John's Zach Frank

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

Been out of touch and had my heart ripped out when I heard on the podcast that Matt Jung is now a Badger. Like others have already said, good for him and I'll be watching the Badgers to see how he does for the next couple of years.

So, when the final D3 Football Top 25 rankings come out, should BU be ahead of St. John's because they went one week further in the playoffs, or should Bethel be behind the Johnnies because of the in season head to head contest results? Both teams lost to Susquehanna in back to back weeks by similar margins at the end of the games, so that seems pretty even in my mind, putting them lower than the River Hawks, whatever the final results end up being.

Listened to the podcast and watched a highlight reel which did not show the holding call. From what I heard on the podcast, it sounded like this was the first holding call for the entire game. However, it sounded like it was pretty egregious and nobody that has watched the video is saying it was not a penalty. What exacerbated the whole situation is the officials not maintaining decorum and control of the game. Still a heartbreak way to end a season and/or your college career for all the seniors on the team.

So, is there any kind of "rookie head coach of the year" award to give BU's Mike McElroy? Heck of a job this year.

Live updates has died on the BU/Sus game...

Did a quick google search and found out we can listen in to WQSU to hear the game if you don't have ESPN to see it live. Here's the link: https://wordpress.susqu.edu/wqsu/listen-live/

Weather looks great for a game in the middle of Pennsylvania in the middle of December - 34F, mostly sunny, with winds under 2 mph from the East. I googled the stadium and it sits askew from NSEW so the winds will be slightly crossing with or against. (Rocket guys pay close attention to the wind.)

I am like a kid at Christmas time not being able to wait for the game to start. While I am off of work this Saturday, it's because the day was filled with activities before the game was scheduled. But I will be watching the live updates on my phone. Go Bethel!