Nah, I'm just stirring the pot. Scranton graduates on the 23rd but you'll want to include a player panel in the interview process which'll be easier if they're still on campus. And it's an attractive job, which I know from experience brings in plenty of non-obvious coaches (think Calhoun being named the first head coach D3 University of Saint Joseph). Plus I like to mess with NEPAFAN :-)

Quote from: NEPAFAN on May 07, 2026, 08:44:38 PMany rumors?

interviews this week. some surprises in there.

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Quote from: Kuiper on April 17, 2026, 12:42:36 AMFrench National Team moves home base from Babson to Bentley

https://thewellesleynews.com/23335/news-investigation/french-national-football-team-chooses-bentley-over-babson/

Not a big deal in the overall scheme of things, but it would have fun to have the top ranked team in the world training at a D3 school

"The men's French national football team, Les Bleus, will train at Bentley University in Waltham during the World Cup this summer, despite having previously committed to training at Babson College. According to French football reports, the change was sparked by prolonged financial negotiations and an impasse between Babson, the French Football Federation (FFF) and FIFA.

Les Bleus are the top-ranked team in the World Cup as of April 14.

On March 26, Bentley's athletic director, Vaughn Williams, announced that the French team will arrive on June 10 and train at Bentley for the duration of the World Cup. The university will serve as a training site that the team will return to, no matter how far they travel for their tournaments, which are scheduled to happen across the country."

Disappointing, but we'll probably never get the full story.  I too was looking forward to having a World Cup team train there as they have numerous times in the past, and not just for WC matches.  Babson has been very accommodating in the prior years.
I suspect and expect Babson will still get a team.

New Jersey just finished announcing they're home to training grounds for 4 teams:
Morocco will use The Pingry School (k-12) in Basking Ridge
Brazil will use Red Bulls Performance Center in Morris Township
Senegal will use D1 Rutgers University in Piscataway
Haiti will use D3 Stockton University in Galloway

You can see the full list of training grounds and hotels here - https://fwc26teambasecamps.fifa.com/#/tbc/

NYU Women's basketball just had their 91 game winning streak snapped this year.

What about NYU, with 30k UNDERGRADS

See now, I loved it. I love student announcers, especially when they're homers.

My soccer coach was also our AD, which was great because he played a little fast and loose with the meal stipends.

Lehman sits 1 mile east of Manhattan University (still sounds weird) and 1 mile west of Fordham University, both of whom have 2,000 and 7,000 seat stadiums respectively. Not really sure of the draw for upgrading Lehman's facilities.

Susquehanna is a beautiful school and has a lot going for it. I see this as a great opportunity and I'm surprised they've struggled the last ten years:
2025 5-10-4
2024 8-7-3
2023 3-10-3
2022 2-12-3
2021 9-8-2
2020 n/a
2019 6-12
2018 3-12-2
2017 6-10-2
2016 6-8-5
2015 9-7-2

Quote from: SimpleCoach on February 18, 2026, 06:37:27 PMThis one is different.

Injured Time with Chris Cillizza, Political Commentator

It was interesting.  Especially the Government Best XI

SC.

link not working, for me at least.

I would add The Return of the UAA.

"They're baaaack"

A year after the league as a whole was 60-44-28, no team won more than 9 games, and only an 8-6-2 Emory made the tournament due to their AQ, the 2025 edition was spectacular....

• 81-37-30 as a league
• 4 teams in double digit wins
• 4 teams qualified for the tournament
• 5 teams spent time ranked in the Top 20, including multiple weeks where 4 were ranked in the Top 12.

Happiest of holidays everyone!

QuoteStephen Vilardo GK/F Case Western

Goalkeeper and Forward? Played a total of 20 minutes in goal and only 750 as a Forward with 0 goals and 2 shots.  I'm guessing the Academy definitely invites their alum.


Separately, if you're on the list does that mean they're not going back to college? I'm thinking specifically of Clemson Sophomore Ransford Gyan. He's going to be a legit pro, but I didn't know he was leaving early. 

And here's the 2026 preseason poll...


Rank    School                    Prev    W-L-T

1    Tufts University    1    14-1-3
2    Trinity University (Texas)    5    15-1-1
3    St. Olaf College    4    16-2-3
4    Emory University    6    13-1-3
5    Bowdoin College    10    10-3-3
6    Dickinson College    RV    13-0-7
7    Wheaton College (Mass.)    8    15-0-4
8    Augsburg University    2    16-2-2
9    Connecticut College    7    10-3-5
10    Williams College    15    8-4-4
11    SUNY Cortland    9    12-1-5
12    Rowan University    RV    15-3-4
13    Macalester College    RV    15-4-0
14    Washington University (Mo.)    12    13-3-0
14    University of Lynchburg    13    17-1-2
16    Messiah University    NR    11-7-2
17    University of Scranton    17    12-0-6
18    Brandeis University    18    9-3-5
19    Middlebury College    14    9-5-2
20    University of Chicago    3    11-2-5
21    Denison University    25    14-2-3
22    University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire    21    12-2-4
23    University of Massachusetts-Boston    NR    12-3-4
24    Christopher Newport University    22    11-2-5
25    Luther College    NR    9-2-7

Also receiving votes: Catholic University, Wesleyan University, University of Lynchburg, Babson College, Calvin University, Hampden-Sydney College, Edgewood University, Texas Lutheran University

Quote from: Kuiper on December 06, 2025, 04:50:43 PMIf Trinity wins, it will still fall short of its magical 2003 national championship run.  A 21-1-1 record would be mighty impressive, but not as impressive as the 24-0-0 record of the 2003 squad.

I was at that 2003 championship game in which Trinity held on for dear life to claim the title over Drew (20-2-3). If I remember correctly, Trinity was up 2-1 but Drew was peppering them in the final 15 minutes and even hit the crossbar.

I've mentioned this before, but that Drew team was unreal. They only gave up 6 goals all season and went 17 games in a row without giving up a goal. The semi-final victory vs. Wheaton was perhaps the greatest D3 game I've ever seen considering the circumstances. IMHO, Drew deserved a Natty that year plain and simple, but that's why you play the game.