Quote from: ADL70 on April 16, 2025, 06:07:17 PMThe law of triviality is C. Northcote Parkinson's 1957 argument that people within an organization commonly give disproportionate weight to trivial issues.[1] Parkinson provides the example of a fictional committee whose job was to approve the plans for a nuclear power plant spending the majority of its time on discussions about relatively minor but easy-to-grasp issues, such as what materials to use for the staff bicycle shed, while neglecting the proposed design of the plant itself, which is far more important and a far more difficult and complex task.

Definitely wouldn't consider a logo and branding to be trivial (but I also work in marketing). It's important to keep graphic design standards looking up to date and modern. I think they did a nice job with the update, and I'm sure the University has spent money on more truly "trivial" things in the past. If these types of branding updates weren't important you wouldn't see companies like Walmart spending $1 million dollars on a brand system refresh.

I am a little concerned about the RAIDERS wordmark update, feels like bad vibes to change the logo that's been on 13 championship football helmets, but admittedly at least now that logo is less of a direct rip off of the NY Giants logo.

Speaking of speed, Luke Lehnen ran a 4.62 at the big XII pro day. Surprisingly slow for what I saw watching him the last several years.

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Quote from: Dr. Acula on April 07, 2025, 04:02:17 PMWray was a stud.  Aside from being a gifted runner he was also one of the best pass catchers at the position over the modern era.

If I am not mistaken, Justin transferred to Geneva and set several school records there.

I don't think so.  Justin Wray has the total offense per play average of any non-QB in Mount history.  Dude was a flash with the ball in his hands.  Sharing the field with Kmic and Pierre probably didn't hurt.  What a nightmare for D3 defenses.

I only started following Mount in 2009 so that was before my time, dude sounds like a stud though.

4.49 at a pro day is legit. Might make him the fastest Mount Union RB ever.

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Quote from: DagarmanSpartan on March 27, 2025, 07:28:12 AMYa know, I am surprised that Saint Francis didn't consider joining the D1-FCS non-scholarship Pioneer Football Conference, which includes Butler, Drake, Stetson, etc.

To do that, you have to be in D-I for everything else.

Oh yeah, my whole point is that given how they just made the NCAA tourney at the D1 level in men's basketball, that would be a way that they could continue to build on that, while cutting scholarship expenses for things like football. 

I guess, in the end, any D1 sport competition proved to be a luxury they couldn't afford.

That said.............LONG LIVE THE PAC-12!!!!!

 

It's easy for us in d3 to overlook the fact that the scholarships really aren't the biggest costs associated with being D1, especially considering it's not a hard cost. The bigger costs come with bigger staffs required to field D1 teams that have a higher market rate salary as well as needing to keep up with D1 facilities etc.

Also D1 teams have more practice time allowed which is also more demanding on coaches and can strain resources of a smaller institution like SFU.

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Quote from: D3fanboy on March 19, 2025, 03:33:50 PMKent and Akron pro days today, should be some numbers out shortly of the OAC players with "NFL hopes"

Putting "NFL Hopes" in quotes doesn't make any sense, do they not hope to play in the NFL? lol

I mean, I hope to date Sydney Sweeney

I feel like you're confusing the concept of Hopes with chances or odds

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Quote from: The Third Division on March 25, 2025, 12:38:37 PMPer a source who knows a kicker at St. Francis "Almost the entire team is gonna transfer."

Pretty obvious there.

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Quote from: DagarmanSpartan on March 25, 2025, 05:05:59 PMYa know, I can only assume that their current 65 scholarship football players will all have to attrit, with non-scholarship level jocks recruited in their place.

I am guessing they'll still be awfully strong in their first season before their talent (non-scholarship) begins to even out.

At only about 1600 undergrads, they must be among the smallest schools in all D1-FCS football.  I am guessing Wofford would be one of the few schools that is smaller.

Where did you see that they have 65 scholarship players?  FCS programs can offer 63 scholarships, but they are allowed to split scholarships among multiple players.

Through the 2024 season St Francis' conference NEC only allowed 45 scholarship equivalents
https://fearthefcs.com/2024/11/14/northeast-conference-removing-football-scholarship-limit/

Yeah I'm guessing a more financial limited school like SFU was probably splitting those up

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Quote from: The Third Division on March 25, 2025, 12:38:37 PMPer a source who knows a kicker at St. Francis "Almost the entire team is gonna transfer."

Pretty obvious there.

OR "Almost the entire team thinks they are good enough to land a scholarship spot with playing time somewhere else" which judging by their loss to Dayton is likely not the case.

Quote from: D3fanboy on March 19, 2025, 03:33:50 PMKent and Akron pro days today, should be some numbers out shortly of the OAC players with "NFL hopes"

Putting "NFL Hopes" in quotes doesn't make any sense, do they not hope to play in the NFL? lol

Quote from: D3fanboy on March 03, 2025, 10:09:52 AMBGSU's head coach abrutly left to take the QB coach job with the Eagles, and a couple of Purple Raiders are listed as possibilities

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6168030/2025/03/01/bowling-green-football-job-profile-candidates/

QuoteMount Union head coach Geoff Dartt is 56-4 at the Division III Ohio powerhouse. Though the program hasn't won a national title since 2017, Dartt has reached the national championship game twice in the last three years, including last season. The former Mount Union player has spent all but one year since 2017 with the Purple Raiders. Lance Leipold made the move from Division III to the MAC and won at Buffalo. Could another coach do the same?

Toledo defensive coordinator Vince Kehres was Mount Union's head coach from 2013 to 2019, winning two Division III national titles. The 48-year-old knows Ohio through and through, and he regularly has produced one of the top three defenses in the MAC since arriving in 2020.

Vince seems like a perfect candidate for the job

Quote from: Dr. Acula on February 28, 2025, 11:38:09 AMThe other thing is that a large indoor facility benefits all sports and, in turn, all athletic recruiting.  And if you do something like Muskingum where you're integrating the indoor athletics facility with the separate space for the main student body fitness/rec space it's a recruiting advantage for almost any potential student.

Muskingum's facility is almost identical to what Mount Union has had since 2009. The Mcpherson building houses a 200m indoor track. The infield didn't have turf when I was in school but it feels like that's the only difference.

It would be an incredibly hard pitch to donors to get a dedicated full size indoor football field since we've got an indoor facility already that can service other sports.

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Quote from: SPECIAL TEAMS STARTER on February 27, 2025, 01:52:12 PMthat, and the #2 spot in the OAC (nearly a guaranteed playoff spot) being wide open had to be intriguing.  If Etta, Berg, BW, ONU, etc are all racing for that spot, it'd be hard to pick anyone but Etta

D3fan is right on and to my dissappointment being an ONU alum I think we can count ONU out of the race. They hired an outstanding coach and staff but the administration is just too reluctant to spend or raise any funds for athletic facilitiy improvements. Nothing has been done to the 18,000 sqquare ft. sports center in over 30 years. Compare that to Musky's 120,000 Sq. ft. Bullock Health & Wellness Center and Berg's new 110,000 Sq. ft. Athletics & Health Center and that really puts ONU coaches behind the eight ball when they are trying to recruit athletes to compete in the OAC. It's gotten so bad that they don't even want to maintain buildings used for general offices and academics such as Hill Memorial. I'm a frustrated Polar Bear.

after seeing what JCU and Berg are building, what Muskie built, etc...I'm concerned that Mount Union is getting passed by in the facility game, Gulling might just not cut it any longer.  If other OAC schools are putting in 50-60 yard indoor fields, Mount should have a full-length indoor facility.  The Capers Football Center is great for coaching/team meetings/film but I think it's time for the Sirianni-Garcon-Harter Indoor Athletic Facility to be built.  It's an arms race, and Mount Union cannot lose

Mount has like 3 full-length practice fields outside the stadium, I'm not sure having an indoor football facility probably doesn't add that much value.

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Quote from: WRMUalum13 on February 13, 2025, 06:25:29 PMSo, not realy a critique but moreso curious, why no article about former D3 player coaches super bowl winning team? I saw the BW press release about their assistant coach, surprised no Sirianni love on the homepage.

Right -- BW posted its own release directly on our site. All of the schools have that access.

We did recognize in social media, obviously. In February, it's really difficult to pull time away from D3hoops.com to create something from scratch for D3football, and that's the case going back decades. Sorry.

Ahh okay didn't realize schools can release directly, so I need to call my alma mater and complain that they aren't promoting this achievement properly! Anyway like I said not a critique, I figured there was a good reason, thanks for the insight into how it works.

So, not realy a critique but moreso curious, why no article about former D3 player coaches super bowl winning team? I saw the BW press release about their assistant coach, surprised no Sirianni love on the homepage.

Congrats to Coach Sirianni! First UMU alum to coach a Super Bowl winning team (as a head coach) We didn't get a Stagg Bowl this year but an alum winning a Super Bowl is an excellent consolation prize

Quote from: Kira & Jaxon's Dad on January 31, 2025, 10:46:58 AMLooks like Wayne Ruby might have signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL:

https://x.com/quick6wayne/status/1885351836141367804?s=46

Awesome! Hope he does well. He definitely has next level hands and athleticism. My only critique from a pro perspective is I don't know if has next level speed.