Quote from: MUC 2008 on August 21, 2026, 12:04:49 PMUsing the super scientific method known as Google, here is an unofficial list of the previous destinations of the incoming transfers:

Colson Conrad - Trine
Asaad Robinson - Notre Dame College
Brayden Miller - Stetson
Pavel Henderson - Walsh/Hocking College
Titus Watkins - Wittenberg
Jace Radford - Brevard College
Carson Palisoc - Northeastern State (Oklahoma)
Hudson Grimsley - Salisbury

Rakiem Mills, Trey Woodley, OP Knox, Maverick Piotrowski, Jahaad Williams and TJ Griffin I could only find info about them committing to Mount; I take that to mean that no jersey number does not mean you're an incoming transfer by default. Is this a redshirt then, a recommitment to the team? Something else?

Also, I couldn't find anything on RB Tre Singleton, but there is a Tyrone Singleton from Willoughby who was listed as a running back for Ashland last year.

Now, please proceed to tell me what a terrible job I did, as is the en vogue thing to do on the internet these days.

Notre Dame College? They've been defunct since May 2024.

Quote from: Dr. Acula on August 17, 2026, 05:32:06 PMInteresting kid coming to Alliance for football and track.  Cannan McCarthy - RB/DB from Cocoa, FL.  5'10", 175 lbs.  Ran a 10.69 100m so he can fly.  That time woulda finished 2nd at the state meet in D1 in Ohio.  Or another way, his HS times woulda finished 4th place at the OAC outdoor meet in the 100m and 200m.  So worst case scenario Coach Lucas landed himself a nice sprinter.

 

Yeah 10.69 is crazy fast.

Quote from: D3fanboy on August 17, 2026, 03:07:07 PMMount Union is one of the top Sport Business schools in the country....and we have that

Mount football has many more issues than D3FB interviews

We have a Sport Business program... top in the country is a stretch.

Quote from: AndrewB on August 15, 2026, 10:03:20 PM

Quote from: raiderpa on August 15, 2026, 09:29:38 PMI checked Flo Sports and did not see the Mount - Wheaton game on the schedule.  The Grove City game is there.  Any information on any television for the Mount - Wheaton game?  Thanks

CCIW NETWORK should have the game.  It's already listed.
cciwnetwork.com

Wheaton has a crazy high quality stream! I love watching their broadcasts

Quote from: hsbsballcoach7 on August 15, 2026, 08:24:37 PMTom Lally spoke to the Mount Union team recently. Loved watching him play! https://x.com/i/status/2088747143699870181

It seems that the media/PR team has taken a step to show off the program a little more...kudos!

While simultaneously ignoring D3FB interview requests...

Quote from: Patrick Coleman on August 08, 2026, 04:44:03 PM

Quote from: D3fanboy on August 06, 2026, 04:44:56 PMnot to upset Pat, but I highly doubt many 17-18 year olds are listening to the D3FB podcast to make their college decision.

No argument here! We also started posting this content on YouTube in order to extend our reach. The podcast audience is about 4-5% 18 and under.

I don't disagree but 4-5% isn't nothing, not to mention influencers who listen, parents, coaches etc. It's just seems like there's SOME upside to doing an interview and no downside, on the other hand there's no upside and only downside to not doing interviews.

Quote from: bleedpurple on August 06, 2026, 04:48:29 PM

Quote from: WRMUalum13 on August 06, 2026, 11:46:08 AMWell... another D3fb podcast and another "Mount Union refused our request for an interview." I just listened to the most recent podcast and it was pretty cool to hear from other top programs... would love to hear from ours!

I'm planning to email the SID about this, and encourage any other Mount fans to do the same. It seems like the program is holding a grudge, that is directly depriving student athletes from pretty cool media opportunities, not to mention it harming the fan experience.

To be honest it also paints the program in a bad light. When every other top program is eager about talking about their upcoming season it makes us look pretty pretenious.

Anyway, I'm tired of years of this stupid grudge holding.



I feel like Pat and Greg have always handled that situation with class. No real commentary, just informing the audience why Mount may not be part of interviews.

They have, I just don't know why Mount is still holding a grudge.

I don't know if any d3 recruits listen to the podcast, but it's such an enforced error to let all the other top tier d3 programs essentially give a nice program pitch while you don't. If I was a recruit id be like "wow the culture at north central sounds great" it just overall a bad look.

If we still had the mystique of "The Machine" I could see the angle of "we're too busy focusing on winning to do superfluous media" but when you get knocked out in round 2 of the playoffs every other year it doesn't quite work.

Well... another D3fb podcast and another "Mount Union refused our request for an interview." I just listened to the most recent podcast and it was pretty cool to hear from other top programs... would love to hear from ours!

I'm planning to email the SID about this, and encourage any other Mount fans to do the same. It seems like the program is holding a grudge, that is directly depriving student athletes from pretty cool media opportunities, not to mention it harming the fan experience.

To be honest it also paints the program in a bad light. When every other top program is eager about talking about their upcoming season it makes us look pretty pretenious.

Anyway, I'm tired of years of this stupid grudge holding.

Quote from: D3fanboy on August 04, 2026, 11:08:44 AM

Quote from: Dr. Acula on August 03, 2026, 12:36:36 PMThat's a great watch.  That 2015 offense was loaded.  So much fun to watch. 

man, the COVID years, NIL and the transfer portal really did a number to high end D3 football.  Just that Mount Union team had nearly the same number of guys getting NFL shots (Lally, Namdar, Jones) as the entire division in 2026

if you want a really fun watch.....2015 Mount-UWW semifinal  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxglsSUPM-0

IIRC my senior year 2012, Mount had more guys invited to mini-camps than either Akron or Kent (not combined, but one of those schools, can't remember which) I know it was at least Driskill, Diuesel and Collins, and maybe a few more

Also yeah that 2015 game was probably my favorite win of all time, so cathartic after watching us lose 5 straight against them.

Quote from: edward de vere on August 04, 2026, 09:54:58 PMEndowment issues.  Ohio colleges of interest:  Notre Dame, Lake Erie, Baldwin Wallace and . . . everybody else.

 https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/colleges-restricted-endowments-financial-trouble-247c7d3c?st=KXSau7

Notre Dame has more than financial troubles, they closed two years ago!

Quote from: purple on April 05, 2026, 11:01:32 AMI'm getting tired of these cheap shots at Coach Dartt. He's won the OAC every year he's been there. Gone undefeated,10-0. He is at the big table. He is highly respected. The Administration of any small college would love, love, love to have a program that brings in 100 freshmen every year. Ask Wittenberg and about twenty other small colleges in Ohio what they'd give for that kind of consistency in their freshmen classes over the past 10 years. Coach Dartt heads up the program. He has held up the standard and enhanced the brand name.

I can get behind the idea of us being overly hard on him, but "Enhanced the brand name?" Mount football has only become less relevant on the national stage since he took over. I'm not saying it's his fault, but there's no way Mount is a bigger brand name now than when we were winning titles.

Quote from: D3fanboy on March 24, 2026, 11:32:23 AMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymdgoMhkGBA

KB on the Left Hash Call pod....expect big things from Maloney and the Raiders offense this year

"head coach of the offense"

"aggressive, violent...simple offense"

"Coach Dartt is going to have to reign me in"

Love it. Couldn't ask for anything else. His philosophy sounds like the opposite of a Dartt offense

Quote from: NCC2010 on February 26, 2026, 01:04:13 PM

Quote from: D3fanboy on February 23, 2026, 02:47:49 PM

Quote from: Patrick Coleman on February 23, 2026, 02:38:37 PMWeakest dynasty is still a pretty decent place to be. 240 Division III schools would be happy for three national titles in the past six years.

you're right, champs are champs. crazy program accomplishment!

but there's no denying that D3FB is at a pretty low point with the portal and coaches jumping left and right. certain D3FB media has pretty much called NCC unbeatable, or the greatest team of all time...but no other "dynasty" has had such rough losses in the Stagg. 

I guess at least NCC hasn't had one taken away by cheating.  Second worst dynasty

I think part of what makes the losses look so rough is during this run NCC basically hasn't had close games, and when they do, they lose in the Stagg.  They had a 20 point lead in 55/59 games Lehnen started, and lost 2/4 games they didn't get the 20 point lead. They had a few "closer" games on the scoreboard in the playoffs this year, but none of those games were in question at any point in the 2nd half.

For as great as the coaching staff has been since Spencer took over, they simply do not have a lot of experience with handling close games late and it is has shown on the biggest stage twice now.  Spencer's record is 58-2 overall but its really 1-2 in games decided by less than 2 scores.

I think we're just in a new D3 paradigm where the top 1-2 teams might not be traditional blue chip programs anymore. Sure in 2011 it would seem bizarre for Mount Union or UWW to get knocked off by a team that's never made the playoffs, but with the transfer portal and weird eligibility sometimes the best team in the country is going to come seemingly out of nowhere. UWRF and Cortland state were both extremely talented teams playing very well at the right time. Would we really feel any different if it was UMHB or Mount Union who beat NCC in 2023 and 2026? IDK, doesn't really change my perspective much.

Also it's NEVER a bad loss to lose to the WIAC champs.

Quote from: The Third Division on February 09, 2026, 11:53:01 AMI'm confident this topic has been discussed for years in this website so I hate to bring it up again.

With NDSU moving up to FBS, My understanding is that mount union didn't move up their football program to D2 because it would have involved all their sports moving up to d2, and Mount Union didn't want to offer athletic scholarships.

Is there anything else I'm missing?

So besides the basic logistical issues of moving within a subdivision to moving entirely to a new division another huge difference here is that there's no financial incentive for Mount Union to go to D2.

With the current economics of D1 football there's plenty of reason for a school like NDSU to move up to FBS because of TV money. There's not a similar incentive for a D3 school to move up to D2. I don't think D2 football even gets materially more media coverage than D3 does.

Quote from: Patrick Coleman on February 05, 2026, 02:36:23 PM

Quote from: pradierguy on February 05, 2026, 02:07:38 PMMount Union is adding Women's Flag Football as an official sport. I wonder if any current staff gets plucked to run that program?

That hasn't happened at other schools, for what it's worth.

I'm not trying to be "well actually guy" but I happen to know that that did happen at Thiel.

Their linebackers coach became the head flag football coach: https://thielathletics.com/news/2025/12/5/bevier-named-inaugural-thiel-womens-flag-football-head-coach.aspx