Makes a lot of sense, Pat. What a doubleheader day.

And, wow, Bethel ... seems like a short-sided decision. Is space really that tight?

Looks like the YouTubers from d1rejects will be setting up their show in Arden Hills on Saturday.

Would not be surprised by a Reusse appearance. Fair to assume that it will be Pat's destination as well.
(Have not checked the podcast this week.)

The d3 media landscape has become a bit more interesting over the past few years. The Inside the Huddle crew seems to be trying to moderate its East provincialism and the d1reject newbs seem to be getting under its skin.

Pass the popcorn.

Watched some from UMHB then flipped to watch Blaha at Bellhaven. Bellhaven runs a commercial for the school where a student starts with clay and spins a lovely pot.

But all I can think of is the headline: "Sophomore dies in kiln explosion."

Quote from: sjujohnnie on September 17, 2025, 09:52:24 PMI will miss listening to the Johnnie radio coverage. If past meetings are any indication, Hamline will pose little more of a threat than Minnesota-Morris did. Will be interesting to see if either of our QBs gets any separation from the other. Looking at other Division III matchups, No. 16 Whitewater travels to Belton to take on No 6 UMHB at their Cruthedral and No. 3 Johns Hopkins travels to No. 4 Susquehanna.

Susquehanna is now on Flosports. Not sure about UMHB.

Looks like when a school or league signs up, all of its sports can be put behind  the paywall. No surprise: Minor sports viewership really tumbles, according to an X discussion I happened across.

Oz: Single, elevated cam on the 50 if their test is any indication.

Quote from: sjujohnnie on September 13, 2025, 05:03:39 PMI thought they both looked great. Wonder if there'd be a competition if Cooper Drews was still at St John's - Not a bad problem to have having two capable QBs it appears with Dittbenner and Feeney

Royals certainly gave Drews plenty of game time. He threw 53 times and first teamers played fairly deep in fourth.

Did Lou Holtz file that report on the Royals, Pat?

Interesting stat on Cobbers: Horan's backup QB threw all of eight passes last year, completing two. Among the newbies is a 6-7 QB from Idaho.

Six-man is such an interesting game, so different from even the Minny nine-man.

Always fun to peruse the newbies, even though it is impossible to know who will stick.

One name that stuck out was Reid Fiala, who earlier had committed to D2 Central Washington. He was a linebacker and tight end, who was first pick at both in Washington's top conference. Coach's kid. Good size. Central saw him as a DL.

Watched a lot of football in that league when I lived on Left Coast. Very solid.

Nice story on the Matterns.





https://www.csbsju.edu/news/commencement-brought-emotional-reunion-for-csb-student-speaker/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKbGglleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHgv9ooVox8enrKnP_RVLzVoI0a3uqRpaNV6uSfoozCBRHTzUlXEzx3KCWbA1_aem_ppYqIQq5_ey2Jq8sP_vCSg

Nice ride for Bartch.

https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/1869929889173741774

The similarities between Jung and Koi Perich are stunning. Tough return guy, ballhawk in secondary and wildcard on offense.

Not saying he's at the same level or that he will have similar success, but it'll be fun to follow his career. Wish that kid nothing but the best.

The key there might be resultS. Tough to throw out one H2H, much less two, especially given similar results vs. SU.

Quote from: Pat Coleman on December 11, 2024, 09:56:32 AMhttps://d3football.com/images/2003/sjuelliottnontd.jpg
Photo by Todd Allred, colleague of mine at USA Today who we hired to come shoot for us that weekend. He has since passed away and is gone long, long too soon.

Great shot.

Looks like then-SID Michael Hemmesch was right on the spot for that one.

Indeed. I was standing in front of the play. I'd left the stands because my grade-school age son and his buddy had gone to that flat area on the hill behind the endzone to play catch with a ball they gave out in the pre-game clinic.

Salem was a great host.

Quote from: Pat Coleman on December 09, 2024, 07:43:51 PMI believe that rule is different in the NFL which is actually the cause of a lot of beef from fans at games who don't realize.

Not unlike the PBP guy in the 2nd round who said the receiver "just couldn't get two feet down "