Quote from: art76 on September 29, 2026, 10:11:18 PM

Quote from: sjujohnnie on September 29, 2026, 05:20:14 PMSounds like the feed to the festivities in Collegeville is free and begins at 11:00.

Oo-oo - can anyone else confirm this? And is this fallout from the poor reception of the Hamline debacle? (Anyone notice the double meanings in the question?  )

As far as I can tell it's *only* the pre-game show. Looks like I'll have to tune in to their poorly mixed radio station again.

Quote from: repete on September 23, 2026, 07:45:39 PMTis the season.

https://youtu.be/By_RqzO8jN0?is=vwcuTEwfCNHXUPR8

Thanks to the missus, I've failed before the game even started...

Quote from: hazzben on September 20, 2026, 04:02:24 PMQuick thoughts on the GAC v BU game.
- Weird to leave 21 points on the field and win 49-7. Pick in the endzone, dropped TD Pass, failed 4th down conversion.
- Eckert is a star. 2 games, 18 Rec, 319 yds, 2 TD's. Rundell + Eckert will be lethal when Albert is back.
- Geebli + Manns is a great 1, 2 punch. Geebli is really physical, Manns adds a home-run threat. Spoiled to have both, if either was the feature they'd be regarded as the best back in the MIAC if not the region.
- Drews ball looks as good as ever, really tight spiral. Had a tendency to be a touch overconfident at points, needs to watch the YOLO balls against SJU. Has become a very effective runner.
- GAC having their old OC back has some nice wrinkles.
- Ginske at QB is really mobile, he'll give teams fits this year.
- Front 7 on D is really physical, going to be a fascinating matchup with SJU OLine.

Is Rundell's absence officially an injury? I have to assume so at this point, but maybe someone already confirmed and I missed.

I think UMU needs to keep losing just to see the social experiment occur in this thread

It has finally happened! Matt Jung's first interception on the Badgers!

Of course aside from that he's been an ever-present player on the field, he's in basically every defensive play.

Quote from: sjujohnnie on September 11, 2026, 11:57:07 AM

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Quote from: sjujohnnie on September 10, 2026, 04:17:15 PMIs Wartburg going to get smoked by North Central?

I doubt it. It's at Wartburg, they play well at home. I'll be interested to see how Wart compares up front.

It would be nice to see an upset & North Central dethroned or at least knocked down a few notches! Nice to see Mount Union fall to Wheaton!

Bethel fans, we have to swallow the pill and quietly say "Go NCC" the rest of the season for NPI reasons, since it's extremely unlikely they are gonna lose multiple games and fall out of the playoffs

I could harvest for the MN winter here

NCC just casually bringing out their kicker that sat last year who then beats his personal best by 15 yards to kick an NFL-like 56 yarder...

Quote from: sjujohnnie on September 05, 2026, 02:12:28 PMEither North Central's REALLY good or Bethel's not as good as they were hyped or both.

NCC is a great team, as is Bethel.

NCC is just also the luckiest team I've ever seen. Every single bounce goes their way. Who has two partially blocked kicks still go in?

Any ideas why Rundell isn't playing?

Quote from: GoldandBlueBU on September 02, 2026, 12:19:56 PM

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Quote from: repete on September 01, 2026, 08:16:33 PMPipers are due!

Hey last year they topped the MIAC teams score total against Bethel...

Being that I don't know you and how old you are - there were a couple years there where for whatever reason, BU struggled with Hamline.  2008 was a 9-7 win on a last second field goal, 2009 was a 20-17 win...since then it has been lopsided as you would expect.  Aayrton Scott and Augsburg also gave BU fits for a few seasons in the 2012 - 2015 range.

That was just before my time, but I know that these past few years have been out of the norm. I just found it funny that Hamline was able to score on us the most last year until playoff time. Maybe our 4th string Defense was out there at that point.

Quote from: repete on September 01, 2026, 08:16:33 PMPipers are due!

Hey last year they topped the MIAC teams score total against Bethel...

Quote from: USee on August 31, 2026, 10:40:24 AM

Quote from: NCC2010 on August 29, 2026, 11:11:00 PMLogan Hansen has posted his initial game predictions for week 1.  Here are the predicted spreads for the CCIW teams:

NCC -9.7 over Bethel
Wheaton -6.3 over Mount Union

Yikes. These are some awfully big spreads for the home teams. Anyone here giving the points?

I'm not certain Logan knows that McNeal isn't playing. He has McNeal as a "Player to watch" on his CCIW preview.

Quote from: GoldandBlueBU on August 28, 2026, 03:41:17 PM

Quote from: Mister36 on August 28, 2026, 11:17:56 AM5 out of  7 panelists pick Bethel to reach the Semifinals

2 out of 7 pick for them to win it all, which is probably a first for Bethel.

They are also very high on a Bethel player winning Offensive or Defensive POTY

https://d3football.com/notables/2026/08/20-questions

Cool to see them getting some love.

Also, I know it doesn't matter, and I don't matter, but there is part of me that liked them being under the radar more.  I'm sure Coach Mac will have them ready to go regardless of being noticed or not.

Understandable, on the flip side though is the increased exposure. Ranked #2, surefire #1 if they win Week 1, Deep playoff success, winning pedigree, potent offense and stuffing defense, National Champ predictions. It's gonna make recruiting even better.