Quote from: Kuiper on August 27, 2025, 12:50:14 AMThe UMAC has released its preseason coaches poll.  UW-Superior is the consensus top pick.  I kind of feel bad for Martin Luther, though.  How do you only get 5 points when there are 7 teams total in the conference?  Did someone leave them off their ballot altogether?  Is that a hint?

Complete poll
 
Place    School    Points
1    UW-Superior (6)    36
2    Bethany Lutheran (1)    30
3    Northwestern    25
4    Crown    22
5    North Central    17
6    Minnesota Morris    12
7    Martin Luther    5

This is correct.  Coaches were not allowed to vote for themselves (even for last place).  So the total should be 147 (21 X 7) (6+5+4+3+2+1=21)

BAKERSFIELD: The Pecos League is mourning the loss of Bakersfield Train Robbers pitcher Nick Danbrowney, who died in an automobile accident on August 18. He was 22. This comes after a posting on the teams website shared the news.
Danbrowney, from Barnegat, New Jersey, had recently completed a college career at Ramapo College, where he set the school's career strikeout record.
Train Robbers Manager Bill Rogan issued a statement saying, "Our entire team is devastated. Even though we went our separate ways after the season, we're still a close knit group. We're having trouble dealing with this. Nick was a gentleman off the field and a terrific pitcher on the mound with a bright future. We loved Nick and will never forget him."
The team said funeral arrangements are still pending.

Quote from: jekelish on August 17, 2025, 03:15:44 PM

Quote from: Pat Coleman on August 17, 2025, 02:03:19 PMFlo isn't producing the games, even for these D-I games. It's just a streaming service when it comes to game day broadcasts.

Yep. And on the same note: it's important to realize that ESPN+ streams are not produced by ESPN, either. They're produced by those schools and made to look uniform within the ESPN ecosystem, but the responsibility is on the schools.

Then why do they need Flo? Not even an incremental gain?

Quote from: WUPHF on August 17, 2025, 02:52:08 PMThat is a woeful graduation rate.

The article references renovations to a residence hall and library as well as a new student center opening in 2027, so the administration and board must be feeling pretty good about the direction of the college.

Is there any mention of faculty retention or experience?  I think students can sense when they are getting their money's worth.

What a spectacular run for Gustavus golfer Jimmy Abdo at the U.S. Amateur! An incredible underdog performance that brought him all the way to the Quarterfinals. You made Minnesota proud!

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/colleges-didnt-want-him-underdog-amateur-jimmy-abdo-us-amateur-olympic-club?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=golfdigest&fbclid=IwY2xjawMOB7FleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHrS_xeLHVY1LDqhYp8h8l161Iaj6LJiikYHvmG6Y6AsNtp4J2KmY8LKoYI5F_aem_n9F5_dTqW2KD9UnderesfA

Quote from: WUPHF on August 13, 2025, 12:06:06 PM

Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on August 12, 2025, 11:48:36 AMThe only real benefit a subscriber has is if there are enough that the next agreement increases the payout to the conferences. 

According to Flo Sports, the benefits are...

Your subscription gives you access to:

    Live event streams
    Event replays
    Live scores, results, highlights, and news
    Schedules, standings, rosters, and athlete profiles
    Our full library of award-winning content, including Flo Originals

I could get the live streams, but the rest I never figured out.

From Facebook:

Division III collaborating with National Council for Mental Wellbeing to help participants recognize, respond to and reduce stigma around mental health challenges
For more information visit NCAA.org

Quote from: Ron Boerger on August 06, 2025, 01:25:58 PMHey, CC actually took down their post about having the highest GPA among men's soccer teams.  Kudos to them. 

They probably meant they were higher than their football team.

Quote from: Kuiper on August 03, 2025, 07:37:07 AM

Quote from: Kuiper on August 01, 2025, 03:24:18 PMCongrats to Colorado College's men's soccer team which posted that it not only won a Team Academic Award from United Soccer Coaches, but its team GPA of 3.80 was the highest in the country over all divisions. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DM0pHS9Me29/?igsh=MWcyaG12c2R2MjZ2bQ==

Looks like we have a real ranking controversy as Macalester claims that they actually had the highest team GPA in the country at 3.83

https://www.instagram.com/p/DM097LlOQbj/?igsh=b3N4dGxxZGthYWlu

Pretty soon MIT and Caltech are going to argue that their schools should be crowned the champions on a grade-inflation and strength of (course) schedule-adjusted basis!

Didn't Oxy get a Macalester transfer.  How does that factor?

Not D3, but I just read this.

"A Cornell University alumnus bought the longtime home for the college's presidents after the Ivy League school put the property on the market amid budget constraints"

Quote from: Kuiper on August 01, 2025, 01:47:45 PMPomona-Pitzer announces new logos/branding

It may not affect the performance of Pomona-Pitzer's men's soccer team, but the mascot Cecil looks a little sharper I suppose

Whatever.

Quote from: olddog on July 17, 2025, 07:47:17 PMRBF

You are correct, in order to play 20 plus years ago you had to be tougher than today's players. Its not their fault but the new rules make one play soft. The game was may more rugged and violent back in the day, crack backs were legal, leg whips were legal, could hit QBs if within two steps after ball is gone, could hit WR anytime as long as the ball was not in the air, we would hit runners one step out of bounds, we used our helmets as a weapon, we played with inferior equipment compared to today, up until my senior year in HS we did not get water breaks and did three a days (could you imagine the helicopter parents today) , we ran wedges and wedge blockers on kick off, we could hurdle the pile of FG block, we could can the center on field goals, and punts.
About half the kids I see playing HS Football would wilt ...if they were subject this short list above.

Lastly when laid someone out we did not flex or say to the crowd look at me.

Ah, The Good Old Days when men were men.

Quote from: Kuiper on July 17, 2025, 08:28:36 PM

Quote from: IC798891 on July 17, 2025, 07:57:18 PM

Quote from: Kuiper on July 17, 2025, 04:44:28 PMOn the first point, my point was simply that athletics donors have limited funds and athletics has broader institutional needs.

I feel like I must not be explaining myself when I ask this question. I'm going to try one last time, with apologies to everyone, because maybe there is something *I'm* missing in the answers. I'm not always the sharpest tool in the drawer

If a college is saying "Hey, we need money to defray the rising athletics streaming costs that we provide to our supporters"

And if that college's supporters are saying "We're willing to give money for the ability to watch the college's athletic streams"

It seems the shortest distance between the two points is just: Supporters give their money to the school, earmarked for this specific purpose.

Why are we inviting a third party in at all?

It may be that we are speaking past each other on this point.  I'll say it this way:  Assume I generally give $100 to the school's annual fund for athletics and my team fund.  Since my disposable income hasn't increased, I'm not upping my athletic department or team fund gift to $200 this year because you've started a streaming fund.  I'm just reallocating some or all of my $100 gift to that fund, which means the athletic department or team falls short on funding what they usually get with my $100.  The only way that doesn't happen is if I up my gift or some new people give.  There are some funding campaigns that bring out new donors or bigger donations, but they may think streaming isn't one of them.

Plus, as I mentioned elsewhere, if you have an employer match, they lose that too.

Here is what I could find about the business side of Flo  Eventually there will be an IPO.

https://forgeglobal.com/flosports_ipo/

Quote from: jknezek on July 15, 2025, 03:56:31 PMWell... I'm done I guess. I won't pay to watch W&L sports. I'd donate, but not pay FloSports. It's not the same thing. Bummer.

Some of my normal donation went to Flo instead.  And I get a matching contribution from my employer