UCSC would fit into the SCIAC if they were closer.
In it's history, the SCIAC has included UCLA and San Diego State.  But that was long ago.

Quote from: jknezek on March 04, 2026, 12:37:39 PM

Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 04, 2026, 11:38:32 AMThanks for the response.

I recall the 2022 Gallaudet season when they won the ECFC.

Sure, DelValley beat them 59-0 in the first round, but Gallaudet played their peers and won a conference championship. Del Valley beat everyone in the MAC by 3 TD's including Misericordia by 41 and FDU-Florham by 35, so that score was no surprise.

Sure 2022 was special for the school, but D3football.com ranked the ECFC 26th out of 27 conferences that year. Gallaudet has 5 seasons over .500 in 25 years, only one with more than 7 wins. You can put lipstick on the bison, but it's not going to get prettier.

They do have a limited recruiting pool.  But if they can get one or two DI type players they will win their share.

Quote from: Patrick Coleman on February 24, 2026, 03:37:33 PMPeople looking for the Keystone and Gallaudet schedules can find them here:

https://d3football.com/teams/Keystone/2026/index (not yet complete as of this post)

https://d3football.com/teams/Gallaudet/2026/index (complete with seven D-III opponents, three club games not listed)

Gallaudet has almost all away games.

Quote from: Mavchamp on February 19, 2026, 08:07:15 PM

Quote from: Ron Boerger on February 19, 2026, 09:59:14 AMThis isn't relevant to recent discussion, but as the ASC schools do not participate in the annual NACUBO endowment study (prompted by D3Playbook recently listing endowments by conference), I went through each of the school's most recent audits (for the period ending mid-2025) to dig up these figures:

HSU:  $223.5M
UMHB: $132.3M
HPU: $46.7M
ETBU: $39.4M




in addition, the two schools joining the conference next year:

Schreiner:  $88.6M
McMurry: $81.4M

With the exception of HPU, all endowments showed some growth from 2024 to 2025.  HPU lost around $7M which given the small total is not a good thing.  All schools showed either revenues in excess of expenses (ranging from around $10M for UMHB to $0.6M for McMurry) to relatively small deficits ($0.2M for HSU to $2.8M for Schreiner).  All schools have a good ratio of assets to liabilities.

School	Endowment (M)	Revenue	Expense	Assets	Liabilities
HSU	$223.50	$84.3M	$84.5M	$414M	$85.5M
UMHB	$132.25	$139M	$129M	$410M	$47.4M
Schreiner	$88.60	$61M	$63.8M	$170M	$31.7M
McMurry	$81.40	$55.2M	$54.6M	$193M	$33.2M
HPU	$46.70	$44.3M	$37.5M	$146M	$8.2M
ETBU	$39.40	$61.3M	$62M	$162M	$27.1M

                                                   

Interesting.....I'd have to do some digging and asking around....but I've always understood ETBU's endowment to be more in the $65-70M range instead of the $39M listed.  That seems really low.  But I can't say with any certainty that it isn't correct.  But that's almost half what I understand it to be.

Data USA says it is $70.9 M
East Texas Baptist University has an endowment valued at about $70.9M, as of the end of the 2023 fiscal year. The endowment of East Texas Baptist University declined 15.5% from the previous year. The value of their endowment was $19.4M higher than than the median endowment of Baccalaureate Colleges according to the Carnegie Classification grouping.

Preseason SCIAC poll.

https://thesciac.org/news/2026/1/30/bulldogs-unanimous-favorites-for-fifth-consecutive-softball-title.aspx

Preseason poll 2026

https://thesciac.org/news/2026/1/29/coaches-split-on-2026-baseball-champion-as-cms-pomona-pitzer-tie-one-vote-ahead-of-la-verne.aspx

Oberlin Assistant moving to Occidental as head coach.

https://goyeo.com/news/2026/1/10/womens-soccer-mitchell-named-head-coach-for-occidental-womens-soccer.aspx?fbclid=IwY2xjawPQytVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeG9W5JfyqOO1DxHs93BvqlcYnHUOPggNyXWe2_2-Cdcllekdp9XDnB7IE-4g_aem_GIliOU3mg48gW8EcbhOwOA

Quote from: MonroviaCat on December 23, 2025, 09:20:24 PMYou can read all about it here.....

https://college.lclark.edu/student_life/about-us/our-mascot-a-community-engagement-process/


But basically, the "Pioneer" mascot was unpopular and they took the opportunity to rebrand.  Some might claim it was just another example of caving to woke politics but if that were the case, wouldn't they change then name of the actual school since it's named after 2 actual "Pioneers"?

Well. Banana Slugs is already taken.

Why did L&C change their mascot from Pioneers to River Otters?

Quote from: olddog on December 23, 2025, 11:59:16 AM2026 going to be an interesting year..APU will be new to the league and Whittier coming back into the league.

APU and Whittier, I think they will find some decent kids with skills, but will they find enough linemen. I know APU is hitting the JCs for linemen.

La Verne, showed signs of improving at the end of they year, I think they have a solid coach. They will get better.

CLU, how much of a commitment to FB do they have? Lugo seems to have figured it out, to get the most out of what they have, transfer friendly school...use it

CMS, given the financial structure they can offer kids, and facilities, the should be better than they have been.

PP, see above, no excuses...these two should be the best teams in the league. Money talks

Chapman, word is they are getting very picky in the recruiting process, quality kids only, telling other kids you can try out. I hope they give the OC the HC job.

Redlands, repeat and rinse....find O linemen...find O linemen...find O linemen...They have the staff, best DC in the league and I think the OC is going to work out,...find O linemen....Order the jab for a few of our existing kids...push away from the table boys.

Oxy - Libs - took their ball and now just do sit in, I thought I would never say it, but I miss Oxy Bob wonder if he is alive.

Merry Christmas to all...even Cal Lu Fans
Merry Christmas to all...even Cal Lu Fans...

Lack of linemen killed Oxy, not the libs.  Oxy Bob is alive.  He occasionally writes to the LA Times about the Dodgers.  I'm wondering his take on the "hiatus'  of the ND/USC rivalry game.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 02, 2025, 01:41:07 PM

Quote from: WUPHF on December 02, 2025, 11:30:43 AM

Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 02, 2025, 10:37:56 AMI've been assiduously studying women's flag football games on YouTube in preparation for North Park's WFF debut this spring, trying to learn the lingo and see how the sport-specific rules shake out in actual game play so that I can call the games without stumbling around and looking like a tyro.

What I've mostly learned is that the Mexicans are really, really good at women's flag football, and Diana Flores is the Tom Brady of this sport.

I just assumed that flag football was mostly driven by the American suburbs, but that is interesting.

Mexico has a surprisingly long and proud history of men's college football, but I really had no idea that they were so dominant in flag football.

Apparently, flag football is also coming to the Olympics or maybe has already been an Olympic sport.

I love that North Park has a Norwegian on the squad.

Yes, Aurora Drangevag is NPU flag football's version of what I call the "Random Scandinavian Factor" of North Park athletics. Seemingly every sport on campus that doesn't involve bats and gloves has to have at least one Norwegian or Swede on the roster, regardless of whether or not the sport is popular in Scandinavia -- and at one point a few years ago we did indeed have a Swedish baseball player.

Because Aurora's high school was named after Edvard Grieg, I'm hoping to talk NPU's flag football head coach Ramon Palma into having the Vikings run out onto the field before games with "In the Hall of the Mountain King" blaring over the P.A.

What about team handball?

Quote from: CG1991 on November 23, 2025, 12:07:12 AMAnyone notice the refs didn't stop clock after the first down to the 5.  Almost cost them a chance to tie

20 year member, and this is your first post?

Quote from: Kuiper on November 18, 2025, 03:24:41 PMAnyone offended by Flo charging for streaming DIII games should really be upset at this:

Wall Street is Paywalling Your Kids' Sports

The story itself is paywalled (irony!), but here's an excerpt from a social media post

Private equity owned hockey facilities and leagues are banning parents from filming their kids' youth hockey games.  They have to subscribe to the companies' exclusive streaming and recording services, "which cost many times more than the streaming costs for professional sporting events" and alternative video services are prohibited.

Where is my "angry" option like Facebook has?

Quote from: WUPHF on November 16, 2025, 03:11:52 PM

Quote from: y_jack_lok on November 16, 2025, 03:06:33 PM^^^ What convinces you?

The part about the decreased quality over the short run.

After ESPN or Disney take over it will look better then now but maybe not better than before.

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