Quote from: olddog on June 01, 2026, 11:46:40 AMGo Dogs ....

Congratulation ladies.  National champs.

Quote from: Ralph Turner on June 03, 2026, 12:02:32 AMA tribute to a Schreiner former player (1950)...

I once heard the story that Ray Berry was catching practice balls out on the field. As he ran his routes, the sideline was not located correctly. Berry was right! The groundskeeper had to re-line the sideline. Berry was that precise in running his routes.

Raymond Berry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gt9MK-CsOA

Raymond not Ray

I didn't realized he recently passed.

https://mascac.prestosports.com/news/2025-26_News/Castleton_Release

This info was posted by Kuiper on the soccer boards.

The USA team has been announced for the WC.
Any comments on it or the WC in general.

And Linfield will never let you forget their "STREAK".  

There is even NIL at the high school level.

I'm not looking forward to an AI prostate exam.

Quote from: Ralph Turner on May 09, 2026, 08:06:35 PM

Quote from: Gray Fox on May 09, 2026, 05:58:46 PMA little SCIAC trivia.  The games this weekend are being played at Azusa Pacific. They will not be a SCIAC member until 2026-2027.

A little bit of good will from Azusa to their future conference.
Gray Fox, is it an above average venue for the SCIAC?

I would assume so since they have been playing at D2 level.

A little SCIAC trivia.  The games this weekend are being played at Azusa Pacific. They will not be a SCIAC member until 2026-2027.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on May 01, 2026, 01:41:15 PM

Quote from: jknezek on May 01, 2026, 10:43:01 AMLook, JHU is not a "peer institution" for the CC. That doesn't mean they don't belong in DIII, it just means it can feel a little unfair to those other institutions. But that's a conference decision, and I suspect the Presidents in the CC like being under the halo of being spoken of in the same breath as JHU, even if it is in sports and not medical research.

This halo effect works in reverse situations as well. Look no further than Caltech, which for decades has been dragged around like an anchor by the rest of the SCIAC, competitively speaking, because the cachet of sharing a conference with one of the most distinguished and prestigious research institutions on the entire planet was important enough for the rest of the SCIAC schools to retain the membership of an opponent that they beat like a rug in almost every sport year after year after year. To a lesser degree this halo effect characterized Macalester's relationship to the rest of the MIAC for many years as well, especially with regard to football.

It's common for current students to be somewhat myopic to the big-picture relationships that schools have with each other. There's certainly more to how schools relate to other institutions, both within and outside of conferences, than scoreboards and standings.

The SCIAC is on an island, and Caltech was an early member.  The admissions process required the professors to approve the students directly.  Maybe THAT was the reverse halo effect you mention.  They changed this a few years ago and actually encourage team membership (varsity or intramural) because that is part of the world they will work in.  The coaches now have some input. They still have trouble in some sports.  Everybody has trouble with pitchers.
I remember the national NPR news when they beat Oxy in basketball after years without a SCIAC win.

In the past there was a lot a bad vibes on the SCIAC basketball board about Caltech because some of the posters think D3 is all about winning.   

Quote from: Ralph Turner on April 27, 2026, 06:26:01 PMIn May 2028, those 2026 incoming freshmen can assess their NIL-ability at St Elsewhere St or continue toward a valued St Anselm degree.

I'm starting to hear about NIL in high school.  This explains why the QB at my old high school is transferring for his senior year.  He already has signed with Delaware State for college.

 St. Anselm stated that NIL was one of the driving forces due to the instability it causes.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on April 14, 2026, 05:37:54 PM

Quote from: DagarmanSpartan on April 14, 2026, 05:18:29 PMJust saw this news alert.

https://www.westernmassnews.com/2026/04/14/hampshire-college-closing-its-doors-end-fall-semester/

Is this a D3 school?

Nope. It's USCAA.

Documentary filmmaker  Ken Burns is an alum.

Quote from: IC798891 on April 14, 2026, 11:19:22 AMFrom the NPR article:

That NPR article picked a really bad anecdote for their story. I'm not trying to sound heartless here, but everything I read about Sterling indicates it...wasn't a very good college.

US News and World report has the 4-year number at 29%.

"Twenty-year-old Izzy Johnson has already been buffeted by this. The college he originally wanted to attend closed the month before he graduated from high school. So he enrolled as a freshman in the fall at Sterling — only to learn a few months later that it would also close."

I'm not trying to pile on here, but this student appears to have done very little research on the long-term viability of the colleges they picked. 

I think students trust the system.  But he should have had a advisor to send him in the right direction.

Azusa Pacific will be adding Flag Football in 2026

https://www.apu.edu/media/news/release/apu-athletics-expands-with-womens-flag-football/