Why have we not seen Patrick Miller at QB for Colby this year? Led the Mules to a few wins at the end of the season last year and was efficient in doing so. Thought he looked solid through the air and added an aspect of fear through the running game that Colby could certainly use. Maybe I'm overlooking something, but I can't find a reason as to why he's not QB1 for the Mules, especially after a disastrous start to the season.

Quote from: BergAlum2 on Today at 04:15:26 PMNot sure how the NPI numbers would work out for getting 2 OAC at large bids.  I know in the D3 podcast a few times logan hansen listed the conferences most likely to get 2 at large teams in, and the OAC has not been mentioned, yet.  Shame there are less at large bids than last year.  Idk if Logan Hansen ever takes a gander here, but curious if it's even mathematically/realistically possible for us to get two in via at large bids.

This would only happen if Mount Union wins the double secret vote and BW and HBerg each finish 9-1.  This probably gets three OACs in the field.  Please note that my "probably" here is backed up by absolutely nothing other than I'm assuming most 9-1 runners up will go through. I haven't cross-checked with Logan's scenario generator. 

Quote from: Hopkins92 on Today at 03:48:26 PM(It's getting increasingly weird to even talk about a national poll when it's really close to being completely irrelevant with the NPI determining the at-large field... Unless I'm wildly missing the mark.)

From the perspective of the schools, the more rankings the better!

In fact, alert the JHU athletics social media manager: According to the Rankings Aggregator, Johns Hopkins is in the top 25 (ranked #25)!

Yeah, what SKUD said.

We haven't had a "state of D3 school economics" discussion in a while. All the reporting I've seen is painting a very bleak picture: demographics and the overall cost of a 4-year education are making it extremely difficult for these small schools to stay afloat.

Pure speculation, circling back to our earlier-season discussion about the utility and efficacy of coaches' polls... And an Occam's Razor approach to responding:

We've established the coaches are very busy and it's highly unlikely (laughable, really) to assume they've seen teams that aren't on their schedule. Beyond looking at regional rankings and/or pegging their votes closely to the preseason poll, and making slight adjustments based on week-over-week results. Now they also have a trusty "ranking tool" that fits into their limited time to fill out the stupid form before they're off to practice, the next game, a recruiting call, an AD meeting, etc., etc., and so on.

I don't really care that much about the USC poll one way or the other, but it's fun to climb on a soapbox now and then.

The school will be gone before they become good at division three

Both the Cobbers and the Johnnies got players of the week earlier today.

https://www.d3football.com/awards/tow/2026/week7

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Quote from: Hawks88 on Today at 08:38:23 AMI'm looking forward to getting Murvul back on our schedule. We always enjoy those trips to eastern Tennessee.

Have fond memories of my trip there last season.  Lovely campus, friendly people, some really good grub.

Here's to staying in the SAA so you can make the trip next year and enjoy another, new part of campus. New "Center for Appalachian Music" is now planned after a $3M gift from the Mike Curb Foundation as announced today.

Such is Homecoming week...lots of big news. Makes you wonder what's next!

Shapiro is probably one of 2 or maybe 3 of the most explosive offensive weapons in the league. He makes a huge difference in that offense when healthy. They are different team with him.
Not sure of the extent of his current injury.

Not sure how the NPI numbers would work out for getting 2 OAC at large bids.  I know in the D3 podcast a few times logan hansen listed the conferences most likely to get 2 at large teams in, and the OAC has not been mentioned, yet.  Shame there are less at large bids than last year.  Idk if Logan Hansen ever takes a gander here, but curious if it's even mathematically/realistically possible for us to get two in via at large bids.