Don't have specifics yet (hopefully soon) but RHIT finally fired their AD last week. Actually she was allowed to resign - per my source on the BOT.

Sharp-eyed readers will note that the release pointedly does not mention a new job - which you'd expect when a 30 year-old AD leaves a job under happy circumstances - especially after barely three academic years.

Cross-posted from the 2025 Schedules thread

Johns Hopkins

Not at the level of 2024, but still a pretty challenging non-conference schedule.  They aren't playing Washington & Lee, Mary Washington, or Rowan, but this season has some unique challenges, in part because of the travel given that they start the season with five straight away games, including two pretty long road trips involving overnight stays.  They go to Tennessee for opening weekend and take on Rhodes and Sewanee.  Then they travel to Ohio the next weekend to take on Denison and Kenyon and then turn around and play a midweek game at St. Mary's of MD.  They finally have two home games before opening conference play, but neither are pushovers.  Rutgers-Newark only lost to JHU 1-0 last season and Lebanon Valley tied Franklin & Marshall 2-2.

Johns Hopkins

Not at the level of 2024, but still a pretty challenging non-conference schedule.  They aren't playing Washington & Lee, Mary Washington, or Rowan, but this season has some unique challenges, in part because of the travel given that they start the season with five straight away games, including two pretty long road trips involving overnight stays.  They go to Tennessee for opening weekend and take on Rhodes and Sewanee.  Then they travel to Ohio the next weekend to take on Denison and Kenyon and then turn around and play a midweek game at St. Mary's of MD.  They finally have two home games before opening conference play, but neither are pushovers.  Rutgers-Newark only lost to JHU 1-0 last season and Lebanon Valley tied Franklin & Marshall 2-2.

Cross-posting from the 2025 schedules thread:

Whittier

Whittier seeks to build upon a decent season last year, finishing 4-7-1 in conference after going 1-10-1 in 2023.  They were inconsistent, but highlights included a 2-0 victory over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and a 1-0 victory over Redlands on the last game of the regular season.  Before last season, they adopted a new recruiting strategy that focused on international recruits and CC transfers, which they have continued this season.  According to their Instagram, 3 out of the 5 recruits announced thus far are from either Sweden or Norway and the 4th is a CC transfer.  This season, they drop Albion, Bethesda (NAIA) and Stanton (NAIA) for a trip to the Northwest where they play Lewis & Clark, George Fox, and Willamette after starting the season against Southern California Leadership University, a sketchy school that La Verne beat last year 3-0 in an exhibition game, and Cal Tech beat 3-1.  In conference, they play Redlands, Chapman, La Verne, and Pomona-Pitzer twice and the rest once.  The rough part is they open with CMS, but they have 10 days between their Oregon trip and that game and it's at home.

Skidmore

Replaces Utica, Ramapo, SUNY Oswego, and SUNY Geneseo with Salem State, SUNY Poly, Plattsburgh, and VTSU Castleton.  I kind of love how almost every home game is a designated special day, often with a different local youth soccer club, especially in a place like Saratoga Springs where watching D3 soccer might as well be like watching big time pro soccer.  I also really like the specific Women's Soccer doubleheader with Plattsburgh.  I've seen other schools do it regularly and it helps to bond the men's and women's players together a bit, ensures some fan support even on an away day.

Whittier

Whittier seeks to build upon a decent season last year, finishing 4-7-1 in conference after going 1-10-1 in 2023.  They were inconsistent, but highlights included a 2-0 victory over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and a 1-0 victory over Redlands on the last game of the regular season.  Before last season, they adopted a new recruiting strategy that focused on international recruits and CC transfers, which they have continued this season (which could backfire if this Administration stops student visas).  According to their Instagram, 3 out of the 5 recruits announced thus far are from either Sweden or Norway and the 4th is a CC transfer.  This season, they drop Albion, Bethesda (NAIA) and Stanton (NAIA) for a trip to the Northwest where they play Lewis & Clark, George Fox, and Willamette after starting the season against Southern California Leadership University, a sketchy school that La Verne beat last year 3-0 in an exhibition game, and Cal Tech beat 3-1.  In conference, they play Redlands, Chapman, La Verne, and Pomona-Pitzer twice and the rest once.  The rough part is they open with CMS, but they have 10 days between their Oregon trip and that game and it's at home.

Wow!

We added a 6'5" 288 pound D1 O-lineman and a WR that averaged over 14 yards per catch?

Nice!

CWRU 2025 Roster is now posted: https://athletics.case.edu/sports/football/roster

29-30 Freshmen

Two grad student transfers:

WR Brian Caldwell Jr. from Brockport: https://gobrockport.com/sports/football/roster/brian-caldwell-jr-/15567
OT Gus Salopek from DI Lafayette  https://www.hudl.com/profile/9596341/Gus-Salopek and https://goleopards.com/sports/football/roster/gus-salopek/12176

Interview with the Luther President
https://youtu.be/QfmCqrFIhfI

Beats the hell out of Garnet Chargers in my very humble opinion.  Then again Cardinals isn't exactly original.  Certainly not badass.  Golden Tornados, Red Dragons, Green Knights, Vikings.... small birds.

AJ Parnell, Bethel alum and former OC named HC at Azusa Pacific. His older brother played at PLU under Frosty. From Washington originally and a HS HC a decade or so ago so he knows the West Coast.