FB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[smedindy]

I know they had a Heartland College Day at the Dome at least once. (I found 1986 vs. Anderson and I did PA as a college junior). The issue is that while it drew a large crowd for Wabash, in the old Hoosier Dome it looked totally empty.

[smedindy]

I don't think anyone I've spoken to is spooked by the $50 ticket price. Little Giant fans will find a way to pay.

[ADL70]

It appears that Oberlin College isn't the only football team in Oberlin with a numbers problem.

https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/high-school/hs-football/oberlin-high-school-football-season-canceled-parents-speak-out-athletics-sports-local-lorain-county/95-4d050d16-8d3d-4a23-a941-d4340fb55c86

Oberlin College lists only 41 players on its website.  16 are Fr. 12 Sr Only 5 are Jr. Only 8 are So. That's only 29 next season if all return..

16 Fr is a slight improvement over 2025 which had only 13 Fr.

https://goyeo.com/sports/football/roster?sort=class

[D3 Poster]

Seems like playing time would be the recruiting pitch!

[LG67]

"playing time" is a foreign cocept at OBE.  EVERY game they demand reduced clock time.

[The Third Division]

I swear if this is the 2nd year in a row Oberlin plays 12 minute quarters, we need to have a serious discussion about who constitutes as a full member of a football conference.

[Dr. Acula]

I swear if this is the 2nd year in a row Oberlin plays 12 minute quarters, we need to have a serious discussion about who constitutes as a full member of a football conference.

They're 4-56 the last 6 seasons.  At some point the combination of player safety, lack of competitiveness and, to be honest, unfairness to the rest of the NCAC has to force that discussion.  The safety is the main thing.  Oberlin can be bad, but at least if they had numbers and played full games the other NCAC teams could get their backups/young guys game snaps.

[ADL70]

"playing time" is a foreign cocept at OBE.  EVERY game they demand reduced clock time.

They played full 15 minutes with Calvin and Kenyon in 2025

[ADL70]

I swear if this is the 2nd year in a row Oberlin plays 12 minute quarters, we need to have a serious discussion about who constitutes as a full member of a football conference.

Not another conference which you suggested in a video short, but rather an independent schedule. Original NCAC members Oberlin, Denison, Kenyon, Ohio Wesleyan, and Wooster also form a consortium, The Five Colleges of Ohio. Keep them from the NCAC schedule as non conference games. Allegheny was also an original NCAC member (CWRU was the 7th) so add them to the schedule. They could also consider scheduling some other struggling programs such as Hilbert, Keystone, Gallaudet, and Hiram. Maybe St Francis as well.

With 8 of 10 games of 12 minute quarters they are in essence only playing 8.4 games as it is. Just schedule 8 or even fewer; play weeks 1,3,5,7,9,11 for recovery.

Oberlin has a lot going for it: elite academics, great new facilities, and history. At nearly 3,000 it also has the largest enrollment of full conference members (new football member Wash U dwarfs them all).

Perhaps a reset will help them build the program back.