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[D3MAFAN]

Out of curiosity, has the gravity of Mount's football program help catapult other athletic programs at Mount Union? I assume everyone knows who Mount Union is in the D3 world, so I was wondering if other athletic programs have experienced similar success on a national level? Or is Mount's football program head and shoulders above the rest of their athletic department.

I can't contest whether Mount Union Football has catapulted other athletic programs, since I have no affiliation. However, talking to many people that have limited knowledge of Division III realm, seem to bring up Mount Union Football majority of the time and still thinks that they have won every national championship since the early 90s. So, I always try to enlighten them that though Mount Union is a juggernaut, there is another school (UW-W) that has went toe to toe with them over the last few years. Now with that being said, the notoriety of Mount Union has been increasing yearly with its continued success, especially with its former players in the N.F.L having success (i.e. Pierre Garcon').

[SaintsFAN]

What's up friends??  No baby yet.  If no baby by Sunday night, Mrs SaintsFAN is being induced Monday at 2:45 AM.  Hope all is well. 

BTW - no more Bridge Bowl (MSJ clearly outmatched).  The Saints added a road opener at Wesley on September 6th.  Big test for D3's rushing champ from 2013. 

[02 Warhawk]

Out of curiosity, has the gravity of Mount's football program help catapult other athletic programs at Mount Union? I assume everyone knows who Mount Union is in the D3 world, so I was wondering if other athletic programs have experienced similar success on a national level? Or is Mount's football program head and shoulders above the rest of their athletic department.

I can't contest whether Mount Union Football has catapulted other athletic programs, since I have no affiliation. However, talking to many people that have limited knowledge of Division III realm, seem to bring up Mount Union Football majority of the time and still thinks that they have won every national championship since the early 90s. So, I always try to enlighten them that though Mount Union is a juggernaut, there is another school (UW-W) that has went toe to toe with them over the last few years. Now with that being said, the notoriety of Mount Union has been increasing yearly with its continued success, especially with its former players in the N.F.L having success (i.e. Pierre Garcon').

I just happen to be looking at the past few DIII baseball (Linfield, St. Thomas) and basketball (UWW, Mary Hardin Baylor) championship games. All four of these teams as we know are also football powerhouses. That just got me thinking about Mount's athletic program. I don't hear much of them outside of football. I guess I should pay more attention to sports outside football, basketball and baseball. 

[rscl70]

Out of curiosity, has the gravity of Mount's football program help catapult other athletic programs at Mount Union? I assume everyone knows who Mount Union is in the D3 world, so I was wondering if other athletic programs have experienced similar success on a national level? Or is Mount's football program head and shoulders above the rest of their athletic department.

I can't contest whether Mount Union Football has catapulted other athletic programs, since I have no affiliation. However, talking to many people that have limited knowledge of Division III realm, seem to bring up Mount Union Football majority of the time and still thinks that they have won every national championship since the early 90s. So, I always try to enlighten them that though Mount Union is a juggernaut, there is another school (UW-W) that has went toe to toe with them over the last few years. Now with that being said, the notoriety of Mount Union has been increasing yearly with its continued success, especially with its former players in the N.F.L having success (i.e. Pierre Garcon').

I just happen to be looking at the past few DIII baseball (Linfield, St. Thomas) and basketball (UWW, Mary Hardin Baylor) championship games. All four of these teams as we know are also football powerhouses. That just got me thinking about Mount's athletic program. I don't hear much of them outside of football. I guess I should pay more attention to sports outside football, basketball and baseball. 

Mount has competed on the national level in Track & Field since the '60's.  It is arguably the most successful program at the University.  Men's Basketball won the conference this year, but not the tournament.  The team is young, and they have an excellent coach who has turned the program around in three short years.  If coach Fuline and his staff keep up the good work and good recruiting, I believe Men's Basketball will be heard from on the national level very soon.  LK has put a lot of work, as athletic director, into hiring good, young coaches, improving recruiting and generally lifting up all sports at Mt. Union.

[Dr. Acula]

Mount has competed on the national level in Track & Field since the '60's.  It is arguably the most successful program at the University.  Men's Basketball won the conference this year, but not the tournament.  The team is young, and they have an excellent coach who has turned the program around in three short years.  If coach Fuline and his staff keep up the good work and good recruiting, I believe Men's Basketball will be heard from on the national level very soon.  LK has put a lot of work, as athletic director, into hiring good, young coaches, improving recruiting and generally lifting up all sports at Mt. Union.

My dad grew up a few blocks from campus and he used to always tell me that.  He'd always say something like "It's hard to believe now, but back in the day Mount was known for track and the big time football program in town was Alliance high school." 

Volleyball is also emerging as a national level program under Coach Swartz who is another young coach.  She's done a great job elevating them to a top 15 program already.  Kevin Lucas had the difficult task of taking over track from Homan after decades and dozens of conference titles and he's shot new life into a tradition-rich track program.   

[Dr. Acula]

Good question! Mount Union has had success other sports. Track & Field championships both indoor and outdoor have been
at the top both in conference and national placement for 40 + years. Baseball has always been consistently good.
More recently wrestling, basketball has seen success. The men basketball won the conference this past year and
the women have eitherwon the conference or finished strong (except this year) Many of the other sports are up
there in terms of the conference. So, is the football program head and shoulders above all other sports,
Yes on a conference and national level. Mount has won the conference all sports award more recently or finished
in the top 3 for 10 schools. The success of the the football program has elevated the other sports, but you know
who the athletic director is, so it is no surprise that the other sport programs are now winning championships  +k good question

As a former baseball guy I wish I could agree with this, but I can't.  Baseball has been consistently decent for a long time.  But definitely not a national level program and honestly not a top OAC program in that time either.  I don't know the answer to this, but my guess is the last 15-20 years they're a .500 team in the OAC.

[BrowardRaider]

Good question! Mount Union has had success other sports. Track & Field championships both indoor and outdoor have been
at the top both in conference and national placement for 40 + years. Baseball has always been consistently good.
More recently wrestling, basketball has seen success. The men basketball won the conference this past year and
the women have eitherwon the conference or finished strong (except this year) Many of the other sports are up
there in terms of the conference. So, is the football program head and shoulders above all other sports,
Yes on a conference and national level. Mount has won the conference all sports award more recently or finished
in the top 3 for 10 schools. The success of the the football program has elevated the other sports, but you know
who the athletic director is, so it is no surprise that the other sport programs are now winning championships  +k good question

As a former baseball guy I wish I could agree with this, but I can't.  Baseball has been consistently decent for a long time.  But definitely not a national level program and honestly not a top OAC program in that time either.  I don't know the answer to this, but my guess is the last 15-20 years they're a .500 team in the OAC.

Have to agree Dr., Marietta has been consistently the class of the OAC in Baseball, and arguably on the national stage for some time. Mount won their first OAC title since 1970 last year, but they seem to have fallen off a bit this year, anxious to hear how they stack up with Marietta tomorrow afternoon on 23rd Street.

[Kira & Jaxon's Dad]

VK tweeted out pic of new Black Jerseys.

http://twitter.com/vkehres/status/454323891075153920/photo/1

[Spence]

Out of curiosity, has the gravity of Mount's football program help catapult other athletic programs at Mount Union? I assume everyone knows who Mount Union is in the D3 world, so I was wondering if other athletic programs have experienced similar success on a national level? Or is Mount's football program head and shoulders above the rest of their athletic department.

I can't contest whether Mount Union Football has catapulted other athletic programs, since I have no affiliation. However, talking to many people that have limited knowledge of Division III realm, seem to bring up Mount Union Football majority of the time and still thinks that they have won every national championship since the early 90s. So, I always try to enlighten them that though Mount Union is a juggernaut, there is another school (UW-W) that has went toe to toe with them over the last few years. Now with that being said, the notoriety of Mount Union has been increasing yearly with its continued success, especially with its former players in the N.F.L having success (i.e. Pierre Garcon').

I just happen to be looking at the past few DIII baseball (Linfield, St. Thomas) and basketball (UWW, Mary Hardin Baylor) championship games.

Marietta's been in two and won two DIII championship baseball games since the last time St. Thomas was in one. And of course we know Marietta football is not good.

I think for some schools it does matter and for some schools the sheer size and resource base matters. UST is pretty big for a private school and fairly well known in the Twin Cities. Location helps them, as well as their size relative to their DIII "peers". Whitewater of course is a large (especially by D-III standards) state school. I think that makes it easier for them to be good at everything. Mount Union IMO would not be a university if not for its athletics programs -- something like 1/2 of the student body is a varsity athlete. So that makes being good pretty important. In DIII, schools leverage sports in a lot of different ways that makes it hard to generalize.

[HScoach]

What's up friends??  No baby yet.  If no baby by Sunday night, Mrs SaintsFAN is being induced Monday at 2:45 AM.  Hope all is well. 

BTW - no more Bridge Bowl (MSJ clearly outmatched).  The Saints added a road opener at Wesley on September 6th.  Big test for D3's rushing champ from 2013.

Status?   Praying mama and baby are OK.

[bleedpurple]

VK tweeted out pic of new Black Jerseys.

http://twitter.com/vkehres/status/454323891075153920/photo/1

I like em. Is it me or does the "Swoosh" just keep bigger and bigger on these jerseys?

[Patrick Coleman]

What's up friends??  No baby yet.  If no baby by Sunday night, Mrs SaintsFAN is being induced Monday at 2:45 AM.  Hope all is well. 

BTW - no more Bridge Bowl (MSJ clearly outmatched).  The Saints added a road opener at Wesley on September 6th.  Big test for D3's rushing champ from 2013.

Status?   Praying mama and baby are OK.

Things are looking OK on Facebook. Hopefully not out of line for me to post that.

[Raider 68]

Wishing all the OAC posters a Happy and Safe Easter!

[Kira & Jaxon's Dad]

Reality Check posted this on Facebook.  I hope he doesn't mind that I post it here.

This is why we coach:

http://ruthysimagination.tumblr.com/post/82969865114/laying-foundations

[WarhawkDad]

VK tweeted out pic of new Black Jerseys.

http://twitter.com/vkehres/status/454323891075153920/photo/1

I like em. Is it me or does the "Swoosh" just keep bigger and bigger on these jerseys?

Actually they remind me a lot of the UWW jersey's from the 2011 Stagg Bowl.   So, I have to like them!

WHD