FB: Ohio Athletic Conference

[D3fanboy]

btw, Dartt will be on the Sam Bourquin Show today at 3:35ish today on WDPN

[Kira & Jaxon's Dad]

btw, Dartt will be on the Sam Bourquin Show today at 3:35ish today on WDPN

Maybe he can explain how this team is a testament?

[D3fanboy]

btw, Dartt will be on the Sam Bourquin Show today at 3:35ish today on WDPN

Maybe he can explain how this team is a testament?

you guys need to drop it.  How is Geoff ever supposed to sit at the adults table at Kehres family Thanksgiving?

[D3 Poster]

Here's my kinda',hopefully, accurate manual perusal of the OAC incoming freshmen.  I grouped the teams intotwo tiers, 50-60 and 70 and above.

Muskies (largest) and Mount with 70 and above.
Everyone else with 50-60. Etta, Ott and Wilma closer to 50 with BW, Cap, Heidi and ONU a bit higher.

Muskie and Mount with the most states represented.  Muskie the outlier betting big on Ga with 30 kids. The Muskie recruiter with the player evaluation side hustle left recently, but brought in a big group for this year's class.

Mount and Heidi are the leading Fl recruiters.

In the individual state representation, Ohio still the biggest by far.  Florida folowed by Ga (Capital with Ga commits too), PA , Wva and Michigan represented

[Fido0650]

Moving to the big table won't be this Thanksgiving.  The start of the new football season always signals a little less than three more months til the Thanksgiving holiday and the annual sitting at the kids table. The kids are the only other ones at the meal that have never won a National Championship as the Mount Union head coach.
I heard a new folding card table and new folding chairs had to be purchased because the ones used the last five or so seasons were worn out and the underside of the table had a ton of chewed gum stuck to it that no one wanted to pull off.

[D3fanboy]

watching the YSU game, there is no reason Mikey Maloney can't have the same type of season as the YSU QB...with a Mount guy at OC in Youngstown btw.  Getting pretty pumped for the Kevin Burke led Purple Raider offense

[WRMUalum13]

MU Football Preview

https://athletics.mountunion.edu/news/2026/8/26/2026-mount-union-football-preview.aspx

a freshman RB getting recognition in the season preview?  either we have no RB depth, or Bo Bokman is a stud.  I'll go with the latter (huge Minner fan here)

That was the thing that caught my attention

Pat picked the Raiders to win the Natty:

Pat picked the Raiders to win the Natty:

https://d3football.com/notables/2026/08/20-questions

https://d3football.com/notables/2026/08/20-questions

also.  They have to be pretty sure on a first-year being a contributor to name them in the preview.

Or at least ChatGPT has to be sure.

Pat picked the Raiders to win the Natty:

https://d3football.com/notables/2026/08/20-questions

Then why didn't he pick them as #1 in the top 25!

[WRMUalum13]

watching the YSU game, there is no reason Mikey Maloney can't have the same type of season as the YSU QB...with a Mount guy at OC in Youngstown btw.  Getting pretty pumped for the Kevin Burke led Purple Raider offense

YSU's OC is former Texas and Penn State OC, Mike Yurcich, he did not go to Mount Union.

Their QB won the FCS Heisman last year, so that's a high bar, I definitely see the potential in MM to be in Gagliardi contention for sure. I will say I was a little let down by his play against JCU, but I think it was just a really big moment for a freshman, and his WR didn't do him a lot of favors.

[Kira & Jaxon's Dad]

MU Football Preview

https://athletics.mountunion.edu/news/2026/8/26/2026-mount-union-football-preview.aspx

a freshman RB getting recognition in the season preview?  either we have no RB depth, or Bo Bokman is a stud.  I'll go with the latter (huge Minner fan here)

That was the thing that caught my attention

Pat picked the Raiders to win the Natty:

Pat picked the Raiders to win the Natty:

https://d3football.com/notables/2026/08/20-questions

https://d3football.com/notables/2026/08/20-questions

also.  They have to be pretty sure on a first-year being a contributor to name them in the preview.

Or at least ChatGPT has to be sure.

Pat picked the Raiders to win the Natty:

https://d3football.com/notables/2026/08/20-questions

Then why didn't he pick them as #1 in the top 25!

Maybe he doesn't think they are the #1 team preseason, but thinks they'll put it together and finish as champions?