FB: Ohio Athletic Conference

[#1OacFan]

Might on have 9 more games to play in 2026 if they play like that again. BW and Marietta games will be huge.

[bluestreak66]

Mount hasn't lost back to back games since 77.....BW won the championship in 78..... I swear if Mount screwed up the timeline and BW wins the Stagg next year, I'm going to be officially mad

[wally_wabash]

Mount hasn't lost back to back games since 77.....BW won the championship in 78..... I swear if Mount screwed up the timeline and BW wins the Stagg next year, I'm going to be officially mad

1988

[hsbsballcoach7]

It really does look like the referee made a poor call against Mount on the pass on the end zone.... https://x.com/d3football/status/2096314898548457740

[ncc_fan]

Not surprised by the result. Wheaton was due. The Color man for the game Doug Fairchild, I think, was one of the best I have heard for his knowledge of the game at any level!

I believe the Wheaton analyst is an NFL veteran and a frequent poster on d3boards.  He's really good.

[USee]

It really does look like the referee made a poor call against Mount on the pass on the end zone.... https://x.com/d3football/status/2096314898548457740

Definitely not a catch though it should have been.  You can't see it on the video on X but the ball was on Deandre Caldwell's body as he lands on the ground but wasnt secured. When he rolls to his right side the official who puts up the TD sign is block by the defender's body. As Caldwell roll to his right side he is trying to bring the ball up from his waist area and as he rolls the ball comes in contact with the ground as he secures with is right arm and shoulder. This one was challenged by Dartt and was upheld via replay.

Caldwell dropped two other TD's by my count. A slant in the early 2nd quarter would have been a 65 yd TD, hit him in the hands and then a long skinny post where Maloney threw a great ball and Caldwell tried to one hand it when he should have used both hands (and easily could have). That kid's gonna be good but he didn't help his QB on Saturday as he should have had 3 TD's.

[Fido0650]

Not surprised by the result. Wheaton was due. The Color man for the game Doug Fairchild, I think, was one of the best I have heard for his knowledge of the game at any level!

I believe the Wheaton analyst is an NFL veteran and a frequent poster on d3boards.  He's really good.

They sure did love Geoff Dart.  I think I have found a place for Purple's Dartt fan club merch he is going to be stuck with.  Send extras for the head coach that was there when Dartt coached at Wheaton.  They sure had a lot of nice things to say that some Mount people just don't see.
Conspiracy theory with him coaching at Wheaton, all the great things the announcers said about him and Mounts poor play yesterday?  Conspiracy theorists forget I even mentioned it...

[D3 Poster]

Just after watching the kickoff and 1st offensive series of MU's replay....seems to be more freshmen sprinkled in the lineup than in past years. .

[D3fanboy]

It really does look like the referee made a poor call against Mount on the pass on the end zone.... https://x.com/d3football/status/2096314898548457740

Definitely not a catch though it should have been.  You can't see it on the video on X but the ball was on Deandre Caldwell's body as he lands on the ground but wasnt secured. When he rolls to his right side the official who puts up the TD sign is block by the defender's body. As Caldwell roll to his right side he is trying to bring the ball up from his waist area and as he rolls the ball comes in contact with the ground as he secures with is right arm and shoulder. This one was challenged by Dartt and was upheld via replay.

Caldwell dropped two other TD's by my count. A slant in the early 2nd quarter would have been a 65 yd TD, hit him in the hands and then a long skinny post where Maloney threw a great ball and Caldwell tried to one hand it when he should have used both hands (and easily could have). That kid's gonna be good but he didn't help his QB on Saturday as he should have had 3 TD's.

it's too bad Pat wasn't there for the long pass "completion" on 4th down late in the 2nd.  I applaud the idea of instant review challenges in D3FB, but they are really pretty useless with one camera view that is hundreds of feet away in a fixed position.  I am in no way blaming the refs for Mount Union's complete failure to show up on Saturday, but c'mon nobody could "see" what happened on either challenged play.

and yes, 12 needs to spend the entire week on the jugs machine.  Can't be covered and can't catch

[D3fanboy]

here's the 4th & 4 long incompletion that was overturned by video replay.

https://www.youtube.com/live/fBe72ESKKCc?si=u4wxueP2qIGAdH7G&t=4309 starts at 1:11:49

slow it down to 0.25x and try to take a definitive screenshot of the Wheaton player making the catch a foot in and nothing out of bounds.  It was called incomplete on the field, so it would have to be conclusive evidence to overturn the call.  Seems like a tall ask for D3 refs looking at an ipad, on a folding table, in a tailgate tent.

Once again, Mount played like garbage and deserved the loss, but that one singular call was worth 3 points in a 1 point game. 

D3FB is not the NFL or major college football with multiple camera angles and super hi-def.  I don't know how any call is overturned in a typical D3 game, unless it is complete egregious