FB: Presidents' Athletic Conference

[ADL70]

CWRU season preview

https://athletics.case.edu/news/2026/8/3/2026-cwru-football-season-preview.aspx

Not many specifics. Of note, the 5 losses and 1 tie last season were to teams that made the postseason. Admittedly there are more postseason opportunities now, but still.

Will Maisenbacher SO TE transfer from FCS Wofford enrolled mid-year and participated in spring practice.

Looks like the offense will feature more size than in the previous seasons.

[ADL70]

Not to be outdone by the big guys in D1, Thiel has an Australian punter.

https://thielathletics.com/sports/football/roster/spencer-cleary/13950

[DagarmanSpartan]

I like our class of newcomers, after reading the media guide.  I sure hope that our new O-Linemen can step up. 

Being picked 4th out of, essentially, 12, is not a bad place to be.  It's a bit higher than I expected. 

Hopefully we can contend.

I liked Coach Debs' and Kavcic's interview at Media Day. 

[The Third Division]

who in gods green earth gave bethany a first place vote?

https://pacathletics.org/news/2026/8/4/w-j-selected-first-in-2026-pac-preseason-football-poll.aspx

[ADL70]

Someone who thought 10 was high and 1 low?

[ADL70]

I like our class of newcomers, after reading the media guide.  I sure hope that our new O-Linemen can step up. 

Being picked 4th out of, essentially, 12, is not a bad place to be.  It's a bit higher than I expected. 

Hopefully we can contend.

I liked Coach Debs' and Kavcic's interview at Media Day. 

Who besides the three transfers who have been discuss caught your eye? Debs seems high on the OL returning rather than FYs.  "There were several younger players we liked that
are going to see more time this year ... I think this year, if we let the offensive line be aggressive
and physical, we can be a successful offensive line."

PAC currently has a top tier of five and a big gap to sixth. Why would the Spartans be lower than fifth? I wonder how many poll voters were aware of Geneva's schedule advantage. CWRU and Geneva do not play one another in 2026. Geneva, as in 2025, plays one fewer of the top three than CWRU

The situation in Loretto hasn't gotten any better for St Francis. Their website now only shows twelve returning players, when earlier it listed nineteen.

The media guide has Spartan's 2027 schedule with nine conference games without Grove City or St Francis. Rochester, like this season, is the non-conference foe. 

I wish that the five UAA football schools would agree to schedule one another in week 1. CMU and Rochester each need three non-conference games so they could alternate playing the odd team out in week 2.