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Podcast: Finally, some upsets
Deion Jones had two of UW-Stevens Point’s four interceptions in Saturday’s win. (Photo by Jack McLaughlin)They’re probably not too upset in Stevens Point, Wis., or Collegeville, Minn., but it’s always...
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Around the Nation Podcast: A bit about elite teams
Duane Thompson and Mary Hardin-Baylor continue to put up lots of yards and points. (UMHB athletics photo) Whether there is a separation at the top of the poll, whether it’s the top four teams, the top...
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Triple Take, Week 8: The biggest week so far
Everything that Week 7 was not, in terms of big matchups, Week 8 is. There are no fewer than five nationally significant major clashes, plus several more games that will greatly impact conference...
View ArticleATN Podcast: Let the speculation begin
Lots of good showdowns this weekend to talk about, and we hit on a bunch, but that’s just the beginning. What we’re really here to do is talk about the playoffs! Where do we know more about automatic...
View ArticleATN Podcast: Shaking off the big loss
It was definitely a tough weekend for Linfield and Washington & Jefferson, and a great weekend for Mary Hardin-Baylor and Thomas More, and we had people at both games and talk with the people...
View ArticleATN Podcast: The bracket reaction
We’re still feeling really good about this bracket — about the teams selected, about the first-round pairings, about so much of it. We’ll hear from the NCAA committee chair, Jack McKiernan, gets...
View ArticleAround the Nation Podcast: Tense moments
Whether you were among the excited, with no rooting interest, or among the tense, with your season hanging in the balance, the 3 p.m. hour-plus in the Eastern Time Zone on Saturday was a great time to...
View ArticleAround the Nation Podcast: A day for the defenses
When you’re down to just 16 teams and eight games, we can take the time to go through each of them, and it was a week which made Keith very happy. There was a lot of defense to talk about for this...
View ArticleATN Podcast 173: What’s wrong with big scores?
Lots of cool and interesting things happened in the opening weekend of Division III football. Of course, many of them were overshadowed by the 98-0 win by St. John’s over St. Scholastica. Nobody here...
View ArticleATN Podcast 177: Covering the rest of a newsy week
Aside from “the Target Field game” there were another 99 games played on Saturday, and on top of that, there was all sorts of other news in the past week to cover. Pat Coleman and Keith McMillan talk...
View ArticleATN Podcast: High fives, sevens
So our predictions weren’t great this week. But picking five road teams to win in the second round of the playoffs was more than a lot of people could have pictured. Two seventh seeds advancing? Well,...
View ArticleATN Podcast: The poll isn’t perfect
Sure, the D3football.com Top 25 teams went 25-0 on Saturday. We’re happy about that, don’t get me wrong. But that doesn’t mean the Top 25 is perfect, or that the right 25 teams are ranked, at least not...
View ArticleGame Day: Too good to leave
Back in the early days of D3football.com, I would be forced to stick close to home. Version 1 of the site could only be updated with the right software, and the scoreboard was all manual. Scores came...
View ArticleATN Podcast: Three big showdowns
Pat and Keith spend a fair amount of time on the three Top 25 matchups from this past week, including the playoff implications and what we learned from them. Also, what do we make of Wittenberg’s road...
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Triple Take: As many questions as answers
Got a sense of the Division III landscape yet? Hopefully, now that we’re going into Week 5, the picture is getting a little clearer. While we all see a lot, we don’t yet see it all. Folks might be...
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Triple Take, Hump week
Conference races are at full steam, unbeaten teams are still falling at a good clip, and players are beginning to get glimpses of the playoff pastures on the horizon. It’s Week 6, the midpoint of our...
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ATN podcast: All about the bracket
North Central is a No. 1 seed. Why? Pat and Keith debate. We know, there’s been a lot of talk about the bracket already, but there are some great questions being raised and although we answer them in...
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Triple Take: First-round scores
In a battle of two run-oriented teams, Thomas More’s Rob Kues has nonetheless completed more passes than Washington and Lee has even attempted. The NCAA brass has gotten out its erasers and given 32...
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ATN podcast: Four games, plus awards
Wesley defensive end Chris Mayes had Mary Hardin-Baylor quarterback LiDarral Bailey in his sights all day on Saturday.Photo by Peggy Erwin, D3sports.com Four teams survived and advanced on Saturday …...
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ATN Podcast: Too soon to panic
St. John’s got routed at home in Week 2, but it’s not over for the Johnnies yet.St. John’s athletics file photo That was a butt-kicking that St. John’s got, at home, on Saturday when UW-Eau Claire...
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Triple Take: Top 25s collide
If healthy, Nate Wara can hurt teams with his arm and legs.By Larry Radloff, d3photography.com Three crucial games between Top 25 teams take place this weekend. Each and every Saturday, players line...
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Triple Take: Clarity in conferences
Was Redlands stiffed in this week’s regional rankings?Redlands athletics photo The Eastern Collegiate, Empire 8, North Coast, Old Dominion, Southern Collegiate and USA South each feature matchups this...
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ATN Podcast: Our take on the clinchers
Rudy Rudolph caught seven passes for 135 yards and two touchdowns for Christopher Newport in a USAC-clinching win at Ferrum.CNU athletics photo If it seems like we have a lot of automatic bids already...
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ATN Podcast: What they got right
Linfield has gone 9-0 with Mickey Inns at quarterback this season.Photo by Rusty Rae Usually we have some complaints about the bracket, so much so that there’s a category in the annual predictions...
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ATN Podcast: A week in the books
UW-Whitewater was opportunistic on defense, to say the least.Photo by Larry Radloff, d3photography.com Four backup quarterbacks, a wide receiver at corner, a triple-overtime game, an “upset” that all...
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ATN Podcast: The comebacks
Sean McAndrew brought down two big fourth-quarter touchdowns against Linfield.Wesley athletics photo Two big comebacks and another that nearly went all the way back. Two prolific passing games...
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ATN Podcast: Welcome back!
Chris Denton was the Purple Raiders’ top receiver and returned two punts for touchdowns. Photo by Dan Poel for d3photography.com It was a long, strange trip. But when you see four games, you are bound...
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Triple Take: Getting to their goals
When Williams and Trinity (Conn.) meet, usually the game has NESCAC title implications, even though it’s always the second game of their season. Williams athletics photo Some weeks, our perceptions...
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ATN Podcast: There will be a new champ
Kevin Burke and Mount Union are going strong, despite Heidelberg actually scoring this week. Mount Union athletics photo by JT Higgins Subscribe to the Around the Nation Podcast in iTunes. Now at...
View ArticleTriple Take: The penultimate week
It’s make or break time for a lot of teams. Players and coaches will be hunting for that last push toward the postseason and will be keeping an eye on the national landscape as teams fall in and out of...
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ATN Podcast: Who’s still in contention?
Cody Pohren and Pacific Lutheran benefited from the double losses in the MIAC. How? PLU athletics file photo by John Froschauer Subscribe to the Around the Nation Podcast in iTunes. We’re down to a...
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ATN Podcast: Pat and Keith discuss the bracket
Adrian was already in the NCAA playoff field, but as we said last week, the Bulldogs had a lot to play for. Adrian athletics file photo Subscribe to the Around the Nation Podcast in iTunes. Yeah, lots...
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ATN Podcast: When a surprise isn’t a surprise
Mary Hardin-Baylor bounced Louisiana College from the playoffs, perhaps a round sooner than it should have been. Photo by Andrew Zavoina, d3photography.com Subscribe to the Around the Nation Podcast...
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ATN Podcast: Down to the final eight
Jasper Collins caught five touchdown passes. That’s all. No big deal. Photo by Dan Poel for d3photography.com Subscribe to the Around the Nation Podcast in iTunes. When you have just eight games in a...
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Triple Take: Conference clashes underway
In 2005, Kyle Gearman shocked Concordia-Moorhead with a 74-yard touchdown catch with under 30 seconds left. SJU hosts the Cobbers this weekend. Photo by Ryan Coleman, d3photography.com Almost every...
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Around the Nation podcast: McKoy and the conference showdowns
Ill. Wesleyan hasn’t been 7-0 since 1996. Illinois Wesleyan photo by Marc Featherly Subscribe to the Around the Nation Podcast in iTunes. If you are a regular listener to the Around the Nation...
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Around the Nation podcast: Your questions, Mount answers
Josh Yoder has the Linfield offense clicking as well as the Wildcats have their defense clicking. Linfield athletics photo Subscribe to the Around the Nation Podcast in iTunes. Mount Union answered a...
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Around the Nation podcast: Playoff picture takes place
Hardin-Simmons wasn’t a threat to Linfield, Willamette or UMHB but crushed Texas Lutheran. Hardin-Simmons athletics photo Subscribe to the Around the Nation Podcast in iTunes. So let’s see, John...
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Did you hear about that Rose-Hulman game?
Greg Lee celebrates scoring the winning touchdown in a game that went into three overtimes and tied the record for most points in a game in D-III history. (Rose-Hulman athletics photo) On Saturday...
View ArticleAround the Nation Podcast 212: Taking down the big dog
The Johnnie-Tommie game definitely fits the bill of someone taking down the big dog, and so does WashU’s win vs. Wheaton. Both get a good amount of discussion, especially with the state of the CCIW...
View ArticleAround the Nation Podcast 225: Just good enough
Keith McMillan pleaded for a first round of the playoffs that didn’t stink. And he got it, if nothing else, because his alma mater, Randolph-Macon, upset John Carroll. Now, your mileage may have...
View ArticleAround the Nation Podcast 226: Four hours with eight games
Sixteen teams play eight games over a course of four hours on Saturday, in the second round of the NCAA Division III playoffs. And we should be in line for some great games, now that we’ve gotten...
View ArticleATN Podcast 243: The one with all the mascots
This week is the last gasp of non-conference play for some schools, where the Northwest and SoCal will be battling it out all down the line, and the MIAA and NACC will be doing so as well. Plus...
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ATN Podcast 247: The one with buy or sell
There are lots of teams in Division III which you have questions about, and you’re not alone. We have the same questions about a handful of teams, and in this edition of the D3football.com Around the...
View ArticleATN Podcast 273: A silent spring
The fields will stand empty this spring, as college campuses across the country are devoid of student and athlete alike. The Division III football spring practice will be even more non-existent than...
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