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Triple Take, Week 5: October is here, and so are conference rumbles
Believe it or not, the first month of the season has gone by. And as the calendar flips from September to October, the Dubuque at Pacific and Wesley at North Central matchups turn to the more familar:...
View ArticleAround the Nation: Crazy endings, big showdowns and lots of sacks
Impressive midseason matchups lead to some readjustment, not just in the Top 25 poll but in playoff positioning. No, it’s not too early to talk about some conference races. Plus there was a Division...
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Triple Take, Week 7: Time for some new teams to shine
Some weeks stand out because of stadium-filling rivalries and top-25 games that attract interest across the nation. This isn’t one of those weeks. That, however, opens the door for the middle class of...
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Triple Take Week 11: This is what it’s all about
It’s Week 11. Do we even need an intro? Everyone’s got a big game this week, either playing for the final time this season or competing for the opportunity to play on. There are rivalry games; Williams...
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ATN Podcast 201: Big names take the field
Week 2 is here, and Pat and Keith are ready to tackle it. It starts with three Top 10 teams who are taking the field for the first time this season, and for one in particular, No. 2 Mary Hardin-Baylor,...
View ArticleATN Podcast 202: It’s a struggle
It was a struggle for UW-Oshkosh to get anything going on offense on Saturday, and in light of that, it’s a struggle for Top 25 voters. What do you do with a team which lost to a Division II opponent,...
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Quick Hits Week 3: Please stay
It’s been such a long week in Division III football, but game day is finally here. (Apologies to Guilford, Catholic and Randolph-Macon.) Our regular crew for picking games is Keith McMillan, Ryan...
View ArticleAround the Nation Podcast 206: That one game was enough, but we still got more
We could spend a lot of time talking about the Mount Union-John Carroll game, and all of its ramifications — so we’ll do that. For a while, for sure. But there were plenty of other games of note on...
View ArticleAround the Nation Podcast 209: A big six for Week 6
There are six huge games between ranked teams (or ranked teams and unbeaten teams) this week, and this is a week Pat will be on the road, as he is heading out to Los Angeles to see a pair of games...
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Quick Hits: Reaching the midway point
It’s hump week in Division III football: five weeks down, and five weeks remaining after this one. Does it feel like a Wednesday to you? If so, it can only be the best Wednesday ever! Here’s our crew’s...
View ArticleAround the Nation Podcast 210: Who should be No. 1?
A weekend of big games begged the question for D3football.com Top 25 voters as to which team should be No. 1. While there are 19 voters who picked Team Alliance Purple as No. 1, there are now six in...
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Quick Hits Week 7: Eyes on the rivalry and the streak
In addition to the big game between St. Thomas and St. John’s, there are lots of other key games, including one at the other end of the rankings. That’s where Earlham, which has lost 49 consecutive...
View ArticleAround the Nation Podcast 222: We predict at-large teams
Often this time of year we do a projected Division III NCAA Tournament field, but this year we’re so busy making podcasts that we didn’t do one. Instead, Pat and Keith are doing both at the same time:...
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Quick Hits: All the marbles
This is it — the last regular-season weekend of the season. Maybe there’s snow on the ground where you are. Maybe you have a bitter rival coming to town and an epic tailgate with old friends — well,...
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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Quick Hits Week 3: Conference clashes and crossovers
This week our panel has their eyes on a pair of Top 25 games to start CCIW play, another key conference opener down south, and a crossover challenge as non-conference play across the country winds...
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Quick Hits Week 4: Cracking the win column
This week the panel looks at a top-12 clash in the OAC, some big games down south, and which teams are poised to get their first win of 2019. Our regular crew is Keith McMillan, Ryan Tipps, Pat...
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ATN Podcast 246: The one with all the unbeatens
We come through the first month of the 2019 NCAA Division III season with a significant number of teams which are unbeaten, but not ranked. We hardly have time to talk about them all, but we’ll do as...
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Quick Hits Week 7: All eyes on Minnesota
This week our Quick Hits panel delivers takes on Johnnie-Tommie, of course, but also points out upsets brewing out east, undefeated runs coming to an end, and which teams are going to go home...
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ATN Podcast 252: Johnnies and Tommies and Panthers (oh my)
One of Saturday’s big games was well-known, well-promoted, and lived up to the hype of 19,508 fans. The other was played in front of a little bit fewer people, and was hardly predicted. So when the...
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