Quick Hits: Picking a number to beat
There are three games between ranked teams this week, and a fourth which could have been (stares at Whitewater’s goal-line stats), But there are also other battles between unbeatens, and games worthy...
View ArticleQuick Hits: Games to keep an eye on
Lots of eyes on Iowa, where the first automatic bid of the season could be clinched, as well as on Indiana, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. But also, perhaps there’s something in Connecticut to note, or...
View ArticleATN Podcast 183: Here’s what’s left
We’re under a week from Selection Sunday. Only seven automatic bids are still up for grabs, and most will be really hard to pry away from the favorites. But what if both Washington & Jefferson and...
View ArticleATN Podcast 184: A step forward?
So, we’ve become accustomed to a bracket with two flights in the first round, instead of one. Last year they told us it was no longer a one-time thing, and this year they followed through on that. But...
View ArticleATN Podcast 193: Spring is here
We are deep in the Division III football offseason. It’s already been more than 90 days since we crowned Mount Union national championship and it’s more than five months before we restart. Spring...
View ArticleATN Podcast 203: Feeling the heat in Week 3
There’s rain going on in the southern Mid-Atlantic Region, and that has cancelled games, postponed games and forced games to move up. But there’s also a discussion about heat and humidity in one...
View ArticleQuick 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 ArticleATN Podcast 204: Now that was surprising
It was a surprising win for Misericordia, a surprising comeback for Thomas More. There were some great defensive performances and there was some good kicking as well. Yes, we can give a kicker or two a...
View ArticleATN Podcast: Reports from each quarterfinal
We were down to four games this week and that means we can focus a good amount of time on each one. So we pulled in an analyst to help us talk about each game, folks who were on the sidelines or in the...
View ArticleATN Podcast: New coaches, new season
Yes, that’s right — an Around the Nation Podcast in April! Pat and Keith will be doing monthly podcasts during the offseason, and they’ll check in with newsmakers in and around Division III football....
View ArticleATN Podcast: This is what happens when we actually play
It never fails — once we start playing games, the surprise results start pouring in. Pat Coleman and Keith McMillan chat about a good number of them, then chat with Johns Hopkins coach Jim Margraff and...
View ArticleQuick Hits Week 4: The big games, upset picks
Like last week there’s one huge game in the rankings and I’ll be there. And this week, it won’t require a boarding pass. Will this one live up to the hype better than last week’s? Our guest is Gene...
View ArticleAround the Nation Podcast: D-III pride
There were a couple of big games and although we’ll spend a good amount of time talking about the St. Thomas-St. John’s game, that’s not all that went on this past Saturday. UW-Whitewater preserved...
View ArticleATN Podcast: Conference leaders changing hands
It was another really interesting week in Division III football, with four teams dropping out of the Top 25, two of them plummeting. Similarly, in a handful of conferences, the first-place team and the...
View ArticleQuick Hits: Coming down to the wire
Conference races are coming down to the wire, and some of those key matchups come this week. That includes the game for bragging rights between our founding Around the Nation columnist (Keith McMillan,...
View ArticleATN Podcast: Breaking down the conference races
We started our deep dive into the playoffs on last week’s edition and we know we had a lot of new listeners — now we have to really talk about some of the automatic bids. Some conferences have pretty...
View ArticleATN Podcast: Playoff picture update
About half of the automatic bids have been handed out to the Field of 32 teams which will play for the 2016 Division III football championship. But while two of the remaining ones will be battled out...
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...
View ArticleGame Day live: Good day to track
If you’re not heading out to a game, this is a great day to track multiple games online from home. Our Scoreboard page has audio, video or live stats for every game involving a Top 25 team, for...
View ArticleTriple Take: Final Exam
Pride is on the line in some of the division’s best rivalries, and 18 of the 32 playoff bids need to be sorted out and earned. What do we really need to say to get you hyped up for Week 11? We brought...
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