ATN 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 ArticleStories from the summer
I know Wabash isn’t the only program to do something like this — in fact, I interviewed one coach for Kickoff (coming next week!) who does something similar with his program, even giving up a day of...
View ArticleHeading to Ohio
We don’t usually travel to Mount Union in the regular season. In the most general terms, we want to go where the news is, and in the past 10 years there hasn’t been much in Alliance, Ohio, this time of...
View ArticleGame Day: A double homecoming
That’s what I have today, anyway: homecoming at Allegheny and at Mount Union. I will throw it open now. What’s up today? We’ve got Keith McMillan at Frostburg State-Wesley, Gordon Mann at Del Val-Leb...
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...
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ATN Podcast: Eliminated already
Albright athletics photo by Dave Wahlberg Eliminated from the postseason in Week 6? That’s where a handful of recent playoff teams and prominent playoff hopefuls find themselves this week. Meanwhile,...
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Triple Take: Unbeaten and unranked
There are nine undefeated teams still outside of the Top 25. That will change this week as we get to more pairing off in conference play, particularly in the OAC and IIAC. But as teams look forward to...
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ATN Podcast: East implodes?
UW-Whitewater cornerback Matt McCulloch knocks a pass away from UW-Stevens Point receiver Jared Jenkins.Photo by Darryl Tessman, d3photography.com So, yes, the East’s last best chance at a No. 1 seed...
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Triple Take: Driving the season home
Playoff roads are being paved across the country as we enter Week 10. We’ve seen the landscape change over the past two months. There have been break-downs and wrong turns by many along the way, but...
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Game Day: Let’s hand out some bids!
Lots of big games, rivaling the great Week 5 we had for sheer number of good games, but far more important in the grand scheme of things, as many conference races will be decided on Saturday. I’ll be...
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ATN Podcast: Tiebreakers, bids and rivalries
Kentel Noel and Christopher Newport still control their own destiny.CNU photo by Heidi Naylor So much to talk about this week and we didn’t even get to it all — we try to keep the podcast under an...
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Our final playoff projection
Do we think Coe gets in? The job of selecting teams was about the same as it was earlier in the week. It didn’t really get easier with Hardin-Simmons losing. And having a UAA winner didn’t help us...
View Article2010 Playoff Bracket is released – React here!
Selection Sunday usually goes something like this: Wait, see bracket, gripe endlessly about what the committee did wrong. In a year when one-loss Rowan, Pacific Lutheran and Redlands are staying home...
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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: Yet to see the field
Mary Hardin-Baylor gets started this week. Many got to take a deep breath after Week 1, knowing the opening day jitters for their teams are past. Yet many people don’t have that luxury. Lots of teams...
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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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ATN Podcast: Snow, records, clinching
Alex Tanney is the third Tanney to play football at Monmouth, but will be known as the best in the familyMonmouth athletics photo Records fell, as did snowflakes and the chances of anyone else winning...
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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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Triple Take: Enter Rivalry Week
Joe Wojceichowski and the Widener defense will try to shut down Delaware Valley.Widener athletics photo The intensity of rivalries is virtually unmatched. The players become more focused, the crowd...
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