The adorable Nevaeh Dillard returns to offer her unique perspective on sports. Nevaeh is the daughter of Rae Dillard and the granddaughter of Janice Dillard and Lonnie Dillard. She was a big hit with readers of Balladeer’s Blog in December 2010 when she covered for me one day. Nevaeh felt the world deserved a look [...]
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NEVAEH DILLARD RETURNS TO REVIEW THE NAIA’S TOP 25 IN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Posted in College Basketball, humor, tagged basketball, Basketball Top 25, Erin Andrews, Janice Dillard, Lonnie Dillard, NAIA, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, Nevaeh Dillard, Rae Dillard, sports, women's basketball on January 8, 2012 | 8 Comments »
COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKINGS: WEEK OF OCT 31ST
Posted in college football, tagged college football, D2 rankings, D3 rankings, football, NAIA, NAIA Top 25, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, NJCAA rankings, SCFA rankings, sports on November 1, 2011 | 6 Comments »
The NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) hadn’t had a regular season number 1 vs number 2 matchup since 1999 prior to this year and already we are getting the second such matchup of the 2011 season! The St Xavier (IL) Cougars, the football pride of Chicago, are still the top- ranked team in [...]
COOL HELMET: HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS UNIVERSITY INDIANS
Posted in Cool Helmets, tagged college football, football, Haskell Indian Nations Indians, Haskell Indian Nations University, NAIA football, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, Sport, sports on October 12, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Location: Lawrence, KS Site: http://www.haskell.edu/index.html Comment: Haskell plays college football in the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) and regular readers of my blog have seen the institution’s name in plenty of my sports reports. HINU is the premier institution of higher education for Native Americans throughout the CONUS and
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARDS FOR OCTOBER 8TH
Posted in college football, tagged College football scores October 8th, D2 football, D3 football, football, NAIA football, NCFA football, NJCAA football, SCFA football, Sport, sports on October 8, 2011 | 5 Comments »
In the NAIA the William Penn University Statesmen are ranked 4th in the nation and continue saying “Just TRY to leave us out of the playoffs this year”. Last year WPU ended the year ranked at 11 but were unjustifiably left out of the 16 team NAIA playoff field. (That’s right, the divisions of college football covered by Balladeer’s Blog [...]
KEEPING UP WITH THE IOWA WESTERN REIVERS
Posted in college sports, tagged college sports, Iowa Western Reivers, Sport, sports on September 7, 2011 | 5 Comments »
FOOTBALL Reiver Football scored big for the second week in a row with a 75-0 drubbing of the North Dakota-Bottineau Lumberjacks. The Reivers play at home again this Saturday vs. the Joliet College Wolves. Kick-off is set for 1:00 p.m. Reminder you can listen to the game on 89.7 The River!! VOLLEYBALL
NOTEWORTHY COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS FROM SEPTEMBER 3RD: NAIA, NJCAA, D3 AND D2
Posted in college football, tagged college football, college football scores September 3rd, D2 football, D3 football, football, NAIA football, NJCAA football, Sport, sports on September 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The Langston Lions Rule The World – The NAIA’s Langston Lions ( who I always say should change their name to the Langston Hugheses … my fellow poetry geeks will get it) upset a team from TWO divisions higher. The Lions took down Division 1AA’s Arkansas- Pine Bluff Golden Lions in a 19-12 game for the ages [...]
NOTEWORTHY COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS FROM AUGUST 27TH: NAIA, NJCAA AND D2
Posted in college football, tagged college football, college football scores August 27th, D2 football, football, NAIA football, NJCAA football, Sport, sports on August 28, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Sorry for the delay in getting this up but I was without internet access for awhile. But I know that’s a petty complaint considering how hard some places got hit by the hurricane. Anyway, D3 football doesn’t get started til next week so that’s why no D3 scores are mentioned this time. Scares For Some [...]
COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAMES THAT MATTER: THE 2011 SEASON KICKS OFF TONIGHT, AUGUST 25TH
Posted in college football, tagged Bemidji State University, college football, D2 football, football, Hutchinson Blue Dragons, JUCO football, Minot State Beavers, Navarro College, NJCAA football, sports on August 25, 2011 | 4 Comments »
While certain sports news outlets are obsessed with covering every pre-pubescent moment of the Little League World Series tonight’s start of actual football games that matter is not being neglected here at Balladeer’s Blog. As promised a few days ago here is a rundown of tonight’s games accompanied by links to follow those games where [...]
BEARCATS PICKED TO WIN SIXTH STRAIGHT MIAA TITLE
Posted in college football, tagged D2 football, Mel Tjeerdsma, MIAA, Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Northwest Missouri Bearcats, sports on August 3, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football team has been picked to win the MidAmerica Intercollegiate Athletics Association title in 2011. This would be the sixth year in a row for the Bearcats to win the conference championship, but their first without legendary coach Mel Tjeerdsma, who retired after last season. The Bearcats have won twelve of [...]
COMCAST SPORTS ANNOUNCES NCAA DIVISION 2 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BROADCASTS FOR 2011 SEASON
Posted in college football, tagged Comcast, football, Gulf South Conference, NCAA Division 2 Football, Sport, sports on July 12, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Recently I posted the television schedule for D2 football games this season on CBS College Sports. Here is the Comcast Cable schedule – All times are Eastern Time. SEP 1 – UCO BRONCHOS (That’s how they spell it) at UNA LIONS 8pm SEP 8 – NEWBERRY RED WOLVES at
