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HUTCHINSON BLUE DRAGONS AT NUMBER 8 IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S PRESEASON “DIRTY THIRTY”

 The Hutchinson Blue Dragons football team is going to be among the nation’s best, according to the JCG Dirty Thirty, the first preseason rankings out for the 2011 football season.

The Dirty Thirty has the Blue Dragons at No. 8 in its preseason listing of teams that includes Continue reading

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COMCAST SPORTS ANNOUNCES NCAA DIVISION 2 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BROADCASTS FOR 2011 SEASON

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 Continue reading

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CBS COLLEGE SPORTS ANNOUNCES D2 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BROADCASTS FOR 2011 SEASON

The cable channel called CBS College Sports has announced the six regular season games it will broadcast for NCAA Division 2 football this coming season. This list does not include the additional broadcasts that will be aired on local channels or on other cable outlets like Comcast Sports or ESPN. I’ll have a post on the D2 games to be broadcast on Comcast in the near future. All the following games are scheduled for 8pm Eastern Time.

SEPT 8TH – CENTRAL WASHINGTON WILDCATS AT HUMBOLDT STATE LUMBERJACKS

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VICTORY SPORTS NETWORK’S PRESEASON NAIA COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 25 IS OUT!

 The Saint Xavier Cougars are listed at Number 2 in this year’s VSN Preseason Top 25, but I have their logo pictured here because not only do these Cougars hail from Chicago, the land of Rich Koz (AKA Son of Svengoolie AKA just plain Svengoolie) but their head coach, Mike Feminis, makes a habit of showing odd B-movies on the team bus on road trips! That little nugget came out in Balladeer’s Blog’s interview with three Cougar stars last football season. Anyway, Continue reading

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GREAT AMERICAN CONFERENCE, ROCKY MOUNTAIN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ADD NEW MEMBERS

Two former NAIA universities officially finalized their new conference affiliation as they make the move up to NCAA Division 2. The Northwestern Oklahoma State University Rangers will join D2’s newest conference, the Great American Conference. The GAC was formed by teams leaving the Gulf South Conference and the Lone Star Conference after last football season. The Black Hills State University Yellowjackets are the other former NAIA football power moving up and they will Continue reading

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NCAA DIVISION 3 TWEAKS PLAYOFF SEEDING PROCEDURE FOLLOWING LAST SEASON’S CONTROVERSY

 Remember last season when it seemed like everybody (myself included) was complaining about how the undefeated defending champions of D3 college football, the UWW Warhawks, got screwed by being given a 2 seed in their region instead of a 1 seed? Things turned out okay because even having to Continue reading

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NEW CONFERENCE BEING FORMED IN NCAA DIVISION 3

Five of the Division 3 football schools that left the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference are joining three other schools in forming a new, as yet unnamed league. The Continue reading

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KEITH “THE KLASH” BARNES OF THE MARITIME COLLEGE PRIVATEERS GARNERS PRE-SEASON FOOTBALL HONORS

 Maritime rising-junior Keith Barnes (Westbury, N.Y./Westbury)was named to the Consensus Draft Services’ Preseason All-American Second Team Defense, becoming the first Privateer football player to be named an All-American since the Continue reading

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M SQUARED IN THE NFL? SXU’S MIKE MAHER WOWS ‘EM ON PRO DAY

Maher Intrigues NFL Scouts at Northwestern Pro Day

Evanston, Ill. – After spending the last four seasons impressing Saint Xavier University football fans on Saturday afternoons, former standout wide receiver Mike Maher (Plainfield, Ill./Providence Catholic) may get the opportunity to showcase his skills for a national audience on Sunday afternoons after impressing some National Football League (NFL) scouts at Continue reading

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FOUR DIVISION 3 CONFERENCES FORM HISTORIC FOOTBALL ALLIANCE

MILWAUKEE — A partnership of four NCAA Division III athletic conferences including the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW), Midwest Conference (MWC), Northern Athletics Conference (NAC) and Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) announce a historic agreement with Continue reading

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