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A WINTER WONDERLAND OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS AND BOWLS – DEC 4TH

Get ready for some more early Christmas presents in the form of college football playoff games and bowl games.

NAIA Playoffs – Semifinals

The featured game of the day will be the Victory Sports Network presentation of the NAIA semifinal game with the Sioux Falls Cougars hosting the MNU Pioneers. USF is continuing its quest to threepeat as Continue reading

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DECEMBER 4TH’S PLAYOFF MATCHUPS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Since my e-mailers have been mentioning that they’d like to get familiar with the conferences in the divisions Balladeer’s Blog covers I’ll add the conference affiliation after each team’s name. (Many of my readers are newcomers to college sports at this level)

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SIOUX FALLS COUGARS (Great Plains Athletic Conference) host the MNU PIONEERS (Heart of America Athletic Conference)

CC FIGHTING SAINTS (Frontier Conference) host the ST XAVIER Continue reading

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RESULTS FROM NOVEMBER 27TH’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF GAMES

NAIAThe NAIA is down to their final four teams, so I did a separate segment on them. Here is the link: https://glitternight.com/2010/11/28/naia-football-playoffs-down-to-their-final-four/

Playoff Upsets – NCAA Division 3 – The Bethel (MN) Royals upset the Wheaton Thunder in a 15-10 Instant Classic … the Alfred Saxons, who had a very odd season in which it seemed like they were often ranked one week, then Continue reading

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NAIA FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS DOWN TO THEIR FINAL FOUR

 The Sioux Falls Cougars rolled to a 27-7 victory over the McKendree Bearcats led by running back “Magic” Kristian Porter and by a Cougar D that  only  allowed  100 total yards for the  Bearcats.   Porter rushed for 108 yds and 3 touchdowns. Magic Kristian was named the Offensive Player of the Game and the Defensive Player was “Smilin'” Dan Schmeicher, who had 8 Continue reading

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I LOVE HAVING PLAYOFFS IN THE DIVISIONS I COVER, BUT 1A PLAYOFF ADVOCATES NEED TO LEARN A FEW THINGS

The 2nd round of the NAIA, NCAA Division 3 and Division 2 football playoffs are this Saturday. At this time of year I always try to sell 1A football fans on watching these playoffs since so many of them complain about the lack of a playoff at college football’s top level. In recent years even slimy politicians like Republican Orrin Hatch (Motto: “A 21st Century man with a 19th Century worldview”) and Democrat Barack Obama (Motto: “The first demagogue in history to be utterly helpless without a teleprompter”) have tried to wrangle votes by endorsing a playoff for NCAA Division 1A football. I know we’re supposed Continue reading

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF MATCHUPS FOR SATURDAY NOVEMBER 27TH: NAIA, D3 AND D2

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SIOUX FALLS COUGARS host the MCKENDREE BEARCATS

CC FIGHTING SAINTS host the MARIAN KNIGHTS

ST XAVIER COUGARS host the ST FRANCIS (IN) COUGARS Continue reading

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HIGHLIGHTS OF NOVEMBER 20TH’S POST-SEASON COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAMES

Playoff Upsets – NAIA – The St Francis (IN) Cougars upset the 5th-seeded Lindenwood Lions 46-38 … the McKendree Bearcats toppled the 6 seeds, the McPherson Bulldogs in a 38-14 thrashing … the Marian Knights, a team I warned everyone about in the preseason, brought down the 8th-seeded Ottawa Continue reading

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NAIA FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: COUGARS VS RANGERS PREVIEW

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. —   The No.1 ranked University of Sioux Falls football team will play No. 16 Northwestern Oklahoma State University in the first round of the 2010 NAIA playoffs, as announced by the national office Sunday afternoon. Continue reading

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PRIVATEER PREVIEW

THROGGS NECK, N.Y. (Nov. 19, 2010) – The Maritime football team will be traveling to Upstate New York this weekend to take on the Alfred Saxons on Saturday, Nov. 20, in the first round of the 2010 NCAA Division III Football Tournament. Kickoff between the Privateers and Saxons is scheduled for noon at Alfred’s Merrill Field. Continue reading

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NJCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SET: THE GRIZZLIES VS THE BULLDOGS

On December 5th, the Top-Ranked Butler (KS) Grizzlies will take on the Navarro College Bulldogs for the NJCAA football championship in the Continue reading

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