CINCINNATI STATE SURGE
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Conference Affiliation: Ohio Collegiate Athletic Conference
Comment: “Be great at Cincinnati State” is this college’s motto and it’s well-known for the way it churns out quality grads on a regular basis. Enhancing all of that is the Continue reading
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NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY BEACONS
Location: Eugene, OR
Division: NAIA
Conference Affiliation: Cascade Collegiate Conference
Comment: How cool is the nickname Beacons? From the Pacific northwest comes this excellent institution of higher learning founded in 1895 by Eugene C Sanderson. As usual with NAIA schools NCU has Continue reading
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NEWBURY COLLEGE NIGHTHAWKS
Location: Brookline, MA
Conference Affiliation: New England Collegiate Conference
Comment: It’s good to see Kyle Richmond put his fortune to good use with this institution. Fans of the superhero called Nighthawk will get it. On the serious side Newbury College is Continue reading
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RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE ANCHORMEN
Location: Providence, RI
Division: NCAA Division 3
Comment: No, their mascot isn’t Ron Burgundy! You’re thinking of the wrong kind of Anchormen! Rhode Island College has Continue reading
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UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND NOR’EASTERS
Location: Biddeford, ME
Conference Affiliation: Commonwealth Coast Conference
Comment: Nor’easters can be potent storms or in this case the potent sports teams from the University of New England. Regular readers of Balladeer’s Blog are familiar with their Continue reading
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GREAT BAY COLLEGE HERONS
Location: Portsmouth, NH
Division: USCAA (United States Collegiate Athletic Association)
Conference Affiliation: Yankee Small College Conference
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The Fresno Pacific University Sunbirds (logo at left) and eleven other teams have joined the National Christian College Athletic Association. With the arrival of this deadly dozen the NCCAA now boasts one hundred fourteen institutions.
The NCCAA is one of the divisions of college sports that Balladeer’s Blog has been covering for roughly two years. College football is starting soon and the Victory Bowl will once again be the championship game of this underappreciated division come the end of the year.
Here’s the complete list of those twelve teams in descending order of nickname coolness: 1. Southern Nazarene University Crimson Storm ### 2. Fresno Pacific University Sunbirds ### 3. McMurry University Warhawks ### 4. Morthland College Continue reading
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The Frontierado holiday is fast approaching! Friday, August 3rd is the big day so Balladeer’s Blog is right here with another seasonal post.
This one will honor the Top 5 western-themed college sports teams from the divisions covered here. The award is named after the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Drovers, the official college sports team of Frontierado every year.
You can soak in the grandeur of the USAO logo at left, then revel in this year’s standings for “The Drovey Award”.
5. YAVAPAI COLLEGE ROUGHRIDERS – Not just Teddy Roosevelt’s unit from the Spanish-American War but various outfits of Wild West outlaws and bounty hunters also went Continue reading
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PBU Crimson Eagles
PHILADELPHIA BIBLICAL UNIVERSITY CRIMSON EAGLES
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Division: NCCAA (National Christian College Athletic Association)
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SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY PENMEN
Location: Manchester, NH
Conference Affiliation: Northeast 10 Conference
Site: http://www.snhupenmen.com/landing/index
Comment: SNHU is noted for its business and accounting programs and the giant quill pen that serves as the flagstaff borne by the Penmen mascot is a Continue reading
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