It was on November 6th, 1869, that Rutgers and Princeton played the very first college football game “on the banks of the Raritan” as the Rutgers fight song says. One of the things I love about college football is how far back its history goes. It feels odd to think that Ulysses S Grant was Continue reading
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COOL FOOTBALL HELMET: SANTA MONICA COLLEGE CORSAIRS
Location: Tokyo, Japan. I’m kidding! – Santa Monica, CA
Site: http://www.smc.edu/Pages/default.aspx
Comment: “Raise the skull and crossbones, lads!” Pirate imagery is incredibly popular for sports teams and Continue reading
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKINGS: WEEK OF OCT 31ST
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 the NAIA poll and this Saturday will be traveling to take on the number 2 Marian University Knights. Both teams come into the matchup at 9-0, so while some people are watching some other 1 vs 2 matchup make sure you’re glued to the only one that matters! And now a look at some of the rankings in the divisions of college football covered by Balladeer’s Blog:
NAIA – 1. SXU COUGARS … 2. MARIAN KNIGHTS … 3. CC FIGHTING SAINTS (defending champs) … 4. GEORGETOWN (KY) TIGERS … 5. MIDAMERICA NAZARENE PIONEERS … 6. MORNINGSIDE MUSTANGS … 7. MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE VIKINGS … 8. WILLIAM PENN STATESMEN … 9. BENEDICTINE Continue reading
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLLS: WEEK OF OCTOBER 24TH
The Rocky Mountain College Battlin’ Bears have jumped back into the NAIA Top 25 for the 5th time this year. The up and down team moves back into the rankings at number 24 this week. The St Xavier Cougars remain in the top spot for the 7th straight week. In fact all of the Top 6 retained their relative position from last week’s poll. And now a look at the latest polls in the divisions of college football covered by Balladeer’s Blog:
NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) – 1. SXU COUGARS … 2. MARIAN KNIGHTS … 3. CC FIGHTING SAINTS (defending champs) … 4. GEORGETOWN (KY) TIGERS … 5. MNU PIONEERS … 6. MORNINGSIDE MUSTANGS … 7. MVC VIKINGS … 8. WILLIAM PENN STATESMEN … 9. Continue reading
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARDS FOR OCTOBER 22ND
The NAIA’s 5th ranked MidAmerica Nazarene Pioneers (helmet at left) will host the number 7 Benedictine Ravens today in a crucial matchup in the Heart of America Athletic Conference. The Pioneers are the defending HAAC champs but Benedictine currently tops the conference standings. MNU will be led by quarterback Sean “How Bad” Ransburg as they take on the Ravens’ revered defense, which is 2nd in the nation in scoring and 4th overall.
The battle for the Frontier Conference title may well be decided today as the CC Fighting Saints are Continue reading
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COOL COLLEGE FOOTBALL HELMET: CONCORDIA (AL) HORNETS
Location: Selma, AL
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLLS WEEK OF OCTOBER 17TH
The Blinn College Buccaneers (helmet at left), the team for which Cam Newton played before transferring to Auburn, are still ranked number 1 in the NJCAA Poll after holding on to win a 30-27 nail- biter with Trinity Valley this past Saturday. As expected the Delta State Statesmen are the new number 1 in D2 after they took down the previously top-ranked North Alabama Lions (coached by THE Terry Bowden) in last Thursday night’s overtime classic. No change to the number one teams in the other divisions covered by Balladeer’s Blog.
NAIA – 1. ST XAVIER UNIVERSITY COUGARS … 2. MARIAN KNIGHTS … 3. CC FIGHTING SAINTS (defending champs) … 4. GEORGETOWN (KY) TIGERS … 5. MIDAMERICA NAZARENE PIONEERS … 6. MORNINGSIDE MUSTANGS … 7. BENEDICTINE RAVENS … 8. AZUSA PACIFIC COUGARS … T9. MISSOURI VALLEY VIKINGS … T9. WILLIAM PENN STATESMEN … 11. ST FRANCIS (IL) FIGHTING SAINTS … 12. ST FRANCIS (IN) COUGARS … 13. ST AMBROSE FIGHTING BEES (love that name) … 14. BETHEL (TN) WILDCATS … 15. OTTAWA (KS) BRAVES … 16. VCS VIKINGS … 17. CUMBERLAND BULLDOGS … 18. DOANE TIGERS … 19. DAKOTA WESLEYAN TIGERS … 20. BETHANY SWEDES … 21. SOUTHERN NAZARENE CRIMSON STORM … 22. EASTERN OREGON MOUNTAINEERS … 23. NORTHWESTERN (IA) RED RAIDERS … 24. LANGSTON Continue reading
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NOTEWORTHY COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS FROM OCTOBER 15TH
AZUSA PACIFIC RULES THE WORLD YET AGAIN – The NAIA’s AZUSA PACIFIC COUGARS went on the road and eviscerated NCAA Division 2’s DIXIE STATE RED STORM by a score of 48-19. Over the years Azusa Pacific has wracked up an impressive number of wins against upper division teams, even taking down Division 1’s San Diego Toreros in their own house in the 2010 season. And so far this season every Saturday has found at least 1 NAIA team upsetting a D2 team. Add to that the sheer number of D3 teams who have had their butts kicked by NAIA teams this year and you can easily say the NAIA has owned the NCAA this season.
WAYNE STATE’S WORLD – Both D2 teams called Wayne State were ranked and both were upset yesterday. The 4th ranked WARRIORS fell to the ASHLAND EAGLES 20-17 and the 25th ranked WILDCATS were knocked out of the rankings by the CONCORDIA-ST PAUL GOLDEN BEARS 27-24.
TOP 25 UPSETS – NAIA – Yesterday I had put the 4th ranked MISSOURI VALLEY VIKINGS on upset alert as they took it on the road against the number 9 BENEDICTINE RAVENS. For the 2nd week in a row number 4 took a fall as the Ravens handed MVC a 35-19 smackdown … The unranked BACONE WARRIORS knocked the number 23 NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE RANGERS out of the rankings with a 35-28 victory, just one week after the Rangers upset the then- number 10 SOUTHERN NAZARENE CRIMSON STORM.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARDS FOR OCTOBER 15TH
Close games were an unknown concept in last night’s matchups. Starting off with Centennial Conference action, the Johns Hopkins University Blue Jays (helmet at left) decimated the Dickinson Red Devils 47-6. D3’s top ranked defending champs, the Whitewater Warhawks, doubled up on the Stout Blue Devils 42-21. The Assumption Greyhounds crushed the Merrimack Warriors by a score of 44-24 and the only road team to win last night, the Bowie State Bulldogs, beat up on the Lincoln (PA) Lions 22-10. Thursday night brought us a new number 1 ranked team in D2 as the 2nd ranked Delta State Statesmen won in overtime 30-24 at the top ranked North Alabama Lions.
Looking ahead to today’s action the NAIA has no less than five clashes between Top 25 teams on the menu. The 2nd ranked and 7-0 Marian University Knights (insert my usual self-congratulatory remark about my predicting the explosion for MU football in my 2010 – yes, 2010 – preseason assessments) are on the road against the 6th ranked St Francis (IN) Cougars. The 3rd ranked CC Fighting Saints, who are also the defending champs of NAIA college football, host the number 21 Rocky Mountain College Battlin’ Bears. The Missouri Valley College Vikings, ranked at number 4, are visiting the 9th ranked yet perennially underrated Benedictine Ravens. The number 15 Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm (love that name) take on the 7th ranked MidAmerica Nazarene Pioneers and the 8th ranked Morningside Mustangs are at the number 13 Dakota Wesleyan Tigers. Meanwhile the 11th ranked William Penn University Statesmen try to avoid 2 losses in a row, this week at the hands of the visiting St Mary Spires, the road warriors who stunned the 14th ranked Bethany Swedes last Saturday. And Continue reading
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COOL HELMET: HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS UNIVERSITY INDIANS
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 Continue reading
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