THE SERIES:
Washington and Lee and Thomas More will be meeting on the gridiron for the first-time ever. In fact, W&L has played just one of the nine schools currently competing in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. The Generals are 0-3 all-time against Washington & Jefferson but has not met the Presidents since 1923. Continue reading
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CAPE COD, Mass. – The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) has announced its 2010 Football Bowl Championships. This year fourteen teams, including Franklin & Marshall, will be competing in seven bowls on Saturday, November 20. Each bowl will be hosted by an ECAC member institution. Continue reading
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For the second time in three years and the fifth time since 2002, the Johns Hopkins football team will play in an ECAC Bowl game as the Blue Jays will host Lebanon Valley for the ECAC South Atlantic title. Click below for the full story:
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The UWW Warhawks are undefeated, are the defending D3 Champions and were the wire-to-wire #1 team in D3 in the polls but got relegated to a Number 2 seed in the playoff bracket today. The Mt Union Purple Raiders, St Thomas Tommies, the North Central Cardinals and the Wesley Wolverines were the 4 Number 1 seeds. And another thing for 1A fans who think playoffs bring an end to all post-season controversies, the Washington and Lee Generals beat the Hampden-Sydney Tigers head to head on November 6th and are the conference champs of the league they and Hampden-Sydney play in (while H-S got an at-large berth) but are a 6 seed to the Tigers’ 4 seed in the same region. All that aside, the nation is waiting to see, once the dust settles, if it will be a 6th consecutive title game matchup between the Warhawks and the Purple Raiders. The Wesley Wolverines have been handed a perfect opportunity to at last break out of the shadow of those powerhouses. Will they make the most of it? Here are the First Round matchups for next Saturday. Continue reading
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Coach Mel Tjeerdsma (pronounced CHURCH-ma) and his Northwest Missouri Bearcats, who are the defending D2 champs and who have played in the last 5 D2 Championship Games in a row, are the 3rd seed in their region. Let’s take a look at the opening round matchups. For a Continue reading
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Nothing against the Cumberlands Patriots but the 11th-ranked William Penn Statesmen got royally screwed today, getting left out of the 16-team playoff field that was announced just minutes ago on the NAIA Selection Show on the Victory Sports Network. Putting that grumbling aside (for now) let’s look at next Saturday’s opening round matchups:
The #1 SIOUX FALLS COUGARS will host the NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE RANGERS
The #2 CC FIGHTING SAINTS will host the Continue reading
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Valedictory Speech – The Top Ranked University of Sioux Falls Cougars closed the curtain on their Great Plains Athletic Conference Era by capping off their fifth straight undefeated season. The Concordia (NE) Bulldogs were the latest notch on the belt of the Cougars in a 44-7 victory. Now it’s on to the playoffs (and by the way the NAIA Football Playoff Selection Show will announce the Continue reading
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By David Boyce
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Three more years!
The Fall Classic at Arrowhead will continue through the 2013 season.
Announcement of this wonderful news came Monday afternoon at a press conference at The New Arrowhead Stadium to promote the upcoming ninth Fall Classic at Arrowhead . Kickoff is 2 p.m. Saturday.
Both schools and the Chiefs agreed in principle to extend the series at Arrowhead, ending any worries that Saturday’s game would be the last at the NFL Stadium.
“It’s something we think will benefit the entire region and the schools,” said Mark Donovan, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the Chiefs.
A year ago the news of a 1-year extension didn’t come until game day. There are no such worries this time because of the diligent work of Northwest, Pittsburg State and the Chiefs. Continue reading
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Charles Xavier isn't who SXU is named after, but here's an artist's rendering of how Professor X will look watching the NAIA Selection Show this Sunday. Dude, move your tv in front of you!
CHICAGO – In an effort to both celebrate its second straight perfect regular season and Mid-States Football Association (MSFA) Mideast League title as well as promote its first-round match-up in the 2010 NAIA Championship Series, the No. 3 ranked Saint Xavier University football team will host a special “Selection Sunday” celebration on November 14 at the Continue reading
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Balladeer’s Blog has been following the Washington and Lee Generals football team all through this noteworthy year for their program. Head Coach Frank Miriello became the Generals’ all-time wins leader, they went undefeated in Old Dominion Athletic Conference play for the first time in school history and last Saturday they clinched their first conference title since 2006, and with it a trip to the NCAA Division 3 Playoffs. Washington and Lee has had the ODAC Defensive Player Of The Week four times this season, and Balladeer’s Blog did a quick Q&A with this week’s winner of that honor: Junior Mike Hartford.
Mike Hartford
Position: Defensive Back
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