EXCUSE ME FOR USING ALL CAPS HERE BUT I JUST HEARD TWO MORE TALKING HEADS IN CABLE SPORTS MISTAKENLY CLAIM THAT A PLAYOFF IN 1A FOOTBALL WOULD TAKE THE TOP 8 TEAMS IN THE RANKINGS!!! TO SAVE MY CYBER-BREATH HERE’S A LINK TO MY BIT WHERE I DEBUNK THAT AND OTHER MISCONCEPTIONS: https://glitternight.com/2010/11/23/i-love-having-playoffs-in-the-divisions-i-cover-but-1a-playoff-advocates-need-to-learn-a-few-things/
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DECEMBER 4TH’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS
NAIA SEMIFINALS
The football gods love drama, as evidenced by the fact that the NAIA National Championship Game will get one final round of the Sioux Falls Cougars taking on the CC Fighting Saints before USF heads off for D2. In 2007 the Fighting Saints beat the Cougars 17-9. The following year USF defeated CC in a filthy, rainy, muddy, beauty of a game by a final score of 23-7. 
Saturday, December 18th will see the rubber game between these two NAIA football dynasties of recent years. The Cougars also won titles in 1996, 2006 and just last December and are hoping for a Threepeat. The Fighting Saints won the title four years in a row earlier this decade. At least one of these teams has played in every National Championship game since 2002. It’s very appropriate to see them square off against each other one Continue reading
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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)
NAIA
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
NAIA– The 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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COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF MATCHUPS FOR SATURDAY NOVEMBER 27TH: NAIA, D3 AND D2
NAIA
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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