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December 22, 2010 · 12:34 am

PART 2 – COLLEGE BASKETBALL EXTRAVAGANZA

Each day this week I’ll be taking a quick look at the teams my readers e-mail me about the most. Beginning next week Balladeer’s Blog will hunker down and specifically address the standings in each division. I’m going alphabetically with the teams I’m examining so we resume where we left off yesterday.

FLORIDA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE SUNS – MEN – The men’s team started out hot and were 5-2 at one point but have now lost their last four in a row. How- EVAH, as Stephen A Smith would say, two of those losses were to D1 and D2 teams (Bethune- Cookman and Northwood) and the rest of their schedule is fairly sane so look for them to bounce back.  They see action again January 6th in the Piedmont Tournament, hosted by the Piedmont Baptist Continue reading →

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December 19, 2010 · 7:28 pm

NAIA COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS TO PLAY THE NCAA DIVISION 3 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS …

… In a contest here at Balladeer’s Blog. Since I covered the rivalry between the NAIA and D3 throughout the college football season I figured each year from now on I’d allow my readers to vote on who would win a game played between the champions of each division. Yesterday the championship games were held so this inaugural “BALLADEER’S  BOWL” will be played between the NAIA’s CC Fighting Saints and  D3’s  UWW Warhawks. Just like in the voting in my Top 20 contests  cast your vote for the team of your choice by e-mailing me at Thtcom15@aol.com . I’ll announce the winner on Christmas Eve.    

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December 19, 2010 · 3:32 pm

“MOUNTAIN LION” RYAN NAMED NAIA PLAYER OF THE YEAR

(Sioux Falls, S.D.)- Senior receiver Jon Ryan became the fourth player in the University of Sioux Falls football program history to be named the NAIA Player of the Year. Ryan was announced as the 2010 Rawlings-NAIA Player of the Year at the Banquet of Champions in Rome, Ga. tonight.

                This season Ryan leads USF in all receiving statistical categories and broke the NAIA record for touchdown receptions in a season with 24 scores. The Continue reading →

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December 18, 2010 · 8:17 pm

COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME RESULTS: DECEMBER 18TH

YOU DON’T MESS WITH DESTINY – Well, those people who were calling the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs this year’s Team Of Destiny in NCAA Division 2 football turned out to be right, as UMD defeated the self-destructing Delta State Statesmen 20-17. The game was knotted up at 17 late in the 4th quarter and looked sure to be headed for overtime but an interception thrown by Statesmen QB Micah Davis allowed the Bulldogs to set up shop in good Continue reading →

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December 18, 2010 · 12:09 am

THE REAL CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY: COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAMES DECEMBER 18TH

 

Yes, this year the NAIA, NCAA Division 3 and the NCAA Division 2 Football Championship Games are all being played on the same day. Here’s Balladeer’s Blog’s quick and easy guide to who’s playing and where to find the games:

RAGNAROK IN ROME

Rome, GA is once again the site of the NAIA Championship Game. Today the two most prominent and dominant (or P.A.D.) football dynasties of Continue reading →

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December 14, 2010 · 11:03 pm

“MITCHELL!” TOMMY THE LINCHPIN WINS THE FRED MITCHELL AWARD

NOT PICTURED: FRED MITCHELL

 

CHICAGO – Saint Xavier University junior place-kicker Tom Lynch (Frankfort, Ill./Southern Illinois University/Joliet Junior College/Lincoln-Way East) is the recipient of the 2010 Fred Mitchell Award. The Award is provided to the nation’s top place-kicker in FCS, Division II, Division III and NAIA for excellence on the football field and in Continue reading →

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December 10, 2010 · 9:07 pm

RECAP OF THE 2010 NAIA SOCCER TOURNAMENT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The 2010 National Championship trophy was awarded to Hastings (Neb.) after a 5-3 victory over Notre Dame (Ohio) on Dec. 4 in Orange Beach, Ala., from the Orange Beach Sportsplex. The Broncos out-scored their five Continue reading →

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December 4, 2010 · 10:57 pm

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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December 2, 2010 · 1:56 am

TODAY’S COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: GETTYSBURG COLLEGE

GETTYSBURG COLLEGE BULLETS

Location: Iwo Jima. No, Gettysburg, PA

Division: NCAA Division 3

Conference Affiliation: Centennial Conference

Major sports: football, basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball

Site: http://www.gettysburgsports.com/

Comment: Since I’m very fond of schools whose team’s nickname reflects Continue reading →

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November 30, 2010 · 11:34 pm

XAVIER (LA) GOLD RUSH ARE 8-0

November 29, 2010
    HOUSTON — Devin Andrew scored 19 points Monday, and Kevin Miller’s free throw and steal in the final 10 seconds helped NAIA No. 20 Xavier University of Louisiana preserve a 63-60 men’s basketball victory over St. Thomas (Texas).
    The Gold Rush, winning on the road for the second time in three days, are 8-0 for the first time since the 1983-84 season. St. Thomas is 3-6. Continue reading →

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