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July 21, 2011 · 10:05 pm

SHAMELESS BRAGGING: BALLADEER’S BLOG FEATURED

My blog has once again been featured, this time in a press release and at the site of Humboldt State University. Their stadium, the Redwood Bowl, was featured in my recent bit on The Top Six College Football Stadiums In D2.

The response has been tremendous, from D2 message boards and the institutions themselves and I am very appreciative! I’ve been getting literally thousands of visits to that post over the past few days and some very nice e-mails from students and administrators at those schools. Humboldt State went the extra mile, contacting me with a few e-mail interview questions and doing that nice simultaneous press release and post at their site. Here is the link! Let’s all cheer on the Lumberjacks – http://hsujacks.com/news/2011/7/19/FB_0719114546.aspx?path=football

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July 17, 2011 · 6:25 pm

THE TOP SIX COLLEGE FOOTBALL STADIUMS IN NCAA DIVISION 2

Yes, I know that technically the plural form of stadium would be “stadia” but I’m going with the more generally known form here. With this post I’ll be looking at some of the D2 football venues that I feel are that division’s equivalent of D1’s Big House or The Swamp.

For my look at the Coolest Football Helmets in D2 Football click here : https://glitternight.com/2012/08/11/the-coolest-helmets-in-ncaa-division-2-college-football/ 

Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem

6. BOWMAN-GRAY STADIUM

TEAM: WINSTON-SALEM STATE RAMS

COMMENT: This is sort of D2’s version of Ohio State’s stadium the Horseshoe, back when it Continue reading →

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July 16, 2011 · 2:13 pm

SCHEDULE FOR THE AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY GYRENES’ INAUGURAL FOOTBALL SEASON

 Well, it’s been a long wait, but the NAIA’s Ave Maria University Gyrenes will be kicking off their very first season of intercollegiate football in about a month and a half. Here is the schedule for the team’s inaugural season of gridiron action.

 

Sep 3 – ROLLINS COLLEGE TARS (as in Jacktars)  

Sep 10- FAULKNER EAGLES

Sep 17 – Continue reading →

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July 13, 2011 · 10:00 pm

HUTCHINSON BLUE DRAGONS AT NUMBER 8 IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S PRESEASON “DIRTY THIRTY”

 The Hutchinson Blue Dragons football team is going to be among the nation’s best, according to the JCG Dirty Thirty, the first preseason rankings out for the 2011 football season.

The Dirty Thirty has the Blue Dragons at No. 8 in its preseason listing of teams that includes Continue reading →

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July 12, 2011 · 1:03 am

COMCAST SPORTS ANNOUNCES NCAA DIVISION 2 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BROADCASTS FOR 2011 SEASON

Recently I posted the television schedule for D2 football games this season on CBS College Sports. Here is the Comcast Cable schedule – All times are Eastern Time.

SEP 1 – UCO BRONCHOS (That’s how they spell it) at UNA LIONS   8pm

SEP 8 – NEWBERRY RED WOLVES at Continue reading →

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July 10, 2011 · 2:07 pm

CBS COLLEGE SPORTS ANNOUNCES D2 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BROADCASTS FOR 2011 SEASON

The cable channel called CBS College Sports has announced the six regular season games it will broadcast for NCAA Division 2 football this coming season. This list does not include the additional broadcasts that will be aired on local channels or on other cable outlets like Comcast Sports or ESPN. I’ll have a post on the D2 games to be broadcast on Comcast in the near future. All the following games are scheduled for 8pm Eastern Time.

SEPT 8TH – CENTRAL WASHINGTON WILDCATS AT HUMBOLDT STATE LUMBERJACKS

SEPT 15TH – Continue reading →

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July 6, 2011 · 9:16 pm

VICTORY SPORTS NETWORK’S PRESEASON NAIA COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 25 IS OUT!

 The Saint Xavier Cougars are listed at Number 2 in this year’s VSN Preseason Top 25, but I have their logo pictured here because not only do these Cougars hail from Chicago, the land of Rich Koz (AKA Son of Svengoolie AKA just plain Svengoolie) but their head coach, Mike Feminis, makes a habit of showing odd B-movies on the team bus on road trips! That little nugget came out in Balladeer’s Blog’s interview with three Cougar stars last football season. Anyway, Continue reading →

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June 26, 2011 · 1:36 pm

NEW CONFERENCE BEING FORMED IN NCAA DIVISION 3

Five of the Division 3 football schools that left the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference are joining three other schools in forming a new, as yet unnamed league. The Continue reading →

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June 21, 2011 · 12:46 am

BALLADEER’S BLOG TURNS ONE YEAR OLD TODAY

Yes, it was one year ago that I made my very post on this blog. A humorous (supposedly) bit on the really odd names of some lesser-known college sports teams. It’s pretty raw, as I was just learning how to play with the blog tools. Here is a link to it if you want to see my blog’s “baby pictures”. https://glitternight.com/2010/06/21/the-20-coolest-named-college-sports-teams-you-may-have-never-heard-of-naia-edition/

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June 18, 2011 · 2:03 pm

NEW SOCCER COACH FOR THE LYNX

 CONCORD, NH– The NHTI, Concord’s Community College athletics department is pleased to announce that Don Welford has been named the new men’s soccer coach. Welford takes over for the departing Derek Johnson.

            Don Welford is an established coach who previously coached at NHTI from 2002-2006 and led the Lynx to several National Tournament appearances. In addition to NHTI, Welford has also Continue reading →

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