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NJCAA BOWL TEAMS FOR 2016

The National Championship Game and the other Bowl matchups in NJCAA College Football are set.

*** NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ***

garden-city-broncbusters-helmet-newArizona Western College good helmetEL TORO BOWL

City: Yuma, AZ

Date: December 3rd

Kickoff: 3:00pm ET

Teams: The number 1 team in the nation – the GARDEN CITY COLLEGE BRONCBUSTERS – will do battle with the 2nd ranked ARIZONA WESTERN COLLEGE MATADORS for the National Championship. Two undefeated programs fighting for the 2016 title in the backyard of the Matadors.  

*** SUBSIDIARY BOWLS ***

Eastern Arizona CollegeButler (KS) GrizzliesSALT CITY BOWL

City: Hutchinson, KS

Date: December 3rd

Kickoff: 2:00pm ET

Teams: The EASTERN ARIZONA COLLEGE GILA MONSTERS take on the BUTLER (KS) GRIZZLIES in this Bowl Game. Continue reading

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THE WARNER UNIVERSITY ROYALS ARE NCCAA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS

Warner Royals logo 2We have 2016’s first gridiron championship in the divisions covered by Balladeer’s Blog, which names Warner University the NCCAA Champs. The Royals took the Victory Bowl banner, too!

Warner Memorial U Royals helmetNCCAA Champions: WARNER UNIVERSITY ROYALS  

Runners-Up: University of Northwestern (MN) Eagles

2015 Champions: Continue reading

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D3 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF MATCHUPS

The NCAA Division Three playoffs begin this Saturday with their usual field of 32 teams making the cut. Here are the First Round matchups:

Alfred SaxonsBridgewater State BearsALFRED UNIVERSITY SAXONS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Empire 8 Conference)   will host the BRIDGEWATER STATE BEARS   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Massachusetts Small College Athletic Conference)

St Thomas University TommiesNorthwestern (MN) helmetUNIVERSITY OF SAINT THOMAS TOMMIES   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)   will host the   UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN (MN) EAGLES   ###   (Conference Affiliation: Upper Midwest Athletic Conference) Continue reading

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF TEAMS FOR NCAA DIVISION TWO

The NCAA Division Two playoff format has four 1 seeds who get a Bye in the First Round and 28 teams total. First the 1 seeds –

Northwest Missouri BearcatsA. NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE

Team Name: BEARCATS    

Conference Affiliation: Mid-American Intercollegiate Athletics Association    

Grand Valley StateB. GRAND VALLEY STATE 

Team Name: LAKERS 

Conference Affiliation: Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Continue reading

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NAIA COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: FIRST ROUND MATCHUPS

Here are the First Round playoff matchups for this Saturday in the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics ). 

Marian Knights helmet new(1) MARIAN UNIVERSITY KNIGHTS (Defending Champions)   ###   Conference Affiliation: Mid-States Football Association (Conference Champs, too)

Robert Morris (IL)will host the (16) ROBERT MORRIS (IL) UNIVERSITY EAGLES   ###   Conference Affiliation: Mid-States Football Association   ###   2:00pm ET

Baker U Wildcats helmet(2) BAKER UNIVERSITY WILDCATS   ###   Conference Affiliation: Heart of America Athletic Conference (South Division Champions)   ###   will host the 

Sterling helmet(15) STERLING COLLEGE WARRIORS   ###   Conference Affiliation: Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (At-Large 6)   ###   1:00pm ET Continue reading

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YOUNGER COACHES ARE THE NEW TREND IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL PROGRAMS

 

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Coach P J Fleck

In the recent past, schools have preferred to seek up-and-coming coaches, such as P.J. Fleck or Tom Herman when they need a new head football coach instead of looking for veteran coaches with a proven track record like Les Miles. Last season, FBS schools recorded the youngest average age (43.2 years old) of head coaches signed up by various teams in the last six years.

Out of 26 hired coaches, eight of them had not attained the age of 40 at the time of employment. In the 2010 and 2011 season, FBS schools hired 48 coaches with an average age of 47, with eight of them under 40 years of age. This trend should help the teams reach their goals and at the same time, should move around the college football odds for most major games that are left in the season.

Various FBS schools have unique needs and those hiring coaches for them defy trends to pounce on the right employee in the market. Currently, the market favors young coaches, such as the 35-year-old Fleck of Western Michigan and the 41-year-old Herman of Houston, while overlooking veteran coaches like the 62-year-old Miles. The ex-LSU coach completed almost a dozen seasons with Tigers and won 77 percent of his games to clinch a national title before his September sacking. Continue reading

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STEPHEN A SMITH AGREES THE CORPORATE MEDIA TRIED TO HAND THE ELECTION TO HILLARY

stephen-a-smithStephen A Smith of ESPN has joined the chorus of voices pointing out the obvious – that the corporate media was completely in the tank for Hillary “Bugsy” Clinton. Anyone with common sense noticed how extreme the bias was but worshippers of Hillary “No Billionaire Left Behind” Clinton live in a fantasy world.

That pantsuited gangster robbed the nomination from Bernie Sanders, as proven by Wikileaks, which also laid out Hillary’s criminal culpability. Anyway Stephen A Smith set straight the whiny white boy at his side regarding media bias, saying said media “literally” tried to win it for the Hillarytron HERE

CBS NEWS also did some soul-searching about their unprofessional conduct HERE  Continue reading

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS FROM NOVEMBER 12th

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Point University good helmetPOINT UNIVERSITY CONQUERS THE NCAA – Once again a team from the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) toppled a team from a higher division. In this case the POINT UNIVERSITY SKYHAWKS took it on the road against NCAA Division Two’s BENEDICT COLLEGE TIGERS. The Skyhawks won handily in a 22-7 statement game. 

John Carroll Blue Streaks helmetNUMBER ONE GETS UPSET AT HOME – The  16th ranked JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY BLUE STREAKS paid a visit to the number 1 UNIVERSITY OF MOUNT UNION PURPLE RAIDERS yesterday. A 13-0 1st Quarter lead for the Blue Streaks became a 13-7 advantage by Halftime and a 21-13 lead for the Purple Raiders to end the 3rd. JCU came from behind to eke out a 31-28 victory. Continue reading

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NJCAA AND CCCAA FOOTBALL RESULTS

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS FROM NOVEMBER 5th

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Grand Valley StateCLOSE CALLS FOR A PAIR OF NUMBER TWOS – In D2 the 2nd ranked GRAND VALLEY STATE LAKERS needed Double Overtime to put away their hosts the SAGINAW VALLEY STATE CARDINALS by a score of 62-56   ###   And D3’s number 2 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AT WHITEWATER WARHAWKS had to survive a 27-20 Overtime duel with the visiting UW-RIVER FALLS FALCONS.

Benedictine RavensNUMBER SIX FALLS IN A DEFENSIVE EPIC – Over in the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) the BENEDICTINE COLLEGE RAVENS paid a visit to the number 6 team in the nation – the GRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY VIKINGS. This text-book example of stellar gridiron defense ended in a 7-3 upset win for the Ravens. Continue reading

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