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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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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BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS – One Drover left Brownsville, Texas, with two special honors.
The first, of course, was making history with an NAIA National Tournament Opening Round win. But Niall Crick left with an equally as special honor – he was named an NAIA Champion of Character. Continue reading
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LeBron James’ desperate attempt to finally win something by getting Dwyane Wade (Dwyane is how he spells it) to carry him on his shoulders has so far resulted in a lot of well-deserved ridicule and a very unimpressive 9-8 record. Since I have as many NBA Championship rings as LeBron does I figured we could talk as equals on the current events in his career.
Name: LeBron James
Position: Public Laughing Stock
Official Balladeer’s Blog Nickname: The Lord Of No Rings
What should opponents fear the most from you? The fact that they might stumble and fall on the court because they’re so busy laughing at the way I made such an ass of myself with that whole “The Decision” special and the Continue reading
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Once again it’s time for another Top 20 contest. This time we’ll be looking at the coolest-named sports teams in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association and the National Christian College Athletic Association. As usual readers will have the next 20 days to e-mail me with their votes for which team they feel has the coolest name. I can be reached at Thtcom15@aol.com .
20. OHIO STATE-MARION SCARLET WAVE
Location: Marion, OH
Comment: The Scarlet Wave is a nickname every bit as cool as The Crimson Tide and The Green Wave. You can’t go wrong with names like this for sports teams as far as I’m concerned and I’ve been saying for years that when Syracuse changed their team’s names from The Orangemen to The Orange that they’d have been better off going with Continue reading
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SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY FIRE
Location: Lakeland, FL
Division: NAIA
Conference Affiliation: The Sun Conference
Major sports: basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf
Site: http://www.seuniversity.edu/athletics/
Comment: Florida teams sport some of the coolest names in the country Continue reading
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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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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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NEW ORLEANS — Jasmine Grant made a school-record-tying seven 3-point field goals and scored a career-best 23 points Friday, leading NAIA No. 22 Xavier University of Louisiana to an 86-33 women’s basketball victory over Paul Quinn. Continue reading
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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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