Playoffs! - NCAA D3

[SWC75]

First Round Pairings

LAVERNE (California) 8-1 (356-259) Lost to Whitworth 20-39. Unranked. Post-Season: 0-0
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ST. THOMAS (Minnesota) 10-0 (564-81) Rank: #3. Post-Season: 12-8

DUBUQUE (Iowa) 8-2 (300-213) Lost to St. John’s 9-45 and Wisconsin-Platteville 7-31. Rank: #25. Post-Season: 0-3
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ST. JOHN’S (Minnesota) 9-1 (397-136) Lost to St. Thomas 14-35. Rank: #11. Post-Season: 40-20 (4)

WASHINGTON & LEE (Virginia) 10-0 (396-219) Rank: #15. Post-Season: 0-4
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THOMAS MOORE (Kentucky) 10-0 (505-154) Rank: #9. Post-Season: 3-6

ALBION (Michigan) 9-1 (503-325) Lost to Trine 51-55. Rank: #20. Post-Season: 5-9 (1)
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WABASH (Indiana) 10-0 (431-76) Rank: #7. Post-Season: 11-8

ST. LAWRENCE (New York) 8-2 (298-184) Lost to Morrisville State 20-28 and Hobart 17-19. Unranked. Post-Season: 2-4
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MOUNT UNION (Ohio) 10-0 (538-34) Rank: #1. Post-Season: 85-14 (11)

NORWICH (Vermont) 6-4 (239-209) Lost to RPI 0-37, St. Lawrence 28-42, WPI 10-27 and Castleton 13-31. Unranked. Post-Season: 0-1
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ALBRIGHT (Pennsylvania) 9-1 (366-166) Lost to Delaware Valley 23-28 Rank: #18. Post-Season: 3-5

FRAMINGHAM STATE (Massachusetts) 9-1 (395-202) Lost to Cortland State 49-61. Unranked. Post-Season: 0-2
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WESLEY (Delaware) 9-1 (490-195) Lost to Salisbury State 35-38. Rank: #12. Post-Season: 25-11

WESTERN NEW ENGLAND (Massachusetts) 10-0 (395-116) Rank #19. Post-Season: 0-1
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JOHNS HOPKINS (Maryland) 10-0 (459-155) Rank: #6. Post-Season: 4-6

WHITMORTH (Washington) 9-1 (343-186) Lost to Linfield 10-52. Rank: #21. Post-Season: 1-3
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LINFIELD (Oregon) 9-0 (481-61) Rank: #2. Post-Season: 37-22 (4)

SALISBURY STATE (Maryland) 7-2 (405-252) Lost to Albright 23-24 and Christopher Newport 39-51. Unranked. Post-Season: 8-9
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CORTLAND STATE (New York) 8-2 (331-289) Lost to Buffalo State 21-29 and Morrisville State 28-42. Unranked. Post-Season: 4-5

HENDRIX (Arkansas) 8-2 (369-286) Lost to Austin 41-55 and Berry 24-27. Unranked. Post-Season: 0-0
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HUNTINGDON (Alabama) 9-1 (421-219) Lost to Birmingham Southern 34-35. Unranked. Post-Season: 0-1

HARDIN-SIMMONS (Texas) 9-1 (459-154) Lost to East Texas Baptist 21-27. Rank: #13. Post-Season: 14-13-2
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MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR (Texas) 9-1 (533-147) Lost to Hardin-Simmons 26-29. Rank: #10. Post-Season: 25-13
(Both colleges are named, in part after major contributors Mary and John G. Hardin.)

ST. SCHOLASTICA (Minnesota) 9-1 (331-106) Lost to Ripon 16-17.Unranked. Post-Season: 0-4
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WISCONSIN-OSHKOSH 9-1 (431-107) Lost to Robert Morris-Illinois 21-23. Rank: #5. Post-Season: 3-1

OHIO NORTHERN 8-2 (380-238) Lost to Baldwin-Wallace 27-28 and Mount Union 7-51. Unranked. Post-Season: 4-3
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FRANKLIN (Indiana) 8-2 (396-193) Lost to Illinois Wesleyan 24-34 and Butler 14-41. Unranked. Post-Season: 6-8

ST. NORBERT (Wisconsin) 10-0 (334-99) Rank: #17. Post-Season: 1-11
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WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER 9-1 (420-115) Lost to Wisconsin-Oshkosh 7-10. Rank: #8. Post-Season: 43-7 (6)

LAKELAND (Wisconsin) 8-2 (372-246) Lost to Albion 21-47 and Carthage 28-29. Unranked. Post-Season: 0-2
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WHEATON (Illinois) 10-0 (380-105) Rank: #4. Post-Season: 11-9


First Round Results

ST. THOMAS 57 LAVERNE 14
http://www.tommiesports.com/sports/fball/2015-16/releases/20151121pto41l

ST. JOHN’S 51 DUBUQUE 7
http://wjon.com/johnnies-crush-dubuque-in-opening-round-of-playoffs/

THOMAS MORE 51 WASHINGTON & LEE 21
http://tmcsaints.com/sports/fball/2015-16/releases/20151121oidqmg

WABASH 35 ALBION 14
http://sports.wabash.edu/news/2015/11/21/FB_1121150136.aspx

MOUNT UNION 55 ST LAWRENCE 23
http://athletics.mountunion.edu/sports/fball/2015-16/releases/20151121o9ohlc

ALBRIGHT 49 NORWICH 0
http://www.albrightathletics.com/news/2015/11/21/FB_1121152943.aspx?path=football

WESLEY 42 FRAMINGHAM STATE 22
http://delawarestatenews.net/sports/wesley-tops-framingham-in-division-iii-tourney-opener-42-22/

JOHNS HOPKINS 52 WESTERN NEW ENGLAND 20
http://www.d3football.com/seasons/2015/contrib/20151121f7p97r

LINFIELD 48 WHITWORTH 10
http://www.oregonlive.com/small-colleges/index.ssf/2015/11/no_2_linfield_cruises_past_no.html

CORTLAND STATE 45 SALISBURY 21
http://www.wbng.com/sports/Cortland-advances-in-D3-NCAA-tourney-45-21-over-Salisbury-352758711.html

HUNTINGDON 38 HENDRIX 27
http://www.d3football.com/seasons/2015/contrib/20151121h7ykqq

MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR 37 HARDIN-SIMMONS 19
http://www.d3football.com/seasons/2015/contrib/20151121898xnd

WISCONSIN-OSHKOSH 48 ST. SCHOLASTICA 0
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/stat...t-scholastica-48-0-b99620898z1-352823351.html

OHIO NORTHERN 27 FRANKLIN 22
http://www.onusports.com/sports/fball/2015-16/releases/20151121hzfoff

WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER 48 ST. NORBERT 0
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/stat...rs-st-norbert-48-0-b99619913z1-352732771.html

WHEATON 55 LAKELAND 6
http://www.d3football.com/seasons/2015/contrib/20151121ujsw7t

Comment: Only one visitor, (those are the lesser ranked teams), won, Ohio Northern over Franklin and they had to overcome an 0-16 halftime deficit to win. And that was one the few competitive games. The winders totaled 738 points, (46 per games) to 226, (14 per game). Looking at these scores and also the point totals during the regular season of the top teams suggest to me that the range from the best to the worst in this division, or even the best to the pretty good, is wider than in other divisions. Schools like Mount Union and Whitewater, who have won the last ten national championships between them, seem to belong in another division. These schools can’t offer scholarships but that doesn’t prevent them from building facilities and doing some informal recruiting that opponents can’t match. Other schools- the ones who have to face them in the playoffs, year after year, do similar things to compete with them. The results are blowouts like we see above this, including undefeated teams losing by scores like 21-51, 20-52 and 0-48, the sort of scores you’d expect they might lose to if they played teams on another level. Perhaps they were.

What are the possible solutions? One is something I’ve said I would like to see: combine Divisions 2 and 3 with the NAIA to give these teams the sort of competition they deserve. Whitewater player Morningside, an NAIA powerhouse averaging 62 points a game held on to win a wild one, 33-30. Another would be to create a Division 4 for teams who acknowledge they can no long compete with these schools that are emphasizing the game so much. A third would be to move teams from one division to another based on their record of dominating or failing to compete in the division they are in, like they do in the English soccer leagues. Or they could just have Mount Union and Whitewater continue to meet for the title as they have been doing virtually every year for a decade..


Second Round Match-ups

ST. JOHN’S (Minnesota) 10-1 (448-143) Lost to St. Thomas 14-35. Rank: #11. Post-Season: 41-20 (4)
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ST. THOMAS (Minnesota) 11-0 (621-95) Rank: #3. Post-Season: 13-8

THOMAS MOORE (Kentucky) 11-0 (556-175) Rank: #9. Post-Season: 4-6
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WABASH (Indiana) 11-0 (466-90) Rank: #7. Post-Season: 12-8

ALBRIGHT (Pennsylvania) 10-1 (415-166) Lost to Delaware Valley 23-28 Rank: #18. Post-Season: 4-5
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MOUNT UNION (Ohio) 11-0 (593-57) Rank: #1. Post-Season: 86-14 (11)

WESLEY (Delaware) 10-1 (532-217) Lost to Salisbury State 35-38. Rank: #12. Post-Season: 26-11
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JOHNS HOPKINS (Maryland) 11-0 (511-175) Rank: #6. Post-Season: 5-6

LINFIELD (Oregon) 10-0 (529-71) Rank: #2. Post-Season: 38-22 (4)
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CORTLAND STATE (New York) 9-2 (376-310) Lost to Buffalo State 21-29 and Morrisville State 28-42. Unranked. Post-Season: 5-5

HUNTINGDON (Alabama) 10-1 (459-246) Lost to Birmingham Southern 34-35. Unranked. Post-Season: 1-1
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MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR (Texas) 10-1 (570-166) Lost to Hardin-Simmons 26-29. Rank: #10. Post-Season: 26-13

OHIO NORTHERN 9-2 (407-260) Lost to Baldwin-Wallace 27-28 and Mount Union 7-51. Unranked. Post-Season: 5-3
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WISCONSIN-OSHKOSH 10-1 (479-107) Lost to Robert Morris-Illinois 21-23. Rank: #5. Post-Season: 4-1

WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER 10-1 (468-115) Lost to Wisconsin-Oshkosh 7-10. Rank: #8. Post-Season: 44-7 (6)
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WHEATON (Illinois) 11-0 (435-111) Rank: #4. Post-Season: 12-9

 

[rundeal]

My oldest, Brandon, coaches the Wide Receivers at St Lawrence. Tough draw getting Mount Union in the first round. Expected a much worse blowout than it ended up being.

His unit had a great game against the #1 team. One WR caught 13 for 185 and a TD. As a unit they caught 25 for 376 and 3 TDs.

This is Brandon's final season as a GA at SLU - he should be with another school in time for spring ball. I've been saying this for a couple years now, but whatever school gets him is going to come out a winner. He's kicked butt in recruiting -- at the D3 level! When he starts getting scholarships to work with, he's going to make a killing on the recruiting trail - and he can coach!

 

[jekelish]

The big news is that Mount Union and Whitewater are on the same side of the bracket this year, so we will finally have someone new in the title game.

 

[rrlbees]

My oldest, Brandon, coaches the Wide Receivers at St Lawrence. Tough draw getting Mount Union in the first round. Expected a much worse blowout than it ended up being. His unit had a great game against the #1 team. One WR caught 13 for 185 and a TD. As a unit they caught 25 for 376 and 3 TDs. This is Brandon's final season as a GA at SLU - he should be with another school in time for spring ball. I've been saying this for a couple years now, but whatever school gets him is going to come out a winner. He's kicked butt in recruiting -- at the D3 level! When he starts getting scholarships to work with, he's going to make a killing on the recruiting trail - and he can coach!

Hey buddy, how is Alec doing? Sounds like Brandon has a career in front of him.

 

[rundeal]

Hey buddy, how is Alec doing? Sounds like Brandon has a career in front of him.

He's doing well. Looks like he's going in to this new start-up league, Major League Football - playing in the Spring.

Rob Moore tried to get him to Oakland this season, but the docs wouldn't clear him. When he went to the combine, he graded out badly due to the shoulder injury he took his junior year. A good number of teams took him off their draft boards based on that alone. Don't understand the reasoning/rationale, but basically he was told if it were to ever be injured again it would be irreparable... But he's fit, staying in great shape and just want to be playing again. We'll see what happens...

 

[rrlbees]

He's doing well. Looks like he's going in to this new start-up league, Major League Football - playing in the Spring. Rob Moore tried to get him to Oakland this season, but the docs wouldn't clear him. When he went to the combine, he graded out badly due to the shoulder injury he took his junior year. A good number of teams took him off their draft boards based on that alone. Don't understand the reasoning/rationale, but basically he was told if it were to ever be injured again it would be irreparable... But he's fit, staying in great shape and just want to be playing again. We'll see what happens...

Best of luck to him.

 

[SWC75]

The big news is that Mount Union and Whitewater are on the same side of the bracket this year, so we will finally have someone new in the title game.

Mount Union is Captain Hook, Whitewater the crocodile.