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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1567781, member: 289"] [I]First Round Pairings[/I] LAVERNE (California) 8-1 (356-259) Lost to Whitworth 20-39. Unranked. Post-Season: 0-0 At 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 At 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 At 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) At 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 At 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 At 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 At 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 At 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 At 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 At 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 At 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 At 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 At 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 At 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 At 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 At WHEATON (Illinois) 10-0 (380-105) Rank: #4. Post-Season: 11-9 [I]First Round Results[/I] ST. THOMAS 57 LAVERNE 14 [URL]http://www.tommiesports.com/sports/fball/2015-16/releases/20151121pto41l[/URL] ST. JOHN’S 51 DUBUQUE 7 [URL]http://wjon.com/johnnies-crush-dubuque-in-opening-round-of-playoffs/[/URL] THOMAS MORE 51 WASHINGTON & LEE 21 [URL]http://tmcsaints.com/sports/fball/2015-16/releases/20151121oidqmg[/URL] WABASH 35 ALBION 14 [URL]http://sports.wabash.edu/news/2015/11/21/FB_1121150136.aspx[/URL] MOUNT UNION 55 ST LAWRENCE 23 [URL]http://athletics.mountunion.edu/sports/fball/2015-16/releases/20151121o9ohlc[/URL] ALBRIGHT 49 NORWICH 0 [URL]http://www.albrightathletics.com/news/2015/11/21/FB_1121152943.aspx?path=football[/URL] WESLEY 42 FRAMINGHAM STATE 22 [URL]http://delawarestatenews.net/sports/wesley-tops-framingham-in-division-iii-tourney-opener-42-22/[/URL] JOHNS HOPKINS 52 WESTERN NEW ENGLAND 20 [URL]http://www.d3football.com/seasons/2015/contrib/20151121f7p97r[/URL] LINFIELD 48 WHITWORTH 10 [URL]http://www.oregonlive.com/small-colleges/index.ssf/2015/11/no_2_linfield_cruises_past_no.html[/URL] CORTLAND STATE 45 SALISBURY 21 [URL]http://www.wbng.com/sports/Cortland-advances-in-D3-NCAA-tourney-45-21-over-Salisbury-352758711.html[/URL] HUNTINGDON 38 HENDRIX 27 [URL]http://www.d3football.com/seasons/2015/contrib/20151121h7ykqq[/URL] MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR 37 HARDIN-SIMMONS 19 [URL]http://www.d3football.com/seasons/2015/contrib/20151121898xnd[/URL] WISCONSIN-OSHKOSH 48 ST. SCHOLASTICA 0 [URL]http://www.jsonline.com/sports/statecolleges/uw-oshkosh-enjoys-a-romp-over-st-scholastica-48-0-b99620898z1-352823351.html[/URL] OHIO NORTHERN 27 FRANKLIN 22 [URL]http://www.onusports.com/sports/fball/2015-16/releases/20151121hzfoff[/URL] WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER 48 ST. NORBERT 0 [URL]http://www.jsonline.com/sports/statecolleges/uw-whitewater-clobbers-st-norbert-48-0-b99619913z1-352732771.html[/URL] WHEATON 55 LAKELAND 6 [URL]http://www.d3football.com/seasons/2015/contrib/20151121ujsw7t[/URL] 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.. [I]Second Round Match-ups[/I] ST. JOHN’S (Minnesota) 10-1 (448-143) Lost to St. Thomas 14-35. Rank: #11. Post-Season: 41-20 (4) At 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 At 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 At 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 At 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) At 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 At 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 At 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) At WHEATON (Illinois) 11-0 (435-111) Rank: #4. Post-Season: 12-9 [/QUOTE]

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