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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1987278, member: 289"] NCAA DIVISION III QUARTERFINALS MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR subdued Wheaton 38-16 behind a defense that held the Thunder to 22 yards rushing and intercepted passes to score a touchdown and set up another. They also scored on a blocked punt. [URL="http://www.d3football.com/seasons/2016/contrib/2016120370i7mc"]UMHB tops Wheaton 38-16 in Quarterfinals[/URL] JOHN CARROLL completed a sweep of the division’s super-powers, having beaten Mount Union 31-28 during the regular season, (the Purple Raiders first regular season loss since 2005) and now they have beaten Wisconsin-Whitewater in the playoffs and it wasn’t close, 31-14. Both games were in the powerhouse team’s own stadium. A 17-0 thrid quarter was the difference in this one. [URL="http://www.d3football.com/seasons/2016/contrib/20161203ibog47"]Blue Streaks shut Warhawks down to advance to quarterfinals[/URL] Do you like weird statistics? Take a look at the WISCONSIN-OSHKOSH - St. Thomas game. Oshkosh outgained the Tommies 406-362 and won 34-31. That makes sense. But St. Thomas had 8 –EIGHT – turnovers to none for the Titans. How can you be +8 in turnovers in a game that was basically equal in yards and only win by 3? Here’s how: [URL="http://www.d3football.com/seasons/2016/contrib/20161203dd4y5u"]FG, opportunistic defense sends Oshkosh to semifinals[/URL] Alfred hosted mighty MOUNT UNION at Yunevich Stadium and old Alex would have bene proud at the fight they put up. Quarterback Tyler Johnson threw for 534 yards and 5TDs as the Saxon scored an impressive 45 points. Unfortunately they gave up 322 yards rushing and 251 passing plus three turnovers all of which resulted in score, which added up to 70 points for the visitors. [URL="http://www.d3football.com/seasons/2016/contrib/20161203xcw2za"]Saxons’ season ends in NCAA quarterfinal loss to Mount Union[/URL] SEMI-FINAL MATCH-UPS: MOUNT UNION (Ohio) 12-1 (628-184) ranked #7 / lost to John Carroll 28-31 / 93-14 (12) At MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR (Tx) 13-0 (628-190) ranked #1 / 30-14 (0) And JOHN CARROLL (Ohio) 12-1 (457-167) ranked #6 / lost to Wisconsin-Oshkosh 14-33 / 8-4 At WISCONSIN-OSHKOSH 12-1 (526-178) ranked #4 / lost to Wisconsin-Whitewater 14-17 / 8-2 (0) Comment: Mount Union find themselves on the road again, (that one loss to John Carroll really cost them: they had been ranked #1). But they have bene shaky since that game, outscoring four opponents, (including John Carroll) 164-118, an average of 41-30, after out-scoring their first 9 opponents 464-66, (52-7). Mary Hardin-Baylor is a perennial power that has never won it because they keep butting heads with Whitewater or Mount Union. This is their best-ever team and this may be their year. Having beaten Mount Union and Whitewater, (in their places), you’d think John Carroll would be a heavy favorite but now they play Oshkosh, a team that beat them 33-14 earlier this year. John Carroll also owns a victory over SU: November 10, 1950 before 16,724 souls in Cleveland Municipal Stadium, which seated 81,000 and where the fans were far from the field: [IMG]http://40.media.tumblr.com/9ebd129f04eda5116b6fd918a807bea7/tumblr_n252gfkMqh1ra90n2o1_1280.jpg[/IMG] It must have been like playing on the moon. John Carroll was more like a MAC team at the time: [URL="http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_current.php?teamid=1582&year=1950"]Team Records Game by Game[/URL] One of their star players was Don Shula who, whenever he is in the presence of a Syracuse alum, never fails to bring that game up. Oshkosh won’t be playing that team but I think they’d better watch out, all the same. [/QUOTE]

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