Phew, I’m beat.

Long day yesterday and staring down a long day today, but definitely worth it. Saw four good teams yesterday and a great game under the lights — Keith McMillan and I were talking and anytime you can see two games in a day, it’s worth it.

Keith will write a lot more about our weekend, so I won’t go too much into depth here. Good turnout with 4,338 fans at UW-Whitewater and 3,500 (this might be even a touch low) at North Central.

Congrats to Hiram for getting off the schneid. Earlham held to two points for the second week in a row with quarterback Justin Rummell. The Quakers had first-and-goal from the 2 with under a minute left and threw four incomplete passes. Amazingly, Earlham was inside the 5-yard line three times during the game and turned the ball over on downs each time, getting its only points on what might have been an intentional safety with 1:18 left in the ballgame.

Utica beat Springfield, meaning nobody who is supposed to be good can brag about beating the Pride this season.

Why does Averett get 40 off Ferrum but only nine against Wesley, a team believed to be of similar quality.

Baldwin-Wallace’s streak of .500 or better seasons is in serious trouble. The Yellow Jackets are 2-2 and have losable games remaining at Otterbein, Capital and Mount Union and at home against Marietta and John Carroll.

Interested in:
Huntingdon. Another solid win. Big test coming with Trinity (Texas).
Rochester. Win at St. Lawrence (never an easy trip travelwise) keeps them in the Liberty League picture a while longer.
St. Olaf. Playing pretty well. Worthy of keeping an eye on.

Worried about:
St. John’s. You can get away with turnovers against Hamline but with games coming up against Bethel, Concordia-Moorhead and St. Olaf, it has to change.
Lycoming. Losing by five touchdowns to FDU-Florham? This program is in trouble.
Thiel. No, seriously. They had at least a shot at hearing their name on Selection Sunday last year before losing at Buffalo State in the season finale. Can’t afford a letdown against Grove City.

No new crazy e-mails this weekend, but a request for Lake Forest’s Pool C chances that came a couple weeks ago looked pretty silly then, three weeks into the season, and looks even sillier after back-to-back losses.

And the bizarre moment of the weekend was running into players from the Centre men’s soccer team at the gas station on Saturday night. Good luck against Aurora today, guys.