Here’s a look at what some of the local papers around the country are writing ahead of tomorrow’s games:
Wesley/Mary Hardin-Baylor
Wesley struggled with its transition from junior college to Division III football two decades ago, but is playing the biggest game of the program’s history Saturday, from the Sussex News.
One nitpick on this story: It says, “Drass brought a record 150 players to preseason camp this year.
Wesley President Dr. Scott Miller is quick to point out that while less than 100 players made the team, most of the other students are still in school. He said that’s usually not the case at other schools.”
In our experience, that isn’t particularly accurate. But that’s a nitpick.
Hobart/Delaware Valley
Feature on Delaware Valley receiver Don Marshall in The Intelligencer.
Bridgewater/Thiel
Adrian Herndon juggles football, classes, as well as a 2-year-old son and a part-time job in the Lynchburg News & Advance. Bridgewater coach Mike Clark deals with the logistics of a playoff road trip in The Daily News Record of Harrisonburg. Thiel finds the bandwagon is getting huge, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Union/Rowan
Union is thankful it’s still playing, says a feature in the Albany Times Union.
Augustana/Mount Union
The Repository in Canton, Ohio, discovers the Wing-T.
Linfield/Concordia-Moorhead
The Silverton Appeal catches up with local product Josh Ort, Linfield defensive back. The Fargo (N.D.) Forum discovers there’s some guy named Brett Elliott quarterbacking Linfield. Meanwhile, the Linfield team lends a hand at Thanksgiving.
St. John’s/UW-Whitewater
The St. Cloud Times writes on the backs splitting time for the Johnnies. Plus, Times beat writer Frank Rajkowski has started a blog on St. John’s playoff football. (We link to it from our list of blogs on the front page of the Daily Dose.) The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel focuses on the Whitewater offensive line.
Capital/Wabash
The Crawfordsville Journal Review previews Capital and earlier in the week took a brief look ahead at Wabash.