If you live in the northeast and it hasn’t felt like football season, it should today. Temperatures in the East and Northeast regions (Ohio as well) today are expected to be in the high 50s and then later tonight dip down into the 40s. Good luck to the folks playing under the lights tonight. Just last weekend, the mercury was near 90 for the D3football.com/D3cast Showcase Game between Union and Springfield.
But, the weekend got underway last night with Wesley breaking away from Widener in an offensive showcase for the Wolverines. The seventh-ranked team in the country put up over 500 yards of offense and Larry Beavers scored a pair of touchdowns, including one on an 89-yard kickoff return to start the second half. But, this one could have been closer – Wesley fumbled the football four times.
Today, there’s a full slate of games around the nation with just about every team in action. The NESCAC starts their season next week but most teams are holding scrimmages this weekend.
Quick thoughts…
*Can Heidelberg make it two in a row with a win tonight over John Carroll?
*How many points will Mount Union score in the first quarter this week?
*Will Mike Flynt get into the game for Sul Ross?
*Can Montclair State contain Chris Sharpe and upset Springfield?
For all of today’s scores that aren’t mentioned here, you can check out our national scoreboard that’s filled with audio and live stats links.
And, don’t forget to check out more of Pat and Keith’s adventures in Oregon in the “Greetings from Oregon” blog. It’s probably warmer in Oregon than it is in upstate New York right now.
Sure enough. According to Weather.com
McMinnville, Ore. – 59, high today of 72
Syracuse, N.Y. – 54, high of 59
From the map, it appears the cold stretch spans all the way back to Minnesota as well.
And we’re off.
No. 21 Rowan gets the ball first and goes three and out on first possession with a penalty thrown in. Wilkes responds by taking a sack.
WGLS mentions muddy conditions in Wilkes. Bad news for fans of offensive shootouts: Defense + Mud + New offenses = 0 points.
Checking in early from Sherman, TX where Millsaps will take on Austin College at 2PM ET. Some bad news for ‘Roo fans as both DBs are hurt. Josh Byrd will not play; Joel Purdy is in uniform and will only see spot duty. Not good when you are facing a talented QB such as Millsaps’ Juan Joseph.
On its second possession, Salisbury drives 65 yards on three plays, rushes by three different guys (Shockley, Curley and Garner).
Salisbury 7 CNU 0 – early 1st
Salisbury backed up to its own 10, picks up 60 yards on three plays again en route to another touchdown. Valdaise Morris puts the Sea Gulls up 14-0. CNU’s run defense getting eaten alive at the moment. Salisbury now 10 for 10 inside the red zone.
Scary situation right now in Brockport.
There’s a Cortland player down on the field and injured after trying to make a tackle.
An ambulance and paramedics have come onto the field and are attending to the player now.
Our thoughts and prayers are with both teams right now.
CNU drives and fumbles at the Salisbury 26, but bounces back on the next drive capped by a Mike Thomas one-yard TD plunge.
Salisbury 14 CNU 7 — mid-2nd
Also keep an eye on Montclair-Springfield. MSU leads 9-2 early in the second and is updating the scoreboard.
Olivet scores against Wittenberg for the first time in four career meetings.
Keep an eye on the Springfield/Montclair game, with Montclair up 9-2 in the second quarter.
Good call, G. 🙂
Austin gets off to a great start when Brett Anderson scores on the first play from scrimmage, taking it up the gut 73 yards. Millsaps trails 7-0 with 23 seconds gone in the game.
Congratulations to Birmingham Southern as the Panthers have scored their first touchdown in a Division III game.
Trae Strain recovered a Rhodes punt that was blocked and returned it 26 yards for a touchdown. BSC leads Rhodes, 7-0, with about three and a half minutes left in the first half.
After an excellent kick return Millsaps scores on a short 48-yard drive as Juan Joseph goes 5-for-5. 7-7 with 11:37 to go.
Great start for Birmingham-Southern, They lead Rhoades 7-0 with 3:24 until the half.
Salisbury in the end zone again against CNU on a Jamar Garner run of 20+ yards.
Mary Hardin-Baylor 21, Sul Ross State 0, 3:17 into the game.
As the 1 pm games head into the half, a couple interesting scores…
MSU 16 Springfield 16 (1:45 2nd): I was writing about how MSU could put a run-oriented offense behind the eight ball by taking a two-score lead and SC scored. Take THAT, me. In other option, er, options…
Sal 21 CNU 7
NC Wes 7 E&H 3: E&H had a chance to tie the game but only got a field goal following first and goal from the 1
Wilkes 0 Rowan 0: Wilkes had -18 yards on the ground, Rowan just 59 in the air.
In one of the weirder broadcast experiences, if you tune in Capital-Wilmington you get Husson-Norwich.
The NAC is everywhere!!!
A great Austin College kick return is called back by a hold, the ‘Roos can’t move the ball, then Millsaps methodically drives 64 yards to take a 14-7 lead with 7:00 left. Key plays include Joseph to McCarty for 17 on fourth and four and a pass to Woodall being ruled dead before he fumbled at the AC 5.
Hey D3 guys – can’t believe you’re not saying anything about the Fisher vs. U of R game at 7pm. Its being broadcast live in Rochester and its one of the most unique games in D3 – all proceeds go to camp good days and special times (a camp for kids with terminal illnesses). This is also developed into quite a rivalry. Well, hopefully youll cover it on the website tommorrow. You have to see these kids face light up when they get to be on the sidelines and help coach the repective teams.
Rachacha:
Tough to cover everything, but thanks for bringing it to our attention. The game lost a little intrigue when UR got clobbered in Week 1, but the game’s mission is truly special.
In other news, Wilkes scores to take a 7-0 lead. New QB in for Rowan.
CNU and Salisbury trade stops. Sea Gulls still lead 21-7.
Two turnovers (an interception and a Joseph fumble at the AC 2) are keeping it close, but Austin can’t do anything with either and Millsaps scores a safety on an ill-advised reverse to make the score Millsaps 16-7 with 12:42 left in the first half.
Millsaps returns the free kick to the AC 33 and are already inside the 20.
Millsaps had 190 yards of offense in the first half while Austin has yet to get a first down. The AC secondary is giving huge cushions to the faster Millsaps receivers and Joseph is picking them apart.
Millsaps misses a 20-yd FGA and Austin has put a new QB in, Andy Braly.
Rowan scores to get within six. Wilkes leads the Profs 13-7 late in the third.
Plenty of upsets brewing…
Sal 21 CNU 7
Olivet 16 Witt 14
Montclair State 26 Springfield 23
Birmingham-Southern 7 Rhodes 0
Stay tuned!
Braly takes the ‘roos on an 18-play drive culminating in a 37-yard FG from Jonathan Hersh. Millsaps leads 16-10 with 2:35 left in the half.
Salisbury scores again on another Morris touchdown. The Sea Gulls are up 28-7 with a little over 12 left. New QB in for CNU.
Millsaps misses a 41-yd FGA with 1:01 left.
Giving a new meaning to the term “ill-defined,” AC throws up a pass at midfield with time running down in the half which is intercepted by Jacob Hanberry and returned to the 1-yd line with 0:04 left. Nick Namias dives over RT to put the Majors up 22-10 at the half. The two-point attempt is intercepted.
Rowan scores on a QB sneak by Haggerty. With the extra point, the Profs take the lead 14-13 mid-fourth.
Hobart takes a 27-20 lead on Carnegie Mellon, the first Statesmen lead of the afternoon.
Montclair continues to lead Springfield by two scores midway through the fourth.
Rhodes gets a field goal with 22 seconds left to beat Birmingham-Southern 10-7. Gritty effort by the Panthers in their first varsity action since 1939.
Rowan still clinging to a one-point lead late at Wilkes.
Montclair State’s lead is hacked to three by the Pride with about six minutes left.
Keith and I are at the Catdome (aka Maxwell Field, Linfield College). Glad to meet so many Linfield fans in the pregame.
Rowan-Wilkes is final, Profs 14-13.
Montclair State has beaten No. 9 Springfield.
Salisbury is in pretty good shape against No. 20 CNU with about 5 minutes to go.
We are not even underway.
(realizes everything I just posted, Gordon recently posted) 🙁
I guess I was just updating!
Millsaps’ second-half drive stalls, they miss another FG, this time from 30 yards out – now 0-3 in that department.
Austin puts in their starting QB who once again can’t lead the team to a first down. Millsaps can’t do anything on their second possession and AC has the ball at their 30.
Brockport beats Cortland 28-14 and not as close as the score indicated. Looks like Montclair may be the class on the NJAC this season, fighting it out with Rowan.
Ugly third quarter but Millsaps blocks a punt (ironically, the dude that’s missed three field goals blocked it) and scores several plays later to go up 28-10. The ‘Roos defense has battled all day but there have just been too many chances for Millsaps to score and too few for Austin.
Millsaps has been throwing wide receiver screens all day. It finally pays off as John Milazzo breaks one 65 yards to put Millsaps up 36-10 (I missed a point in there somewhere, sorry), 9:07 to play in a game that suddenly has gotten away from Austin College.
Husson 44 Norwich-0!!!!!!!!!!
Adrian College 20 Bluffton University 0. Another strong showing for Coach Deere’s Adrian Defense.
I’ll be updating the “from Oregon” blog with Hardin-Simmons/Linfield specifics. We’re 4 minutes in, and it’s interesting already.
Final in Sherman: Millsaps 43, Austin 10. A dominating performance from the Majors who piled up over 500 yards of offense and held Austin under 100, excluding the TD run on the first play of the game. Look out, SCAC.
Must’ve been a good finish at Hobart. CMU brought it to 27-26 but couldn’t finish the deal.
Salisbury & Montclair with the big wins out East, and Wesley taking care of Widener last night while Dickinson quietly improves to 3-0 … all interesting stuff from the early finals.
A lot of blowouts in progress or over in the top half of the top 25, and a lot of close games in the lower half.
Is that Hartwick I see beating Ithaca in the third quarter?
Thiel posts it’s first win today on the road at Albion in Michigan, 13-10. Go cats!
Hartwick beats Ithaca 32-30 in a pretty big upset.
Looks like one of the “games of the week” next Saturday will be Montclair at Wesley. If Wesley can hold onto the ball it should be a great game.
By the way, I was at the Widener game last night. They are not a top 25 team!
The pollsters agree. The 7 vote-points they got last week, some of those will surely evaporate.
The other two on the brink teams I mentioned in ATN probably did play their way in:
“On the brink of my top 25 are Widener, Salisbury and Montclair State. All three of those teams can play their way in with a win over a ranked opponent this weekend: No. 7 Wesley, No. 20 Christopher Newport and No. 9 Springfield, respectively”
Hardin-Simmons running back Quinton Jones just picked up a long TD run after a Tyler Kaluza fumble and we have a ballgame again, with Linfield holding a 26-20 lead.
Linfield’s inability to hold on to the football is becoming a trend that I’m getting tired of. I’m going to go out on a limb and say that they turned it over twenty plus times in their last 3-4 games…their inability to run the football is getting old as well…
Indeed. Did you know they were about to fumble it again?
Not a good time.
Charles Hasley recovers for HSU at the Cowboy 11.
Gotta love that…Linfield longest run of the season comes on a broken play QB scramble and then…imagine that…next play, FUMBLE!!
after todays result, i am looking forward to next weeks game with montclair. when i saw it on the schedule i figured it would be a good game and it certainly looks like it will be. not trying to rush things, but this week cant go fast enough.
I like this HSU hurry-up offense! Go Cowboys!
Lately it’s been Linfield not tackling, as Quinton Jones keeps bouncing off Wildcats en route to yards after contact. HSU inside the Linfield 25. And a big run by Feaster has HSU inside the 10.