The leaves are turning color from green to orange and red, the breeze is a bit cooler, grass football fields are transforming from crisp green to slightly muddy brown, Pat and Keith are on the road and that means only one thing; it’s another Division III football Saturday in October.
With most of the D3football.com staff on the road this weekend, I’ll start off our weekly Saturday blog live from the D3football.com studios. Post your thoughts on this week’s games right here, from wherever you might be watching or listening to the action. All the live audio and live stats links can be found on the scoreboard link on the left hand side of the page.
And, don’t forget D3football.com and D3cast are under the lights tonight in Milton, Mass. for the East Region “Game of the Week.” It’s undefeated Curry hosting Endicott at 7:00 PM. The Colonels look to improve to 7-0 on the season while the Gulls are hoping to knock off their rivals from the NEFC Boyd Division. Todd Bloniarz and Derek Falvy will call the game.
Pat Coleman and Keith McMillan will be joining us this afternoon from the Chicagoland area with updates from Elmhurst-North Central and later Wheaton-Augustana. For more on Keith’s latest trip to Abilene, Texas; read this week’s Around the Nation column.
The floor is now open, albeit a little early. Enjoy today’s games.
Let’s go Union!
DePauw intercepts Trinity and moves the length of the field, only to miss a 25-yd FG. No score, 4:49 left in the 1Q.
Nice job on the Trinity Video Web cast. I recognize historymajor’s voice.
Trinity 6, DPU 0. Barmore 10 yd- scramble, up the middle. PAT no good. 1:25 1Q.
Wesley 20 NNA 0 still mins left in the first. Neuman 77 yrds punt return and Beavers 40 yrd pass reception
Trinty 12, DPU 0. Barmore on a 21-yd run off a misdirection. PAT blocked. 13:21 2Q. Trinity drive started about their own 20 after an INT.
Keith and I checking in from Benedictine. Saw two other stadiums on the way here. Chilly day in Chicagoland.
Trinity 19 DPU 0. 6:00 2Q.
salisbury 14 morrisville 13 just before half
Live Stats for the UW-Oshkosh-UW-Whitewater tilt: http://uwwsports.com/Sports/football/2007/livestats/xlive.htm
Looks to be a bit of a defensive struggle so far. No score, less than 10 min. to go in Q1. Beaver fumbled on Whitewater’s second drive, but got UW-O to punt.
wesley 29 nna 7 half
Going to OT in Pittsburgh 17-17
Trinity was up 26-7 on DPU but the Blackcastle faithful go away happy into the break as a late TD pass and a 56-yd fumble return on the last play of the half close the gap to 26-21.
52-yard FG by Schebler. UWW-3 UWO-0, 2:04 in Q1
CMU gains only 3 yds and misses 40 yd FG
Here in IBFC country, we’ve got Aurora up 7-0 vs. Benedictine, while across town (sorta) Concordia (Ill.) hosts Concordia (Wis.)
Great facility here at Benedictine, looks even better in the daytime (last time here was at night). Nice-sized crowd, and they’re even passing out BU towels for the fans’ waving pleasure. Pat is on the field shooting, and we’ll report back from CCIW games later in the day.
Tight one so far. Benedictine’s plays look a little slow to develop on offense, but they’re doing some nice things on defense by disguising their coverages, using a stand up end/LB, etc. … The Eagles hurt themselves with an INT going into the end zone in the first quarter; Aurora driving now.
CWRU stays unbeaten 20-17
Sounded like that OT was fun.
Some other fun stuff off the scoreboard: TCNJ trailing WPU 6-0 at the half, Salisbury in a one-point game with Morrisville at the half and Franklin and MSJ tied at 7 after a quarter.
Could pass-happy HSC already be done? (31-28 vs. W&L). I know I’m on Central time, but wow. I guess it makes sense.
Aurora just failed on a fake FG run with about 8 minutes left in the second quarter.
Getting a little sloppy here; Aurora pooch-punted into a lineman’s butt, and just now Benedictine’s punter made a great one-handed snag of a way high snap.
Tuned into a bit of Trinity-DePauw, sound down of course. The Tigers appear undaunted by DePauw’s two quick scores before the half, they’ve already poured another on. 33-21 last I saw.
Top of the East is taking care of business:
Fisher 48 Norwich 0 in 3Qu
Alfred 35 Utica 0 3Qu
WW takes a 10-0 lead over UW-Oshkosh. 3:50 in 2nd quarter.
Benedictine just hit a 26-yard field goal with 0.8 seconds left in the half to cut Aurora’s lead to 7-3. Keith and Pat hitting the road for Elmhurst. Wish us luck.
– Pat
St. John’s 33, Gustavus Adolphus 0 – 1:47 left in the first half.
DePauw drives into Trinity territory but three straight incomplete passes at the 40 force them to punt; Trinity responds with a drive starting at their eight but DPU gets a big stop on third-and-one at their six. Lizcali’s 23 yd FG puts the visitors up 35-21 with two minutes to play in the third. Blake Barmore has set a career high with over 450 yards through the air, Riley Curry has ten catches for 165 and Caleb Urban is also over 100 yards.
Brockport defeats Springfield 21-20
UW-Oshkosh returns 2nd half kickoff 86 yards for TD.
Whitewater’s lead narrows to 10-7.
Final
Wabash 24 Wittenberg 17
Wittenberg receiver Vanover dropped the potential tying touchdown pass with 19 seconds left. Game over.
Schebler with his 2nd FG, this one 34 yards.
Whitewater 13 – Oshkosh 7, early 3rd quarter.
Checking in from Elmhurst. Great atmosphere here for Homecoming. More later.
WW with a 3rd Jeff Schebler FG – 23 yards on the 1st play of 4th quarter.
Whitewater 16 Oshkosh 7
on field at elmhurst (keith here) … jays just drove 75 yds to make it 20-17 no. cent. late 3rd. it’s rockin’ here for homecoming. this is my first sideline entry from pat’s treo.
Trinity eases past DePauw 43-28, putting up over 600 yards of offense. Blake Barmore ended up with 476 yards through the air on 22-of-32, one INT, two TDs. He also scored twice on the ground. Sets up the big rematch with Millsaps in a couple of weeks.
MUC 59, Wilm 0 Final
Schebler kicks his 4th on the day.
This one from 46 yards.
Whitewater 19 Oshkosh 7
First play of fourth quarter and Elmhurst scores, capping a 62-yard drive. 24-20.
Touchdown UW-Oshkosh.
UWW-19 UWO 14
Patek to Stoltz 11 yard TD pass pulls Oshkosh back
within 5.
Whitewater 19 Oshkosh 14.
8 minutes remain.
For the RPI fans, as if they read the blog — Elmhurst field v. much like yours.
North Central took the lead off a blown call by the officials, as they called a bounced pass an interception. Official from the far sideline tried to convince the ref otherwise but failed. NCC in the end zone moments later.
Cards added another TD and now lead 34-24. Kudyba has thrown picks to end three straight drives.
Whitewater pulls into a 26-14 lead over Oshkosh.
2 yard pass by Danny Jones.
On the next drive, WW gets their 2nd INT and attempt to run out the clock.
Fourth pick in four possessions for Elmhurst.
Whitewater takes over on downs with less than 1:00 to go in the 4th. All over but the shouting.
Final:
UWW-26 UWO-14
Bridgewater 76 Guilford 28 final in which the eagles dominated from the start
#3 Central goes into the fourth quarter tied with Coe but pulls it out, 24-17. Coe was inside the Central 10 as time ran out.
#6 Central, not #3, sorry
St. Olaf gets by Concordia College, 52-51. Concordia scored with 32 seconds left, went for two, but was stopped short. Concordia actually outgained St. Olaf, 540-454.
Hobart rolls 55-9… (41-2 at half)
It’s not a game of national significance, but the Rhodes-Colorado College matchup *is* a study in quarterback attrition. Rhodes lost their starter, Mark Oliver, late in the second quarter; by early in the fourth, Colorado College lost both starter Jon Alexander and backup Scott Green. Ross Alisani, the Tigers’ leading receiver, is now in at QB trying to drive his team for a game-winning score. It’s 27-26 Rhodes (with lots of missed XPs and two missed FGs) with around three minutes left and Colorado inside the Lynx 20.
Union 34 Susquehanna 7! The Dutchmen may have found a very well rounded QB in Jared Gourierr
Rhodes ends up winning 30-29, with backup QB Matt Ungashick guiding the Lynx from their 35 to the Colorado College 14 in less than a minute. Chris Catalanotto hits a 31 yard field goal with 11 seconds left. Alisani gets the Tigers across midfield after the kick but time runs out on the play. Two FGs in the last 90 seconds after so many missed PATs/FGs, funny.
Pat and Keith from Wheaton, where it’s 7-7 at the end of the first quarter. Augustana struck first on an 85-yard touchdown drive, fueled by a 34-yard Jake Parke run. Sean Norris 4-for-4 passing for 38 yards and 26 yards rushing through 15 minutes.