It came without warning, the dropping of Colorado College football. It appears the school might not have even had the courtesy to call its own conference and let them know that football and softball were going away, as was women’s water polo, not an SCAC sport.

In fairly short order, we’ve lost three Division III football programs, after we’d lost just three in the previous decade. Mass-Boston and Swarthmore were cut loose after the 2000 season, while New Jersey City shut it down after the 2002 season.

Chris Jarmon, who has been blogging since choosing Division III on a blog we’ve previously cited called The D3 Experience, tells the story of Colorado College football being eliminated.

He’d been writing all season as Colorado College struggled and finished winless. But this was basically a surprise to everyone on campus.

Jarmon isn’t letting his career end: “As soon as I heard the news, I knew I had to transfer. Football means almost everything to me, and I couldn’t live with myself not knowing I’d exhausted all playing opportunities. To be honest, I don’t know how I’m going to live without football once my senior season is over. So to not play my remaining three seasons would be the biggest regret of my life.”

Read the full story.

This makes Jarmon’s blog even more interesting than expected. But not in a way he wanted.