 Mount Union might be struggling on offense but you can’t beat them if you can’t score. Mount Union athletics photo by JT Higgins |
Records could fall, bids could be clinched, but the key story of this past week was big defensive performances by the top teams. UW-Whitewater’s defense may well have won it the game at Oshkosh, Mount Union shut down and picked off Capital, St. Thomas did its job at Bethel and North Central more than did so at Illinois Wesleyan. But as we caution, don’t forget special teams.
And there seems to be a bit of a pecking order emerging for those six at-large playoff bids. Who is in the drivers seat, as much as anyone can be for an at-large bid? Pat Coleman and Keith McMillan name six teams. They discuss that and more in this week’s Around the Nation Podcast. See the list of tags at the bottom of this post to see who else is discussed.
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HI Pat, have you noticed Rowan “getting it done” this season ? I haven’t seen anything about them in any of your articles. They play Kean this weekend and then the Fisher-less Montclair. Have you noticed their 4 game winning streak. They certainly control their fate now. Are you or someone in your staff going to write about them? The certainly deserve some attention from D3football.com Thanks
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I have I think they are. I’ve had them in my rear view mirror since they were Glasburo (sp? sorry)
they always gave Ithaca a good game
one good thing about football at Butterfield..it’s a great view of Cayuga lake
go BOMBERS lets get the next 3 W’s
I believe we mentioned them briefly in this podcast but we are certainly keeping our eye on them with those games coming up.