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 This could be McMurry’s last formal day as a Division III football team. McMurry athletics photo by Gerald Ewing |
Cutting down the field, from 16 teams to eight. You’ve already seen our picks, and thanks to those who have weighed in there as well.
We’ll be following along all day with our live chat below, and you can join in the chat window or by using the #d3fb hashtag on Twitter. Five noon games and three 1 p.m. games.
 UW-Whitewater was opportunistic on defense, to say the least. Photo by Larry Radloff, d3photography.com |
Four backup quarterbacks, a wide receiver at corner, a triple-overtime game, an “upset” that all three Triple Take predictors got right and a lot more happened in the first round of the 2011 Division III NCAA playoffs.
Best game? Check. Biggest surprise? We cover that. Best performance by a quarterback off the bench? Best time to turn off the cameras? Most surprising stat? Best defensive effort? Pat Coleman and Keith McMillan cover that and more in the Around the Nation podcast.
Plus Pat gets on his soapbox for a minute or two. But it’s quick.
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 Josh Chatman is one of 10 players to catch a TD pass and one of 20 McMurry players to catch a pass this season. McMurry athletics photo by Gerald Ewing |
Around 2:00 p.m. ET, it will get really crazy. With nine noon games, six 1 p.m. games and a 3 p.m. game, things get really intense, and they do every year.
Some of the noon games come down to the wire. Some will be upsets. Some will have last-minute victories. The dust we’ll settle, we’ll move names forward in the brackets, and then the 1 p.m. games will come down as well. Follow it all here, with our live chat, on the scoreboard, and all the rest.
Follow with the live chat below, and use the #d3fb hashtag to join the conversation as well.