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Game day from Whitewater, Danbury, etc.

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Hey folks, Pat Coleman from the press box in Danbury, Conn., where Cortland State leads Western Connecticut 28-14 at the half. I came here with the hopes of finding out exactly how good Cortland is, because I think we might have them a touch underrated at 16 in our poll.

Big news here on Cortland’s second drive of the game, as Red Dragons quarterback Alex Smith took what appeared to be a relatively minor hit which became a serious injury. Clutching his left knee as he went to the turf, Smith was eventually carried off the field and was being fitted for crutches on the far sideline. No official word but it doesn’t look good.

Good news for Cortland is that backup Ray Miles has looked decent in his stead, completing seven of 10 passes for 82 yards and a score.

ALERT: McMurry mascot decision

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McMurry is holding a news conference at this hour to announce its decision regarding its Indians nickname. The NCAA has told the university it must change its name or face sanctions regarding hosting postseason play.

Previous coverage of this issue below. When we know more, we’ll pass it along.

  • About McMurry’s Indians: D3hoops.com Daily Dose, May 20, 2006
  • McMurry appeal denied: D3hoops.com, May 19, 2006
  • McMurry’s second appeal denied: D3hoops.com, Aug. 4, 2006

    • Immediate thoughts on Week 5

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    Note to self: Three and a half hours up and three and a half hours back is about as far as one should go in a day. Go up the night before next time.

    People are going to stop letting me come to games if they’re on long win streaks, I’m guessing. I’ve been in the house as the three longest winning streaks of the D3football.com era have ended — the two Mount Union streaks and now Trinity (Conn.)’s 31-game win streak.

    Not that it was rocket science to see this game coming — as a loss, anyway, not as a monkey stomp. Trinity is breaking in a new offensive line and starting quarterback Eric McGrath threw one pass last year. New coach and coordinator. On the road. Etc.

    Williams is good enough to get talked about in the 22-30 range in the poll, along with the top teams in the Liberty League right now.

    Elsewhere, the jarring double-take on early leads by Mississippi College over Hardin-Simmons, McMurry over Mary Hardin-Baylor, Willamette over Linfield and North Park over North Central didn’t exactly last.

    Oddities: Wilmington doesn’t score a single point in its first three games, then comes out today and shuts out Muskingum 20-0. … People who took in the Western Wisconsin doubleheader of UW-Whitewater at UW-Eau Claire and UW-Oshkosh at UW-River Falls only got to see two teams score. … Yeah, two games tomorrow, both starting at 2:30. Won’t be able to follow these much, working at NBC starting at 3. … Four wins for Hobart by a total of 19 points, not very inspiring. … Sul Ross State was 6-for-15 from three-point range in its 60-55 win against Howard. OK, maybe not — when those teams met in basketball last year, the lowest score for either team in two meetings was 74. … Ohio Wesleyan, ouch. … There were just six games with a 19-18 score from 1999-2005, but three more today.

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