It’s hard to imagine there being much of a letdown from the teams that won big games last week, although we tried in this week’s Triple Take.
Last week I saw an epic St. Thomas-St. John’s game in front of 16,000-plus fans. This week I’ve been in New York for business purposes and while I’m here, trying to take in a couple teams I haven’t seen yet: Morrisville State and WPI. They’re not playing each other, though. I’ve seen their opponents and their opponents’ home stadiums, as Morrisville is playing at William Paterson and WPI is at Merchant Marine.
Meanwhile there are many other more interesting games out there, although our regular contingent of Wesley posters might not have much of a battle to talk about today. Top-ranked UW-Whitewater has an interesting home game against 3-1 UW-Stout. No. 5 Mary Hardin-Baylor has a loss to avenge from last year when it hosts Mississippi College. Augustana has a chance for a signature win to go with its signature loss this season, if it can take down No. 7 North Central. Hampden-Sydney and Bridgewater has long been a battle that sets the tone in the OAC.
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Every big game had a pair of sets of implications, and with playoff-type teams picking up loss No. 2, the landscape changes a little bit. What next for St. John’s, or Willamette, or Redlands? How many more games will it take to decide the Empire 8 or ODAC? And why are we worried about Wittenberg again?