Garrett Meador threw for six touchdowns in his first start of the season for Wheaton, more than he threw in 109 attempts last season. Wheaton athletics photo

For some, this week is a last hurrah before conference season starts, while for others, it’s just getting underway.

Join in from wherever you are on Saturday, either by Twitter, using the #d3fb hashtag, on the live chat below or in the blog comments.

The handful of non-NESCAC teams that haven’t played yet take the field this weekend, including Mary Hardin-Baylor, Linfield, Thomas More, Cal Lutheran and Alfred. A lot of those games involve significant trips, as well as trips by Ithaca, Hamline, Illinois Wesleyan.

Plus, on Friday night, SUNY-Maritime took it to an NJAC team, Catholic had a second consecutive double-digit fourth-quarter comeback and Worcester State continued crosstown rival WPI’s slow slide.

Join us in the live chat below to talk about the day’s games, or you can appear via Twitter by using the #d3fb hashtag. Or, you can also comment using the board’s comments feature as well.

Welcome to the first of 16 weeks and around 1,250 games standing between us and the 2011 Division III football national championship. Keith McMillan will be watching Stevenson play its first game in program history and I’ll be at a pair of games: Buena Vista at UW-Platteville and UW-Whitewater at UW-La Crosse.

And you guys will be at … well, one of the nearly 100 other games going on on Saturday. Join us in the live chat below, or you can appear via Twitter by using the #d3fb hashtag. Or, you can also comment using the board’s comments feature as well.