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Broadcasters: D3football.com Report back for ’06

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An informational posting, not open for comments.

A heads-up for radio broadcasters that the D3football.com Report is returning for (what we believe to be) an eighth season in 2006. The Report is a 3- to 4-minute recorded segment for use on radio pregame shows, a weekly national look at Division III football.

The Report is written by D3football.com’s Pat Coleman and produced by Ray Martel of WFAN (oh yes, and D3football.com as well). It wraps up the previous week’s games and previews the games for that Saturday, including a call of the week highlight from the week before. We provide it free to student broadcasts (broadcasts produced by students on student stations), after all, we remember what it’s like to be in their shoes. The cost for the season for commercial stations is $25, or less than three bucks per game.

It is not available to fans at large. If you want to hear it, let your radio station know it should get on the list!

Contact Pat Coleman at pat@d3football.com to become a subscriber.

Bulletin board material

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Huntingdon feels it can win the national championship. That’s an impressive goal. I’m sure many players have this goal, but also sure that most keep it quiet.

Huntingdon has not yet made the playoffs. They’re ranked … well, you’ll have to be a Kickoff subscriber to find out, but it’s not in our Top 30 in the 1-234 ranking of all Division III football teams. The Hawks went 7-2 last year but lost at home to 3-7 Maryville in Week 11 last year, when a win might have put them in the postseason.

So perhaps the Stagg Bowl is a little out of reach. But they’re talking otherwise:

Quarterback Zack Golson to the Prattville (Ala.) Progress: “This is an awesome school, with great academics, and I think we have a solid football program. I really believe we have a change to win a national championship.”

And to the Montgomery Advertiser: “One of the first things that coach Turk said to us during our first practice is that we would compete for a championship if we believed in him. We believed in him and that’s what we’re on our way to now.”

Coach Mike Turk knows a little more about how to couch enthusiasm properly: “Everybody says they want to win a national championship. But with these guys, I wouldn’t put it past them, because they work so hard and have the right mentality to do it.”

Only thing is, they aren’t the only program that works hard and has a good mind-set.

Anyone seen any other bulletin board material out there?

It’s official, the regions expand

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We’ve gotten official word that the addition to the definition of regional games first talked about in February went through all the hurdles of the NCAA process and is in place for this fall.

As a reminder, this is in addition to every other existing definition of a regional game (200 miles shortest possible driving distance, teams within the same Division III football region, teams in the same conference but different regions).

These are the NCAA’s administrative regions. They now also count for regional games as well:

The NCAA’s four regions, from the bylaws:

Region 1 – Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont

Region 2 – New York, Pennsylvania

Region 3 – Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia

Region 4 – Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

We will apply this definition to schedules as quickly as possible. But it’s worth noting that the Linfield/Hardin-Simmons game is now in-region, as is the Mary Hardin-Baylor/UW-Whitewater game.

This can only make the selection process better reflect the strength of actual teams. It’s not perfect, but it’s a step forward.