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ATN Podcast 292: Conference races down to wire

Key games in the Centennial and Liberty League didn’t finalize those conference chases. But with 27 automatic bids to a field of 32 playoff teams, we have one team which has clinched so far. That’s Cortland, which defeated Alfred on Saturday to clinch the Empire 8. Cortland coach Curt Fitzpatrick joins us to talk about his team’s amazing defensive performances, plus trying not to look ahead to the Cortaca Jug rivalry with Ithaca in Week 11.

Our game balls go to Ohio and Wisconsin. Our off-the-beaten-path highlights come from Connecticut and Vermont. Our surprising results come from Illinois and Ohio. Our stats of the week, from Michigan and Connecticut.

What unlikely ways might this week’s Birmingham-Southern/Trinity (Texas) game impact the way the bracket is put together. And who has a rivalry trophy already and doesn’t need our new one? That and much more in episode 292.

Pat Coleman and Greg Thomas talk about it all in the latest D3football.com Around the Nation Podcast. The D3football.com Around the Nation Podcast is a regular conversation covering the wide range of Division III football.

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Photos: Lake Forest athletics photo by Yanna Glaspy; Redlands photo by Doug Earnest; Grove City photo by Jason W. Kapusta

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ATN Podcast 291: Bad break for SJU, tough loss for W&J

We have no idea who the leader of the PAC is right now. None. If you have four leaders, you don’t have any — at least, that would be the coach speak version of the answer.

We can’t fully clear up a four-way tie between Carnegie Mellon, Grove City, Washington and Jefferson and Westminster (Pa.), but we’ll make a start along that road.

St. John’s received some bad news over the weekend when starting quarterback, Aaron Syverson, broke his leg. Who replaces him and wat’s next for the Johnnies?

We’re joined for a Tight Five by Lake Forest coach Jim Catanzaro. Now that Jim is no loner the national committee chair, we can focus on his Foresters squad a bit, which is unbeaten headed into its contest on Saturday against Monmouth, one which might eventually decide the Midwest Conference title.

Our game balls go to Wisconsin and California. Our surprising results come from Ohio and … Ohio. Our off-the-beaten-path highlights come from Massachusetts and … Ohio. Our stats of the week, from New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Which two teams from the WIAC and CCIW will play in this inaugural Butter Burger Bowl … err, Isthmus Bowl? Which two teams should bury the hatchet and find some sportsmanship? That and much more in episode 291.

Pat Coleman and Greg Thomas talk about it all in the latest D3football.com Around the Nation Podcast. The D3football.com Around the Nation Podcast is a regular conversation covering the wide range of Division III football.

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You can subscribe to the Around the Nation Podcast in Apple Podcasts, and many other places. You can also get this and any of our future Around the Nation podcasts automatically by subscribing to this RSS feed: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3football/?feed=podcast

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Photos: Lake Forest athletics photo by Yanna Glaspy; Redlands photo by Doug Earnest; Grove City photo by Jason W. Kapusta

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Bonus Podcast: You’ll see a change in regional rankings

Regional rankings are coming soon! Usually this would be a great time of year, but this time around, it’s going to be more than a little confusing. These sorts of things are handled in the same manner across all Division III team sports, so in this bonus podcast, we are talking about the upcoming changes with Dave McHugh, the host of Hoopsville, which is the podcast for Division III basketball. It’s a little bit of D3football.com/D3hoops.com crossover!

What’s coming? Why are they changing? Whose bright idea was it, and what did they hope would come out of it? Pat and Dave talk about it all in this bonus podcast. Apologies to Greg Thomas, who is not on this edition of the podcast.

The D3football.com Around the Nation Podcast is a regular conversation covering the wide range of Division III football, featuring Pat Coleman and Greg Thomas.

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Full episode: [display_podcast]

You can subscribe to the Around the Nation Podcast in Apple Podcasts, and many other places. You can also get this and any of our future Around the Nation podcasts automatically by subscribing to this RSS feed: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3football/?feed=podcast

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Photos: AggiesAction.com; Grove City athletics; Birmingham-Southern athletics; Albion athletics; Aurora athletics; Ryan Coleman, d3photography.com