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ATN Podcast 424: Tricks, treats and improbable feats

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Halloween weekend delivered more than its share of improbable endings. Exactly what chance did Dickinson have to do what it did at Carnegie Mellon? How did Johns Hopkins win on a play that wasn’t even legal a year ago? What did Azusa Pacific do to improve from Week 1 to Week 9?

Patrick and Greg break down those finishes and the biggest Week 9 storylines: Wheaton’s recurring slow starts, UW-Whitewater’s improving offense, the de facto OAC title game between Baldwin Wallace and Mount Union, and the crowded races in the SAA and Centennial.

In addition, DePauw coach Brett Dietz joins the Fast Five to discuss the Tigers’ quarterback change, Jack Kazmierczak’s patience and efficiency, Harry Pratt’s emergence on defense, and taking the Monon Bell game to Ball State while DePauw’s stadium is under construction.

We’re getting more and more long field goals at the Division III level. How many are we really talking, and why are we getting better kickers? We talked to some coaches to dig into this.

We go region by region, we hand out game balls, the mailbag makes us talk about the best defensive players in D-III and Whitewater-Platteville. Biggest WIAC game since when?

Patrick and Greg cover it all in Around the Nation Podcast No. 424.

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Photos: Baldwin Wallace athletics photo by Erik Drost; Mount Union athletics; UW-Whitewater athletics photo by Olivia Zinnani

Long field goal data

Season 50+ 55+ 60+ Long Kicker
2013-14 13 2 1 62 Matthew Aven, CMS
2014-15 13 0 0 54 Andrew Franks, RPI
2015-16 15 0 0 54 Sean Murray, Redlands
2016-17 10 0 0 53 Tyler Stolen, Buena Vista
2017-18 10 2 0 55 Nathan Hierlihy, Redlands; Spenser Thompson-Meyers, St. Norbert
2018-19 10 1 0 55 Jon Alberts, Central
2019-20 9 2 0 58 Tim Branneky, Westminster (Mo.)
2020-21 0 COVID
2021-22 6 1 0 55 Doug Cummings, Gettysburg
2022-23 17 2 1 60 John McArdle, Bethany
2023-24 13 1 0 55 Will Goodman, Chicago
2024-25 15 1 0 56 Tim Kissinger, Lebanon Valley
2025-26 17 1 0 57 Aidan Ellison, North Central
2026-27 17 5 0 56 Sean Lee, CMS and Sean Ryniec, North Central
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ATN Podcast 420: No consensus, plenty of contenders

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UW-Whitewater found a freshman-sized answer to a championship-sized challenge, while St. John’s turned shovel passes into an avalanche against Bethel and WashU broke through with the first top 10 victory in program history. Across Division III, defenses joined the scoring spree, long field goals delivered big wins and the playoff picture got a whole lot more interesting.

Which two defenses each produced three pick-sixes on the same Saturday? Which quarterback ran for three fourth-quarter touchdowns on just four carries? Which offense somehow scored 335 points on 336 plays? Oh yes, we did the math.

Who came up with the key defensive plays to get a game ball in Trinity’s revenge win against Berry? Who became a one-man Falcon wrecking machine in Whitewater? Who hit from 54 yards to give Luther a win, and who earned the nickname “Patty Ice” while kicking St. Olaf to a win?

Plus, WashU coach Aaron Keen joins us for Fast Five, the analytics say what they’re going to say, and Dickinson produces a third quarter unlike just about anything we’ve seen. Who survived an even longer delay than the one at St. John’s? Who scored three touchdowns before the opponent even recorded a first down? And who finally got to see the St. John’s tailgate?

And looking ahead: Can Whitewater follow its biggest win of the season by winning at UW-La Crosse? Will Rowan’s defensive prowess continue at Salisbury? Might Howard Payne make a statement at Mary Hardin-Baylor? Can Ohio Northern throw a great big … bear paw … into the OAC race? And most importantly, what happens when No. 1 North Central and No. 2 Wheaton meet for the Little Brass Bell?

Patrick and Greg tackle all this, plus your mailbag questions, in the latest edition of the D3football.com Around the Nation podcast.

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Photos: Semanco Media for WashU athletics; Evan Laserstein for UW-Whitewater athletics, Ella Carlson for St. John’s athletics

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ATN Podcast 416: Living up to the hype

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The task seemed impossible: For as long as we’ve been waiting for these Week 1 games and talking about them, especially the two in the Chicago suburbs featuring four of the top five teams in the country, they couldn’t possibly live up to the hype we’d given them. Could they?

Well, perhaps they couldn’t both live up to the hype, but one sure as heck did, as No. 5 Wheaton knocked off No. 3 Mount Union when offensive guard Aiden Byrne blocked the Purple Raiders’ attempt to tie the game with an extra point kick with 22 seconds left. So it was all celebration for the Thunder, and Patrick Coleman was there and brings the sounds and the observations, as we hear from Wheaton coach Jesse Scott in Fast Five, and we’ll hear from Byrne as well.

Patrick was also at the Bethel-North Central game, three-quarters of it anyway, so he got the gist, and we’ll talk about the key new personnel for North Central as well as what was missing for Bethel, plus the things that the No. 1-ranked Cardinals and No. 2 Royals need to work on. And we’ll dive heavily into No. 11 St. John’s win vs. No. 10 UW-La Crosse also. And how many viewers did the Wheaton win get?

Logan Hansen comes back to the podcast for the regular season with his breakdown of the top learnings from the week from an analytics perspective in Analytics 301, a 3 minute and 1 second swing through the big games coming up as well as key questions: Will the WIAC have a decent shot of getting four teams in the playoffs again?

Plus, Patrick and Greg Thomas swing through all six regions of Division III. Who’s only just begun in Region 1? Who has a clue in Region 2, etc.? Plus they hand out game balls, pick out the stats of the week, and answer your mailbag questions. How did our team’s Week 1 predictions go? Yes, we hold each other accountable for that and we’ll own up to it on every weekly podcast. Plus, in the Final Countdown, three results that surprised each of us from this week. We talk about dozens of teams and dozens of games, so check it all out on the D3football.com Around the Nation podcast.

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Photos: Michael Hudson Photography; Ryan Coleman, d3photography.com; Steve Woltmann for North Central athletics