He'll make a great HC.  Love his fire. 

Quote from: Darryl Nester on April 10, 2014, 02:35:42 PM
At 2:00 (35 minutes ago), Bluffton University announced their new head football coach: Denny Dorrel, former assistant at Hanover (and before that at Marietta and Thomas More).

Dorrel replaces Tyson Veidt, who took a position at UToledo at the end of February.

Can honestly say Hanover finally looked like the team I expected to see from day 1 last week.  I will most likely be making the long trip solo on Saturday.  See ya there

Can't blame The Griz for putting up 80.  It's like Bama playing a mediocre Div II team.  I think this conference as a whole is to blame.  I do believe there is conference leadership so I wonder what they're trying to do, with the members, to right the ship.

I know education comes first but dang...  Surely we can do better than this. 

Franklin enjoys a sizable advantage in the conference but it will not serve them well come the playoffs.  To jump into a game with the likes of Mary-Hardin Baylor, etc. after playing this conference schedule is too much.  I'm afraid Franklin's performance in the first two games may be a distant memory when it comes time to seed.

Sorry for the rant but it's just getting old.

Yup.  Looks to be a one team conference for the foreseeable future.  Only good news is 2nd place is anyone's guess at this point.

Quite possibly the worst display of a football team I've seen in a very, very long time.

Sad but true.  With that being said...  Go HCAC anyway!!!! 

Boy, you were up early or up late!

Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on September 14, 2013, 04:16:56 AM
It's Saturday and that can only mean one thing... HCAC teams losing I think the HCAC needs to set up a challenge with the NACC teams so both conferences might get a few wins. Looking at predictions on Massey and it's not much better than last week... only 2 teams have more than an 11% chance of winning (Franklin 35% and Manchester 44%).
Hopefully a couple teams will buck the odds and we avoid topping the Detroit Lions by going 0-17

Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on September 09, 2013, 02:28:08 PM

Quote from: dc_has_been on September 09, 2013, 02:23:49 PM
Not bad for Franklin to jump up 6 spots in the top 25 after losing a game.  I guess even losing to Mount Union is a good thing

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Getting blown out would not be a good thing.  Leading them in the 4th quarter and only falling by 3, however, ...

Yup.  Worthy of a rise in the polls IMO.  Should help come seeding time as well.  Hate to concede to that fact but haven't seen anything yet that would lead me to believe anyone in the conference can stop them.  Still a lot of ball to be played so who knows...

Haven't heard a thing.  Would guess that he won't play if the slightest bit tweaked. Save him for conference opener against MSJ.

Quote from: wally_wabash on September 09, 2013, 03:28:50 PM
Anybody have a status update on Dexter Britt?  Looks like he left the game in the second quarter on Saturday.

Sure felt that way

Quote from: wally_wabash on September 09, 2013, 02:41:38 PM
I think I figured out why Hanover had such a hard time last week...they only started five dudes on offense and 9 on defense.   

C'mon Spartans...  Let's get this HCAC non-conf schedule off to a great start.  I see that they have a video link for tonight so I'll plan on tuning in to cheer them on.

Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on September 05, 2013, 02:28:48 PM
The season is finally here. Just hours until Manchester kicks things off for all of D3. Can't wait for it to get started.

Also anyone who's interested, there's still time to get picks in for the HCAC Pick 'em

Doesn't quite have the same ring to it as The Fighting Irish

Quote from: GrizFan on August 30, 2013, 02:44:36 PM
Don't forget, the "Battling Baptists" from Franklin College were crowned the 1923 National Collegiate Basketball Champions by the sportswriters!  They defeated several "Div I" powerhouses that year and were invited to play against the Celtics.  Glad they changed the nickname to the Grizzlies!

Quote from: Pat Coleman on August 27, 2013, 01:07:52 PM
Kickoff 2013 is live!

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In addition to the previews and features of national interest, Franklin's Matt Walker talks about his injury and how he's battled back from it to get back on the field this year. It's a really inspiring story.

This is the only time we ask you guys for money for anything, as I'm sure you realize. It's more than 300 pages of Division III preseason football knowledge and it's the only place you can get all this stuff: Our previews, our rankings, Keith's analysis, the whole 10 yards. http://www.d3football.com/notables/2013/08/get-kickoff-2013

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Ordered today.  Haven't gone through a lot yet but looks very good.

Quote from: bashbrother on August 27, 2013, 11:03:55 AM

Quote from: BashDad on August 27, 2013, 10:14:28 AM
Purchased mine, too! Very excited. I'll just point out that for those on the fence, Kickoff isn't just a pre-season hype publication. It's like the bible for the upcoming season. Tons of stuff. Buy it.

Very true #3,   It also is a part of the support of this site....   Could you imagine following D3 Sports without this site?  Buy it.

Absolutely agree.  Just bought mine for the 4th year in a row.  For folks that haven't done it...  Please do because it is great and keeps this site humming along.

2013 greetings fellow HCAC fans...  Can almost smell the grills cook'n and hear the beers popp'n now.  Looking forward to another football season!

Guess this a note for the d3football.com staff for a bit more love...  3 or 4 teams in the HCAC could play with MIAA champ.  One of them can crush them as it seems.