Hi! Random thing here. Watching the highlights of Mount Union and Heidelberg. On the field goal from Mount Union, is it just me, or are those goalposts leaning to the right? If so, seems like that should be fixed. Especially before the likely playoffs. Thoughts? Talk to Larry?

Thank you for your wisdom and insight, wallywabash. It is going to be a fun second-half of the season and an amazing playoff!

Just want to point out I am speculating the current top four ranked teams finish unbeaten. Do you see UMHB and St. Thomas on one side of the bracket and thus could potentially meet in the semifinals in Belton, and Brockport and Mount Union on the other side of the bracket and potentially meeting in the semifinals in Alliance? Pat, your thoughts?

Seems like, and I am assuming here, the committee may not want another UMHB-Brockport semifinal. Travel from Brockport is closest to Alliance. Again, thoughts for debate.

Just want to point out I am speculating the current top four ranked teams finish unbeaten. Do you see UMHB and St. Thomas on one side of the bracket and thus could potentially meet in the semifinals in Belton, and Brockport and Mount Union on the other side of the bracket and meeting in the semifinals in Alliance? Pat, your thoughts?

Seems like, and I am assuming here, the committee may not want another UMHB-Brockport semifinal. Travel from Brockport is closest to Alliance. Again, thoughts for debate.

In one of his tweets, he said he wanted to go somewhere with equal talent. Mount Union? would be interesting to have Poorman at UMHB and Jones at UMU.

Forgive me if this has been answered previously, but is there a specific Division III conference Thomas More would like to compete in? Is that conference(s) hesitant to accept them and if so, why?

Thomas More has a great program and I hope they find a DIII home.

I really feel for Finlandia. I hope they can pull through this adversity and have a competitive first campaign in the MIAA. Maybe even win a conference game. Good for the school and the conference, in my opinion. Their softball team was pretty good this year (18-12) and some of their other teams (baseball and both basketball teams) have picked up some victories. For a school that small, I am just happy to see some level of success and hope it spreads to the football team. It probably will take time in the MIAA. Consistency with coaching and players, as mentioned above, is going to be needed to be successful.

That is very cool news! Best wishes to Luke! UMHB has a great quarterback to go with that amazing defense.

Hopefully, the MIAA can continue to improve as a whole and be more competitive out-of-conference with teams they may currently be underdogs against.

What are your thoughts on Finlandia joining as a football-only school? From a logistics standpoint, it will be nice having eight teams so that each team can have a conference game the final seven games of the year. Plus, one less non-conference game to try to find later in the season.

Thanks for fixing my mistake, jamtoTommie. Love DIII football.

hank you for the welcome, formerd3db! Been to primarily MIAA and OAC games over the years and one Stagg Bowl (2005).

Ok, some of my dream, regular season, non-conference match-ups. If these teams have played before in the regular season, let me know. I know this website goes back about twenty years for schedules. I really like what UMHB and Linfield have done playing each other and Linfield even going to Case Western a few years ago. Great for the teams and the fans. Maybe a chance to see a regular season meeting for the first time between two great programs.

It would be neat, to me, to see any MIAA school, especially Hope, Albion, or Trine play against in a home-and-home with:
John Carroll, Baldwin-Wallace, Mount Union, Franklin, North Central, Illinois Wesleyan, St. John's, St. Thomas, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Whitewater, UW-Platteville, or UW-Lacrosse.

St. Johns or St. Thomas play UW-Whitewater, UW-Lacrosse, UW-Oshkosh, or UW-Platteville. Amazing those four WIAC schools have not been on either team's schedule this century.

Mount Union vs. Linfield

John Carroll or Mount Union vs. Brockport or Thomas More

Finlandia vs. any school in Texas. Imagine that travel!

Just some ideas for now. Please feel free to add to this. Maybe this can be a whole new topic.

Hi! Just wanted to stop in and say hello. Though this is my first post, I have followed DIII football for over 25 years. I actually had my college visit at Albion just two months after they won the national championship. Anyways, love the game and this division as you really get to see the essence of what college football is about ... football. I really do not care about 100,000 seat stadiums and $15 beers. Give me student-athletes playing the game for the love of the game and earning a degree. It is just a lot of fun.

Anyways, hi! I have my dream non-conference match-ups I would like to post for thoughts. But, not sure where to do that. Been fun reading these boards for so long and I thought it was about time to join in.