FB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[formerd3db]

I also want to compliment the commentators. To me, they were fantastic and my absolute favorite commentators I have heard at the D3 level. They were objective yet supportive of their team, they were incredibly positive and complimentary of the student athletes in both teams, and they were quite knowledgeable as well. I was so impressed as it was an absolute pleasure listening to them call the game. Great season Alma!

As a Hope fan, I admittedly have watch/listened to surprisingly few Alma live streams. I took was very impressed with the quality of their stream and the commentators.

Congrats to Alma on a great season!

I'll ditto that. Alma has not only had a history of fine commentators for that, but also football gameday announcers for the past three+ decades. Hope has as well.

[formerd3db]

Congratulations to Coach Jason Couch and QB Carter St. John for their selections as Region 4  Coach of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year by Pat and  his staff at d3fb.com.

[HOPEful]

Alma beat Mount and then went toe-to-toe with the eventual national champs... hell of season and post-season Scots!

[formerd3db]

Very concerning news today and earlier this week. Concordia-Ann Arbor (NAIA) and it's sister school Concordia-Wis (NCAA Div.III) are in financial trouble. Faculty and staff layoffs expected and the Ann Arbor school is looking at possibly selling off buildings ir might even close, according to the media article today. The fb program at Ann Arbor may be in jepordy and I assume the same might be possible at Wis. Very sad if this occurs, but, again, it is a sign of the times. See my post over on the NCAC board for additional info reported in the media today.

[TUAngola]

Trine's 2024 football schedule has not been posted yet, but I do know that they will be hosting Christopher Newport on September 7th per the CNU athletics website.  This is great news, nice to get some non HCAC teams on the schedule.  The Captains made the D3 football playoffs last year so will be a huge test for the Thunder.  With Calvin starting MIAA play this year the non-conference schedule will be reduced by 1 game.  Will be interesting to see who else is on the Thunder schedule this coming season.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Pretty awesome thing happened during round 3 of the NFL draft this past weekend:

https://athletics.hope.edu/news/2024/4/29/derik-smith-makes-missouri-cornerbacks-day-at-the-nfl-draft-with-denver-broncos-selection.aspx

[TUAngola]

Trine's 2024 football schedule has not been posted yet, but I do know that they will be hosting Christopher Newport on September 7th per the CNU athletics website.  This is great news, nice to get some non HCAC teams on the schedule.  The Captains made the D3 football playoffs last year so will be a huge test for the Thunder.  With Calvin starting MIAA play this year the non-conference schedule will be reduced by 1 game.  Will be interesting to see who else is on the Thunder schedule this coming season.

...@ Rose Hulman and @ Bluffton to fill out Trine's non-conference schedule.

[DBQ1965]

From the "For What Its Worth" department and looking forward to being a bit of football history, I bought a ticket to Calvin's first football game ever, the opener against Oberlin College on Sept. 7.  And FYI, it appears the only remaining tickets for the Hope-Calvin clash are standing room only.  It's almost August now, so it's time for some football chatter here. 🏈

[Flying Dutch Fan]

D3Football Pre-season poll is out, with Alma at #7, and Hope receiving a single vote.

https://www.d3football.com/top25/2024/preseason

[KnightSlappy]

Looking for a pair of general admission tickets to the Calvin season opener vs. Oberlin. Send me a message if you have any you'd like to unload.

Excited to see how the Calvin program develops!

[DBQ1965]

I assume you already checked, but did you try ordering through the Calvin athletics webpage?

[ziggy]

I assume you already checked, but did you try ordering through the Calvin athletics webpage?

Only Standing Run Only remain

[Grutte Dirk]

over/ under seasons until Calvin defeats Hope?

a dozen?

[Flying Dutch Fan]

If you are setting it at 12, I'll put $100 on the under right now!!

I get that it will take the Knights a while to get "up to speed" so to speak, but I don't think it will take anywhere close to that long.  Add in the fact of it being a Rivalry game and all the strangeness that can contribute, and I won't be suprised to see them win one by 2030. 

[KnightSlappy]

I agree with FDF. If you're setting the O/U at the year in which you expect it to be 50% likely that Calvin has won at least one game vs. Hope, you're probably targeting 2029 or 2030.

If you're asking when we'll get to the point where the expectation of any single game is 50-50, that could be 2030 (feels like a stretch) or it could be longer.