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smedindy · January 26, 2006, 11:56:18 PM

Quote50 Karma points for the season.

Maybe that'll keep me one step ahead of the OAC footballers and the Wooster hoopster posters...

Pat Coleman · January 27, 2006, 12:02:10 AM

And your own fellow Bashers.

Been working on editing. Having some discussions with Keith about some categories. Could be up tomorrow.

dewcrew88 · January 27, 2006, 12:23:01 PM

Quote from: smedindy on January 26, 2006, 11:56:18 PM
Quote50 Karma points for the season.

Maybe that'll keep me one step ahead of the OAC footballers and the Wooster hoopster posters...

And the LLPP, Inc. football posters, with many in triple-digit Karma.

Pat Coleman · January 27, 2006, 03:39:02 PM

http://www.d3football.com/atn.php

105 things to remember about 2005
Posted

seventiesraider · January 27, 2006, 06:28:38 PM

Now that I've "EGO SURFED" it to see how many times my name appeared, I can devote the rest of the evening to reading the content.

bushman · January 27, 2006, 09:10:10 PM

Excellent! very enjoyable reading. Both entertaining and educational. The 2005 summary was worth the wait.

Nbrown64 · January 27, 2006, 09:16:56 PM

Regarding #68, I've already e-mailed Keith about this, but there was a slight error in that Wheaton beat Baldwin-Wallce in the 2003 playoffs. This brings the CCIW's playoff record against "the rest" of the OAC to 1-2 since 1992. Probably not enough of a sample to tell whether the entire conference is truly the CCIW's glass ceiling, as opposed to just MUC (0-10 in the same time period).

Raider, you beat me by a lot. 3 of my nominations made it, but my name only twice.

smedindy · January 27, 2006, 10:54:40 PM

That's a nice piece! Great job!

seventiesraider · January 27, 2006, 11:07:22 PM

Nbrown64
You deserve more credit. Heck I just went down the list going Mount, Mount vs Somebody, Somebody from Mount, Mount, Larry Kehres, OAC et al.
Yours took a good deal more thought,
It will make the "ego surfing" assignment I do for the one computer class I do more interesting. Suddenly Mr Ross's name is going to come back a whole lot more often.

Ralph Turner · January 27, 2006, 11:25:25 PM

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95. Remember the tailgates: No way we could do justice to naming the best crowd, best fan, best tailgate without planning it and taking notes during the season. So consider yourself warned for next year. Spoil the D3football.com staff (essentially unpaid) in '06 and there could be some postseason recognition in it for you! In the meantime, here's our favorite fan from 2005:

Pat Cummings recognized Llamaguy from the ODAC boards for being a superb fan and representation of the Division III spirit. A Bridgewater rooter, Llamaguy took "Stone Station" on the road, offering barbeque and the like to fans from both Mount Union and UW-Whitewater at the Stagg Bowl. Cummings said he "refused money when Mount/UWW fans tried to give it to him ... it was truly a welcoming moment."

I have been following these sites since January 2000. D3football/hoops is becoming the virtual glue for the fans of 400+ teams.

Llamaguy and "Stone Station", Stiftungburgers (sp?), diehardfan's and olinemom's cookies and other such acts of friendship and fellowship are becoming the raison d'etre for D3sports. I can imagine that the friendships will grow in Salem and Springfield in March and quite possibly in Fox Cities, WI in May for Baseball. (Perhaps those UW-Whitewater fans will return the favor by serving as hosts and hostesses next May.)

Thanks for bringing the enjoyment of the finest amateur competiton in the US to our homes.

K-Mack · January 28, 2006, 01:02:37 AM

I think you, Gordon and Kid would be my dream team

That wasn't an offer, was it?

Quote from: Ralph Turner on January 26, 2006, 11:26:52 PM
Quote from: K-Mack on January 26, 2006, 11:18:54 PM
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2. I'd love to have a research assistant or two next year, either all season or just for this project. ...

Wanted: Research assistant. Must be familiar with Division 3 NCAA Football. Must have online access to D3.football.com. 50 Karma points for the season.

Ralph Turner · January 28, 2006, 02:25:52 AM

Naw, I think that I would turn that job over to some young journalism intern.

There have to be some young journalism students who would answer a serious externship want-ad. This is no greater requirement for doing a great job with an adequate set of talents than "passion". The motto of Southwest Airlines is, "Hire for attitude. You can teach everything else."

There is no better working college website in college sports. All of the others have "major issues." This site will have many of the next generation of sports journalists to have come thru here.

I really see the internet as the new newspapers. I appreciate that Pat has let me moderate the baseball message boards. I can see some self-generated baseball content arising from the D3 community.

wally_wabash · January 28, 2006, 02:42:40 AM

That is how you wrap up a football season! Bravo, K-Mack!

K-Mack · January 28, 2006, 04:10:01 AM

Quote from: wally_wabash on January 28, 2006, 02:42:40 AM
That is how you wrap up a football season! Bravo, K-Mack!

Thanks. Glad it's going over well. There were some very late nights when I had some serious doubts about my own sanity, and I'm sure the clean-up job Pat had to do on it (just formatting 108 items would drive a normal person nuts) was serious business too.

But as long as the die-hards are getting a lot out of it, I'll keep crawling into bed as alarms go off, amidst the disbelieving stares of my very tolerant wife.

Quote from: Nbrown64 on January 27, 2006, 09:16:56 PM
Regarding #68, I've already e-mailed Keith about this, but there was a slight error in that Wheaton beat Baldwin-Wallce in the 2003 playoffs. This brings the CCIW's playoff record against "the rest" of the OAC to 1-2 since 1992. Probably not enough of a sample to tell whether the entire conference is truly the CCIW's glass ceiling, as opposed to just MUC (0-10 in the same time period).

Raider, you beat me by a lot. 3 of my nominations made it, but my name only twice.

Nate, here's your fix. It should be reflected in the column as of now:

QuoteYeah but Nate, two of those four losses came against OAC teams other than Mount Union: North Central to Capital this year and Millikin to Ohio Northern in 2000. And Wheaton beat Baldwin-Wallace 16-12 in 2003 before losing to Mount Union. Wittenberg in 1998 was the only non-OAC team to eliminate a CCIW team, so give the rest of the OAC some credit for being the CCIW's glass ceiling, not just Mount Union.

I'm seeing some other typos as I bounce from item to item ... hopefully I'll get a chance to go through one last time and clean up the dropped words and double words, etc. .... but otherwise, that the last mention of any imperfections.

Ralph, we could give you a better title, like senior research associate or detail compliance coordinator ... I figured it wouldn't actually be any work for you since you have the handbook memorized and all

Lastly, I've posted on the blog about the YIR.

Thanks for the positive feedback. Please, carry on ...

K-Mack · January 28, 2006, 04:15:34 AM

Quote from: Ralph Turner on January 28, 2006, 02:25:52 AM
Naw, I think that I would turn that job over to some young journalism intern. There have to be some young journalism students who would answer a serious externship want-ad. ... I really see the internet as the new newspapers.

We have a few externs in the field actually. I guess my dream team is just guys I already know I can trust. Who knows if the idea will ever come to pass, just throwing it out there.

Also, I'm glad Gannett sees the internet as the new newspapers. I'd like to be paid for working when paper becomes obsolete.