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[bisonpride]

Gallaudet Athletics launched new website with new look, interactives features and on..


Click on.. http://www.gallaudetathletics.com/


Many thanks to the Presto Sports and Viable, Inc. for make it possible.

[frank uible]

gordon: I was kidding on the square, but in Ivy League press boxes and from time to time elsewhere I have found a kernel of truth in my statement.

[gordonmann]

Okay.  Understood.

[gordonmann]

Bisonpride:

Thanks for the heads up.  We've updated our links to the football and two basketball team pages accordingly.

[AUPepBand]

Rochester's national humiliation would be amazing, for me anyways.

Because ... ?

The University of Rochester has this elitist attitude, they think they should be an Ivy School. 

The University of Rochester....probably should be an Ivy League school. Pep is impressed with its med school and its Strong Memorial Hospital, where Pep Jr. #2 recently had surgery. I applaud the care and expertise provided there.

But Pep likes the Yellowjackets buzzing around in D3. Aunt Bee, Andy, Opie, Floyd, Gomer and all the others here in Mayberry take great joy in seeing the Saxons beat the Rochester elitist entourage, especially after UR had announced back in 1969 that it was "upgrading its schedule" and dropping Alfred...and the Saxons prevailed that year, 29-13.

The Saxons' 2007 ECAC come-from-behind 40-34 OT win over UR at Merrill Field could, in Pep's opinion, be ranked among the Top Ten dramatic Saxon wins in its long history.

[frank uible]

If Rochester were an Ivy, then by USNWR standards it would be by far the least of the Ivies.

[bisonpride]

Michael Weinstock appointed Interim Athletic Director

Michael Weinstock has been appointed interim athletic director for Gallaudet's Athletic and Intramural Programs. Weinstock has been the coordinator of Athletics, P.E., Recreation, and Intramural Programs for approximately the past 11 years at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD). Prior to that position he was the assistant athletic director/intramurals coordinator at MSSD for 12 years. Weinstock is a 1976 graduate of MSSD and a 1981 alumnus of Gallaudet, where he lettered in basketball for four years. He went on to earn his master's degree from Gallaudet in 1994.

During his time at MSSD, Weinstock was very active in the "M" Booster Club and helped increase donations, sponsorships, and support for the organization. In 2000, he founded the Clerc Classic boys and girls basketball and cheerleading tournament, which had top teams from the nation's deaf schools competing for the national title. He has coached a number of middle school, high school, and college-level sports teams for the past 26 years. Under his tenure as coach, the girls' and boys' basketball teams won numerous National Deaf Prep championships --16 of them while he was athletic director. He coached the girls' softball team, which also earned special national recognition. Silent News honored Weinstock as Coach of the Year in boys basketball, girls basketball, football, and girls softball. In 1997 he coached the U.S.A. women's basketball team, which won a gold medal at the Deaf World Games in Denmark. He was also the director of the U.S.A. Team Development at the Deaf Olympic Games in Italy in 2001. Weinstock has stated that one of his proudest moments was being selected as Coach of the Month by ESPN.com in 2000. Coaching has been a big part of Weinstock's professional career and he is also pleased that a number of staff who worked for him throughout the years have become athletic directors at deaf schools across the nation.

Weinstock looks forward to working with the Gallaudet community and will be committed to ensuring the integrity of all athletic programming and in bringing them to a higher level of standards, competitiveness, and recognition. One of his main priorities will be to focus on academic issues for student-athletes and to foster increased collaborative efforts between all athletic programs and faculty.

Link - http://www.gallaudetathletics.com/sports/generalnews/2007-08/08092007_MWAnnouncedIAD

[AUPepBand]

If Rochester were an Ivy, then by USNWR standards it would be by far the least of the Ivies.

No doubt about that. Alfred's Greene Hall on Main Street once had ivy growing up one side, but it long since has been removed. Nevertheless, USNWR has rated AU quite high on its list both for its excellent programs and its value.

[K-Mack]

K-Mack,

You've watched a game at a SCIAC school but not at a NWC school?  I think you need to complete the deal and come out West to the Catdome.  A September Saturday afternoon in McMinnville is a nice way to spend a day.

K-Mack:

As I can attest, the Linfield experience is one worth having.  You'll enjoy the visit, the people and the game.  That's not a knock on a trip to Rochester, just an informal advocacy to head out there at some point.

Linfield's been on the list for a long time, but so are lots of other places, and there are lots of other days to go there. That said, Hardin-Simmons/Linfield is probably the biggest game of the day that day, if we can do it (and I think we'll know soon), we probably will.

Those package deals sound good though too. We need to split up that day.

I've seen Linfield and Willamette and PLU play and I've been to Whitworth, FWIW.

[K-Mack]

OK,
This is too strange to let go.

For a long time now, I've been noticing signs of D3 schools in odd places, from Heidelberg and I think Cornell T-shirts in Vegas to seeing a Bowdoin sticker at an Eagles game and Cortland State on a car on the Beltway.

So basically I thought I was going to start the D3 Car Sticker Sighting Thread, but that might be way too nerdy to get any love on the boards. It definitely was top of mind after I took my family to Great Falls Park out here in D.C. and saw a Colby sticker on a car, and then the next day on the Beltway saw a Bates sticker. (they're rivals.) It was like a sign to hurry up and start this thread.

But I didn't. Then I saw Curry. Then Wooster. Sure, I saw Christopher Newport too, but that's to be expected in Va. The out-of-state stuff is what's (semi-) interesting.

Yesterday I saw a teenage girl walking around Manassas Mall with a Bates shirt and reminded me to start this discussion up. Today I saw a Luther sticker in a car window in Fairfax and a girl with a Coe t-shirt on in D.C. (Georgetown)

In any case, this is some definite "who cares" stuff that probably doesn't deserve it's own threads, but the season hasn't kicked off and I'm a big enough D3 geek to be interested in the signs you all see of D3 schools as you make your travels.

[K-Mack]

Some schools are also jealous of other school's names and reputations.

And some schools that may be 'elitist' aren't good enough in football to worry about. (I'm looking at you, Oberlin... )

We all know that there's only one school of pure evil and darkness. It's 27 miles south of Crawfordsville in the town of Greendingle. Heeeee! 

Smed, my good man ... take a look at that devilish temple/press box near Farmville, Va., pictured on the front page. If that ain't screamin' evil, I don't know what is.

[Hawks88]

OK,
This is too strange to let go.

For a long time now, I've been noticing signs of D3 schools in odd places, from Heidelberg and I think Cornell T-shirts in Vegas to seeing a Bowdoin sticker at an Eagles game and Cortland State on a car on the Beltway.

So basically I thought I was going to start the D3 Car Sticker Sighting Thread, but that might be way too nerdy to get any love on the boards. It definitely was top of mind after I took my family to Great Falls Park out here in D.C. and saw a Colby sticker on a car, and then the next day on the Beltway saw a Bates sticker. (they're rivals.) It was like a sign to hurry up and start this thread.

But I didn't. Then I saw Curry. Then Wooster. Sure, I saw Christopher Newport too, but that's to be expected in Va. The out-of-state stuff is what's (semi-) interesting.

Yesterday I saw a teenage girl walking around Manassas Mall with a Bates shirt and reminded me to start this discussion up. Today I saw a Luther sticker in a car window in Fairfax and a girl with a Coe t-shirt on in D.C. (Georgetown)

In any case, this is some definite "who cares" stuff that probably doesn't deserve it's own threads, but the season hasn't kicked off and I'm a big enough D3 geek to be interested in the signs you all see of D3 schools as you make your travels.

I saw a Washington  & Lee sticker on an SUV at a movie theatre in Newnan, Ga yesterday.

20 days 'til Football! Go Hawks!!!

[Pat Coleman]

A couple of times I have meant to cite every D-III reference I see when I'm on a trip, and have seen some random ones along the lines of what you mentioned, but I haven't ever gotten it all together at once.

It's still a blog post rattling around in my head for when I get the time to do it.

Agreed on Linfield. The biggest reason we (Keith and I) haven't gone there before is the lack of direct flights from DC to PDX. Because for a while Keith and I started work on Sunday at 2 p.m. it made it darn near impossible to do. However, our schedules have changed, so it could happen, as Keith mentions.

[OC_SID]

Didn't know if conversation surrounding this one would justify its own thread, but thought I had to mention it and at least save my "research" online somewhere.

Per our own Kickoff writers and the Detroit Free Press, Olivet apparently has a freshman who has served more than one tour of duty in Iraq.

And while the natural inclination is to not just tip the hat to the fella, but to want to write about it, I'm usually torn when I hear about a player who's served, because in Division III, it's not the first time we've heard of such a case.

Off the top of my head, I recall:

- Greg Washington (2003-04?, East Texas Baptist) had served (one D3football.com notable here)

- a Westfield State captain was injured on duty in Iraq in '06

- a Ripon linebacker served in Iraq

- Mark Simon wrote about a guy who had served. I thought he was from Norwich, turns out he was from Delaware Valley and served in Kosovo

- and there was a player, Schussler, at St. Norbert last year who had been in Iraq.

Division III also features several service-related schools (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Coast Guard Academy, Norwich, SUNY-Maritime, Mass. Maritime Academy, Maine Maritime Academy) which likely feature some players or ex-players with ties to being in service overseas.

All of that is not to say that all Iraq/active duty stories are the same, because they aren't. Every one of those guys has done something interesting, if not very important.

The question is when, if ever, does it become not news anymore?

Should we always write about it out of respect for their service? Should we find the unique angles and feature it then?

I realize we're the journalists and we get paid to make those calls, but I guess it can't hurt to ask.

(sure I forgot some too, feel free to list on this thread)

Keith,

The Detroit News was the first one to publish about James. Here is the link to its story: http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070803/SPORTS0203/708030368/1004/SPORTS.

Please feel free to contact me!

[labart96]

Back in around Feb or March I noticed a guy with a Union Football sweatshirt while I was taking my daughter for a walk around our neighborhood (here in the West San Fernando Valley in SoCal).  There's a jr high school at the end of our block that will typically have AYSO games over the weekend.  One of his kids was playing.

Kind of funny to not only see a D3 football team, but one that was one of my school's biggest rivals!

We had a good laugh over that one.