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[K-Mack]

CSTV televised Army-Louisville baseball or some crap and lost all credibility ... almost any football game could draw the rating of a no-name college baseball game.

I'm sure there is data that says "Division I has more fans than Division III" which is technically true, but the loyalty / lack of service factor would make a few D3 games a year worth the effort, I think.

Plus, you could just hire us and teach us TV. Would be easier than having your TV people botch basic information.

Damn, I'm hating.

I often think there is a chicken/egg thing going on. Would ESPN cover D3 football to serve an exisiting fanbase, or would it create a new fanbase by covering D3 football?

Anyway, if you want something done right, you've got to do it yourself. So let's start our own TV network.

I'll donate the first $1 to the cause. Who else is with me?

[Kira & Jaxon's Dad]

I'll donate the first $1 to the cause. Who else is with me?

I'll kick in $10

[K-Mack]

Sweet, we've got $11 toward a TV network!

From the e-mail box:

----- Original Message -----
From: xxxxxxxxxxxx@aol.com
To: keith@d3football.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 4:19 PM
Subject: Wesley

Keith:
Wesley/Bridgewater wrong again.  What do you have against Wesley?  They turn you down for admission??

Monte

Monte,
I was starting to wonder when the first Wesley hate mail would arrive. For a minute there, I thought you guys were going to enjoy the victory so much that you'd forget about bashing me.

Nothing against Wesley, my man. I just call 'em how I see 'em, and I was wrong. Twice. Been wrong before, and I'll be wrong again.

Good luck this week.

Keith

[Pat Coleman]

I think Wesley had open enrollment when you were a senior in high school, Keith. Very unlikely they turned you down.

[PA_wesleyfan]

Ahahaha. Here's a towel Keith. Good shot Pa ;Dt

[RowanTexan]

Do any of the D3 gurus think that Rowan has any shot at all against Mount Union?

CK

[jdean]

Rowantexan:
They did it last time they were Alliance. Lets say their odds are better than your odds of having zero karma.

[K-Mack]

Funny.

About the "hate" mail, I've been getting it every week for the past six years, from fans of all kinds of teams. Unless it says something really original, I can't say it really resonates ... But I do find it funny that I get a lot of "told you so" mail from people who aren't telling me anything.

Don't flaunt your superior knowledge because you happen to be a fan of the team that won. If you didn't know a single thing about the opponent, but you "just knew" your favorite team was going to win, your zinger carries no weight.

[K-Mack]

Gotta be fair here, my Wesley mail was not "hate" mail at all, apparently.

Which means I'm still waiting. 

To:  Keith@D3football.com
Subject:  Re: Wesley
Date:  Wednesday, December 07, 2005 9:21:23 AM   

Keith:
Hardly "hate mail."  I was just hoping for a bit of "dap" for those guys after they beat your favorite, UMHB.  I think you predicted UMHB would beat us by 20!

No matter what happens Saturday, they have had a SUPER year.  Their three playoff game wins so far by scores of 59-13, 46-36-but really 29 since UMHB's last score was with one-second left and the game won and blowing out Bridgewater 46-7 should at least call for a kind word or two from you and the others.  Interesting that the ESPN show referred to Wesley as the "sleeper team" but all the writing did not give us ANY "dap."  It is like you and others thought a 46-36 over UMHB was a fluke and that Bridgewater would take us apart with their "powerful one/two running attack" and they could handle our offense because they had some success with other teams.

It would have been nice just to see something like "although I think Bridgewater will probably win they need to be careful with Wesley" rather than Wesley will be "us-against-the-world-ed-out!"

You do a great job with your column and I enjoy the D3 web site.  I hope to see you at the Stagg Bowl.  Go Wolverines!

Monte

Monte,
I'm sorry about the mis-classification. I'm just so used to the rub-your-nose-in-it mail.

There will be plenty of dap for Wesley this week ... and I'm sorry that I wasn't clear about the victory over UMHB being very impressive. The early score, as we were hearing it from the game I was at, could be attributed to turnovers, we figured ... but every time we checked back, there'd been more scoring, but UMHB wasn't getting any closer.

If you'd seen UMHB take down Mount Union last year, you'd have been high on them still too. But Wesley really has the line to match up with Whitewater, I think, so that might be the better game of the two. And maybe I will see you at the Stagg Bowl.

The column should be up Wednesday night / Thursday morning sometime.

[Ron Boerger]

OK, I'll bite:  what the heck is "dap" ?

[Ralph Turner]

Dap is a leading manufacturer of caulks and sealants.

http://www.dap.com/

Apparently Wesley has figured out how to shut down the Crusader offense.

I am going to buy a whole case of the stuff for the McMurry coaching staff next year!

[Ron Boerger]

They certainly sealed the red zone up, that's for sure. 

[Pat Coleman]

I believe in the vernacular, dap is a synonym of run. As in getting some run. Or props.

[Ralph Turner]

Oh Pat, that is bad not good news for Dap.  They have been working on their reputation for 140 years as a caulking or sealant that won't run!

[PA_wesleyfan]

a lil DAP 'll do ya!!!