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[OshDude]

For the lazy people among you  , here are several former D3 players who are/were on 2007 Arena Football League and af2 rosters, according to team Web sites. There are a lot more than I expected.

AFL
Arizona Rattlers:
OL/DL Ricky Gaspar, Linfield (recallable waivers Feb. 23)

Austin Wranglers:
WR Sakeen Wright, Rowan (waived Feb. 24)

Chicago Rush:
QB Matt D'Orazio, Otterbein (Feb. 24 resigning was the front-page Web story)
DB Jeremy Unertl, La Crosse
OL/DL Joe Peters, Concordia (Minn.)
CB Trey Bell, Whitewater (waived Feb. 23)
QB Brett Dietz, Hanover (waived Feb. 23)
FB/LB Bob McMillen, Benedictine

Columbus Destroyers:
FB Brad Greetis, Cal Lutheran
LB Jermaine Petty, Chapman (signed but not listed on roster)

Dallas Desperados:
K Carlos Martinez, Buena Vista

New Orleans VooDoo:
OL Matt Miller, Louisiana College

Orlando Predators:
DB Micheaux Robinson, Otterbein

Philadelphia Soul:
WR Steve Gonzalez, Menlo

Utah Blaze:
FB/LB Frank Carter, MacMurray

af2
Green Bay Blizzard:
TE Bob Docherty, Oshkosh
WR Bob Burnoski, La Crosse
WR/DB Danny Donaldson, Greenville
DB Anthony Fanelli, John Carroll
K Bob Forstrom, St. Norbert
WR Clark Lichty, Loras
OL/DL Andrew Rekuski, Eau Claire
FB/LB Frank Roe, Denison

Birmingham Steeldogs:
DL Tyrell Elston, Sewanee
QB Mitch Tanney, Monmouth

Albany Conquest:
FB/LB Michael Lewis, Adrian
OL/DL Rickey Jones, Kean
QB Daniel Cole, RPI
QB Joe Micco, Menlo
WR/DB Andreas Craig, Norwich
WR/DB Jamar Rawles, Norwich

Boise Burn:
WR/LB Casey Allen, Linfield
WR/DB Brandon Hazenberg, Linfield
WR/DB Tyler Peterson, Carroll

Bossier-Shreveport Battlewings:
OL/DL Benjamin Reed, Mary Hardin-Baylor

Central Valley Coyotes:
QB Clay Groefsema, Redlands

Cincinnati Jungle Kats:
OL/DL Jamar Neely, Central
OL/DL Luke Scarborough, Thomas More

Florida Firecats:
WR/LB Chris McKinney, Guilford

Fort Wayne Fusion:
WR/LB Melvin Parris, Buffalo St.

Laredo Lobos:
DB Mike Kimmel, Springfield
DB LaRon Ragsdale, Stevens Point

Lubbock Renegades:
WR/DB Patrick Williams, Mary Hardin-Baylor

Louisville Fire:
OL/DL Dwayne Lockridge, Anderson
QB Joel Steele, Anderson
WR Jasonus Tillery, Kean

Manchester Wolves:
WR/DB Andy Wellendorf, Mt. St. Joseph

Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz:
WR/DB Alex Jones, Whittier

Quad City Steamwheelers:
WR/DB Thomas Anthony, Augustana
WR Jesse Schmidt, Buena Vista

Rio Grande Valley Dorados:
OL/DL Einstein Dauphin, Maryville

Spokane Shock:
FB/LB Wyatt Gayer, Anderson
FB/LB Geoff Kirkendall, Wheaton
WR Tyke Spencer, North Central

Tennessee Valley Vipers:
WR/LB Lewis Howes, Principia

Tri-Cities Fever:
OS George Carter, Linfield
WR/DB Thomas Ford, Linfield
OL/DL Sean Kennedy, Coe

Tulsa Talons:
WR/DB Jeff Hughley, Averett

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers:
DB Brendon Belt, Salisbury
WR Jim Jones, Widener
DL Dennis Kodack, Susquehanna
WR/DB Tim Parker, Kean
WR Tyreak Saviour, Widener

[K-Mack]

Hey K-mack, loved ATN 2006-2007 really the best I've read in my short 3 years really reading this website, just thought you should know comming from a new guy as well as some of these vets.

I would love to read some more about North Central in your ATN's...

just a suggestion

Thanks,
if I ever get some time, I'll share a lot of the unused ATN year-end stuff. I know someone from North Central nominated several things.

For the record, there are 234 -- make that 237 -- schools, it's a lot to keep up with, but Pat and I have both been to North Central.

Along with Widener, it's my favorite D3 stadium. FWIW.

[Ralph Turner]

This is as good of a forum for the impact of this proposed legislation as any.

The vigorous and thought-provoking discussion on the brackets in the ASC seems to have prompted the bureaucratic wheels.

Thanks to Foss!

Division III Football Recommends Changes to Bracket Process

Thanks to Foss on the NWC board!

Sounds like HSU at UMHB in the 2006 playoffs. 

Note that the specific example deals with a #4 going to a #2.  HSU and UMHB, respectively?

I had this thought on the impact of that.  The current standings in post-season play are listed below.

NJAC 17 11 .607
E8 7 5 .583
MAC 12 9 .571
WIAC 12 10 .545
ACFC 6 5 .545
SCAC 9 8 .529
ODAC 10 9 .526
ASC 12 11 .522
NCAC 10 9 .526
CCIW 11 11 .500
Independents 5 7 .417
PAC 6 9 .400
UCAA/LL 7 11 .389
FFC (defunct) 3 5 .375
IIAC 6 11 .353
UAA 1 2 .333


Imagine in a decade that five seasons had two ASC teams that were top seeds and were to play one another.

#2 UMHB beats #4 HSU and then loses to #1 Wesley.

ASC record in postseason play 1-2.   Over 5 seasons, that become 5-10.

Under the new scenario,

#2 UMHB beats #7, #4 HSU beats #5.  If the next round were #2 UMHB beating #3 and #4 HSU losing to #1 Wesley, then #2 UMHB losing to #1 Wesley, the ASC's record would be 3-2 (.600).  Over 5 seasons that  become 15-10!

That is a big difference, (.333 to .600).  Now I can see the seeding possibly allowing a #4 HSU going to #2 UMHB in the second round, (#2 UMHB getting the chance to host 2 home games).  But, UMHB would get the chance to host 2 games.

This is definitely one to watch.

[K-Mack]

I have something else that doesn't really have a good place to be posted (though I am going to put it a couple other places)

Blogging is huge in the newspaper biz these days. So everyone's trying to link to what's news, both on and off the beaten path. USA Today, on Friday, picked up some Bluffton baseball news and the D3hoops.com story on Lincoln, which happened to be written by yours truly in my yearly foray into basketball, when Pat and the gang has more stories to write than writers.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/sportsscope/2007/03/09/index.html

(scroll down a bit)

What's interesting is that I had nothing to do with linking the blog to that story. In other words, they would have found it just the same if I didn't work here.

Another point for D3 getting national notice, although this has nothing to do with football.

[K-Mack]

Here's another one that'll probably find a home elsewhere, if it hasn't already:

Guilford-related, from March 6

Lawyer: one more apology needed

By Tom Steadman
Staff Writer

GREENSBORO -- The lawyer for two Palestinian students who say they were attacked by football players at Guilford College in January said Monday that his clients have received apologies from three of four athletes involved in the fight.

When the fourth apology is received, Amiel Rossabi said, his clients will ask that charges be dismissed.

"They need to give us their apologies, and then we're going to go over to the district attorney's office and get the charges against them dismissed," said Rossabi, attorney for Faris Khader and Osama Sabbah.

"The boys settled it among themselves," Rossabi said.

Good for them!

Rest of the article: http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070306/NEWSREC0101/703060302/-1/NEWSREC0201

[K-Mack]

Hey, they're even pronoucing "Gagliardi" correctly on ESPN, in conjunction with the Eddie Robinson obit.

[Ralph Turner]

D1 licenses 32 Bowl Games.

They invite 64 teams to play in the post-season and still cannot get it right some years.

D3 now has 31 Post-season games and settles it on the field!

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl?  Why is that credit union spending the big bucks on a bowl game?  They could be offering a higher rate on their CD's or lower rates on their auto loans!

[K-Mack]

The weird thing is few people care about those games, but D-I traditionalists regard bowls as some rite of passage as though more can't cheapen the experience and playoffs don't kick way more ... um ... butt.

[pg04]

D1 licenses 32 Bowl Games.

They invite 64 teams to play in the post-season and still cannot get it right some years.

D3 now has 31 Post-season games and settles it on the field!

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl?  Why is that credit union spending the big bucks on a bowl game?  They could be offering a higher rate on their CD's or lower rates on their auto loans!

My favorite was always the Chick-fil-a Peach Bowl...

MMMMMMMMM Chicken. 

Not far behind is the Papajohns.com bowl and the emerald nut bowl!!

[frank uible]

None of the DIII playoff games, including the Stagg Bowl, draws much attendance (or in the case of the Stagg Bowl TV viewership) even by the standards of the least attended (TV viewed) DIA bowl games.

[pg04]

None of the DIII playoff games, including the Stagg Bowl, draws much attendance (or in the case of the Stagg Bowl TV viewership) even by the standards of the least attended (TV viewed) DIA bowl games.

Honestly I think making that comparison is like comparing apples and oranges....

[Pat Coleman]

Like the 2005 Poinsettia Bowl and its 0.52 rating? The Stagg Bowl that year did an 0.63.

This year's Stagg Bowl did a 1.26, though I can't find TV ratings on other bowls yet.

[frank uible]

In recent years the Stagg Bowl drew about 5000 in per game attendance. I bet the Poinciana Bowl draws more than 20,000.

[Pat Coleman]

You were the one who put TV ratings out there as a valid measure.

[frank uible]

I'm 1/2 correct.