D3 vs. NAIA

[hazzben]

Dordt's qb might be the best athlete in the GPAC

[sjujohnnie]

#3 Morningside (Sioux City, IA) travels to #2 Northwestern (Orange City, IA) on Saturday.

[hazzben]

#3 Morningside (Sioux City, IA) travels to #2 Northwestern (Orange City, IA) on Saturday.

Should be a great matchup. Kooima played his first game since tearing his achilles against Morningside in the Spring, and threw 6 TD's as NWC blew out Dordt.

[sjujohnnie]

#3 Morningside has a 48-39 lead over #2 Northwestern on the road with 8:01 remaining in the contest.

[sjujohnnie]

Appears that ground zero for the best programs in NAIA are in Iowa. Grand View, Morningside, & Northwestern all made the semis. Morningside & Northwestern being in the same conference. NAIA national championship game Saturday at 5:00 from Durham, NC between Morningside & Grand View. I'll forever be curious how Morningside & Northwestern would look against St John's, Bethel & the top programs above in Division III.

[Coolrey]

Back in 2016, D-III #2 Whitewater beat NAIA #2 Morningside 35-21.  Whitewater got beat, I think, in the 3rd round of the D-III playoffs that year while M'Side lost in the 2nd.  I think if you were to matchup this year's UMHB team w/ this year's M'Side team, I don't think the NAIA team holds up.

[SW1]

No way Morningside stays on the field with UMHB.

[sjujohnnie]

With #5 St John's hosting #4 Whitewater at 1:00 today I'm nervous, but hopeful that St John's can open the season with a HUGE win! This will only be the second time in history that Whitewater has traveled to Collegeville. In 2002 St John's beat them 42-18. Tonight my wife, who is a Morningside alum, & I are going to the Morningside/Northwestern game in Sioux City. Morningside has now won 3 straight NAIA titles. Tonight's matchup is #1 vs #3 so should be a great game! Would be really nice if St John's could defeat Whitewater which Morningside was unable to do in their home & away series a handful of years ago so that I can mention that at the game! So glad that the return of college football is finally here!

[sjujohnnie]

#5 St John's was able to do what Morningside was unable to! They took down #4 Wisconsin-Whitewater, 24-10. Will be interesting to see what #1 Morningside looks like tonight vs #3 Northwestern. Still wish the NAIA could fold so I could see how teams like Morningside & Northwestern would fare against UMHB, Mount Union, Whitewater, St John's, etc.

[sjujohnnie]

Morningside prevailed, 30-29.

[hazzben]

Morningside prevailed, 30-29.

It was a great game. McCarty should have taken the points on the 2 at the end of the half. Easier to say that now seeing how close it ended up. Here's to hoping they both win out and meet up deep in the playoffs again!

[HOPEful]

I stumbled upon this thread and am truthfully learning this morning for the first time that the NAIA has football. My ignorance is due to the fact that my NAIA knowledge revolves around basketball and the WHAC, which does not have football.

[Inkblot]

I stumbled upon this thread and am truthfully learning this morning for the first time that the NAIA has football. My ignorance is due to the fact that my NAIA knowledge revolves around basketball and the WHAC, which does not have football.

Four WHAC members (Concordia, Lawrence Tech, Madonna, Siena Heights) play football in the Mid-States Football Association.

[HOPEful]

I stumbled upon this thread and am truthfully learning this morning for the first time that the NAIA has football. My ignorance is due to the fact that my NAIA knowledge revolves around basketball and the WHAC, which does not have football.

Four WHAC members (Concordia, Lawrence Tech, Madonna, Siena Heights) play football in the Mid-States Football Association.

Very cool. All of those WHAC schools are on the east side of Michigan. I'm most familiar with Cornerstone and Aquinas due to proximity and their relationships with Hope and Calvin. Thanks for enlightening my ignorance!

[smedindy]

There's a NAIA school out here that has 8 teams. Five in Montana, two in Oregon and one in Idaho. Basically it's the football playing schools of the Cascade and Frontier conferences.

I think there are 91 NAIA schools playing football.