FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[art76]

SJU will be playing Trinity (TX) in 2023!

WOW! - and Nice! That promises to be a great game...

[DuffMan]

We have heard this as well, but it is definitely scheduled in Collegeville.

Pat, have you heard if this is a 2-year home-and-home, or is this just a 1-year deal?

[Pat Coleman]

We have heard this as well, but it is definitely scheduled in Collegeville.

Pat, have you heard if this is a 2-year home-and-home, or is this just a 1-year deal?

Have not heard, no.

[SagatagSam]

I like it!

Iron sharpens iron. In an era of shrinking at-large bids, having this kind of schedule is what makes you stand out from the rest.

[GoldandBlueBU]

That's awesome, good for SJU!  So they'll have UWW and Trinity? 

They'll be all tuned up for the MIAC season!

[DuffMan]

So they'll have UWW and Trinity? 

I haven't seen an official schedule yet, but I believe that is correct.

[faunch]

So they'll have UWW and Trinity? 

I haven't seen an official schedule yet, but I believe that is correct.

Week 2 is at UWW so the Trinity game would be week 1 or 3 followed up w/ Bethel week 4. What a way to start the season!!!

[DuffMan]

Here's the official announcement: SJU Football Completes 2023 Schedule 

The 2023 game is at SJU.

[SagatagSam]

Here's the official announcement: SJU Football Completes 2023 Schedule 

The 2023 game is at SJU.

I hope this is something that resonates with recruits. I'd like to think it would mean something to be able to say to a recruit that we take great pride in challenging ourselves with the toughest schedule in the country every year. I hope we can keep it up.

[DuffMan]

SJU's 2023 Football Schedule
Sept. 2 – vs. Trinity (Texas), 1 p.m.
Sept. 9 – at Wisconsin-Whitewater, 1 p.m.
Sept. 23 – vs. Bethel, 1 p.m. (Family Weekend)
Sept. 30 – at Augsburg, 1 p.m.
Oct. 7 – vs. Concordia, 1 p.m.
Oct. 14 – vs. Carleton, 1 p.m. (Homecoming)
Oct. 21 – at Gustavus Adolphus, 1 p.m.
Oct. 28 – vs. St. Scholastica, 1 p.m.
Nov. 4 – at St. Olaf, 1 p.m.
Nov. 11 – at MIAC Championship Week, 1 p.m.

[OzJohnnie]

Week 2 is at UWW so the Trinity game would be week 1 or 3 followed up w/ Bethel week 4. What a way to start the season!!!

Man, that's certainly taking on the schedule.  We'll know what's what very early in the year.

[OzJohnnie]

SJU's 2023 Football Schedule
Sept. 2 – vs. Trinity (Texas), 1 p.m.
Sept. 9 – at Wisconsin-Whitewater, 1 p.m.
Sept. 23 – vs. Bethel, 1 p.m. (Family Weekend)
Sept. 30 – at Augsburg, 1 p.m.
Oct. 7 – vs. Concordia, 1 p.m.
Oct. 14 – vs. Carleton, 1 p.m. (Homecoming)
Oct. 21 – at Gustavus Adolphus, 1 p.m.
Oct. 28 – vs. St. Scholastica, 1 p.m.
Nov. 4 – at St. Olaf, 1 p.m.
Nov. 11 – at MIAC Championship Week, 1 p.m.

Auggie @ Auggie will be a danger game coming off those first three contests.  The possibility of an emotional letdown that week will be looming large.  Concordia will have their second season in the new offense, right?  Will they have the same QB this year?  Carlton have been playing with their tails up the last couple seasons and will come ready to play.  Plus both GAC and STO are away.

A challenging schedule both in and out of the conference.

[DuffMan]

And if they make it through that gauntlet, they hit the road for the MIAC championship game.

[sjusection105]

And if they make it through that gauntlet, they hit the road for the MIAC championship game.

The whole alternating the championship game thing is horse hockey   

[SagatagSam]

Speaking of championship games, the SCIAC is going to have a championship game. They refer to "pods" rather than divisions, and it sounds like the pods will be rearranged on a two-year cycle. One interesting aspect is that there will be a home-and-home for teams within a pod.

The Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) has established a Championship game that will pit the top teams between two pods – dubbed the 'Sun' and 'Surf' divisions – to determine the conference's official champion and recipient of the automatic qualifying berth to the NCAA Championships.

The league's six teams will be grouped into two pods of three, organized on a two-year cycle. Teams will play opponents in their pod twice and teams in the other pod once for a total of seven games that count toward the conference standings. Games will take place from Weeks 4-10, with the teams holding the best record in each pod playing for the championship at the site of the team with the best record (the head-to-head winner will host in the case of a tie). The second-and third-place teams in each pod will also face each other in third- and fifth-place games that will alternate home sites by pod each year. The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is the only other conference in Division III that currently plays a championship game; the Midwest Conference and former NEFC previously also played divisional schedules with a title game, according to D3football.com.

https://sciacawards.prestosports.com/sports/fball/2022-23/releases/20230228im8uss