FB: Liberty League

[UfanBill]

All Region teams are out.  They have Wingfield 2nd team (should be first but everyone makes mistakes ).  Anyway he is listed as a junior.  Mistake or do the d3 gods know something I don't.....?

Wingfield was a freshman in 2019 which means he has a Covid 5th year of eligibility if he chooses to use it.

[Jonny Utah]

All Region teams are out.  They have Wingfield 2nd team (should be first but everyone makes mistakes ).  Anyway he is listed as a junior.  Mistake or do the d3 gods know something I don't.....?

Wingfield was a freshman in 2019 which means he has a Covid 5th year of eligibility if he chooses to use it.

No I know that but wasn't sure what he was going to do.  He was listed as a "Sr." all year (which he was technically).  We had a discussion on this before here.  Lots of players on the Ithaca roster who are seniors this year but have an extra covid year.  I have not heard much on them though. A quick look shows me the following on Ithaca's starters this year:

QB Wingfield, WR Deumaga, OL Puckey and OL Norton, and TE Crowley are all offensive senior starters with an extra Covid year if they want.
DB/LB Haber and Slywka are defensive senior starters with an extra Covid year.

WR Leonard-Osborne and RB Jake Williams are starting Juniors with two years if they want.
Moran, Koumas, Green and O'Neil are all Jr/So defensiver starters with 2 or 3 years left.

So to total up IC has 3/11 offensive starters returning with 4 others if they choose to stay.
IC has 4/11 defensive starters returning with 2 others if they choose to stay.

[IC798891]

From what I have heard, he is returning next year

[IC798891]

From what I see,

OL Andrew Testani and WR Michael Anderson also have another year of eligibility as well, if they choose.

The next two years are going to be impacted by who decides to use that extra year (for everyone)

[Jonny Utah]

From what I see,

OL Andrew Testani and WR Michael Anderson also have another year of eligibility as well, if they choose.

The next two years are going to be impacted by who decides to use that extra year (for everyone)

Robinson and Testani were both true freshman in 2018 with no playing time on the varsity as far as I can tell.  The others I mentioned (Wingfield, Deumaga, Puckey, Norton, Crowley, Haber and Slywka) were true freshman in 2019. 

This leads me to a few questions.  Covid aside, I assume the d3 redshirt rules stand.  There are only medical redshirts in d3 correct?  If you "practice" with the varsity, that counts as a year.  JV football counts as a year only because they also practice "with" the varsity on the scout team? 

[Oline89]

From what I see,

OL Andrew Testani and WR Michael Anderson also have another year of eligibility as well, if they choose.

The next two years are going to be impacted by who decides to use that extra year (for everyone)

Robinson and Testani were both true freshman in 2018 with no playing time on the varsity as far as I can tell.  The others I mentioned (Wingfield, Deumaga, Puckey, Norton, Crowley, Haber and Slywka) were true freshman in 2019. 

This leads me to a few questions.  Covid aside, I assume the d3 redshirt rules stand.  There are only medical redshirts in d3 correct?  If you "practice" with the varsity, that counts as a year.  JV football counts as a year only because they also practice "with" the varsity on the scout team?

Remind me, do athletes in D3 only get 4 years of eligibility?  If they don't play as Freshman, they stilll only have 3 more years?  Can a D1 player (5 years to play 4 season rule) transfer in to a D3 school and play as a grad student?

[Ice Bear]

Ice Bear says former Union stud wide receiver Andrew Baker's father, Charlie Baker, who also happens to be the current Governor of Massachusetts, has been named the next President of the NCAA. He'll begin on March 1st following the conclusion of current position as Governor which he has held since 2015. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/35258190/massachusetts-gov-charlie-baker-ncaa-next-president. Ice hopes he'll bring a more down to earth perspective to the position being a former NCAA athlete himself. His wife was also an NCAA athlete (gymnast) and both his sons played college football. Ice Bear says one can only hope.

Ice says maybe he'll get rid of that ****ing horse**** transfer portal bull**** that he feels is ****ing up college sports...Ice knows better. He says it's probably never going away   ...

Ice Bear says his son, Andrew really was an excellent receiver at Union and played a big role in Coach Jeff Behrman's first year at Union turning things around.

[UfanBill]

Ice Bear says former Union stud wide receiver Andrew Baker's father, Charlie Baker, who also happens to be the current Governor of Massachusetts, has been named the next President of the NCAA. He'll begin on March 1st following the conclusion of current position as Governor which he has held since 2015. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/35258190/massachusetts-gov-charlie-baker-ncaa-next-president. Ice hopes he'll bring a more down to earth perspective to the position being a former NCAA athlete himself. His wife was also an NCAA athlete (gymnast) and both his sons played college football. Ice Bear says one can only hope.

Ice says maybe he'll get rid of that ****ing horse**** transfer portal bull**** that he feels is ****ing up college sports...Ice knows better. He says it's probably never going away   ...

Ice Bear says his son, Andrew really was an excellent receiver at Union and played a big role in Coach Jeff Behrman's first year at Union turning things around.

I remember sitting in the grandstands at a Union preseason scrimmage in 2012 and having a conversation with a distinguished, unpretentious gentlemen near me. Acting like a proud father but suspiciously looking like a politician, he told me his name, Charlie Baker, and that his son Andrew was a freshman wide receiver on the Union team. From that day on I watched Andrew (A.J.) blossom into an excellent WR with the Dutchmen while his father Charlie soon became Governor of Massachusetts. WOW...Governor Baker was able to attend many Union games over A.J.'s career which actually ended with the disastrous 0-10 2015 season. A season where A.J. teamed with WR Kyle Reynolds to form a very formidable tandem that somehow couldn't find a W.  (sorry Icebear but A.J. did not play for coach Behrman)

Here's hoping Charlie Baker is sympathetic to the issues of D3 sports in his new position as the next president of the NCAA. A "USA Today" opinion piece today calls it "the worst job you've ever had". Good luck Charlie. I'm counting on some meaningful reforms.

[Jonny Utah]

Ok back to football talk guys.

Could be a big upset tonight as Mount Union could make history and win the national championship for the first time ever.  Yup, you heard that right. 

Mt. Union leads Eureka College at the moment 34.57 to 34.50 for the 2022 Time of Possession National Championship.  Apparently there is a game tonight that will impact these rankings.  Good luck to both teams (Mt. Union and Eureka) 

Also a shoutout to Rochester winning the Liberty League this year as they possessed the ball on average for 31.7 seconds per game.

[unionpalooza]

Ice Bear says former Union stud wide receiver Andrew Baker's father, Charlie Baker, who also happens to be the current Governor of Massachusetts, has been named the next President of the NCAA. He'll begin on March 1st following the conclusion of current position as Governor which he has held since 2015. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/35258190/massachusetts-gov-charlie-baker-ncaa-next-president. Ice hopes he'll bring a more down to earth perspective to the position being a former NCAA athlete himself. His wife was also an NCAA athlete (gymnast) and both his sons played college football. Ice Bear says one can only hope.

Ice says maybe he'll get rid of that ****ing horse**** transfer portal bull**** that he feels is ****ing up college sports...Ice knows better. He says it's probably never going away   ...

Ice Bear says his son, Andrew really was an excellent receiver at Union and played a big role in Coach Jeff Behrman's first year at Union turning things around.

I remember sitting in the grandstands at a Union preseason scrimmage in 2012 and having a conversation with a distinguished, unpretentious gentlemen near me. Acting like a proud father but suspiciously looking like a politician, he told me his name, Charlie Baker, and that his son Andrew was a freshman wide receiver on the Union team. From that day on I watched Andrew (A.J.) blossom into an excellent WR with the Dutchmen while his father Charlie soon became Governor of Massachusetts. WOW...Governor Baker was able to attend many Union games over A.J.'s career which actually ended with the disastrous 0-10 2015 season. A season where A.J. teamed with WR Kyle Reynolds to form a very formidable tandem that somehow couldn't find a W.  (sorry Icebear but A.J. did not play for coach Behrman)

Here's hoping Charlie Baker is sympathetic to the issues of D3 sports in his new position as the next president of the NCAA. A "USA Today" opinion piece today calls it "the worst job you've ever had". Good luck Charlie. I'm counting on some meaningful reforms.

Amen to that - he's got a lot of work to do.  All levels of sport, D3 included, continue to become an ugly, transfer and money-driven mess. 

[NEd3ALUM]

More trouble in Shocktown...? Nick Dunnemen in the Transfer Portal.

[Bartman]

Congratulations to NCC and Mount Union for playing a very entertaining D3 Final. Interesting how the Final gets only 3k fans and the annual Cortaca Jug game gets 45 k. Lots of reasons for that , but the Ithaca and Cortland alums/fans really have a special tradition in all of D3 Football. 

[Pat Coleman]

Congratulations to NCC and Mount Union for playing a very entertaining D3 Final. Interesting how the Final gets only 3k fans and the annual Cortaca Jug game gets 45 k. Lots of reasons for that , but the Ithaca and Cortland alums/fans really have a special tradition in all of D3 Football.

Yes -- that's the benefit of having multiple years to plan the event and knowing who the competitors will be years in advance.

[Bartman]

More trouble in Shocktown...? Nick Dunnemen in the Transfer Portal.

He has tweeted his decision to enter the portal. His Hudl Union highlights film looks impressive, but only has 21 views so far. I'm sure he'll get some interest. If he leaves that's a tough loss for Union.

[IC798891]

Congratulations to NCC and Mount Union for playing a very entertaining D3 Final. Interesting how the Final gets only 3k fans and the annual Cortaca Jug game gets 45 k. Lots of reasons for that , but the Ithaca and Cortland alums/fans really have a special tradition in all of D3 Football.

Yes -- that's the benefit of having multiple years to plan the event and knowing who the competitors will be years in advance.

It's mainly the benefit of having something like 35,000 combined alumni in the tri-state area, plus thousands of students. Move Cortaca somewhere like Roanoke, Virginia and see what you get