D3 vs. D1-AA, D2 and others

[smedindy]

Bill - as far as I see it they are all over the place. A team like San Diego could definitely compete, while Butler would struggle in the HCAC or the NCAC.

[K-Mack]

Ralph,  how would you compare the non-scholarship D1 AA with the better D3 teams?

I think it varies across the board too. Just look at the results from this season and years past ... St. Peter's and Iona have lost to OK D3 teams, Valpo and Drake have crushed teams.

I think San Diego, Davidson, Dayton, Robert Morris and some of those would be pretty good if they were D3. But a lot of them would be middle to upper-middle of the pack, based on their results vs. D3s ... most would have a bigger student body and recruiting area than your average D3 though.

I don't think Butler, etc. would struggle in the HCAC. In fact, if they were members of our conferences and were competing for true championships and playoff bids, they might recruit better and win our conferences.

No telling really, but those are some ways of looking at it.

[Ralph Turner]

Week #7:

1AA   La Salle   27 at   D3   Catholic 14

D3 is 6-6 vs D1-AA.

Week #8

D3   Salisbury   at   1AA   St Peter's

D2   Brevard College   at   D3   LaGrange

[K-Mack]

Week #7:

1AA   La Salle   27 at   D3   Catholic 14

D3 is 6-6 vs D1-AA.

Week #8

D3   Salisbury   at   1AA   St Peter's

D2   Brevard College   at   D3   LaGrange

I was totally thinking Salisbury was playing St. Paul's, which is a D2 in Va. I think.

Sure does say Peter's everywhere I see it though.

[Ron Boerger]

Keith,

Are you sure it's not St. Mary's?   

[insert obscure reference to a 60's folk group here - oops, I just did]

[Ralph Turner]

Week #8

D3 is 6-7 vs D1-AA.

D3   Salisbury  23  at   1AA   St Peter's  26


D3 is  4-9  vs. D2.

D2   Brevard College  35   at  D3  LaGrange  27

Week #9

D3 Husson at D1-AA LaSalle

[Ralph Turner]

Plagarized from the front page (  ) while my home computer and internet are down.

Husson beat La Salle 17-7.  That has to be a great win for the Husson program!

Week #10

vs. Division I-AA (1-0 in Week 9, 7-7 in 2006)
None

vs. Division II (0-0 in Week 9, 4-9 in 2006)
Chowan at No. 4 Wesley

[K-Mack]

Likewise, it has to be a clue for La Salle to re-think what they're doing with the whole football thing.

They're pretty solid in basketball.

[Ralph Turner]

Week # 10 D-3 vs D-2

Wesley 37, Chowan 7

Week #11 D-3 vs D-2

Bryant 42 Becker 0

Final D for 2006:  D3, 5 wins vs. D2,  10 wins.

Week #11 D3 vs. D1-AA

Valpo 20, Aurora 7.

Final for 2006:  D3, 7 wins; D1-AA,  8 wins.

[K-Mack]

FWIW, looks like there was some solid giant-killing in Week 1 beyond Appy State.

No mention of UW-Eau Claire over SW Minn State or Concordia-Moorhead over Moorhead State though.

[DadofBashWarrior..]

That Drake Bulldog win over Illinois State with the hail Mary was huge...

I know kids in both programs that played with my son.....

Nice posting....

[K-Mack]

Who are those guys?

Following Division III teams in interdivisional play.

vs. Division I, FCS (formerly I-AA, 7-8 in 2006)
Ursinus 28, at La Salle 0 (Thurs.)
Wagner 20, at Western Connecticut 7 (Fri.)
at Butler 42, Albion 14
at Iona 14, Delaware Valley 12

1-3

vs. Division II (5-10 in 2006)
UW-Eau Claire 42, at Southwest Minnesota State 13 (Thurs.)
at Husson 25, Pace 13 (Fri.)
Fairmont State 3, at Newport News Apprentice 0
at Upper Iowa 38, Loras 11
at Concordia-Moorhead 34, Moorhead State 32
Western Oregon 23, at Willamette 9

3-3

Nice start

[smedindy]

K-Mack - I wonder how many D-3 schools play D-1AA...er...1-FCS scholarship programs. I think those four are non-scholarship programs (though I could be wrong).

[K-Mack]

Very rare is the I-AA scholarship team that plays a D3, for obvious reasons.

I've been doing this feature in ATN for the past two years, I think, you could go back and look if you really cared.

I think the La Crosse/S.D. State one from last year is one of the few.

[Ralph Turner]

In our part of the country, Howard Payne beat Prairie View A&M in about 1998.  I am seeking sources to verify that.

PVAMU beat HPU 21-7 in 1999.