2007 Year in Review thread

[K-Mack]

As always, I'll be taking suggestions for the annual year in review column. This year, I'll try a thread. If we can keep things brief and on topic, this could be a great help in assisting me with the goal of getting the first installment out by the Stagg Bowl.

Part of the reason for asking while the season is still going is to get the suggestions while they're fresh in your minds. I'll take whatever you have, suggestions for things you'd like to know but don't want to do the research on, odd occurrences, broken records and (real or imagined) superlatives.

Anything that you see or have seen along the way that seems memorable.

Here are a couple from yesterday's Daily Dose that are good starters:

#  Pat Coleman Says:
November 3rd, 2007 at 2:28 pm

Albright 21-7 at the half. Widener called timeout twice on Albright's field goal attempt to end the second quarter and blocked both attempts.

# Pat Coleman Says:
November 3rd, 2007 at 2:30 pm

Susquehanna scored on the last play of the game at WPI, went for the two-point conversion and got it to win the game 8-7.

Other stuff:
Trinity vs. Millsaps is a pretty good candidate for play of the year.
Mount Union's 52-point quarter
UMHB's two backs combining for 523 yards or whatever
Miss. Coll.'s 4th quarter against Millsaps
2 vs. 3 not living up to billing
QBs going over 10,000 career yards ... etc.

I'm not guaranteeing public credit or promising that I'll use anything, especially if you post a list of 40 neat things about School X Football, but I do appreciate most of the suggestions, and drawing from the collective knowledge about D3 football always, always makes for a more comprehensive, more interesting column.

[smedindy]

I have two from Wabash:

1. All-American LB Adi Pynenberg setting the school record for career tackles in game 9.

2. Wabash losing their starting QB (fifth year senior Dustin Huff) for the year (probably), while playing on the hands team on onside kicks, in the first game of the year. Then, the Little Giants roll through the regular season using sophomore Matt Hudson, who has put up Huff-like numbers. (Going into DPU, 73% completion, 17 TDs to 5 Ints, 181.6 efficiency).

Carry on!

[DutchHawk]

Central losing 2 time IIAC MVP Vance Schuring and carrying on to a 9-0 record...soon to be 10-0 with him on the sidelines much of the season. Just a thought.

[K-Mack]

Meant to say also, if you haven't seen a YIR before (maybe you check out at the end of Week 11), start here so you can see the style. That might help with ideas.

Oh yeah, the hands team thing (debacle?) was memorable. Central too, for Vance Schuring and for other reasons.

Some more I've thought of while compiling my vote this week:

Best player: Consider D3football.com OPOY, DPOY, Gagliardi Trophy Finalists
Best coaching job: Consider D3football.com COYs from 4 regions, Liberty Mutual Finalists
St. Olaf scoring 85, Salisbury scoring 79, etc. in 70s
Geneva's NAIA transition
Surprise teams: Randolph-Macon, Ill. Wesleyan, Albright, Case, Waynesburg, Middlebury?
Most unfortunate: Millsaps (there might be others)
MAC moves opening up the schedule for good East Coast clashes early
Also HSU at Linfield, vs. UW-LaCrosse
Season turning on UW-Ws comeback vs. La Crosse?
Losses that weren't shocking that later turned out to be Frostburg over R-MC, (another one I thought of recently that I will edit in later)
Others that were: Augsburg over Wartburg
Big games at the time that turned out not to be: Rowan/CNU, UWL/HSU, Springfield vs. anyone
Crown/Blackburn Dome Day finish
Four-way LL playoff race with 2 weeks to play
Rowan's disappointing season.
How bad my early-season hype picks were (although with Rochester winning, I've got a chance!)

and all the traditional stuff we review and awards we give out. And stuff that has yet to happen (most disappointing playoff string, etc.)

This is just an open brainstorm at this point, so kick in whatever you think of.

If ever we had some real competition, we couldn't do public threads like so.

Course, there's also a bunch of personal stuff I noticed on the trips to Abilene, Chicago, Minn. and Oregon that I haven't used that would spice it up anyway.

[ScotLass]

In the oddities category:

Earlham's regular kicker chose to study abroad this semester, so soph Alexander Cogbill and junior Hillary Carter....yes, a girl, stepped up for the Quakers. Cogbill has been the go to player, but Ms. Carter has made good on both her opportunites, making both her extra point attempts against Hiram and Wooster.

[gordonmann]

Lebanon Valley's kicker Brittany Ryan is 4 for 5 on PATs in two games.  It looks like she's won the starting role at that position.

[Pat Coleman]

As always, I'll be taking suggestions for the annual year in review column. This year, I'll try a thread. If we can keep things brief and on topic, this could be a great help in assisting me with the goal of getting the first installment out by the Stagg Bowl.

To this end I will be removing sidetracking posts.

[altor]

Least Likely Result:

Hartwick 21
Western New England 48
9/1/2007

[Ralph Turner]

For consideration:

UMHB loses to UWW 41-14, and then beat ETBU 72-7 the next weekend.

-27 to plus 65.  Net +92.

[Ryan Tipps]

Punters always seem to be that unsung position, but I've never seen a crowd ooh and ahh as much at the punters as I did last weekend:

W&L's Jordan Campbell: 9 punts; 43.4-yard average; long was 72 yards (!!--yes, most of that was on the fly); 3 landed inside the 20

E&H's Tim Whaley: 9 punts; 41.9-yard average; long was 59 yards; 3 landed inside the 20

Great performances by both of them. To put it in perspective, these kinds of stats would put them at first and sixth in the country (though only Whaley is ranked, at 39th).

[Matt Barnhart (kid)]

Something that jumps out at me...

Linfield
2007: 3-2 in NWC
2000 to 2006: 33-2 in conference (5 titles)

Bridgewater (Va.)
2007: 2-3 in ODAC
2000 to 2006: 39-3 in conference (5 titles)

Rowan
2007: 2-4 in NJAC
2000 to 2006: 36-6 in conference (5 titles)

[Ralph Turner]

Punters always seem to be that unsung position, but I've never seen a crowd ooh and ahh as much at the punters as I did last weekend:

W&L's Jordan Campbell: 9 punts; 43.4-yard average; long was 72 yards (!!--yes, most of that was on the fly); 3 landed inside the 20

E&H's Tim Whaley: 9 punts; 41.9-yard average; long was 59 yards; 3 landed inside the 20

Great performances by both of them. To put it in perspective, these kinds of stats would put them at first and sixth in the country (though only Whaley is ranked, at 39th).

Good punters are common in the ASC.  Four of the top 11 punters thru October 27th are from the ASC.

#4 Jonathan Russell, Miss College
#9 Joel Munoz UMHB
#10 Bert Green McMurry (the All-American 4 x100 Meter runner and former baseball player for the St Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers).
#11 Kelsey Larson HSU

[smedindy]

Here's one for consistency. Principia is #230 of 231 in rushing offense, and #231 of 231 in rushing defense.

[Ralph Turner]

Here's one for consistency. Principia is #230 of 231 in rushing offense, and #231 of 231 in rushing defense.

http://www.d3sports.com/post/index.php?topic=5329.msg732046#new

And regionally ranked #9 in the October 31st Central Region Men's Soccer Rankings.

[Knightstalker]

You could add Hartwick and TCNJ to surprise teams.