And tomorrow, as the NAIA season gets underway. They start a week earlier than the NCAA, and yet not a single one of their schools or conferences had the foresight to sidle up to a television executive and say, “Hey, there, pal… I know you have a lot of really jittery addicts desperate for some football, how ’bout I hook you up? I’ll even give it to you on the cheap. Just get us some airtime this weekend, eh?”
Anyway.
Two games tonight, as Rocky Mountain meets Jamestown on a neutral field in Miles City MT at 8:00 ET and the Fighting Saints of Carroll (MT), who lost the NAIA championship game last year to Saint Xavier, visit Montana State-Northern at 8:30.
Tomorrow, there are sixteen games, highlighted by a top-25 matchup between #11t Ottawa and #18 Baker in Ottawa KS. That game is actually available via streaming at Ottawa’s website. Kickoff is at 7pm ET.
I’m being a mensch and making my formatting spreadsheets available for download. (Yes, the score and standings panels I used last year were just pic grabs from Excel.) Here’s the NAIA schedule spreadsheet. It’s 118KB, and it’s saved in Excel 2003 format because you may not have upgraded in awhile and I am not a complete dick. See how that works? I’ll keep updating this as the season goes on, and I’ll be providing the same spreadsheet formats for the other divisions.