With every off-season comes the inevitable reshuffling of teams between conferences and divisions. A mess of them were announced last year, but we’ll go over what’s already changed, and who’s on their way out at the end of the season.
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Oh, Look, It’s 2011.
Sep 2
Before we get started on a new season of hijinks here at Those Other Guys, I have some mea culpas to offer.
I disappeared right after I posted the previews for the FCS semifinals and the championship games in the other divisions, meaning I never wrapped the other divisions, nor did I preview or wrap the FCS championship game or wrap the semifinals.
I think we can all agree that this was bad.
There were things going on here at home that ate up a great deal of my free time, and said things also contributed to a severe case of writers block. No excuse, but it wasn’t just because I stopped caring all of a sudden.
So, with that, congratulations to Eastern Washington (FCS), Minnesota-Duluth (D-II), Wisconsin-Whitewater (D-III), and Carroll (MT) (NAIA) on winning their respective national championships last December.
Last season, I picked a format and rolled with it, but I was never satisfied WITH that format. I felt like it worked against the very purpose I had in mind with this site; it was too stiff, too wordy, and was pretty much just as thick and hard to swallow as simply going to dedicated sites would have been. This year, I’m going to toy with things and see if I can’t land on something that feels organic and entertaining.
I also never did figure out what to do about basketball (despite actually having a couple of offers from people interested in helping cover it), and thus never even started it. Congratulations go out to Bellarmine (D-II), Saint Thomas (MN) (D-III), Pikeville (NAIA-I), Cornerstone (NAIA-II), Azusa Pacific (NAIA-I women), and Northwestern (IA) (NAIA-II women). I cannot guarantee that I’ll get to basketball this year either, but if I do manage to come up with a format for football which I’m comfortable with, I might manage it.
Next: what changed over the summer.
Stuff and Things, Week 17.
Dec 18
A look at headlines from across all the lower divisions for this week, right after the ol’ jumpy dealy.
One division presents us with a changing of the guard; another presents us with the same old championship game. And, after a week off, the NAIA returns to the fray to decide their champion as well. Recaps of the Division II and III semifinals and previews of the championship games for D-II, D-III, and the NAIA, after the jump.
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Sorry for the tardiness of this post, which is actually going up after one of the two FCS semifinals. I’ve been fighting off a particularly nasty bout of bronchitis, and haven’t been able to concentrate on getting this done. That said, last week’s quarterfinal recaps, a recap of the first semifinal, and a preview of today’s game after the jump.
A few news items, semifinal recaps, and much deja vu after the jump.
Several coaching moves to report, plus quarterfinal action and semifinal previews. You know where to click.
A loss to the D-II community puts a damper on things, and one team advances without four of its star players. Quarterfinal recaps, semifinal previews, bowl game results, and other things after the jump.
Conference poaching, and our final per-conference breakdown of the year, after the jump.
Two of the five seeded teams went home, three other home teams got upset, and DeAndre Presley lost his mind. Second round recaps, quarterfinal previews, and Friday football after the jump.