After that infodump, it’s time to take a look at changes in Division III and the NAIA. There’s not too much shuffling in D-III, aside from chaos surrounding two conferences in particular; the NAIA, on the other hand, is losing a ton of teams, and therefore its conferences are being impacted quite a but.
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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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Several coaching moves to report, plus quarterfinal action and semifinal previews. You know where to click.
We’re down to eight, as the regional finals are set to kickoff in less than 24 hours. Reviews of the second-round action, quarterfinal previews, unsettling police blotter news from Delaware, and more after the jump.
Three of the four #3 seeds fell, and two #5 seeds knocked off #4 seeds, but the top half of all four brackets got through unscathed. The number of unbeatens has now been reduced from eleven to eight, and at least two of those eight will fall this coming Saturday. Quick recaps and previews of Saturday’s regional semifinals after the jump.
The field is set, and next week 32 teams will start whittling themselves down to just one. All the details, coming up next.
All but five of the Division III automatic bids have now been secured, as 14 schools earned their way into the playoffs this Saturday, and a 15th stumbled backward into the field. This week, the remainder of the field will be settled, and next week: playoffs! All the scoop after the jump.
Two teams have claimed berths in the D-III playoffs, and once again the top half of the poll remains entirely unchanged. A couple of potential conference realignment notes, and more follow the jump.