{"id":1716,"date":"2012-10-03T23:36:55","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T04:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/tog\/?p=1716"},"modified":"2012-10-03T23:36:55","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T04:36:55","slug":"d-iii-week-five-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/tog\/2012\/10\/03\/d-iii-week-five-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"D-III: Week Five Recap."},"content":{"rendered":"

D-III Spreadsheet<\/strong>: (Excel2003, 428 kb<\/a>)<\/p>\n

D-III Games of the Week<\/strong>:
\nThere was one huge game of massive import on Saturday, but three other top-20 teams wandered headlong into danger and got more than they bargained for.\u00a0 (Well, if we’re being honest, four did, but one got blown out so they just don’t belong in this section, do they?)<\/p>\n

In Platteville, #4 Wisconsin-Whitewater and #13 Wisconsin-Platteville clashed in the only meeting between ranked teams this week.\u00a0 The Warhawks were in deep, deep trouble early as they fell behind 14-0 midway through the first quarter on two John Kelly touchdown passes, on a short toss to Trevor Whitehead and a 78-yard strike to Aaron Loferski.\u00a0 The last time Whitewater had been down by 14 was in the 2008 Stagg Bowl, which just happened to be the last game they lost before being upset by Buffalo State two weeks ago.\u00a0 It would be another 11 minutes before the scoreboard changed, but after Kelly went down with an injury, Whitewater would score ten points in four minutes on a 28-yard Eric Kindler field goal (set up by a Mykaell Bratchett interception off Pioneer backup QB Bryce Corrigan) and a 3-yard pass from Lee Brekke to Derric Junakin to pull within 14-10 at the half (again set up by a Corrigan miscue as Andrew Keister picked him off).
\nPlatteville pulled ahead again when Tommy Magna returned a Brekke interception to the house less than five minutes into the second half, but the extra point was no good; that would be a fateful error.\u00a0 A few minutes later Nick Patterson plowed in from the two to get Whitewater back within three, and then another Kindler field goal, this time from 21, tied the game.\u00a0 Corrigan was picked off again, this time by Cole Klotz; Desmin Ward shortly rumbled in from two yards out to give the Warhawks the lead for the first time.<\/p>\n

With just under five minutes to go, Platteville was threatening, but a fumble by Corrigan stopped the advance at the Warhawk 16.\u00a0 Whitewater was held and forced three-and-out, though, and with only sixteen seconds to go Lee Vlasak scored on a two-yard run to bring the Pioneers within a point at 27-26.\u00a0 Of course, if not for the prior missed PAT, the game would be tied.\u00a0 Then came a chess match.<\/p>\n

Platteville coach Mike Emendorfer sent his two-point conversion team onto the field.\u00a0 Whitewater coach Lance Leipold promptly called timeout; Emendorfer responded by sending his kicking unit out.\u00a0 Leipold again called time, and Emendorfer went back to Plan A.\u00a0 Corrigan tossed a fade to Ryley Bailey in the back corner, but Whitewater’s Ryan Wenkman batted it away to salvage the win for the Warhawks.<\/p>\n

In other big games, tenth-ranked Bethel (MN) led Augsburg 21-14 with 1:46 to go when the Auggies scored from 13 yards out on a fourth-down completion from Ayrton Scott to Adam Carl.\u00a0 Rather than kicking the extra point to tie the game, Augsburg opted to go for two, but the conversion pass attempt was batted down.\u00a0 The Auggies actually managed to get the ball back again with 32 seconds to go, but Scott was intercepted by Bethel’s J.D. Melhorn to secure the win for the Royals.<\/p>\n

A third top-20 game was decided by a broken-up two-point conversion, this one in overtime.\u00a0 #14 Illinois Wesleyan had to fight back from a 20-7 second quarter deficit, scoring on a four-yard T.J. Stinde run with only 1:38 left in the game to force overtime.\u00a0 After the Titans went ahead on their possession, Millikin scored to make it 34-33, but went for the win rather than kicking.\u00a0 Tyrell Bolden knocked down the attempt, and Illinois Wesleyan survived.<\/p>\n

Finally, #18 Widener found themselves trailing Lebanon Valley 37-21 with 5:44 to play after Evan Fink scored his third touchdown of the day, his second of the fourth quarter.\u00a0 Just one minute later, Widener got back within eight when Tyler Rank scored from a yard out and the Pride converted for two; then Colin Masterson picked off a Leo Kyte pass and raced 64 yards for a pick-six with closed the gap to two.\u00a0 Couve LaFate dove in for the deuce, and the game was tied.\u00a0 Lebanon Valley was unable to score in overtime, and James McFadden drilled home a 33-yarder to get Widener a miracle win.<\/p>\n

Four Games, Five Points<\/strong>:
\nThe entire Presidents’ Athletic Conference would have landed in the Nail-Biters section below, so we may as well talk about them here.\u00a0 At the end of regulation, the four conference games on the slate last Saturday had a total margin of only five points.\u00a0 Waynesburg remained unbeaten, but it was a near thing as they won at Thiel 20-19.\u00a0 Bethany (WV) came oh-so-close to getting their first win of the year, but lost at Washington & Jefferson 28-26; meanwhile, Grove City won at Westminster (PA) 23-21.\u00a0 The fourth game saw winless Geneva take Thomas More to overtime; four periods later, Geneva finally prevailed 50-48 when they halted Thomas More’s two-point conversion attempt.<\/p>\n

Unbeaten\/Winless Watch<\/strong>:
\nIn addition to the seventeen teams which are ranked on on the cusp, seventeen other teams have remain so far unscathed.\u00a0 Gettysburg, Salve Regina, and Whitworth are all 5-0, while Albion, Bridgewater, Concordia (IL), Concordia-Moorhead, Illinois College, Ithaca, Lewis & Clark, Millsaps, Ohio Wesleyan, and Wisconsin Lutheran are 4-0.\u00a0 At least five undefeateds will disappear this week, as Concordia-Moorhead visits #10 Bethel (MN),\u00a0 Wisconsin Lutheran travels to Concordia (IL), Willamette drops in on Whitworth, and 2-0 Amherst meets 2-0 Middlebury in the NESCAC.\u00a0 Also at 2-0 in the NESCAC are Trinity (CT) and Wesleyan (CT).<\/p>\n

A whopping 35 teams are still looking for that elusive first win.\u00a0 Beloit and Knox are both 0-5, but one will finally get a win this Saturday when they meet up in Galesburg.\u00a0 Also at 0-5 are Earlham, Hiram, Juniata, MacMurray, McDaniel, Misericordia, Morrisville State, Nichols, Olivet, and Saint Lawrence.\u00a0 Anderson (IN), Averett, Bethany (WV), Buena Vista, Howard Payne, Lakeland, Luther, Maine Maritime, Maranatha Baptist, Marietta, Puget Sound, Rockford, Saint Vincent, Western Connecticut State, Wilmington (OH), and Wisconsin-River Falls are all 0-4, while Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Occidental, and Pomona-Pitzer are 0-3 and at 0-2 we find a quartet from the NESCAC: Bowdoin, Colby, Hamilton, and Tufts.\u00a0 Rockford visits Lakeland, C-M-S visits Occidental, and Tufts faces Bowdoin in other meetings between the winless, so at most 31 winless teams will remain.<\/p>\n

The New Top 25<\/strong><\/span>:
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And our usual collection of curiosities<\/strong><\/span>:
\nNail-Biters<\/strong>:
\nat Hanover 33, Rose-Hulman 27 (OT)
\nat Plymouth State 20, Nichols 14 (OT)
\nat Framingham State 35, Massachusetts Maritime 28 (OT)
\nat Simpson (IA) 20, Wartburg 19
\nat MIT 28, Massachusetts-Dartmouth 27
\nGreensboro 34, at Methodist 33
\nFrostburg State 28, at Hartwick 26
\nat Loras 28, Luther 25
\nat Merchant Marine 34, Rensselaer 31
\nSaint Olaf 38, at Saint John’s (MN) 35
\nat DePauw 17, Washington (MO) 14
\nWhitworth 28, at Pacific (OR) 25
\nVirginia Lynchburg [n\/a] 19, Southern Virginia 16
\nat Mount Ida 36, Norwich 32
\nTrinity (CT) 17, at Williams 13
\nMartin Luther 17, at Presentation 13<\/p>\n

Done Been Trucked<\/strong>:
\nat Coast Guard 59, Fitchburg State 0
\nat Muskingum 45, Wilmington (OH) 0
\nSalve Regina 43, at Western New England 0
\nat Redlands 49, Occidental 7
\nAurora 55, at Maranatha Baptist 14
\nCornell (IA) 48, at Beloit 8<\/p>\n

Defense Is an Optional Package<\/strong>:
\nLewis & Clark 55, at Puget Sound 42
\nChapman 49, at Whittier 35
\nCollege of New Jersey 55, Western Connecticut State 27
\nat Heidelberg 56, Marietta 24
\nKean 51, at Morrisville State 28
\nFerrum 49, at Averett 28
\nChristopher Newport 45, at Maryville (TN) 31
\nat Gallaudet 52, Anna Maria 24
\nat Illinois College 56, Lawrence 20
\nat Ohio Wesleyan 48, Hiram 24
\nat Union (NY) 49, Springfield 21<\/p>\n

No Offense… But No Offense<\/strong>:
\nConcordia (WI) 6, at Benedictine (IL) 0
\nat Susquehanna 17, Muhlenberg 0
\nat Allegheny 15, Oberlin 3
\nLake Forest 13, at Carroll (WI) 10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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