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Elimination Saturday
Wittenberg's Trent Brunic breaks up a pass to Mike Zies as Wittenberg and Mount St. Joseph are locked in a defensive struggle.
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Half the field gets cut down every Saturday from here on out, until one team is left to hoist Walnut and Bronze in Stagg Bowl XXXVII on Dec. 19 in Salem, Va. So this weekend isn't all that different from any other, except that we'll lose 16 teams, most of them between now and 4 p.m. ET today.

It's the best two-hour period of the season, by most accounts, when games come down to exciting finishes and we have our first look at the second-round pairings. And you can follow it all on D3football.com, through our Scoreboard, updated with games in progress.

There's live video, live audio and live stats, plus we'll be updating the Scoreboard for games that aren't covered. Plus, get the skinny on all 32 teams with our annual playoff team capsules.

Playoff toolbox: Team capsules | Where are the seedings? | Download printable bracket | Enter Pick 'em contest

D3football.com is live on hand at a bunch of games, so check the Daily Dose for more info and follow @d3football on Twitter to get the latest updates while you're at the stadium.

Johns Hopkins pulled off the first upset of the tournament, scoring the final 16 points to knock off Hampden-Sydney 23-7. Trine is trying to do the same, up big on Case Western Reserve in the fourth quarter. Coe struck first at St. John's and leads 20-14 at the half, while Mount Union is blowing out Washington and Jefferson.

Also on Saturday, a handful of teams in the East will be playing in ECAC postseason bowl games, plus Geneva and Greenville will play in the NCCAA's Victory Bowl, ending their season.

Dan Whalen and Case Western Reserve face their biggest challenge of the season.
Case Western Reserve athletics photo
Our picks to surprise, disappoint
It's an annual tradition here at D3football.com, where our pundits pick over the brackets and choose teams that will surprise, ones that will disappoint and decide who will win each bracket.

This year, the four pundits have a fair amount of agreement. And sure, Mount Union and UW-Whitewater are smart picks in a lot of games.

But how do we get there? Who will stand in their way, if indeed this is a relentless march to Purple Party V?

That's what we tackle in this week's Around the Nation.

Playoff toolbox: Team capsules | Where are the seedings? | Download printable bracket | Enter Pick 'em contest | Watch selection show

Plus, Keith McMillan has plenty to say about this bracket, whether it's about the much-discussed lack of seedings and openness in this year's bracket, what he'd like to see changed, and many possible ways to look at the last Pool C decision. That and more in Around the Nation.