GameDay, meet Game Day
10
Nov
2007
Nov
2007
GameDay just hit the airwaves on ESPN and so far the crowd is looking pretty good in Williamstown, Mass. I must admit to not being much of a GameDay watcher in the past couple of years. As I’ve traveled to more and more Division III games, I don’t exactly find myself in front of a television at 10 a.m. ET on a Saturday. This is only the third weekend of 11 that I’ve spent at home, and I’m only doing that because I have to be at the airport at a little after 3 p.m. to get to ESPNU.
Just showed highlights of Mount Union. Chris Fowler pronounced Monon Bell correctly. ESPN graphic missed the hyphen on Hampden-Sydney.
I’ll be virtually channel surfing between the big games today and watching for teams to clinch, etc.
November 10th, 2007 at 10:26 am
Can’t believe my eyes, GameDay at a D3 game. Did I see correct that the D2 selection show was at the same time as ours on the same channel? Our we having to share 30 minutes to announce the playoffs? Hope I am wrong, both division deserve their own time.
November 10th, 2007 at 10:39 am
Unfortunately, this is true. Not sure how we’re going to do in 12 minutes what we usually do in about 20.
November 10th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
ESPN is also doing game breaks to Williams-Amherst during the Wisconsin-Michigan game.
November 10th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
Wesley not playing well at all on defense, bad penalties 20-20 early second quarter
November 10th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Ithaca’s having little trouble with Cortland State here, up 19 with 3:00 left in the first half.
November 10th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Curry has come back to tie Coast Guard 7-7 midway through the second quarter in the NEFC title game.
November 10th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Less than 2 minutes left in the Half… Hobart 7, U of R 7…
November 10th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Hobart answers back lightining quick… Hobart up 14-7… Looks like we’ll go into half with that score…
November 10th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Wesley scores again 27-20 Pennewell went over 100 yrds with 10 mins left in first half. 8 straight games over 100 yrds rushing
November 10th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Halftime — Ithaca 26, Cortland St 10.
November 10th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Hobart Scores Again, U of R blocks the extra point… Hobart up 20-7… RPI is up on Union 15-7 at half…
November 10th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
Wesley pulling away 41 -20 half
November 10th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Early in the second quarter…
Wabash 7, DePauw 0
November 10th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
IC 26 Cortland 17, mid 3Q.
November 10th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
9:07 in the 2nd quarter…
Wabash 7, DePauw 7
November 10th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
12:12 left in 3rd quarter… U of R scores after a big 3rd down grab by J.J. Vanderstein… Hobart up 20-14
November 10th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
CWRU finally scores with 1:09 left in half. Neither O has been effective. Mirando filling in for Whalen was picked on his first pass, but defense held. Brew recovered fumble to set Spartans up on OWU 25, but 37 yard FG was just wide right.
November 10th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
6:29 in the 2nd quarter…
Wabash 14, DePauw 7
November 10th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
OWU answers with 50 yard TD pass that goes through arms of defenders, but PAT hits upright 7-6 CWRU at half.
November 10th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Mount Union 28-0 1st Quarter
November 10th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
12 min left in 4th Qtr…RPI 13, Union 7
November 10th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
U of R has held the ball for almost the entire 3rd quarter… They just turned the ball over on downs… Hobart takes over on downs heading into the 4th quarter…
November 10th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
Whitewater 7 Platteville 0…Justin Beaver 23 yard TD run on the Warhawks first possession of the game.
November 10th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
Goal line stand by Wabash. At the half…
Wabash 14, DePauw 7
November 10th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
St. John Fisher just scored to go up 17-3 on Alfred just before half. Coast Guard blocked a Curry punt early in the fourth quarter but did nothing with it, trails Curry 10-7 with 6:12 left.
November 10th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
Keith McMillan checks in from Randolph-Macon to report that it hasn’t been a good first 30 minutes for the Yellow Jackets. Hampden-Sydney leads 21-7 at the break.
November 10th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
11:57 left to play… Dom Ancona’s 33 yard FG is good… Hobart up 23-14…
November 10th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Ithaca 40 Cortland 17. Two 95+ yd Bomber drives have put 2 TD’s on the board. Mid 4th Q. 8:30 left. Cortland punting.
IC 1 & 10 on their own 35.
November 10th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
RPI just scored to take a 20-7 lead over Union. 7 min left in game
November 10th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Coast Guard’s attempted game-tying field goal was blocked with nine seconds left and Curry holds on to win. Highlight on the front page.
November 10th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Bombers with a HUGE win over C-State. And Utica is up over Hartwick? SJF over Alfred? Hmmmmm………..
November 10th, 2007 at 2:43 pm
mount union 49-0, still not halftime.
November 10th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Hobart scores again… Hobart up 30-14, with 6:10 to play… It looks like RPI will beat Union and Hobart will pull this off… RPI gets auto bid, Hobart pool C possibility???
November 10th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
CWRU keeps OWU pinned inside its 20 for 10 minutes of 3Q. Mike Tuertscher returns fumble for TD. 14-6 CWRU 5 to go 3Q.
November 10th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
RPI comes up with huge interception with 1:25 left in the game…Union has no timeouts…. RPI will win this one!!!!!
November 10th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
dcfguy: possibility, to be sure.
November 10th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
DePauw scored on a 36-yard shovel pass, but missed the extra point. At the 10:09 mark in the 3rd…
Wabash 14, DePauw 13
November 10th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
3:45 left, still Hobart 30-14.
November 10th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
In a game where the winner is a pool C bubble team (unless NCC can snag the AQ), NCC jumped all over Carthage to a 28-3 lead. Carthage refuses to fold and ran back the ensuing kickoff - now 28-10 nearing the half.
November 10th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
OWU puts together a drive, but stalls and converts a 21 yd FG. CWRU 14-9
November 10th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
st. john’s up 14-7 over bethel, about 3 minutes to go in first half.
November 10th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
Hobart wins the Centennial Cup… Anybody got any Empire 8 scores???
November 10th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
42 yard Sam Coffey FG. CWRU 17-9
November 10th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
dcfbguy: Check the Scoreboard page, too. About 35 scores being updated in-game.
November 10th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
DePauw went for a 4th down conversion inside the Wabash 30 but failed. With 2:51 in the 3rd…Wabash 14, DePauw13
November 10th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
65-yard TD pass from Hudson to Guererro.
Wabash 21, DePauw 13
November 10th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
In 2004, Carthage surprised everyone by coming back from a 3-7 season to win the CCIW and 2 playoff games with one of the best defenses in the country. That seems a lo-o-ong time ago: NCC 35, Carthage 10, still first half.
November 10th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
At the start of the 4th quarter…
Wabash 21, DePauw 13
November 10th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Fisher 19 Alfred 11, 2:30 left in the 3rd
November 10th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
whitewater 7, platteville 0, close to half.
November 10th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Whitewater takes 14-0 lead against Platteville…20 seconds remaining in the 2nd quarter at The Perk…Danny Jones 24 yards to Neil Mrkvicka.
November 10th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
OWU gets two long completions, the last of which was tipped and caught by receiver on his back at the 1. Bishop TD and 2 pointer. Tied 17 all.
November 10th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
Utica 17 Hartwick 7
November 10th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
Wheaton 7, IWU 3 at the half.
And NCC scored AGAIN: up 42-10, still first half.
November 10th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
Fisher 22 Alfred 11 start of the 4th
November 10th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Thanks, Pat… The Fisher-Alfred game looks like a good one… Alfred can score at any given moment with Hendrixs and company…
November 10th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Sorry, bad info on the Utica game, actuall score 21-21
November 10th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
23yd Coffey FG 20-17 CWRU 1:34 to 10-0 and Pool B.
November 10th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
case leads by 3 over owu w 19 seconds left owu has ball at case 30
November 10th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
With 3:37 left….
Wabash 21, DePauw 21
November 10th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
case 20, ohio wesleyan 17 final. wesleyan had ball and threatening at end, but couldn’t get it done.
November 10th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
Wheaton leads IWU 7-3 at half. wheaton without 3 more offensive starters including norris (their qb) and fossum (their captain and wr).
ncc up 49-10 over carthage at half
November 10th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
beginning of the 4th quarter Capital leads BW 17-10
November 10th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
huge controversy in wheaton game. after a wheaton turnover IWU throws an interception in the endzone but its ruled a no play due to an inadvertant whistle while the ball was in the air. wheaton kicks a fg to make it 7-3.
IWU returns kick to wheaton 25 to start the 2nd half. wheaton holds on downs and now driving.
November 10th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
Beaver scores on 1 yard TD run…Whitewater 21 Platteville 0…mid 3rd quarter.
November 10th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
DePauw wins on a 47-yard field goal as time expires. Final…
DePauw 24, Wabash 21
November 10th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
another wheaton qb goes down. sean norris w a bad shoulder playing
November 10th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
Union loses but plays a solid football game! My hat goes off to QB Jared Gourrier. I have been down on him in the past but today he showed me what he is made of. I really believe the Dutchmen will be a force to be reckoned with next year. If Gourrier keeps improving as a passer with his running ability he really can change the way Union plays O. If he comes to camp next summer playing the type of football he played today he should be the starter. I know I am going to get some slack for this but RPI really did not impress me. I think Robertson is fantastic adn so is RB#5. For a team that many have really built up I just don’t see them as a dominate type footbal team. With the loss to Rochester last week and them not being able to really beat anyone good this season convincingly if they play someone tough in the first round I see them losing. I think in the end Hobart is the best team in the LL and if they played RPI today they would the outcome would be different then before.
November 10th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
…the outcome would be different than before(typos)
November 10th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Fisher 39-18….game over
November 10th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Correction on usee’s earlier post: IWU got the fg to make it 7-3. They have since converted another - now Wheaton 7, IWU 6 in the 3rd.
November 10th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
hearing Hartwick and Utica are tied at 42, anyone with info?
November 10th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
ypsi, not true. they held. the fg came after the fumbled punt snap on the next possession.
November 10th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
cap wins 17-16 when bw goes for 2 and win….nada
November 10th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
wheaton scores now leads 14-6 end of 3rd
November 10th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
With Ithaca’s win over Cortland today, do they have a shot at the playoffs at 8-2?
November 10th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
usee, but you had had a brain fart and said “wheaton kicks a fg to make it 7-3″. Since then, Wheaton got a td, leads 14-6 with seconds left in the 3rd.
November 10th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
guilty as charged. sorry. misread your post. thanks for “fixing” my post, even though you are the bad guy today!
November 10th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
bethel 17, st. john’s 14, final.
November 10th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
mount union 57, marietta 0, final.
November 10th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
IWU scores and misses the 2pt conv.
wheaton 14 IWU 12
November 10th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
usee, gotta do what I can, since I’m hopelessly outnumbered on the CCIW board today!
IWU just got a td, will go for 2 to tie. Pass incomplete - Wheaton up 14-12.
November 10th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
Some great results so far. Interesting at DePauw, making Keith look good in Triple-Take. Second year in a row Bethel takes down SJU to secure a playoff bid.
November 10th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
9 minutes left in the 4th in Bloomington, and they just lost power! Broadcast is still going on batteries. Can this game get any weirder?
November 10th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
iwu scores to take a lead 18-14 (2pt conv no good)
November 10th, 2007 at 5:02 pm
IWU ball on their own 11 w 4.30 to play
November 10th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
Hartwick and Utica tied at 64 headed to quadruple OT.
November 10th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
Hartwick wins 72-70 to win the Empire 8. Fisher will take another Pool C.
November 10th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
IWU wins 18-14. NCC beats cathage and takes the AQ
November 10th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
central beats wartburg 17-14.
November 10th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
dcfbguy1:
You already know the outcome of the Fisher Alfred game (39,18). You need to be corrected about the scoring capability of Alfred through the air. Fisher went to a 3 down lineman formation with the remaining 7 players defending against the pass and shutdown Alfred. Alfred just did not have what it takes to win today. They showed no running game at all against Fisher. Maybe next year.
November 10th, 2007 at 5:56 pm
I see that New Jersey lost to Kean, dropping them into a tie for the NJAC with Cortland (who beat them h-to-h), yet TCNJ is listed as the AQ on the front page. What sort of crazy tie-breaker do they use that h-to-h doesn’t count?!
November 10th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
TCNJ did beat Cortland.
November 10th, 2007 at 7:18 pm
Hobart looks headed for a ECAC game… Fisher will take the Pool C… Fisher, Ithaca and Hobart can’t all get one…
November 10th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
What bout montclair state
November 10th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
montclair might be paddling in the same boat as hobart… the east is just too competitive this year, you know?
November 10th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
VERY proud to be from Randolph-Macon after today, even with the loss. They played a classy, mistake-free, stick-to-your-guns style, and even though they didn’t make a lot of plays, it seemed like the foundation is solid.
Adding end zone seating and very large grandstand on the H-SC side made for one of the best game-day atmospheres I’ve seen at Macon, if not all over the place.
Even though I was a little sick standing in the middle of their postgame celebration, congrats to Marty Favret and H-SC for their first ODAC title in 20(?) years.
I have a feeling next week will be at Wesley and won’t be so kind, but you never, ever know.
Interesting results all over the country, lots of close scores in the key games.
How was the ESPN broadcast? I did not see it, but would love to have tape or see highlights on ESPN.com or YouTube, if anyone knows if that’s available and/or legal.
November 10th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
A shame for the Hawks and Bombers, but I really think Hobart will get the Pool C. It’s science.
November 10th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
Almost picked Kean/TCNJ for one of the Triple Take questions. Dangit!
Monon Bell ending sounds like it was gr-eat!
Knowing you’re in doesn’t necessarily bode well for Week 11, does it?
Time to check on … wait, Oxy doesn’t kick for 2 more hours. 10 Eastern. Hmmmph.
November 10th, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Gonna be a lot of teams with losses, maybe even multiple losses, in the field. So much for the regular season means so much theory (and yet it still means everything to get these AQs, you just don’t have to go undefeated … which I understand is not happening in I-A either after Illinois beat Ohio State today)
In any case, the projection Pat did the other day … looks like he nailed the LL, but some of the seeds and stuff can be thrown out. North Central is in, Wabash might or might not be on the road with the loss, TCNJ same deal (probably bodes well for the Muhlenberg as East No. 1 suggestion) … Hartwick is in, with a 4OT win.
Wow, lotta wows.
November 10th, 2007 at 8:13 pm
Why would hobart make it over a montclair state who has a signature victory at Wesley and has slightly harder SOS then hobart.
November 10th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
rams15: Why would Montclair pass Hobart in the regional rankings if they were obviously behind them last week?
November 10th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
Coleman: Why are they ahead of them anyways?
November 10th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
Also why did they have to move salisbury to the East when there are 2 good teams in hobart and montclair.
November 10th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
Montclair lost by 30 to Cortland. That’s the dagger, myfriend.
November 10th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
Montclair doesn’t actually have the stronger OWP, however.
http://www.d3football.com/strength-of-schedule/2007
25 Hobart 8-2 .800 .567 .523
84 Montclair State 8-2 .800 .528 .537
November 10th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
Here is my projected bracket. Generally, I agree with yours with a few changes.
Pool B: Case, Wesley, Salisbury
Pool C: SJF, St Johns, MtSt Joseph, Capital, Whitworth, Hobart, St Olaf (last two out Wartburg and Wheaton)
South
NC Wesleyan
1) W&J
2) Wesley
3) UMHB
4) Case Western
5) Salisbury
6) Trinity
7) Hampton Sydney
North
Olivet
1) Mt Union
2) Franklin
3) Wabash
4) Mt St Joseph
5) Capital
6) North Central
7) Concordia (Wis)
East
Hobart
1) Muhlenburg
2) St Johns Fisher
3) Curry
4) RPI
5) Widener
6) Hartwick
7) New Jersey
West
St Olaf
1) UW-Whitewater
2) Bethel
3) Central
4) St Norbert
5) Whitworth
6) Redlands
7) St Johns
Muhlenberg is a national fit as the East #1 seed. I prefer moving Case to South over Capital. I picked st olaf over wartburg based on Augsburg game (loss for wartburg, blowout win for st olaf). I eliminated wheaton based on losing last two games. In the west, i would need to have 1 vs 8, 2 vs 4, 3 vs 7, and 5 vs 6 to assure that only one flight needed to be made. No other flights would be necessary.
November 10th, 2007 at 10:50 pm
Whittier 21, Occidental 14 with 12:35 left in the 2nd quarter
November 11th, 2007 at 1:00 am
DIII Just got a couple mentions at the end of SportsCenter. The #10 top play was from the Williams-Amherst tilt and #8 was the Monon Bell game. And they weren’t fluke, “news-of-the-weird” type plays. Maybe ESPN is giving DIII it’s due finally? Or might this just be a tease of some serious coverage before going back to treating DIII as a sideshow?
Here’s hoping its an actual (minor) shift of landscape and not just a novelty act.
November 11th, 2007 at 1:16 am
It’s now 67-42, Whittier over Oxy, 5 to go. And the broadcasters have been talking about email coming into them (it’s been a looong game). I sent them one, and they talked about it on the air (kinda cool).
November 11th, 2007 at 1:46 am
And that became a game again, to end a long day. Final Whittier 67, Occidental 61. Oxy recovered two onside kicks and had the ball with 19 seconds left but couldn’t make a miracle happen.