Showdown countdown
ATN's take We had a few more consequences for ranked teams than one might have expected in Week 8, with Cortland State and Bethel finally confirming they belonged while knocking Montclair State and St. Olaf off their pedestals. How did things go down for Capital? What in the world is up with Central? And where do the MAC and NJAC go from here? Check out this week's Around the Nation podcast, where Keith McMillan and Pat Coleman give their take on the week gone by and week yet to come. If all those references to Pool B and Pool C have you confused and you're looking for information about the playoff format, this is the place. Plus we'll take our first look at the showdowns coming in Week 9, including No. 2 Mary Hardin-Baylor at No. 3 UW-Whitewater. It's one of five games between teams ranked in the D3football.com Top 25, including No. 1 Mount Union at No. 12 Capital and No. 9 Salisbury at No. 10 Wesley. As always, you can click here to load the podcast page in iTunes or you can also receive this and any of our future Around the Nation podcasts automatically by subscribing to this RSS feed: http://www.d3football.com/dailydose/?feed=podcast Scroll down for more Saturday coverage. Plus check out our weekend photo galleries: • Ohio Northern vs. Marietta • Catholic vs. Hampden-Sydney • Menlo vs. Willamette | |
| Permalink | Oct 22, 2007 | |
Winningest Baldwin-Wallace coach dies
Baldwin-Wallace's all-time winningest football coach passed away Saturday. Bob Packard, who retired after the 2001 season, was 64. "He touched many, many lives in his illustrious coaching career and will be dearly missed," Jim Tressel, former Baldwin-Wallace quarterback and current Ohio state coach said in a statement. "The Tressel family, specifically, lost a much loved friend who had an important impact on our lives." Packard was a player and later an assistant coach under Lee Tressel and was the Yellow Jacket offensive coordinator when the team won the 1978 national championship. "I have been truly blessed," Packard said after his retirement in 2002, of his career that spanned 34 years as a player, assistant coach and then head coach at Baldwin-Wallace. "I always knew that I wanted to be a football coach. How many people get a chance to get their dream job at a place they love? In his final season, Packard recorded his 156th career victory to surpass Lee Tressel — his coach and mentor — for the most coaching wins in Baldwin-Wallace history. A scholar-athlete, quarterback and safety, Packard participated in 285 victories; 58% of all wins to that time in the school's football history that dates to 1893. | |
| Permalink | Oct 22, 2007 | |
Statistical spotlight
Each week during the regular season we look at some of the key statistical performances from the weekend in Division III football, highlighting one per region. Mary Hardin-Baylor's Jarvis Thrasher and Quincy Daniels set an NCAA all-division record for single game rushing yardage by two teammates in UMHB’s 69-30 victory over Mississippi College. Thrasher ran for an ASC-record 324 yards on 12 carries and Daniels added a career-high 199 yards on just eight attempts. The combined total of 523 yards tops the previous Division III and NCAA all-divisions record of 519 yards set by Carey Bender and Jason Whitaker of Coe on Oct. 9, 1993. Daniels went 93 and 87 yards for touchdowns, with Thrasher adding an 89-yard run for a score and an 81-yarder. Wartburg's Neil Suckow scored three touchdowns on just 15 touches against his former team as the Knights defeated Coe 27-3. Suckow transferred from Coe to Wartburg late in the offseason. He caught a 5-yard touchdown pass, had an 8-yard TD run and returned a punt 66 yards for a score. Against Springfield, there's not many opportunities for interceptions, so St. John Fisher Steven Stepnick made do with 17 tackles, 10 solo, and two tackles for loss in the Cardinals' 35-14 win. St. John Fisher held Chris Sharpe out of the end zone for just the second time in 19 games. Watch the archived game from D3Cast. Mt. St. Joseph defensive back Phil Poetter intercepted three passes and returned two for touchdowns in the Lions' 45-24 win against Manchester. Poetter has returned four interceptions for scores in his career. Scroll down for the weekly ATN podcast and more weekend coverage. | |
| Permalink | Oct 22, 2007 | |
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