GameDay comes to Williamstown
ESPN's College GameDay will originate Saturday from Williamstown, Mass., site of the football game between Amherst and Williams in the 122nd meeting between these rivals. The show will air at 10 a.m. on ESPN. Williams leads the series 68-48-5. It's Division III's most-played rivalry and has been played in front of crowds as large as 13,671 at Williams in 1993 and 12,449 at Amherst in 1996. | |
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Tiebreaker madness
ATN's take It was a great weekend of action in Division III, but of course, what's coming up in Week 11 is even more interesting, with 10 automatic bids still on the line and at least one requiring a spreadsheet, or at least a sharpened No. 2 pencil to calculate. What's the best way to break a three-way tie, anyway? And how are some conferences planning to do it? Find out more in this week's Around the Nation podcast, as Keith McMillan and Pat Coleman give their take on the upcoming games and the surprises in the 12 automatic bids clinched so far. Since each conference sets its own rules for breaking ties for the automatic bid, and with the limited number of games played in any given football season, there's not exactly a lot of data to work with. So this week, we run down how the remaining 10 conferences' automatic bids will be handed out, they run through the tiebreakers in leagues where they'll be needed, and debate the merit of such tiebreakers in the first place. So get your primer on how the E8 or LL or MIAA will be won. 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. Heidelberg • Union vs. Hobart • Widener vs. Albright • Dickinson vs. Juniata • Catholic vs. Guilford • Menlo vs. Puget Sound | |
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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. Mount Union has allowed three touchdowns and one field goal all season, with opponents scoring fewer than three points per game. In fact, with two interception returns, two fumble returns and three safeties, the Purple Raider defense has scored more points than it's allowed. Opponents average 17 yards per game rushing and 106 passing. Tyler Sherden outrushed Mount Union's opponents by himself, with 297 yards on 40 carries in Luther's 47-41 double-overtime win against Simpson. He scored five touchdowns. Greensboro defensive end Logan Greene blocked two kicks in a 13-7 loss to Methodist, both on Monarch field goal attempts. On defense, Greene tallied seven tackles, three solo. Hartwick quarterback Jason Boltus recorded 547 yards in total offense as the Hawks defeated Springfield 37-34. He completed 30 of 44 passes for 508 yards, the second-highest passing day of his career, and threw two touchdowns of more than 40 yards (45 and 50 yards). Scroll down for the weekly ATN podcast and more weekend coverage. | |
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