Those who purchased and read Kickoff have already heard from Wabash coach Erik Raeburn once this season on D3football.com. But that was six weeks ago, before the Little Giants got off to a big start, outscoring opponents 203-44 en route to going 4-0.

Based on the results of Saturday's game at Allegheny, a 37-3 win, it would seem that Raeburn's Year Two is going just fine.

Other than a few turnovers, the Little Giants were firing on all cylinders.

But that isn't much different than last year, when Wabash jumped out to a nice start but got blown out in two of its last three games. Raeburn talked with D3sports.com's Pat Coleman after Saturday's game, about the team's run of North Coast Athletic Conference dominance; coaching under Larry Kehres, who just happens to be his uncle; and when Wabash will schedule Mount Union.

MEADVILLE, Pa. -- The last time Pat Coleman talked with Erik Raeburn was under less-pleasant circumstances, when his Wabash Little Giants had just gotten beaten by DePauw in the Monon Bell game. Before starting recording, Raeburn joked that if they'd played poorly, he was going to make sure Coleman never came to see them play again.

Coleman and Raeburn chatted after Wabash's 37-3 win at Allegheny on Saturday.

D3: Congrats on the win. What do you think about how you guys did?
ER: I was really happy with how we played in all phases, particularly defensively. I guess offensively we were a little sloppy with the football and had a lot more turnovers than I'd like and a lot more penalties, but all in all we're happy to come to Allegheny and get out of here with a win.

D3: At the beginning of the season we talked to you and a handful of coaches entering their second year as head coaches with their program. How's Year Two going for you?
ER: I think it's going good. I feel a lot more comfortable, certainly, in Year Two. I feel like I know our players better and I think it's obvious they understand our system better and they're used to the coaches. I know last year there were only five players on our team that were coached by the same position coach. So, massive change last year and our guys handled it well but I certainly feel more comfortable this year, that's for sure.

D3: Larry Kehres preaches about part of the reason for the success of the Mount Union program year after year after year is continuity of coaches and having the same assistant coaches year in and year out. Is that something you hope for here?
ER: I hope so. I think we have a good coaching staff and some great young coaches and hopefully we'll be able to keep them here. But on the other hand, I know when I was at Mount Union, Coach Kehres did everything he could to help me move up and get a head coaching job and I have some great young coaches that would be terrific head coaches as well. If they get the opportunities I'll be happy for them, but I wouldn't mind keeping them around for a while, too.

D3: In talking to Mount Union guys over the course of the last week or so, about the several Mount Union alumni who are head coaches or coordinators at the Division III level, it seemed like there was a general consensus that you would be the most likely to build a Mount Union-style program, in terms of how its run and what you run. Perhaps they're talking in terms of offense, and you were an offense guy at Mount Union, but do you think that that's something that you're aiming for?
ER: Well, I don't know that anyone can replicate what Coach Kehres has done at Mount Union. He's my uncle and I guess he's been my mentor personally and professionally and he's the guy I look up to most, for sure. I would hope that we're doing things the way he'd like to do them and every time I'm faced with a situation where I have to make a tough decision, I try to think back to my time there and try to envision what he would do. I don't know that anyone's going to ever build a program like he has, at any level. But if we come close to it, we'd be really proud, for sure.

D3: I understand that he even came out and watched your coaching debut.
ER: Yeah. My first game at Wabash we played at Denison and it was during their bye week so he came down and watched us. It felt pretty good. He didn't tell me he was coming, but as I was coming off the field at halftime he yelled at me, so I saw him. It was nice to get him to be able to come watch our team play. I tried to get some pointers from him, but he wouldn't give me any. He left me on my own. But it was certainly nice to have him and my aunt come watch us play.

D3: He yelled at you or to you?
ER: He yelled to me, yeah. If he yelled at me, I'd still listen. Anything he mentions about football I'm going to do and I'd advise every other coach, if he ever gives you any advice, take it to heart and write it down and make sure you do it, because he knows what he's doing for sure.

D3: I know you guys right now basically have no control over your schedule, between playing the UAA crossover teams, your conference games and DePauw. That's right, you have nothing else?
ER: Yeah. We don't really schedule any games because our conference has a deal with another conference and we play DePauw in our big rivalry game. So our regular season games are locked in, which isn't all bad. It's one less headache as a head coach to not have to go and schedule games. It's not all bad.

D3: I suppose like most coaches, if you're going to play Mount Union, you'd be hoping to play them in December.
ER: That's right. Everybody asks me, ‘when are you going to play Mount Union?' I hope we play them every year because that'll mean we're doing good and advancing in the playoffs. But I don't know, our players would have to play really good, because I'm definitely going to get outcoached if we play against them.

D3: This is 20 consecutive conference wins now for Wabash. Does this stuff prepare you for what comes at the end of the season: the Monon Bell game and potentially playoffs?
ER: Well, I hope. I thought Allegheny was a really physical defense, has a fifth-year senior at quarterback and good on special teams and I thought this would be a good test for us on the road and hopefully force us to get better. Hopefully we'll go watch the films of this game and figure out what we can do better and go to work on that on Sunday.