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2010 DII Football

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My understanding is that UNO benefited a lot on the regional recruiting front from the Huskers' recent period of mediocrity. Now that the flagship campus seems to have turned things around with the coaching change, more recruits are willing to risk minimal playing time their first couple of years (or are even willing to settle for second-string status) to head to Lincoln.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
My understanding is that UNO benefited a lot on the regional recruiting front from the Huskers' recent period of mediocrity. Now that the flagship campus seems to have turned things around with the coaching change, more recruits are willing to risk minimal playing time their first couple of years (or are even willing to settle for second-string status) to head to Lincoln.
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It wasn't just UNO that benefitted with the stashing of the Blackshirt program at Nebraska-Lincoln. quite a few schools there in the plains ended up getting guys that likely would have walked onto the Huskers. Chadron State, Nebraska-Kearney, Wayne State College, and even some of the out of state schools like Northwest Missouri State got guys. Danny Woodhead, Xavior Omon, and La'Ron Council are just a few of the guys that benifitted by going to the smaller school where they got playing time, and a much better shot at the NFL because of that.
 
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This weekend's games. All times EDT.

Thursday, Sept. 23,

8:00 pm

American International @
Southern Connecticut
- A stiff test for AIC here.

Friday, Sept. 24,

7:00

New Haven @
Bentley
-New Haven might be undefeated, but Bentley has had a tougher schedule and has hung with those teams. Plus the Falcon's have home field.

Merrimack @
Stonehill
- Merrimack is currently winless, but was picked to win the conference by a few people. If they want to prove those people right, they start by winning here.

Saturday, Sept. 25.

Noon.

12:00 pm

Ohio Dominican @
Wayne State (Mich.)
- The Warriors are smarting after getting their butts whipped by MTU last weekend. ODU is not going to like its first trip to the D at all.

1 pm
Assumption @
Fordham (FCS)
- Fordham won't need the old Seven Blocks of Granite here to beat the greyhounds.

Lock Haven @
Mercyhurst
- Mercyhurst needs to win here to stay in the PSAC West race.

Pace @
Saint Anselm
- The winner here gets a leg up on staying out of the NE-10's cellar.

2 pm

Michigan Tech @
Indianapolis
- Much like NMU last week, Tech really needs to get a win here at Indy to prove that they're legit this year. Indy nearly knocked off GVSU at Lubbers, but its been a recent trend in the GLIAC for a team to loose again the week after they face GVSU. Good time for MTU to pick up a road win.

4 pm

Ashland @
Northern Michigan
- Another two teams that need a win here to stay in the hunt for the conference title and to keep their playoff hopes alive. I would expect a good old fashion Slobber-knocker here. A win here would help Ashland the most, as they don't face the 800 pound gorilla in the GLIAC this year.

6 pm

Central Washington (11) @
Simon Fraser
- Hate to say it, but SFU just needs to start looking for moral victories here. Just keeping it close with the Wildcats would be a good start for them. Their rivalry tilt with UBC can't come fast enough.

Mary @
St. Cloud
- the NSIC tabled SCSU's request to drop football this week with the idea that they'll revisit it later. The Huskies win here likely keeps that request on the back burner longer.

7 pm

Tiffin @
Ferris State
- If Ferris wins here, they're officially on a winning streak. Ferris still sucks however.

Concordia-St. Paul @
Minnesota State (17)
- Mankato can easily win here, and climb in the rankings, which would make their end of the regular season tilt with UMD very interesting.

Bemidji State @
Minnesota-Duluth (1)
- The Bulldogs managed to slide into the number one spot despite GVSU not losing last weekend. The Bulldogs get a chance to prove those pollsters right with a tough Beaver squad coming to town.

Missouri Southern @
Nebraska-Omaha
- UNO needs a win here badly. The Mavericks have their first five games at home, and so far, they've lost 3 of the 3 games they've played. They lose here and the wheels will fall off with tough MIAA road games coming up in a hurry. With the new AD there in Omaha, a lackluster performance from a team that was picked to finish third in the MIAA would put Pat Behrns in the hot seat.
 
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UMDbulldogs#1 said:
Why would they drop football?
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Budget woos. Turns out SCSU had been burning thru their athletic rainy day fund for the past couple of years without putting anything back into it. Now it looks like that money is gone, and one of the "solutions" kicked around by the geniuses that burned thru the rainy day fund is to drop football. However, the NSIC requires schools to have football, and there's no other D2 League near them that they could join if they left the NSIC. Thus, why they would have to go to the League to get permission to drop the sport and stay in the league. Further causing SCSU's problems is that they have just one big general endowment for athletics, and nothing separate for each sport. Nothing inspires donations from football alums in donating if they can't make sure their money is set aside for the football team.
 
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bigmrg74 said:
Budget woos. Turns out SCSU had been burning thru their athletic rainy day fund for the past couple of years without putting anything back into it. Now it looks like that money is gone, and one of the "solutions" kicked around by the geniuses that burned thru the rainy day fund is to drop football. However, the NSIC requires schools to have football, and there's no other D2 League near them that they could join if they left the NSIC. Thus, why they would have to go to the League to get permission to drop the sport and stay in the league. Further causing SCSU's problems is that they have just one big general endowment for athletics, and nothing separate for each sport. Nothing inspires donations from football alums in donating if they can't make sure their money is set aside for the football team.
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Why is it I'm not overly shocked by this explanation. Sounds like they need to create a separate endowment fund for football and raise ticket prices for the hockey games.
 
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UMDbulldogs#1 said:
Why is it I'm not overly shocked by this explanation. Sounds like they need to create a separate endowment fund for football and raise ticket prices for the hockey games.
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Not just for football and hockey. I can't imagine basketball, volleyball, and other sport alumni are that thrilled with the idea that if they send in money, it might not even go to the team that they went and spend most of their time in college with.
 
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bigmrg74 said:
Not just for football and hockey. I can't imagine basketball, volleyball, and other sport alumni are that thrilled with the idea that if they send in money, it might not even go to the team that they went and spend most of their time in college with.
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Well you have to start somewhere and football and hockey likely have the greatest revenue potential. Though I totally agree with what you are saying. I certainly would hesitate to donate if I knew the money might not go to the sport I played.
 
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Part of the problem to me is the whole athletic department. SCSU has eight Athletic Directors. That's the same number as Minnesota. Why the hell does SCSU need that many AD's?
 
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Dirty said:
Part of the problem to me is the whole athletic department. SCSU has eight Athletic Directors. That's the same number as Minnesota. Why the hell does SCSU need that many AD's?
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That is a lot of overhead when you really only have one sport that can make you money.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
LSSU...er, Indy usually plays us tough. Throw in the road game factor and it's definitely not a guaranteed win.
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Yeah, Indy always seems to be a solid program, always right around the .500 mark. Not looking forward to when they leave the GLIAC to be with the rest of their GLVC conference mates. They'll dominate that league and should be almost a lock every year to make the playoffs from there. And thanks to some idiot that didn't think it was fair that the regions were different for football than what they were for the other D2 sports, the GLVC will be in Super-Region 3 with the GLIAC, NSIC, and the RMAC. Then again, its also likely that they're going to have to redraw the regions again with the Gulf South Conference pretty much imploading. The Arkansas schools there are joining up with some Oklahoma schools and forming their own league, and there's a lot of doubts as to whats going to happen to the remaining GSC schools.
 
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I would think UNA and Valdosta shouldn't have any major problems finding a new conference. The rest of them though...
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
I would think UNA and Valdosta shouldn't have any major problems finding a new conference. The rest of them though...
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Thats the thing though, only conferences around them that would really have room are all D1-AA's, and now you have a ****ton of hoops to jump thru to move everything up. The SIAC wouldn't want to take those schools in either, as they don't fit the league's profile at all. Especially now that there's talk of an HBCU network thats going to broadcast games from all 4 of the big HBCU conferences. Won't give em BTN type money, but likely a nice little paycheck, and further their desire to play other HBCU's instead of more local schools.
 
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NMU D holds tight and stops Ashland on a 4th and short to seal the game with under a minute to go. Cats win 23-19
 
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Tech gets their first win at Key Stadium since 2004, 24-10. Sloppy game by the offense, but I'm loving our D right now, and they really held us in. Indy only managed 14 yards rushing.

Looks like Hillsdale narrowly avoided sh*tting the bed.
 
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A wise man once said, a win is a win is a win. ;-)

Not sure yet what to make of the hillside game. They must have been napping and looking ahead on the schedule. Can't really do that in the GLIAC.
 
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