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M.D.W.S.T
7/28/2022 1:38 PM
BobcatSports wrote:expand_more
MWDST, Mount Union has some NFL’ers to crow about, Pierre Garçon and Cecil Shorts III immediately come to mind. They too have won multiple National Championships so why not just add them to MACTION.
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oldkatz
7/28/2022 2:02 PM
M.D.W.S.T wrote:expand_more
MWDST, Mount Union has some NFL’ers to crow about, Pierre Garçon and Cecil Shorts III immediately come to mind. They too have won multiple National Championships so why not just add them to MACTION.
This should affect your credit score.
This wins the interwebs reply of the month.
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BillyTheCat
7/29/2022 6:48 PM
OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
MWDST, Mount Union has some NFL’ers to crow about, Pierre Garçon and Cecil Shorts III immediately come to mind. They too have won multiple National Championships so why not just add them to MACTION. Trust me it will accomplish the same thing and will greatly reduce the travel costs. But dream on all you want about adding the Dakota’s. Not trying to be Debbie Downer on the MAC, but college football has now become the OSU vs BAMA conferences and they are now like the “exclusive” Prom that going forward will only consider the prettiest of the prettiest! I now live in the heart of the ACC and believe me lots of far bigger names than OHIO and Miami’s are -hitting their pants worried about which insignificant ugly step-sister conference they will land in when the final dance partners are picked. But I guess yearning for a football game on a cold Tuesday/Wednesday November evening in North/South Dakota is just what has always been the missing link to propel the MAC to greatness! It will make the November weeknight games in Athens seem downright balmy though compared to the Dakotas. BTW will there be direct flights from
Athens to Bismarck?
Mount Union would have to reduce the number of scholarships they give if they joined the MAC.
Yep, those academic and need-based scholarships that so many D3 players qualify for. And, I've heard that just possibly, every now and then, that a football player's need and/or academic assessment might be based on different criteria than that used for the general student population. Now, that's just a rumor, mind you! ;-)
Ain’t no rumor at all. And being a private they have tons of flexibility with those grants.
Last Edited: 7/29/2022 6:49:56 PM by BillyTheCat
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OhioCatFan
7/29/2022 9:39 PM
BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
MWDST, Mount Union has some NFL’ers to crow about, Pierre Garçon and Cecil Shorts III immediately come to mind. They too have won multiple National Championships so why not just add them to MACTION. Trust me it will accomplish the same thing and will greatly reduce the travel costs. But dream on all you want about adding the Dakota’s. Not trying to be Debbie Downer on the MAC, but college football has now become the OSU vs BAMA conferences and they are now like the “exclusive” Prom that going forward will only consider the prettiest of the prettiest! I now live in the heart of the ACC and believe me lots of far bigger names than OHIO and Miami’s are -hitting their pants worried about which insignificant ugly step-sister conference they will land in when the final dance partners are picked. But I guess yearning for a football game on a cold Tuesday/Wednesday November evening in North/South Dakota is just what has always been the missing link to propel the MAC to greatness! It will make the November weeknight games in Athens seem downright balmy though compared to the Dakotas. BTW will there be direct flights from
Athens to Bismarck?
Mount Union would have to reduce the number of scholarships they give if they joined the MAC.
Yep, those academic and need-based scholarships that so many D3 players qualify for. And, I've heard that just possibly, every now and then, that a football player's need and/or academic assessment might be based on different criteria than that used for the general student population. Now, that's just a rumor, mind you! ;-)
Ain’t no rumor at all. And being a private they have tons of flexibility with those grants.
Just engaging in a little sarcasm there, Billy. In my freshman year at Wittenberg I had three roommates and one was a football player. Kind of got a few insights into D3 athletics.
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BillyTheCat
7/31/2022 11:34 AM
OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
MWDST, Mount Union has some NFL’ers to crow about, Pierre Garçon and Cecil Shorts III immediately come to mind. They too have won multiple National Championships so why not just add them to MACTION. Trust me it will accomplish the same thing and will greatly reduce the travel costs. But dream on all you want about adding the Dakota’s. Not trying to be Debbie Downer on the MAC, but college football has now become the OSU vs BAMA conferences and they are now like the “exclusive” Prom that going forward will only consider the prettiest of the prettiest! I now live in the heart of the ACC and believe me lots of far bigger names than OHIO and Miami’s are -hitting their pants worried about which insignificant ugly step-sister conference they will land in when the final dance partners are picked. But I guess yearning for a football game on a cold Tuesday/Wednesday November evening in North/South Dakota is just what has always been the missing link to propel the MAC to greatness! It will make the November weeknight games in Athens seem downright balmy though compared to the Dakotas. BTW will there be direct flights from
Athens to Bismarck?
Mount Union would have to reduce the number of scholarships they give if they joined the MAC.
Yep, those academic and need-based scholarships that so many D3 players qualify for. And, I've heard that just possibly, every now and then, that a football player's need and/or academic assessment might be based on different criteria than that used for the general student population. Now, that's just a rumor, mind you! ;-)
Ain’t no rumor at all. And being a private they have tons of flexibility with those grants.
Just engaging in a little sarcasm there, Billy. In my freshman year at Wittenberg I had three roommates and one was a football player. Kind of got a few insights into D3 athletics.
I know you were OCF, but others don’t quite understand what amount is playing with.
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Jeff McKinney
8/1/2022 12:03 AM
OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
MWDST, Mount Union has some NFL’ers to crow about, Pierre Garçon and Cecil Shorts III immediately come to mind. They too have won multiple National Championships so why not just add them to MACTION. Trust me it will accomplish the same thing and will greatly reduce the travel costs. But dream on all you want about adding the Dakota’s. Not trying to be Debbie Downer on the MAC, but college football has now become the OSU vs BAMA conferences and they are now like the “exclusive” Prom that going forward will only consider the prettiest of the prettiest! I now live in the heart of the ACC and believe me lots of far bigger names than OHIO and Miami’s are -hitting their pants worried about which insignificant ugly step-sister conference they will land in when the final dance partners are picked. But I guess yearning for a football game on a cold Tuesday/Wednesday November evening in North/South Dakota is just what has always been the missing link to propel the MAC to greatness! It will make the November weeknight games in Athens seem downright balmy though compared to the Dakotas. BTW will there be direct flights from
Athens to Bismarck?
Mount Union would have to reduce the number of scholarships they give if they joined the MAC.
Yep, those academic and need-based scholarships that so many D3 players qualify for. And, I've heard that just possibly, every now and then, that a football player's need and/or academic assessment might be based on different criteria than that used for the general student population. Now, that's just a rumor, mind you! ;-)
Ain’t no rumor at all. And being a private they have tons of flexibility with those grants.
Just engaging in a little sarcasm there, Billy. In my freshman year at Wittenberg I had three roommates and one was a football player. Kind of got a few insights into D3 athletics.
OCF, D3 didn't even exist until 1975. Did Wittenberg not give athletic scholarships before then?
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OhioCatFan
8/1/2022 10:47 AM
Jeff McKinney wrote:expand_more
MWDST, Mount Union has some NFL’ers to crow about, Pierre Garçon and Cecil Shorts III immediately come to mind. They too have won multiple National Championships so why not just add them to MACTION. Trust me it will accomplish the same thing and will greatly reduce the travel costs. But dream on all you want about adding the Dakota’s. Not trying to be Debbie Downer on the MAC, but college football has now become the OSU vs BAMA conferences and they are now like the “exclusive” Prom that going forward will only consider the prettiest of the prettiest! I now live in the heart of the ACC and believe me lots of far bigger names than OHIO and Miami’s are -hitting their pants worried about which insignificant ugly step-sister conference they will land in when the final dance partners are picked. But I guess yearning for a football game on a cold Tuesday/Wednesday November evening in North/South Dakota is just what has always been the missing link to propel the MAC to greatness! It will make the November weeknight games in Athens seem downright balmy though compared to the Dakotas. BTW will there be direct flights from
Athens to Bismarck?
Mount Union would have to reduce the number of scholarships they give if they joined the MAC.
Yep, those academic and need-based scholarships that so many D3 players qualify for. And, I've heard that just possibly, every now and then, that a football player's need and/or academic assessment might be based on different criteria than that used for the general student population. Now, that's just a rumor, mind you! ;-)
Ain’t no rumor at all. And being a private they have tons of flexibility with those grants.
Just engaging in a little sarcasm there, Billy. In my freshman year at Wittenberg I had three roommates and one was a football player. Kind of got a few insights into D3 athletics.
OCF, D3 didn't even exist until 1975. Did Wittenberg not give athletic scholarships before then?
No, they only gave scholarship's based on academic merit -- at least technically, as I alluded to above. They had some needs-based assistance as well, but they didn't call it a scholarship. And, I think there were also discounts for Lutheran PKs and some other categories. I believe the whole OAC, as then constituted, operated on the same basis. It looks like that D3 when formed followed the model that was already in place by conferences like the old OAC.
Last Edited: 8/1/2022 10:48:24 AM by OhioCatFan
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L.C.
8/1/2022 11:05 AM
My recollection, from advice given to me when applying for college, was that standards were flexible, and the more skills you had, the more likely you were to get admitted, and to get an "academic" scholarship. Straight A's and 1500 on the SAT, and editor of the school paper? Good. B+ Average, 1300 SAT, but play the tuba and defensive end, also good. This wasn't in regards to any specific school, but college in general. Many from my school went to college, but no one ever went to a "football power", at least, not to play football.
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Jeff McKinney
8/1/2022 6:16 PM
OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
MWDST, Mount Union has some NFL’ers to crow about, Pierre Garçon and Cecil Shorts III immediately come to mind. They too have won multiple National Championships so why not just add them to MACTION. Trust me it will accomplish the same thing and will greatly reduce the travel costs. But dream on all you want about adding the Dakota’s. Not trying to be Debbie Downer on the MAC, but college football has now become the OSU vs BAMA conferences and they are now like the “exclusive” Prom that going forward will only consider the prettiest of the prettiest! I now live in the heart of the ACC and believe me lots of far bigger names than OHIO and Miami’s are -hitting their pants worried about which insignificant ugly step-sister conference they will land in when the final dance partners are picked. But I guess yearning for a football game on a cold Tuesday/Wednesday November evening in North/South Dakota is just what has always been the missing link to propel the MAC to greatness! It will make the November weeknight games in Athens seem downright balmy though compared to the Dakotas. BTW will there be direct flights from
Athens to Bismarck?
Mount Union would have to reduce the number of scholarships they give if they joined the MAC.
Yep, those academic and need-based scholarships that so many D3 players qualify for. And, I've heard that just possibly, every now and then, that a football player's need and/or academic assessment might be based on different criteria than that used for the general student population. Now, that's just a rumor, mind you! ;-)
Ain’t no rumor at all. And being a private they have tons of flexibility with those grants.
Just engaging in a little sarcasm there, Billy. In my freshman year at Wittenberg I had three roommates and one was a football player. Kind of got a few insights into D3 athletics.
OCF, D3 didn't even exist until 1975. Did Wittenberg not give athletic scholarships before then?
No, they only gave scholarship's based on academic merit -- at least technically, as I alluded to above. They had some needs-based assistance as well, but they didn't call it a scholarship. And, I think there were also discounts for Lutheran PKs and some other categories. I believe the whole OAC, as then constituted, operated on the same basis. It looks like that D3 when formed followed the model that was already in place by conferences like the old OAC.
Ok, thanks.
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M.D.W.S.T
8/3/2022 1:26 PM
oldkatz wrote:expand_more
MWDST, Mount Union has some NFL’ers to crow about, Pierre Garçon and Cecil Shorts III immediately come to mind. They too have won multiple National Championships so why not just add them to MACTION.
This should affect your credit score.
This wins the interwebs reply of the month.
*hat tip*
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Pataskala
8/5/2022 12:37 AM
Interesting story about how all the teams in the Northeast have lost the luster they had 30 or 40 years ago. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34301978... . They're trying to regain some of that but it looks just so overwhelming I had to pause and take a breath in the middle of it.

Paterno apparently had an idea to save football in the Northeast by putting together a conference with Penn St, Pitt, WVU, Syracuse, Rutgers and others back when they were all indies. But there wasn't agreement and schools started joining "P" conferences soon afterwards.
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Pataskala
8/20/2022 3:50 PM
ESPN looks at NDSU, which has dominated D1AA/FCS over the past decade, and JMU, the only team that has challenged NDSU. JMU is moving up this year to join the Sun Belt, even though it likely will drop to a .500 team for a few years. NDSU is apparently staying pat for now, but has a real conundrum with fan apathy. Its overwhelming success has caused fans to be blase about the program, with average attendance dropping from 18,000 in 2018 to 15,000 last year. So if NDSU stays in 1AA and continues its success, it might lose even more attendance.

The article mentions the two most likely places for NDSU to land if it moves up. Neither is very attractive. Although, as the article mentions, it would likely be an immediate bowl qualifier in the MAC, the nearest team is NIU, 600 miles away. And although fans might identify more with the MWC, the nearest team there is 800 miles away. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34424983... .
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BillyTheCat
8/22/2022 1:17 PM
Pataskala wrote:expand_more
ESPN looks at NDSU, which has dominated D1AA/FCS over the past decade, and JMU, the only team that has challenged NDSU. JMU is moving up this year to join the Sun Belt, even though it likely will drop to a .500 team for a few years. NDSU is apparently staying pat for now, but has a real conundrum with fan apathy. Its overwhelming success has caused fans to be blase about the program, with average attendance dropping from 18,000 in 2018 to 15,000 last year. So if NDSU stays in 1AA and continues its success, it might lose even more attendance.

The article mentions the two most likely places for NDSU to land if it moves up. Neither is very attractive. Although, as the article mentions, it would likely be an immediate bowl qualifier in the MAC, the nearest team is NIU, 600 miles away. And although fans might identify more with the MWC, the nearest team there is 800 miles away. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34424983... .
The nearest anything to Fargo is quite a long way away, especially DI football teams and conferences that would be in their realm.
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Buckeye to Bobcat
8/22/2022 9:07 PM
BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
ESPN looks at NDSU, which has dominated D1AA/FCS over the past decade, and JMU, the only team that has challenged NDSU. JMU is moving up this year to join the Sun Belt, even though it likely will drop to a .500 team for a few years. NDSU is apparently staying pat for now, but has a real conundrum with fan apathy. Its overwhelming success has caused fans to be blase about the program, with average attendance dropping from 18,000 in 2018 to 15,000 last year. So if NDSU stays in 1AA and continues its success, it might lose even more attendance.

The article mentions the two most likely places for NDSU to land if it moves up. Neither is very attractive. Although, as the article mentions, it would likely be an immediate bowl qualifier in the MAC, the nearest team is NIU, 600 miles away. And although fans might identify more with the MWC, the nearest team there is 800 miles away. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34424983... .
The nearest anything to Fargo is quite a long way away, especially DI football teams and conferences that would be in their realm.
The question I keep hearing is when do the Dakotas along with St Thomas drag someone up to FBS. Those 4 and St Thomas would be a solid backbone to a league if they could recruit someone out of the MVC to join them. Otherwise, Augustana State is the school always rumored to come up but they have not due to the Summit not wanting to add em.
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L.C.
8/22/2022 10:55 PM
Buckeye to Bobcat wrote:expand_more
The question I keep hearing is when do the Dakotas along with St Thomas drag someone up to FBS. Those 4 and St Thomas would be a solid backbone to a league if they could recruit someone out of the MVC to join them. Otherwise, Augustana State is the school always rumored to come up but they have not due to the Summit not wanting to add em.

I think that's it. The only way NDSU makes the jump to FBS is by creating a new conference, say North Dakota, North Dakota State, South Dakota, South Dakota State, Northern Iowa, Montana, Montana State, Idaho State, Eastern Washington, and Augustana. I have no idea what it takes to actually form a new FBS Conference, and it may be a practical impossibility.
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ExCat21
9/3/2022 2:01 PM
SDSU - 3
IOWA - 3

Halftime. I know Iowa coaches are screeeaaaaaming in the locker room.

Iowa will probably pull away big time in 2nd half. Very good game though!
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OhioCatFan
9/3/2022 11:54 PM
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. . .Iowa will probably pull away big time in 2nd half. Very good game though!
Not exactly . . . 7-3, two safeties and two FGs, total scoring in the game. SDSU has one whale of defense!
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ohio9704
9/4/2022 12:07 AM
Delaware Blue Hens
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ExCat21
9/4/2022 12:22 AM
What a weird game. 21 punts!
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KyleWvr13
9/4/2022 6:06 PM
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Delaware Blue Hens
I have always liked the idea of Delaware moving up to FBS. Their stadium is about the right size for a G5 conference, plus they're doing some renovations to add some suite level seating over the next couple of years.

Also selfishly, it's about an hour from where I live now and would be much easier to see FBS games since the idea of driving down 76 and experiencing Philly traffic to watch a less-than stellar Temple team is torture no one should endure.
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ctb
9/5/2022 12:13 PM
L.C. wrote:expand_more
The question I keep hearing is when do the Dakotas along with St Thomas drag someone up to FBS. Those 4 and St Thomas would be a solid backbone to a league if they could recruit someone out of the MVC to join them. Otherwise, Augustana State is the school always rumored to come up but they have not due to the Summit not wanting to add em.

I think that's it. The only way NDSU makes the jump to FBS is by creating a new conference, say North Dakota, North Dakota State, South Dakota, South Dakota State, Northern Iowa, Montana, Montana State, Idaho State, Eastern Washington, and Augustana. I have no idea what it takes to actually form a new FBS Conference, and it may be a practical impossibility.
“The Great Plains Conference.” I like it.
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