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ATN Podcast 335: Striking a...

09.25.2023

It's not often the outcome of a single game can turn perceptions in Division III on their head, especially a game in September. But last Friday night, Endicott not only defeated No. 5 Hardin-Simmons, the Gulls defeated the Cowboys soundly. ...

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09.25.2023 ATN Podcast 335: Striking a blow for New England It's not often the outcome of a single game can turn perceptions in Division III on their head, especially a game in September. But last Friday night, Endicott not only defeated No. 5 Hardin-Simmons, the Gulls defeated the Cowboys soundly. ...
09.18.2023 ATN Podcast 334: No less thrilling a week This week didn't feature five games between Top 25 teams, but as we've known for years in Division III football, that doesn't make it any less thrilling. Out of 116 games, you're going to see a little bit of everything, ...
09.11.2023 ATN Podcast 333: A little fun under the lights It was a fun night for Trinity (Texas) fans in San Antonio, and the same for fans of Eastern on a rainy night in Philadelphia. Oberlin got a losing streak out of the way, King's looks good at 2-0, Susquehanna ...
09.04.2023 ATN Podcast 332: Right where we left off It really does seem as though the 2023 Division III football season is going to be just like the 2022 version. But with even more games between ranked teams, more nailbiting, more magic. Johnnie Magic up in Collegeville? Perhaps, if ...
08.30.2023 ATN Podcast 331: Let’s get this party started The 2023 Division III football season is upon us, kicking off on Thursday night, Aug. 31. Birmingham-Southern is one of those teams kicking off on Thursday, and the fact that B-SC is here at all is something to celebrate. The ...
08.21.2023 ATN Podcast 330: What you need to know before Week 1 Teams are in training camps, and if you’re new to Division III football, or awaking from a long slumber, this is a good time to get caught up. Because if you’re coming to Division III for the first time, as ...
05.30.2023 ATN Podcast 329: A new conference, state of NIL in D3, and a crazy idea for the ASC Nobody at the American Southwest Conference is talking on the record — heck, there basically is nobody at the American Southwest Conference since they showed their commissioner the door, and two more schools left their all-sports membership not all that ...
03.31.2023 ATN Podcast 328: Three teams with reason to look ahead We welcome Jace Rindahl of UW-Whitewater, the new 36-year-old head coach who was playing linebacker for the Warhawks so recently that he was the 2008 D3football.com Defensive Player of the Year. The Warhawks men's basketball team made a surprising run ...
02.20.2023 ATN Podcast 327: How do we fix the playoffs? This upcoming 2023 football season will have just four at-large bids. It's getting harder and harder to make the NCAA Division III football playoffs as an at-large team, there's no denying it. Before it gets even worse, this is the ...
12.18.2022 ATN Podcast 326: Stagg Bowl, players of the year, our wish list And just like that, the 2022 season, arguably the greatest season in NCAA Division III football history, is in the books. But before the podcast goes into offseason mode and becomes a monthly show, we do what we always do ...
12.16.2022 ATN Podcast 325: Most wonderful time of the year The Stagg Bowl comes around holiday time and really is the most wonderful time of the year. It's the time when you can't duck questions any longer, and we talk with both head coaches and offensive and defensive players on ...
12.12.2022 ATN Podcast 324: The Road to Annapolis is complete It's No. 1 vs. No. 2, just as everyone expected, as North Central and Mount Union advance to play in Stagg Bowl XLIX in Annapolis. While this is a rematch of teams that played in the second round in 2019, ...
12.05.2022 ATN Podcast 323: Down to a fantastic four No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 12 are the four teams left in contention for a trip to Annapolis, Maryland, for Stagg Bowl XLIX. Mary Hardin-Baylor took down Bethel with a fourth-quarter surge, while Mount Union eased past ...
11.28.2022 ATN Podcast 322: Saturday drama on-field, Sunday drama off of it The entertainment in the 2022 Division III playoff bracket continued into the second round, and then reverberated throughout social media on Sunday afternoon and evening. That’s when the Division III football world came to realize that Delaware Valley was given ...
11.21.2022 ATN Podcast 321: Season’s craziness continues in first round We asked out loud how the Division III football playoff bracket could possibly live up to the 11-week regular season. Are you not entertained? Sure, every first round has its share of blowouts, and this one had four shutouts. But ...
11.14.2022 ATN Podcast 320: Bubbles burst and the Berea Boink The 2022 Division III playoff bracket is out, and we ask our usual questions: What did the committee get right here? What did they get wrong? Who got the toughest road to the Stagg Bowl? What are the best first ...
11.10.2022 ATN Podcast 319: National committee chair takes our questions Sure, that might not be the sexiest title for a podcast episode, but it’s important. We got a good 45 minutes with the Division III football national committee chair, subjected him to our questions, and your questions. The ones submitted ...
11.07.2022 ATN Podcast 318: A muddy playoff picture Another week of thrilling games leaves us able to practically smell the NCAA Division III football playoffs. But while `nearly half of the 27 automatic bids to the 32-team playoff field have already been claimed, the at-large playoff picture seems ...
11.03.2022 ATN Podcast 317: The most entertaining season This post was re-uploaded on Nov. 3 after a site crash. It was originally posted Oct. 31. Susquehanna stops the two-point conversion for the final time with 49 seconds remaining and the River Hawks defeat Johns Hopkins to really take ...
10.31.2022 ATN Podcast 317: The most entertaining season Susquehanna stops the two-point conversion for the final time with 49 seconds remaining and the River Hawks defeat Johns Hopkins to really take control of the Centennial Conference standings for the first time. We talk about that game and coach ...
10.24.2022 ATN Podcast 316: All eyes on Platteville, plus regional rankings Some things we can't seem to avoid talking about every week this season: The Cortaca Jug game in Yankee Stadium The University of Wisconsin-Platteville This week, Platteville made headlines again, and for the second week in a row, extremely positive ...
10.17.2022 ATN Podcast 315: Lookin’ alive in the 5 We talk about all six regions, multiple times, in each D3football.com Around the Nation podcast, For example, this week, who's lookin' alive in Region 5? Ripon is lookin' quite alive as the Redhawks remain unbeaten here in what coach Ron ...
10.10.2022 ATN Podcast 314: Another classic week in D-III football Spoiled. We are just spoiled this season by the great games in Division III football. There's not much more we can say. The span on Saturday afternoon in which all three games pictured here: Birmingham-Southern at Trinity (Texas), UW-Oshkosh at ...
10.03.2022 ATN Podcast 313: All about the No. 1 votes Well, folks, Keith McMillan has had enough, and after 30 or so podcasts on the sidelines, with Greg Thomas co-hosting, he’s back and ready to throw down. Ready to throw down about the Top 25 poll, that is. Keith couldn’t ...
09.26.2022 ATN Podcast 312: Two big games; one classic Unexpected realizations that if Bethel had had its No. 1 quarterback healthy and won in Week 2 at UW-Platteville, perhaps we'd be in a position where someone might have given Bethel ... a No. 1 vote? Stranger things have happened. ...
09.19.2022 ATN Podcast 311: Breaking through to the other side? In a week where some of us didn't really expect any upsets, instead we got a couple of big ones, where Loras got two shots at a last-second field goal to beat Central, and Case throttled Washington & Jefferson's offense. ...
09.12.2022 ATN Podcast 310: Loving this alternate reality of D-III football Most years it seems as though our first couple of weeks of the season are filled with top teams pasting teams that are clearly overmatched. And while we've still had some of that in 2022, this alternate reality/Bizarro world of ...
09.05.2022 ATN Podcast 309: Off to a fun start Yeah, this was a fun first week of the Division III football season, as we were treated to a Top Five showdown right out of the gate, another matchup of national semifinal teams and much more. We suppose it may ...
09.01.2022 ATN Podcast 308: Best things to watch in 2022 We're getting ready to kick it all off with the first week of Division III football games for 2022 this weekend, and this week's podcast takes you around to the big stories and big things we're watching across Division III ...
08.22.2022 ATN Podcast 307: In camp and ready to rock Teams are in camp, with the first games coming in just 10 days, on Sept. 1! And while it is definitely too early to talk about this year's playoff bubble, we decided to visit with two of last year's bubble ...
07.18.2022 ATN Podcast 306: From Columbia to Division III This month’s podcast finishes our offseason series of conversations with new coaches at Division III playoff contenders, and we get to Podcast 306, where we talk to Carnegie Mellon head coach Ryan Larsen. Larsen is just 35 years old, and ...
06.27.2022 ATN Podcast 305: Early D-III powers bring coaches back to D-III Wittenberg played in the Stagg Bowl four times in the 1970s, winning two of them. One of those wins was against Ithaca, which played in four of the first eight Stagg Bowls and has played in seven overall, winning three ...
05.26.2022 ATN Podcast 304: Mules in Spain; Meeting Peter Jennings Pat and Greg chat with Nate Milne, Muhlenberg's head coach, about his team's recent trip to Spain, as well as new UW-Oshkosh head coach Peter Jennings. Also on the docket: which conferences will suffer most from having fewer at-large bids, ...
04.30.2022 ATN Podcast 303: New UMHB coach; scheduling big; SOS We're continuing our offseason series diving into interviews with new coaches at Division III football powers, as we check in with Larry Harmon, the new head coach of the defending national champion, Mary Hardin-Baylor. Much like last month's guest, new ...
03.24.2022 ATN Podcast 302: Are the Purple Powers still at the top, plus, North Central’s new coach Pat Coleman stopped by in Naperville, Illinois, on a recent Division III basketball road trip and checked in on new North Central coach Brad Spencer. Spencer had been in the job for six weeks, but had only just moved into ...
01.19.2022 ATN Podcast 301: Vote coming on smaller conferences, pads in practice If it seems like there is always something important about Division III football being voted on at the NCAA convention, well, we think you’re probably correct. This year, there is a significant proposal that could limit using pads in practice ...
12.18.2021 ATN Podcast 300: Players of the Year It was great to have a 2021 Division III football season to have a podcast about, and since the 300th podcast fell right at the end of the season, we celebrate by bringing back an old favorite — longtime co-host ...
12.17.2021 ATN Podcast 299: Welcome to Canton Oh, heck yeah -- we have one of those nice new Stagg Bowl venues with a nice new stadium smell. And no, we were never going to get 23,000 people to attend this game, but having it played in a ...
12.13.2021 ATN Podcast 298: Breaking down the semifinals We get a new, never-before-seen matchup in the Stagg Bowl, and that's something to be excited about. In the latest edition of the D3football.com Around the Nation Podcast, Pat and Greg break down each of the semifinals, and North Central ...
12.06.2021 ATN Podcast 297: Champs with a chip on their shoulder? This is not perceived slight. This is actual, honest-to-goodness, true, verifiable slight. Near the beginning of our podcast season we had some audio Jeff Thorne said to his players on the field after his team handled Wheaton in the Little ...
11.29.2021 ATN Podcast 296: A new era of parity? In 2019 the second round of the Division III playoffs featured a number of blowouts, and this year, yes, there were two big wins, perhaps not coincidentally by the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in our Top 25 poll, ...
11.22.2021 ATN Podcast 295: How upset can we get? If the committee doesn't do its due diligence to make sure it is giving the teams that have the best criteria home games in the playoffs, but the teams that benefited from this mistake ended up losing, does it make ...
11.15.2021 ATN Podcast 294: The one with the bracket Now we know who is in and who is out, and unless you are a Hardin-Simmons fan, there might not be a lot to complain about with this bracket. Yes, we thought the Cowboys would be in, and surely many ...
11.08.2021 ATN Podcast 293: All the playoff ramifications We handed out 15 more automatic bids on Saturday, for a total of 16, and there were a number of games with big results to keep an eye on. So we break it down for you, fellas -- the big ...
11.01.2021 ATN Podcast 292: Conference races down to wire Key games in the Centennial and Liberty League didn't finalize those conference chases. But with 27 automatic bids to a field of 32 playoff teams, we have one team which has clinched so far. That's Cortland, which defeated Alfred on ...
10.25.2021 ATN Podcast 291: Bad break for SJU, tough loss for W&J We have no idea who the leader of the PAC is right now. None. If you have four leaders, you don’t have any — at least, that would be the coach speak version of the answer. We can’t fully clear ...
10.22.2021 Bonus Podcast: You’ll see a change in regional rankings Regional rankings are coming soon! Usually this would be a great time of year, but this time around, it's going to be more than a little confusing. These sorts of things are handled in the same manner across all Division ...
10.18.2021 ATN Podcast 290: After the mistake, after the upset You gotta feel for the guy. Taking a knee instead of spiking the ball is not something that Colin Schuetz invented; heck, a current NFL starting quarterback did the same thing in college. But it's tough, and before this podcast ...
10.11.2021 ATN Podcast 289: Clarification, celebration and separation We got a little clarification in some conferences. We had celebrations of some big wins. And we got separation -- or at least, some key players did. Week 6 of the 2021 Division III football season promised to be exciting, ...
10.04.2021 ATN Podcast 288: Close calls from Week 5 Week 5 was witness to a number of key battles, both inside and outside of the Top 25, and if you're living life in the fast lane, you hopes for making the postseason may be already gone in the long ...

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ATN Podcast 335: Striking a blow for New England

ATN Podcast 334: No less thrilling a week

ATN Podcast 333: A little fun under the lights

ATN Podcast 332: Right where we left off

ATN Podcast 331: Let’s get this party started

ATN Podcast 330: What you need to know before Week 1

ATN Podcast 329: A new conference, state of NIL in D3, and a crazy idea for the ASC

ATN Podcast 328: Three teams with reason to look ahead

ATN Podcast 327: How do we fix the playoffs?

ATN Podcast 326: Stagg Bowl, players of the year, our wish list

ATN Podcast 325: Most wonderful time of the year

ATN Podcast 324: The Road to Annapolis is complete

ATN Podcast 323: Down to a fantastic four

ATN Podcast 322: Saturday drama on-field, Sunday drama off of it

ATN Podcast 321: Season’s craziness continues in first round

ATN Podcast 320: Bubbles burst and the Berea Boink

ATN Podcast 319: National committee chair takes our questions

ATN Podcast 318: A muddy playoff picture

ATN Podcast 317: The most entertaining season

ATN Podcast 317: The most entertaining season

ATN Podcast 316: All eyes on Platteville, plus regional rankings

ATN Podcast 315: Lookin’ alive in the 5

ATN Podcast 314: Another classic week in D-III football

ATN Podcast 313: All about the No. 1 votes

ATN Podcast 312: Two big games; one classic

ATN Podcast 311: Breaking through to the other side?

ATN Podcast 310: Loving this alternate reality of D-III football

ATN Podcast 309: Off to a fun start

ATN Podcast 308: Best things to watch in 2022

ATN Podcast 307: In camp and ready to rock

ATN Podcast 306: From Columbia to Division III

ATN Podcast 305: Early D-III powers bring coaches back to D-III

ATN Podcast 304: Mules in Spain; Meeting Peter Jennings

ATN Podcast 303: New UMHB coach; scheduling big; SOS

ATN Podcast 302: Are the Purple Powers still at the top, plus, North Central’s new coach

ATN Podcast 301: Vote coming on smaller conferences, pads in practice

ATN Podcast 300: Players of the Year

ATN Podcast 299: Welcome to Canton

ATN Podcast 298: Breaking down the semifinals

ATN Podcast 297: Champs with a chip on their shoulder?

ATN Podcast 296: A new era of parity?

ATN Podcast 295: How upset can we get?

ATN Podcast 294: The one with the bracket

ATN Podcast 293: All the playoff ramifications

ATN Podcast 292: Conference races down to wire

ATN Podcast 291: Bad break for SJU, tough loss for W&J

Bonus Podcast: You’ll see a change in regional rankings

ATN Podcast 290: After the mistake, after the upset

ATN Podcast 289: Clarification, celebration and separation

ATN Podcast 288: Close calls from Week 5