D3football.com Around the Nation Podcast

D3football.com Around the Nation Podcast episodes:

• 05.21.2024

  ATN Podcast 353: Wait, can we call you back?

  It's not often that we've had to call a coach back the next day and ask follow-up questions, but when news broke less than 24 hours after we talked with Berry coach Tony Kunczewski, we knew we had to get...

  
• 04.17.2024

  ATN Podcast 352: Can’t eclipse the Monon Bell

  When Crawfordsville and Greencastle, Indiana, found themselves beneath a total eclipse last week, it turned out to be a great time to combine a rare celestial event with a chance to talk with the coaches in one of Division III...

  
• 01.18.2024

  ATN Podcast 351: What’s next?

  What's next? That's a great question this time of year, and we tackle that big question in a few ways in our January podcast, the first one of 2024. Cortland, now the reigning and defending national champs, says what's next is...

  
• 12.17.2023

  ATN Podcast 350: Wrapping up an amazing 2023

  We wrap up another season, here on the D3football.com Around the Nation podcast. Perhaps not as well as the Cortland defense wrapped up Luke Lehnen on the two-point conversion attempt pictured here on the page, but we try. Was this the...

  
• 12.14.2023

  ATN Podcast 349: We’re here for Stagg Bowl 50

  It's great to be back in Salem covering a Stagg Bowl, and Patrick and Greg and Frank Rossi are here to preview Stagg Bowl with North Central and Cortland. For North Central, it's the fourth time in a row they've been...

  
• 12.11.2023

  ATN Podcast 348: And then there were two

  Just as we expected -- one amazing national semifinal and one blowout. Never mind that people generally thought it would be the other way around -- not our predictions, by the way, which did not have North Central winning in...

  
• 12.04.2023

  ATN Podcast 347: No more purple

  Yep, that's correct. You see the colors above, and nary a Purple Power to be found. No more UW-Whitewater, no Mount Union, and of course, none of those other prominent purple powerhouses that failed to make the field. Instead, you've...

  
• 11.30.2023

  ATN Podcast 346: Heading to the quarterfinals

  We used to do this preview podcasts all the time, before life and day jobs interfered. But it's great to get back in the saddle, and do some longer interviews in this edition of the D3football.com Around the Nation podcast. Founding...

  
• 11.27.2023

  ATN Podcast 345: Well, that doesn’t happen every day

  We can't say in any way, shape or form that we called it. But in podcast 343, we did identify Alma as a team that could challenge Mount Union. But when push comes to shove, no, Alma scoring 24 points...

  
• 11.20.2023

  ATN Podcast 344: Running down the first round

  In our first week of playoffs, the teams that should have been hosting went and won on the road anyway, and while we only had a couple of games go down to the final possession, those were certainly thrilling, memorable...

  
• 11.13.2023

  ATN Podcast 343: Strength of what, exactly?

  Oh man.  Back in 2011, Patrick wrote a piece on Selection Sunday morning with the headline "Two-loss teams need not apply," essentially calling out the NCAA football committee for not even considering two-loss teams in previous years and wondering if that...

  
• 11.06.2023

  ATN Podcast 342: No help for the bubble

  If you were are hoping your team can get some help in getting into the NCAA playoffs as an at-large team, we got so close to being able to give you what you wanted on Saturday. But in the end, a...

  
• 10.30.2023

  ATN Podcast 341: Epic endings

  The game between Johns Hopkins and Muhlenberg ended in a pretty epic way on Saturday. So did Belhaven’s unbeaten streak this season, at the hands of Maryville. And a 20-year long streak went by the wayside this weekend as well....

  
• 10.26.2023

  ATN Podcast 340: A chat with the chair

  The season of regional rankings, mock brackets and things such as Pool C teams is upon us, and how better to get things started than by having a conversation with the chair of the Division III football championship committee?  We start...

  
• 10.23.2023

  ATN Podcast 339: We’re halfway there

  Greg Thomas starts off this podcast by quoting one of the famous philosophers of our time, and it is true about what point in the season we have reached. If you intend to play in the Stagg Bowl, just know...

  
• 10.16.2023

  ATN Podcast 338: Midseason reality checks

  UW-Whitewater and UW-River Falls met in another of the big battles that should determine who goes to the playoffs out of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, whether it's one, two or three teams. And even though one of the most...

  
• 10.09.2023

  ATN Podcast 337: When D-III football is at its best

  It seems there can be little doubt that Division III football is at its best on a Saturday afternoon when the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is playing its conference games. They might draw 20,000-plus fans, they might go to double...

  
• 10.02.2023

  ATN 336: Week 5 is for capital W’s

  W is for Wartburg. W is for Wolverines. And W is for winning. The connection is purely alphabetical, but we know that the top teams had some big wins on Saturday, one for a bell that is little, and made of...

  
• 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, such...

  
• 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 you're...

  
• 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 school...

  
• 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 a...

  
• 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 it also...

  
• 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 control...

  
• 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 headlines as the...

  
• 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 Ernst...

  
• 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 not...

  
• 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...