D2Football.com Staff

Bob Eblen has been the national columnist since 2006.  He hopes to continue to use his passion for and knowledge of college athletics to entertain and inform the followers of Division II football.

Bob, his wife Deb and sons Sam and Noah live in Kansas City, MO. In his free time Bob enjoys spending time with family and friends and attending many different types of sporting events.

Bonitta Best is the sports editor of The Triangle Tribune newspaper in Durham, N.C.  Best has been with the newspaper since its inception in 1998. She is also a columnist for AOL Black Voices as the CIAA beat reporter and a free-lance sports reporter for the Raleigh News & Observer.

A 1994 graduate of Grand Valley with a BBA in Finance, Tony Nicolette is an Account Executive with a large computer reseller that works primarily with Fortune 500 companies. 

In in spare time, Tony enjoys golf, road and mountain biking, softball, and any other sport. He also enjoys reading, cooking and music.

Dustin Swedelson is an award winning broadcaster and writer who has been covering sports since 2006. His media career has included stints as a talk show host, pre and post game host, host of the David Dean show, as well as serving time as a play-by-play and color commentator.

In 2008 he received a degree from Valdosta State in Fine Arts and Mass Media with an emphasis in Broadcast Journalism.

David Bykowski is a 2000 graduate of Furman University and a former sports editor of The Paladin.  He began following D2 Football in earnest while working toward his M.S. in Computer Science at the University of Michigan. A former radio broadcaster, he currently works a software engineer for a NASA contractor.

In his free time, he enjoys curling in the winter, softball in the summer, and cooking pretty much all year round.

Aaron Heintzelman is excited to join the D2Football.com staff as the new MIAA columnist. A graduate of Saginaw Valley, he has followed D2 Football closely, attending SVSU home and away games regularly during his undergraduate time there.

Aaron works as an online news producer in Kansas City, Missouri and enjoys watching and playing sports in his free time.

Paul Falewicz has covered high school football and basketball in the Massachusetts and New Hampshire for many years. His coverage has appeared in numerous local newspapers.  A graduate of UMass-Lowell, he completed his MBA in 2007.

He also coaches football, basketball and baseball in his town. He is active in his town by serving on various political and community boards.

Jim Milligan graduated from IUP in 2001 with a double major in Economics and Marketing. In 2007, he received his MBA from the University of Pittsburgh. He currently works in the finance and accounting group of a Pittsburgh-based energy company.

Milligan is an unabashed fan of all of the Pittsburgh professional sports teams. 

Allen Bryning is a Colorado native and a graduate of Colorado State University. He lives in the Denver metro area and work as a professional engineer for a local municipality.  Football has always been a passion for for this unabashed fan of the RMAC.

Bryning is active in his church, loves the outdoors, has been an assistant coach in youth sports, and enjoys watching his children participate in music and sports.

Timmy Readling's experience and knowledge surpass his age. He is an award-winning web publisher who has covered Catawba and the South Atlantic Conference in addition to a working in sports information.

In his free time he likes to lift weights, spend time with family, and watch political news shows.

Veteran columnist Eric Tabor is a technology consultant, a free-lance writer, mobile DJ, and a native of Albany, Georgia. He has been a D2 and HBCU fan since the tender age of five.  As well as being a football enthusiast, he is a former player and coach.

In spite of a Journalism Degree from Pitt and a Master's from Florida State, Jan Marcus spends most of his Saturdays in the Press box at Shepherd, where he has been a statistician since 1999.

Marcus has spent time as a Sports Information Director and as an Assistant Athletic Director. Currently an English and Communications Instructor at a community college, he enjoys singing, golf and reading in his spare time.

Brandon Misener is the creator of D2Football.com.  He has worked in the media since 1990 and has covered the three major sports at all levels. Brandon has worked for many different stations, has served as the analyst for the Division II Selection show on ESPN, has written stories for the D2 Football Championship Program, and is a regular contributor to American Football Monthly.

Brandon graduated from Northwest Missouri State University in 1996 with a degree in broadcasting. 

John Ditch has been a devoted follower of Division II for more than a decade. He has been on the D2Football.com staff as an assistant editor since 2006.  He graduated from Winona State University in 2008, earning a degree in Political Science and Public Administration.

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