D3 Football Championship

[IUsuallyPonder]

Currently watching Mount Union vs. North Central (Illinois) in the D3 Football Championship. My goodness, these teams would beat almost all the PSAC and would give the top tier a tough game. This is really impressive to watch.

[EastStroud13]

If Mount Union ever joined the GMAC, they would be immediate favorites to win SR1, I think.

[Ram Tough]

The thing to remember about D3 schools is that they are playing against other D3 schools.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

The thing to remember about D3 schools is that they are playing against other D3 schools.

Correct. It's tough to say.

Would they look like they do paired up against a team who can hit back? They play a lot of (small and slow) meatballs in D3 throughout the year.

Sure, they'd smoke many in the PSAC but I don't think the top teams..

People about to watch Ferris will say the same thing about them being up a level. Yes, Ferris would smoke the pretend Robert Morris types of 'D1' but they wouldnt beat the James Madison level.

[EyeoftheHawk]

Correct. It's tough to say.

Would they look like they do paired up against a team who can hit back? They play a lot of (small and slow) meatballs in D3 throughout the year.

Sure, they'd smoke many in the PSAC but I don't think the top teams..

People about to watch Ferris will say the same thing about them being up a level. Yes, Ferris would smoke the pretend Robert Morris types of 'D1' but they wouldnt beat the James Madison level.

I think they beat the lower tier and play competitively and beat a few of the middle teams, but wouldn’t have the depth of talent to hang with the big dogs. If you see a DIII game in person, it looks pretty slow compared to DII. As mentioned earlier, DIII teams look good partially because they’re playing other DIII teams.

[Fightingscot82]

The perennial DIII powers would do well right away for the same reason most perennial move-up schools do well immediately: they're a strong program that's already viewed as attractive by recruits. Its pretty rare that a school simply flexing financial muscle (see: Incarnate Word) does well quickly.