In the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd, we knew it was time to listen, so we are talking with Hamline coach Chip Taylor, who was blocks away on the day Floyd was killed, and a roundtable of players from Cortland, Millsaps and Wabash talking about their experiences as Black football players in D-III. We listened and hope you do too.
Aaron Pelch has been the interim athletic director as well as football coach at Millsaps for more than a year, but in 2020, he will focus on just one of those roles.
Four years ago, seven schools broke away from the SCAC to form their own conference. Now that conference is welcoming back two of the football programs they left behind.
Ursinus and a Division II school played to a scoreless regulation, then needed five overtimes to decide it. Meanwhile, elsewhere in Pennsylvania, F&M and Lebanon Valley renewed their rivalry with a high-scoring battle.
Washington University and the University of Chicago haven't even played their first game as football members of the Southern Athletic Association, and they've already announced their departure.
Contrary to the information it released a few weeks ago, the NCAA D-III football championships committee announced Friday that the Southern Athletic Association and Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference will not have automatic bids to the 2014 Division III football playoffs.
Without an automatic qualifier, a conference title isn’t enough for teams like Texas Lutheran and Millsaps. They have to be nearly flawless from start to finish.
A missed kick during his freshman year has always haunted Beau Brady. After nailing the game-winner against Trinity, the junior can bask in renewed validation.
Aaron Pelch gave up a job in the NFL to return to Division III and take the reins at Millsaps after the 2009 season. "There’s something to be said about the quality of life you have as a Division III coach," he said.
LAGRANGE, Ga. - The Millsaps Majors had over 479 total yards of offense and held the LaGrange Panthers to 211 yards of total offense as they stomped the Panthers, 54-7 on Saturday afternoon.
Months of preparation by Millsaps and Mississippi College were delayed as Hurricane Isaac delayed their rivalry matchup, dubbed the Backyard Brawl. But more than the wait, some players were weighed down by worry about loved ones in the storm's path.
JACKSON - After Huricane Isaac pushed the game back to the weekend, the Millsaps Majors and the Mississippi College Choctaws finally squared off on hot, muggy Saturday afternoon at Harper Davis Field.
The fledgling SAA needs football programs in order to eventually get an automatic bid. One of the new conference's schools, Berry, is helping the cause and will be the second D-III football program in Georgia.
The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference is splitting up after this season, and both new conferences will be on the outside looking in for an automatic bid. Where do they go from here?
The most tumultuous week of player movement in NFL history has undrafted Division III free agents hoping to get into training camps, and a handful of players found out where they're heading.
The geographic footprint of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference was so big DePauw decided to leave more than a year ago. Now seven others are doing the same, and Berry is joining the group.
Colorado College became the third Division III school to drop football this offseason, making the announcement that it was cutting the sport effective the end of the 2008 season.
If a tale about how enduring difficult times can make triumph feel so much sweeter seems a little stale, Around the Nation understands. There's been a lot of that going around this week.
One of the best things about following Division III football is that there is almost always a new experience. There’s always a story you haven’t heard, a team you know little about, a place you’ve never been.
Millsaps coach steps down
April 25, 2023Isaac Carter stepped down to take a coordinator post at D-I FCS non-scholarship San Diego and will be replaced internally.
