With the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference facing the potential loss of its automatic bid, the conference has turned to Finlandia. The program has won just two countable games in the past four seasons, including two winless seasons in the MIAA.
Very few teams are still in a position to play ball this fall, but we talk to two schools who just had their season dashed this week and one which is still on course. Adrian has 150 players on campus already and is looking to play up to its maximum five games ... maybe more?
There were quite a few late-season coaching changes, and it meant an end to one program as well as a shortened season for another. But the quick change in coaches, and the resulting domino effect, isn't always a program's death sentence.
When Kirk Talley left deep into the offseason, Northwestern found its next coach already on campus, where Matt Moore has been on staff for a decade and the defensive coordinator for the past three seasons.
After coaching Northwestern (Minn.) for 16 seasons and leading the Eagles to their first-ever trip to the NCAA football playoffs, Kirk Talley is taking an assistant coaching job someplace a little warmer.
A handful of unranked teams will find themselves in the Division III playoff bracket when it's announced a week from Sunday, and more teams are inching closer. Meanwhile, Ithaca sent Mike Welch off a winner in his final home game. That and more in the Week 10 national roundup.
The players on the Northwestern (Minn.) football team were excited to play their first game at the university’s newly renovated stadium. And after a dramatic win in front of a boisterous crowd, there is a good chance the fans are excited for more games at Reynolds Field as well.
Concordia-Moorhead has bounced back from its crazy beyond-the-last-second loss to Bethel, but faces its biggest test of the season Saturday against St. Thomas.
The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference, which lost Presentation earlier this year when it decided to leave the conference, will return to 10 football programs in 2013 when Iowa Wesleyan joins.
The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference announces the expansion of membership as five institutions have accepted an invitation to join the league as associate members participating in football only.
No matter your thoughts, the one point that can’t be disputed is that it was one long day of football for Northwestern. From the early hours of Saturday morning until the final pair of twice-worn game pants was deposited into the laundry bin late Saturday night, every Eagles player and coach had a day to remember.
The 12 p.m. game was the first of a historic doubleheader for the Northwestern football program. The Eagles, who are competing in the first football doubleheader in modern football history, will travel 6.5 miles down Snelling Avenue and face the Macalester College Scots at 7 p.m. to complete the day’s events.
UMAC adds Finlandia for 2021
October 02, 2020With the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference facing the potential loss of its automatic bid, the conference has turned to Finlandia. The program has won just two countable games in the past four seasons, including two winless seasons in the MIAA.
