Week of 6/29

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6/29:

  • More Division III schools are calling off their seasons - as Williams, Grinnell, and RPI have postponed their fall sports season. We will now be without the Williams-Amherst, RPI-WPI, in addition to no Bowdoin-Colby matchup.

  • Dayton canceled their game with Southeast Missouri, that was scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 3rd. This was the first game of a home-and-home series, so the teams will hope to reschedule this game in a future season. Meanwhile, Southeast Missouri will be searching for an opponent to replace the Flyers.

  • The Ivy League is considering a conference only season in the spring - the season would begin in April and conclude in Mid-May. If this does occur, I am thinking that a trip to Harvard Stadium would be in the making for me since this would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see an Ivy League football game in either April or May.

6/30:

  • Mack Brown continues to amaze me with his recruiting. He got UNC another 5-star recruit in Tony Grimes, a defensive back from the state of Virginia - so it shows that he not only can keep players in state, but he can also get big-time recruits from other states as well. Teams he disappointed most with this catch: Georgia, Ohio State, and Texas A&M.

  • Mississippi Governor, Tate Reeves, signed the bill which was written to change the state flag, so it is now a law. Mississippi had the last state flag with the Confederate battle emblem.

7/1:

  • UConn has officially embarked on its journey as an independent, joining Notre Dame, Army, BYU, UMass, New Mexico State and Liberty. This has happened because the Huskies placed all of their other sports in the Big East. Funny how five years ago on this day Navy joined the AAC after 135 years as a football independent.

7/3:

  • Mark Hudspeth, who led Austin Peay to their first postseason appearance and a school record 11 wins, resigned today so that he could spend more time with his family. He said that he return to coaching “at the right time”. Hudspeth won OVC Coach of the Year honors last year, and spent the previous seven seasons at Louisiana.

  • Sad to see that Lafayette canceled their game with Navy. The teams, who would have played on Sept. 12th, first met back in 1891, and this would have been their first meeting since 1994 - 26 years ago. Hopefully they will reschedule in the next few years - though the Midshipmen are fully scheduled through 2023..

7/4:

  • I have been following the recruitment of Caleb Williams, the top-ranked dual-threat quarterback (15th prospect overall) from Washington D.C. The Terps were one of three teams in the running for his services, but not surprisingly he elected to become a Sooner. Still hurts.