Sep 03, 2024
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| There is definitely a lot of interest in how UW-La Crosse performs this season. Photo by Wade Garder, d3photography.com |
We've covered playoff picks, national champs, players of the year, conference winners and more, and now our panel has a handful of other thoughts about the season.
Everything else ... |
What will be the most surprising upset of the season?
| Patrick | Greg | Keith |
| UW-Platteville over UW-La Crosse | Hampden-Sydney over Randolph-Macon | Rochester over Union |
| Frank | Logan | Riley |
| RPI over UW-La Crosse | Alma over Northern Michigan | Hampden-Sydney over Randolph-Macon |
Which non-conference game are you most anticipating?
| Patrick | Greg | Keith |
| Wartburg at St. John's, Sept. 14 | Cortland at Susquehanna, Sept. 21 | Wartburg at St. John's, Sept. 14 |
| Frank | Logan | Riley |
| Cortland at Susquehanna, Sept. 21 | Wartburg at St. John's, Sept. 14 | Wartburg at St. John's, Sept. 14 |
Which conference game are you most anticipating?
| Patrick | Greg | Keith |
| John Carroll at Mount Union, Sept. 21 | Berry at Trinity (Texas), Oct. 26 | John Carroll at Mount Union, Sept. 21 |
| Frank | Logan | Riley |
| Muhlenberg at Johns Hopkins, Nov. 2 | UW-Whitewater at UW-La Crosse, Nov. 9 | UW-Whitewater at UW-La Crosse, Nov. 9 |
Give us a one-sentence prediction we're unlikely to see anywhere else.
| Patrick | Greg | Keith |
| The bracket will be the most balanced it's ever been because the committee has literally nothing else to do but create the pairings. At least I hope so. | The Jan. 4 Stagg Bowl will be the best attended final since 2018. | The 32nd team into the playoff field will be ... wait, WHAT? 40 TEAMS? The Stagg Bowl is WHEN? *pines for the days of a pre-Christmas national championship game, shakes fist at younguns on the grass* |
| Frank | Logan | Riley |
| Buyers’ remorse takes hold after the regular season, as NPI concerns run wild throughout Division III. | Other than a couple major head scratchers, NPI will be mostly fine. | No fewer than four Week 1 games involving a Top 25 team will be decided by a field goal or less. |
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