Podcast Episodes

ATN Podcast 377: Let them play!

The current football student-athletes of the NESCAC are probably too young to envision a crowd of fans in the Astrodome chanting “Let them play!” about the Bad News Bears. They are too young to remem…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

ATN Podcast 376: Houston, we have a champion

Whether it was a Red-Letter Day or a Red Dawn or Red Cardinals Fly at Night, Stagg Bowl LI was another example of the ongoing red shift in Division III football, as North Central won its third title …

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

ATN Podcast 375: Taking you up to kickoff

North Central and Mount Union are back, and we’re ready to get you to kickoff of Stagg Bowl LI on Sunday night. How healthy are each of these teams? What new wrinkles might we see offensively? How ma…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

ATN Podcast 374: Two teams, one ring

We’re down to the best two teams in Division III football, both of whom are playing their best games at the right time. Mount Union is certainly firing on all cylinders now on offense after some stru…

Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago

ATN Podcast 373: Down to four

Touchdown or no touchdown? Hold or no hold? Should the game have been over?

So many questions, and not the ones we would prefer to be asking about a game in the Division III football national quarter…

Published on 9 months ago

ATN Podcast 372: Flipping the script

Yep, we all thought we knew exactly what to expect from the round of 16 of the Division III football playoffs.

What did we get instead? Something way, way more interesting. That’s the national champi…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

ATN Podcast 371: Measuring the fallout

Now everyone in the playoffs has played at least one postseason game, or if you look at it another way, more than 60% of the playoff games are already over. And people are in a hurry to dismiss the W…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

ATN Podcast 370: Much to be thankful for

When you’re on the road on Thursday, Friday or Saturday, tune us in. We talk with North Central coach Brad Spencer about how his team adjusted to having a bye week at the beginning of the schedule, w…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

ATN Podcast 369: Easing into the playoffs

This slimmed-down version of the first round actually worked out pretty well. Five of the eight games went down to the final couple of minutes, and the three blowouts were against the No. 38, No. 39 …

Published on 9 months, 4 weeks ago

ATN Podcast 368: Much ado about bracketing

Why is Endicott playing in the first round? Why is Ursinus? Why does Centre get a bye? Why does Salisbury have to face a 6 or 7 seed in its first game instead of a 9 or 10?

When the teams are already…

Published on 10 months ago