Tony Nicolette

#15 Hillsdale (2-1) at Notre Dame (1-2)

For me, the primary story here is to see just what the heck Notre Dame will do on offense. After two weeks of moving the ball virtually at will, the Falcons didn't do squat in week three. While I absolutely give credit to Northwood's defense for their hand in that, I'm not entirely certain that it was solely the work of the Woodies that netted such a result. I mean, no offense to them but their rep over the last couple of years has not exactly ...

As a lot of you know, I am now in my sixth season writing about the GLIAC for D2Football.com. For those who have been reading my stuff for a while, you may recall that in years past I have talked ad nauseum about how this league can't be figured out. Some teams are good for a week or two and then stink, and a few will be crummy for a month and then rattle off four or five straight out of nowhere. Some clubs play great at home but struggle on the road, while others can't win at home and then travel ...

Now that the entire league has at least one game under its belt, we should start to see some trends and personalities for each club develop. It's still pretty early, but over this week and next everyone will be three or four games in and the crossover play will be completed. I'm anxious to see how things progress toward that point and beyond. I know...one game at a time, right? Let's look ahead to Saturday:

Michigan Tech (1-0) at Walsh (1-1)

Tech will embark on ...

Northern Michigan 24, Wisconsin-LaCrosse 6

The Wildcat defense was solid, holding the Eagles below 200 total yards on the day. Prince Young tallied 102 yards on the ground to go along with three TD's, and Northern notched one in the win column. Not exactly a blow-out which might have been the expectation against a D3 opponent...but remember, there essentially isn't any D2 ball in Wisconsin, so a lot of kids with a higher skill/talent level often wind up playing for WIAC schools ...

Outside of Northern's Thursday-Nighter, every game from here on out is a conference game. Commence the Meat-Grinder! These first three weekends will feature crossover games, so every contest will pit teams against each other that are not in the same GLIAC Division. Of course, the clubs with playoff aspirations (OK...they all have them at this point, but you know what I mean) will be rooting for their division-mates to notch victories so that everyone in that division will get the strength-of-schedule ...