ATN Podcast 399: A day to remember

About this episode

The episode discusses a significant playoff victory for John Carroll football against Mount Union, featuring insights from the head coach and former players.

When the previous “biggest win in school history” is from the 1950s, replacing the entry at the top of the list means something. Sure, you could quibble over whether a win against Syracuse from seven decades ago, or a national quarterfinal win at Brockport in 2002 , or a quarterfinal win at UW-Whitewater in 2016 should be next on the list, but no regular season win, even one against Mount Union, compares with beating Mount Union at Mount Union in the playoffs. A win of this nature is so iconic that the head coach’s phone blows up, and so does the feed of everyone else even remotely associated with John Carroll football. The traffic on D3football.com nearly doubled in the course of 10 minutes. There’s no pretending this is an ordinary win. And to John Carroll’s credit, they didn’t try to. We chat with Jeff Behrman, the JCU head coach, about having confidence in kicker Colin Schuler after a missed chip shot in the first overtime nearly cost them the game, about the key final play of the game, and about the team’s return to campus, the reception, and what’s next for the Blue Streaks. We bring back in former co-host Keith McMillan to…

People in this episode

Guests: Jeff Behrman, Keith McMillan

Topics covered

• football
• playoff victory
• John Carroll football
• Mount Union
• coaching strategies
• game analysis

Keywords

• John Carroll
• Mount Union
• playoff win
• football analysis
• coaching
• game highlights
• D3 football

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: John Carroll football, D3football.com, Mount Union, Brockport, UW-Whitewater

Places: Syracuse

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