About this episode

The episode discusses the aftermath of the UW-River Falls postseason, featuring interviews with coaches from UW-River Falls, John Carroll, and Whittier.

The UW-River Falls postseason media campaign continued through the end of January, all the way through a parade through town and yes, one last interview with the D3football.com Around the Nation podcast about the 2025 season. Our guests on this podcast: UW-River Falls coach Matt Walker, John Carroll coach Brian Polian, and Whittier coach Cory White. It’s the first episode of our 20th season, here on the longest running Division III football podcast. Is the next Falcons’ quarterback on campus already, or is there a chance for a transfer for the fall? What did it feel like to lose some key players shortly after the championship into the portal? Which does Walker have more of, beers or championship hats? Those hard-hitting questions and more in this conversation with Matt Walker. Polian is brand-new to the job, but not new to college football head coaching, as the athletic director at John Carroll and the former head coach at Nevada. First off, we have to get his take on Ty Montgomery, who had a huge week in front of pro scouts at the Senior Bowl at the end of January, and we’ll also hear how Polian plans to juggle both the head coaching and athletic director job…

People in this episode

Guests: Matt Walker, Brian Polian, Cory White

Topics covered

• postseason media campaign
• college football coaching
• player transfers
• championships
• head coaching changes
• Division III football

Keywords

• UW-River Falls
• John Carroll
• Whittier
• Matt Walker
• Brian Polian
• Cory White
• Senior Bowl
• college football
• transfers
• championship hats

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UW-River Falls, John Carroll, Whittier, D3football.com

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