About this episode

The episode discusses the upcoming Division III football season with insights from coaches and teams preparing for the new season.

We’re just 72 days away from the start of the Division III football season, and in that time, there’s a bunch of work to get done, including getting ready for the D3football.com preseason Top 25. We’re hungry for football to get started! And we’re getting you there with a couple of great conversations with coaches and Division III schools putting in that offseason work. That includes at Ohio Northern, which was stung at the last second in the NPI calculation and just missed the NCAA playoffs. Then the Polar Bears were stung at the last second in their bowl game, as Wabash scored at the end of the game, plus connected on a two-point conversion to get the win. That’s a lot of stinging, but the Polar Bears have worked away from that, including going as far as Ireland to find a summer opponent and get themselves ready for the 2026 Division III football season. ONU coach Andy Fries talks with us about that trip, the beautiful Cliffs of Moher which you see on the podcast thumbnail image, breaking in a new quarterback and so much more in our conversation in Podcast 410. Patrick Coleman also dropped by his alma mater, Catholic U., to chat with the…

People in this episode

Host: Patrick Coleman

Guests: Andy Fries, Kory David

Topics covered

• Division III football
• preseason preparations
• coaching changes
• international competition
• team development

Keywords

• Division III
• football season
• Ohio Northern
• Catholic U.
• coaching
• preseason
• Ireland
• Cliffs of Moher

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ohio Northern, Catholic U.

Places: Ireland, Cliffs of Moher

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