@The3rd_Division was that UMHB-Hardin-Simmons game the only conference title game that year too? When I played in the MWC I thought we were the only conference that had one at the time
@BrownieCFB@CFBHome The Great Lakes Region as a whole really, Michigan and Ohio have a ton of dominant D2 and D3 programs across multiple sports as well
@willbillmccann Grew up a Notre Dame fan and then got the opportunity to play D3 football, would imagine there’s a lot of former athletes in the same boat
@LogHanRatings I have a gut feeling that carrying a smaller overall roster (though not too small) leads to higher retention rates but there’s so many other factors at play there that short of doing surveys of players exiting programs you probably couldn’t nail down the exact effect. Good stuff