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Originally Posted by Scrapper1
Even more surprising than the knockdown of the D-I Air Force Academy by the little D-III sharing the city of Colorado Springs has been the reaction at the Academy.
“We're not going to schedule any more D-IIIs. That's an absolute,” Air Force athletic director Hans Mueh, told Frank Schwab of The Gazette the day after the defeat, in which Colorado College defeated the Falcons 60-57, Nov. 17.
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Comical. I'm a big AFA fan, but I have an officiating friend who is an assistant coach at CC. It's not as if it's the first DIII school to do this (I think Briar Cliff beat Iowa State a few years ago). I can understand the thought process though; playing a DIII is a lose-lose for the D1 school.