ATN Podcast 331: Let’s get this party started

The 2023 Division III football season is upon us, kicking off on Thursday night, Aug. 31. Birmingham-Southern is one of those teams kicking off on Thursday, and the fact that B-SC is here at all is something to celebrate. The school nearly closed this past summer and still faces sever funding issues, but is here for another year, under new coach Anthony Colucci. He talks with us about taking over the program, losing an all-star running back in Jon Lewis to transfer, and getting ready for the opening game. We also have five, count them five games between Top 25 teams in Week 1, and Pat and Greg go through all of them for the storylines and the intrigue they’ll bring to the season. Then we’ll go region by region and touch on another large swath of Saturday games, plus Pat and Greg will put each other on the spot, and give their over-unders for one particularly ground-heavy Saturday game. It’s sure to get you all turbo charged for the 2023 season. Plus, now that we’ve done this for a second year, it’s officially a tradition. The Week 1 preview podcast includes a song — in a quarter century of covering Division III football, Pat may not have been everywhere, but he’s been almost everywhere, man. With all apologies to Johnny Cash. Lyrics at the bottom of this page. The D3football.com podcast is a weekly in-season podcast by Pat Coleman and Greg Thomas, which was started in 2007. Hit play, or subscribe to get this podcast on your mobile device. Full episode: You can subscribe to the Around the Nation Podcast in Apple Podcasts, and many other places. You can also get this and any of our future Around the Nation podcasts automatically by subscribing to this RSS feed: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3football/?feed=podcast Here’s how to find us on some of the major podcasting apps: Apple Podcasts: D3football.com Around the Nation Podcast Google Podcasts: D3football.com Around the Nation Podcast iHeart Radio: D3football.com Around the Nation Podcast Spotify: D3football.com Around the Nation Podcast Theme music: Power 2 by DJmentos. Music for “Turbo” track is 1998 by DJmentos. Photos: Birmingham-Southern athletics; Wartburg’s Hunter Clasen by Caleb Williams, d3photography.com I’ve Been (Almost) Everywhere I was dragging my suitcase through a busy airport terminal When I came up to the counter and the ticket agent said hello Is Roanoke your final destination, Mr. Coleman, Sir? And I said, “well yes it is, Atlanta’s where I transfer.” I’ve been chasing D-III football for a quarter century And 500 miles or not there’s still some places left to see. I’ve been everywhere, man Almost everywhere, man Can Delta get me there, man I’ll go by ground or air, man Of miles I’ve had my share, man I’ve been everywhere I’ve been to Eau Claire, Chicago, Redlands, Gettysburg Madison, Meadville, Glassboro, Galesburg, Canton, Winchester, Ashland, Hampden-Sydney Naperville, Roseville, Troy and Schenectady Waverly, Decorah, Elmhurst, McMinnville Baltimore, Angola, Monon Bell in Crawfordsville I’ve been everywhere, man Almost everywhere, man Flew Independence Air, man Gone by ground or air, man Of miles I’ve had my share, man I’ve been everywhere I’ve been to Lisle, Carlisle, every place called Collegeville Pittsburgh, Pittsford, Pennsylvania’s Greenville Washington in PA, Washington in DC River Forest, River Falls, Mount Vernon and Mount Berry Upper Montclair and Westminster Maryland Williamstown, Allentown, old and new in Belton I’ve been everywhere, man Almost everywhere, man Birmingham’s still there, man Gone by ground or air, man Of miles I’ve had my share, man I’ve been everywhere I’ve been to Whitewater, Wheaton, Milwaukee and Menomonie Alliance, Moorhead, Next new place is Beverly Springfield, Springfield, Abilene counts twice, Ripon and Sheboygan, Northfield lookin double nice San Antonio; St. Paul and St. Peter St. Bonifacius, St. Louis and De Pere I’ve been everywhere, man Almost everywhere, man Both schools in Wilkes-Barre, man Gone by ground or air, man Of miles I’ve had my share, man I’ve been everywhere  I’ve been to Salem, Shenandoah, Canton and Annapolis Oshkosh, Williamsport, Kenosha and Columbus New London, New Ulm, Claremont’s Sixth Street Kings Point, Lancaster, Stevenson and Salisbury Chester, Conway, Cortland, Holland, Worcester, almost over Said goodbye to Hancock, Frostburg, Eagle Rock, and Dover I’ve been everywhere, man Almost everywhere, man Twenty more places that you couldn’t fit in there, man Gone by ground or air, man Of miles I’ve had my share, man I’ve been everywhere Almost everywhere