|NCAAF||teams| |News||Standings| |College Football, Gallaudet Bison| WASHINGTON -- Last week, on an unseasonably warm November afternoon, Gallaudet offensive line coach Todd Collins jogged onto the field, pushing the team's big bass drum on wheels to midfield, where he banged on it repeatedly, signaling to the nation's only deaf and hard of hearing team it was time to stretch.They were picked this preseason to finish fifth in the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference, but the Bison have won their conference title and are returning to the Division III NCAA tournament for only the second time in school history, and the first time since 2013."With all the close games, and you're not supposed to be winning, it's almost like the cherry on the cake every time you win again," said defensive coordinator Stephon Healey.Every season, 12 to 15 players join the team who don't know ASL, creating a natural divide between players who are deaf, and the others who are hard of hearing.The numerous surgeries he had as a child left his face paralyzed, so he can't smile, frown or even blink."