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Quote from: Warren Thompson on April 24, 2007, 01:38:36 PM
Is UIW truly "worthless," as claimed above ... or are we being treated to some snobbishness from their neighbors on Hildebrand Avenue?

Sorry, not a TU alum - just know a lot about it.  I went to Incarnate word for a year.  I speak from a first hand experience.  It is poorly run with subpar faculty and I learned more in a semester in high school than I did in my whole time there.

Quote from: DPU3619 on April 20, 2007, 10:55:50 AM
Seems like Coach Mohr does this just about every summer nowadays.

Might "Hurricane Steve" move its course across 281 to Incarnate Word?

On one hand, scholarship football would be great for San Antonio, but too bad it has to be offered at a joke of a school like Incarnate Word.  Unless you're going to be in health care, that place is worthless.  You might as well get a degree from Phoenix Online.

I don't see why Mohr wouldn't want that job.  He does a great job recruiting at a place that is very tough to recruit kids to now...imagine what he could do with scholarships to offer!

Quote from: BDTartan on November 16, 2006, 08:53:11 PM
haha Ralph.  What are you saying?  That you have to be smart to run the Wing-T?  I know its complicated, but alot of high school teams run it in my area and are successful with it.  Believe me, not even half the kids around my area are smart enough to go to CMU or the military academies.  I'm not knocking my area, or even you, I just think that people have a certain opinion about the Wing-T at any level above high school because its an outdated offense.

The Wing T, when run right, is one tough offense to stop.  This is probably because the attitude of the Wing T is to pound and pound and pound, and then when you have worn the other team down, pound some more.  The speed present at the D1 level kind of takes away from its effectiveness, but on the D3 level it can definitely be a killer.

I really hope that Trinity can pull it out on the road this weekend, but I am worried.  Trinity hasn't played well in Jackson over the past 12 years, save for one blowout in 1998.  They have lost twice ('96 and '00) and the rest have been very close, even coming down to the last play in '04.  Like Ron said, if it were in San Antonio I could basically guarantee a win.  But in Jackson is a different story.  Hopefully all the close games on the road helped get them ready for what will be a real test.

On a side note, I'm going to have to eat some crow for saying at the beginning of the year that "Millsaps and Sewanee are still awful."  I got Sewanee right, but Millsaps has made a complete turnaround from the mess they were last year.

There's nothing better than two teams with a clean conference record slugging out in the final week for a playoff spot!  It should be a great game!

Quote from: TU2698 on October 23, 2006, 05:01:39 PM

In hindsight I'll agree with that.   

Insert foot in mouth....

Quote from: Bill McCabe on October 04, 2006, 07:10:24 PM
Ron, if they both go 9-1, do you think they will both get bids?

I think a 9-1 DePauw would get a bid, unless UMHB beats HSU and they both end up 9-1 as well.

But if you do go to Jackson, you can get some Red, Hot and Blue to eat after the game...now THAT'S good eating!

I did that trip from S.A. to South Bend on a Greyhound...I woke up in what I thought to be hell at one point...turns out I was in Gary...

Quote from: TU2698 on September 25, 2006, 05:37:10 PM
What exactly do you mean?  Can we get a straight answer?  Agreed with you on what?  What do we know full well?  Can we get a straight answer, please?  If all you're saying is that Trinity has a good team that doesn't lose often and even less so at home due to better performance, say that.  If you mean something else, say that. 

I think what he means is exactly what me and BfB have been saying...TU has a homefield advantage, especially in the playoffs, against teams that have to fly in due not only to travel concerns, but also to the fact that TU has historically performed better at home than on the road.  I think there was one point from 2000 to 2001 that they lost 3 consecutive road games that they should have won.

Quote from: historymajor on September 25, 2006, 06:30:12 PM
I would publicly accuse BfB of being too 'middle of the road' about the excellence of Trinity's program,,, especially when he was acting as the 'voice of the south region'.

Have you ever heard of "unbiased?"  That's usually what a journalist is required to be.  When Ron was writing the around the south region column, it was his job (I don't know if it actually paid or not!) to be "middle of the road" with respect to his alma mater.  Get a clue, Bob.

Quote from: DPU3619 on September 24, 2006, 11:33:48 PM
Hey. Thanks.  I was going to say something similar to that myself.  That's... rather... unlike something I'd expect you to post.

I am a huge Trinity fan, but I am also a realist.  Trinity fans have a bad rep because of people who spout off about TU being the greatest thing since sliced bread every year, and whine about poll positions and all that.  Before the game, I didn't give DePauw much credit, partially because I hadn't seen them play in 3 years.  But after seeing them I can say that they are a quality team.  I really believe that the reason TU won is homefield advantage.  TU always plays well at home (unless the opponent is an NAIA team) and it's tough for teams from our conference to come to SA.

TU2698 - you said it yourself - you weren't at the game.  Stats don't make anything.  Why don't you go look at the stats from the TU-Millsaps game from 2000 and tell me who was the better team that day based on stats alone.  As the old saying goes...theres 3 kinds of lies:  lies, DAMN lies, and statistics!

Quote from: Ron Boerger (BfB) on September 25, 2006, 11:08:16 AM
Given that Trinity hasn't lost a home conference game in quite a while, I would disagree.  Nearly everyone that plays Trinity has to fly in and overnight.  Trinity teams are very, very good but all you have to do is look at the difference between home and away records the last ten years to realize that there's something to HFA. 

Well said, Ron.  TU has a definite home field advantage for those exact reasons. 

Quote from: TU2698 on September 24, 2006, 09:44:34 PM
Trinity had quite a few miscues as well.  I would say they cancel each other out.  At home or on the road, Trinity has the better squad which is why they won.  To break it down any other way would be overanalyzing..

Whoa now, lets not get all overhyped here.  DePauw had a great squad as well.  Remember, if DPU makes some of those kicks, it's a different ballgame.  I would go so far as to say that DPU would have won this one had it been in Greencastle.  They had TU dead to rights before the storm called the game off.  Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy TU won, but let's not let emotion stand in the way of reality.  Trinity won this one because of homefield advantage and the fact that DPU made a few crucial mistakes when they could least afford them.  Those were 2 very evenly matched squads.

From what I heard around the stadium, DPU is going to BUS back to Greencastle.  That's going to be a looooooooong 25 hours.

The game turned out about like I expected, except for the sloppy special teams play.  DePauw ran the ball almost at will, but the Black Flag tightened up when it needed to most.  If I'm not mistaken, most of those DPU scores came when they had a short field to work with.  TU definitely won the defensive battle today.  I think TU made a great adjustment by letting Barmore run the ball more.  That little zone read they ran worked nicely.  I was impressed with Dustin Hertel - he played lights out. 

The highlight for me was seeing Coach Mohr jump that one kid's butt for getting an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty with something like a minute left in the game.  Ol' Steve-O hasn't lost a step!