Quote from: roocru on September 13, 2008, 10:22:59 PM

Quote from: Dam-It on September 13, 2008, 09:57:39 PM
I am not trying to be funny. It is a legitimate question. SWAGU has won seven games in five years.

Dam-it,

It might be a legitimate question?    The way it was phrased was very condescending to both teams! 

I apologize for the phrasing, but it is fact that SWAGU has not won 20 games in 15 years.

SAGU has beaten one DIII team in the last five years and then got handled by Sul Ross. If McMurry is +4 in turnovers they should win. They did not. Tell me who they will beat at this point.

I am not trying to be funny. It is a legitimate question. SWAGU has won seven games in five years.

Quote from: roocru on September 13, 2008, 03:00:40 PM
Austin College beats McMurry in 2 overtimes 21-14.

I am sorry, but if McMurry lost to AC, how bad is McM? AC lost to SWAGU. SWAGU got beat by Sul Ross. Will the No Mascots win a game?

Congrats to HSU. The cardiac kids win again.

Quote from: Josh Bowerman on September 11, 2008, 06:08:09 PM
More schedule changes--these for Austin College vs. McMurry on Saturday.

http://www.austincollege.edu/NewsDetail.asp?NewsID=1570&ItemID=6319

Is this the Powder Puff Game of the Week?

Quote from: Adam Sayer on August 27, 2008, 07:39:35 PM
Rashon Lewis is now on his 4th college team, 3rd DIII. He has great speed and tremendous athleticism but he's better as a WR/HB...the issue is he refuses to move. His career completion percentage is something like 45% and he has more INT's than TD's throwing the ball. He's selfish and is a team cancer. MSJ learned the hard way. At a MSJ practice, he showed up wearing a Mike Vick jersey instead of his normal practice jersey and threw a hissy fit when he was asked to take it off. Maybe UMHB can change him and maybe he has changed, but considering his past, it will be an interesting year. Good luck to you and I hope his stop there goes better than his other 3.

I really do no see him getting away with the behavior issues with Coach Fredenburg.  I think he has too much at stake to let a cancer infest his program. Maybe there is a one strike policy.

Quote from: Josh Bowerman on August 26, 2008, 01:00:37 PM
In some ways, I think that's the point.  The education of the scholar-athlete in DIII is the primary focus--the extra-curriculars are secondary. 

If a school doesn't work out for a kid--for whatever reason--they should be allowed to transfer to a place where they can thrive.  But transferring for the sake of a sport is different than transferring for the sake of academics or finances.  Ergo, if they're transferring for academic or financial reasons, they will A) likely not be transferring in-conference, and B) the eligibility issue is more than likely moot--because it wasn't a deciding factor in the first place.  In cases where it is an issue, the athlete in question could always petition the conference (or other governing body) for a dispensation.

The way it is now, though, the structure DIII does provide for a "hired gun".  And that's neither consistent with the ethos of DIII (IMO) or fair from a competition standpoint.

As with anything else, it's the few that cause rules to be made for the many.  Even though this isn't a widespread problem--now--I can forsee a 'Roshon Lewis Rule' at some point in the future...

First Post, but Josh you are off base here. If this happened in an Olympic sport you would not care. I do not see where this bothers you. A young man is trying to find his way. Maybe for Roshan it takes four schools. From what I can tell it was Arkansas-Pine Bluff (though he was recruited by Houston and TCU, but probably did not make the grades), then Mount St. Joseph, then McMurry and now UMHB. He is also a 2002 high school graduate, which means this is his seventh year since high school.

Hell Howard Payne had Big "Ed" Randle as a senior when he was like 29. Dennis Harp referred to him as grandpa. McMurry had Chris Brown (SWT, Tarleton, McMurry) and Tollison. Every school has had a player they have offered another chance to compete. He may be a horses petute, but that school has to deal with the good and the bad.

Division III is about the student-athlete, but it is also about opportunity. I do not have facts, but I bet Jimmie K has taken in a nomad in his time at the 40 Acres. We all know that he gets the Tech kids that do not pan out up north. What about the women's basketball players that transfer 18 blocks from McM to HSU and vice versa? Isn't that the same?

Just food for thought.