I will be the first to admit that coming into this season, i had reservations about Graves. What a surprise he turned out to be. Its no secret that he is a big part of the reason we again share a conference title. I knew our defense, while losing a few stand-outs, would be formidable, just due to Coach Dubose and his defensive mind. But the offense losing what they lost, and being able to score like they have is a testiment to how those boys have stepped up, especially Graves and our two great running backs. Has been a pleasure to watch.......

I, for one, am loving the stepped up competition this year compared to the last three years in the SCAC. Its nice to see other teams getting in the mix outside of Trinity and Millsaps. Gone are the days of one team dominance in the SCAC. I think that the emergence of Millsaps and DPU has motivated other programs to step it up and will get the SCAC on the MAP in D3 football. There are some amazingly talented football players in the SCAC and it has been awesome watching them grow over the last 4 years. The remainder of the season should be exciting to watch as things unfold. I predict Centre geting the AQ at this point, its theirs to lose. Regardless of who goes on, we will all be pulling for them. Good luck to Centre and DPU on remainder of season...... 

Was a great WIN for the Majors today. WE dominated on both sides of the ball. While a shutout wasn't expected, it sure was sweet. Nice to know the Seniors have a shot at Conference title, wast the tune i was singing a few weeks ago. Congrats to DPU on a big win over Trinity. Just know im not pullin for ya!!!! LOL.

Quote from: Tex on September 27, 2009, 12:27:04 AM
Nice to meet you as well Frank.  My wife said "his is bigger than yours".  I hope she was talking about camera lenses!    I've got a nice photo of you stalking the sidelines I'll email to you.

I'm not sure what to say to the TU2698 person above.  Size on the TU o-line isn't a problem.  Blown assignments would be more of a problem.  Their average weight is about 275-290.  Height average for D-3.  5'11 to 6'3.  Good strength across the board as well.  We've got what can be a very good o-line but they've not been able to play 5 guys mistake free for several plays in a row much this year.  They will get there (soon I hope).  

I thought the kickers would be a big factor today and I was wrong.  TU played on their own side of the 50 most of the day.

In the battle of the kick returners, Urban ran one back.  Milsaps guy wasn't much a factor.  TU wasn't kicking to him much (and I thought that was pretty smart).  

The Trinity defense played well enough to win, the offense didn't do their part.  Keeping to 7-0 at half as huge.  Even at 14-0 late in the third, we were still in it.  

On the QB comments, I'm not much of an authority on QB play.  I do like that the TU coaches put both guys out there today.  To me it's like any other position, if you're not getting the job done, put someone else in.  Others would argue that you need continuity.  We had this issue in high school one  year.  Had multiple QB's but no real "go to" guy.  We're only 4 games in.  I'm thinking one of these guys will step up and take the job full time but it needs to happen soon.  We had several receivers open for what would have been big gains and simply could not get the ball to them.  Overthrown or underthrown.  If the o-line gives the QB 5 seconds, the ball needs to be moving out of the pocket by pass or run.  Need to make quicker decisions.  

Our RB's do really well on the west coast flair passes in the flats.  Gets them out in space and they can do what they do.  Running up the middle should have worked today given the front the Milsaps runs, but it did not.  Like I said, too many blown assignments on the line.  I've seen three games in person this year and haven't really seen much if any success running up the middle.  That's on the o-line or the blocking scheme drawn up.  I'm not sure if the RB's are taught to break it outside if the middle is clogged or if they're taught to just bust it up the gut.  So, no opinion on that.  

So, overall, a disappointment today.  I was happy to see what the defense was able to do against a very good team.  That bodes well for the rest of the season.  We just need to figure out what we do well on offense and then run the hell out of those plays.  We'll need to run the table the rest of the season to get a sniff at the playoffs.  We're only a couple of tweaks away from being able to do that.  

That being said you tip your hats to the Milsaps players & coaches and get ready for next week.  I was disappointed the Milsaps fans (some of them at least) were spitting on my son and his teammates.  Yelling of insults, well, you expect that.  But spitting really is classless.  Everyone else in Jackson, from the Milsaps staff to the folks working here at the Courtyard, have really treated my wife and I well this weekend and we look forward to coming back in 2 years.  

Thanks for coming over to meet us Frank.  You are a class act.  keep up the good work.  

P.S.  What a nice stadium set up Milsaps College has.  It seems every stadium we travel to in the SCAC puts the crappy Trinity stadium to shame.  It's really embarrassing and has to be a huge hurdle to overcome in the recruiting wars in TX.  

P.S.S  Go TIGERS! and beat the hell out of Birmingham next week!

Tex,
Im really sorry to hear about the actions of some of the Millsaps fans. What I wouldnt give to know who they were. I am completely floored by the knowledge that anyone at Millsaps would do such a thing and its sad to hear of such juveniles> While I wasnt at the game, Had I been, I would have seen to it that those in question would have been brought out in the open! Good luck the remainder of the year.
GO MAJORS!

Damn TEX,
Wife told me she swung by here yesterday and read about this. I'm so glad this is turning around in your favor. Hate to even think about D3 Boards with ya man. Hang tough, get better and we'll see ya come the Fall.....

Quote from: TigerDad on December 11, 2008, 04:25:59 PM
Congratulations to all the young men listed on the All-South-Region team!

Congrats to MajorDad (and millsaps mom!) ... how about that "P"!!!

TD,
I don't know how we missed your post. Thanks, proud we are!!!!!!

Frank,
I agree with everything you said. Dubose may very well have had enough of the stress involved in DI football and is more than content on staying at Millsaps and if thats the case, as long as the school/Alumni support like you mentioned, Millsaps will continue to grow an awesome program. While I am a big Clemson fan, I still want coach Dubose to stay at Millsaps. Am I being selfish because I have a son on the team, you bet. If coach Dubose continues to be successful and I see no rreason why he wouldn't the money and support will grow, obviously not at DI levels but maybe it's not about the money. If it's not, you know right there, you have a quality coach. The only reason i brought this up at all, is just based on possibilities. I saw the writting on the wall and wanted to share in case something happened and everyone was blind sided.

There hasn't been any public discussion that I could find. The DC firing just happened yesterday. Coach Dubose also could be happy and content right where he's at. DPF, you are absolutely right, losing Dubose would be a loss to the SCAC and a huge loss to Millsaps. Some coaches are content with HS, DIII DII or whatever. But having been at the Major Di level, one's got to assume he would desire a trip back if available. Quickest way to a HC job in DI barring an outright offer for a HC job, its through  a coordinator position.
onlt reason i brought this up was I'm a big Clemson fan, second to Millsaps of course, and was able to look at the history and put 2 and 2 together. This has 4 written all over it..........

Ok, first congrats to Juan, well deserved.

Second thought will stir the pot a little:
Lets take a step back in time to 1997. Coach Dubose takes over as HC of Alabama, During his time there his Wide Receivers coach was an unknown outside of Alabama circles, Dabo Swinney. In 2001, Dabo was fired along with Coach Dubose and his most of his staff. In 2003, Dabo signs with Clemson as Receivers coach. Day before yesterday, Clemson names Dabo HC of Clemson. Yesterday, Dabo fires DC Vic K. Can you see where I'm going with this. We've mentioned from time to time that Coach Dubose is very defensive minded, even huddling his defense on the sidelines for talks while the offense is on the field. He seems to have a passion for Defense and since the season is over for DI with exception of bowl games, Clemson going to the Gator, it's conceivable that Dubose could easily step in as Clemson's DC. The real question would be, can the teacher work for the student. I think so.........Thoughts.....?

Congrats on the victory. I was quite impressed with your QB & RB tandum, those guys gave us such a fit. Kudo's to your defense for stepping it up in the 2nd half inside the 30. We couldn't get much in those situations. Again congrats and good luck as you move toward Salem.

Definitely nothing to be ashamed of. As I posted earlier, Cinderella seasons are a rare event. Getting to within 3 games of making it happen is truely an accomplishment. I just want to take the opportunity to thank the senior class for some unbelievable memories over the past 3 years. Being a CLEMSON fan, I haven't been this excited about football since 1980.
I was quite impressed with the play of W&J's QB and RB. After seeing what they can do, it is no surprise they are where they are. Good luck on the rest of their Journey.  Well I guess we'll hang the cleats up till next AUG and start fresh.  While Millsaps will have some really big shoes to fill, i have no doubt we have some talent lurking in the underclassmen.  Can we get to the same level, probably not next year, but I do feel with the coaching staff we have, we will remain a competitive team amoung the SCAC.

Quote from: Ralph Turner on November 29, 2008, 09:33:16 AM

Quote from: frank_ezelle on November 29, 2008, 08:03:44 AM
majorsfan, all of that work definitely deserves a karma +1.

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One last thing that I'll look for in the game today.  As is the case with many teams still in the playoffs, Millsaps has often trottled back on the offense in the second half, even when the 1st stringers are in the game.  Last week was a good example with 400 yards of offense in the first half and less than 200 yards in the second half.  I expect that Millsaps will have to keep the pedal to the metal on offense all day today and it will be interesting to see what that looks like for 4 complete quarters.  I won't be surprised to see 50 plus passes from Millsaps today and maybe 100 passes total for the game.

...because Bobby Swallow can "bring it"!

I'll take my chances with Juan......

TU I also was reading that article and their history of late is quite impressive. Rain or shine I think this game will be a battle. Their playoff experience alone gives them an edge Millsaps hasn't faced.
Millsaps has made unbelievable progress over the last three years. A really nice story. However, Cinderella stories are a rare event and if it ended today for us I don't think any of the fans would be let down. These seniors have provided us some exciting moments that you would be hard pressed to find a previous Millsaps class that would rate with it. These guys deserve everything they get and I hope the story ends in Salem. If not, I'll still hoist a beer, smile and think back to the 13 straight wins that got us here. GO MAJORS!!!!!!!!

Quote from: nb8608 on November 26, 2008, 10:13:24 PM
First time poster, long time reader. 

Not a whole lot of talk about the game this week.  I guess that's not surprising with two teams who know nothing about the other.  A quick glance of the stats tells me that W&J will be a big test for the Millsaps defense.  They have a QB who has actually put up bigger numbers than Joseph, a running back who has rushed for over 1,000 yards, a big receiver who has 1,000 yards and 16 touchdowns, and another receiver with 900 yards.  The team stats on offense are pretty similar to Millsaps' with the latter preferring to have several backs and receivers shoulder the load.

Any lurking W&J people care to give a little info?

Here's a press release off the front page that gives a good run down of W&J...

http://www.d3football.com/pressreleases.php?release=2740

Quote from: scacsid on November 26, 2008, 10:56:53 AM
2008 All-SCAC Football Team is posted:

http://www.scacsports.com

Appears MILLSAPS has been busy doing some sweeping........