I hope the statistician was using a pencil during that drive. lol

Interesting strategy from AC on Saturday. Hold the ball for the last 11 minutes of the game. Don't score and maintain possession. I'm sure it was unintentional but it was at least successful.

 Southwestern basically scored at will against AC and put up 600 + yards of total offense. There is no doubt in my mind that SU is the most improved team in the conference. AC is going backwards. It will be interesting to see how the race for the conference championship plays out.   

Here is my non-scientific prediction for AC vs SU in Georgetown on Saturday. The first team to get 24 points will win. AC averages 22 ppg and SU averages 18 ppg. Watch me be completely wrong on this. 

I thought that AC had a chance against SAGU (even with the 1 hour weather delay). But all the turnovers were just too much to overcome. They will not be able to afford mistakes (turnovers, penalties) if they want a chance to compete in conference play.

I think it would be great if the SCAC is competitive this year, especially it being the last year. AC has SAGU this week. On paper, it looks like a game that could be won. But SAGU's losses were to ETBU & HSU and they gave up 146 total points in those losses. I have a feeling SAGU is going to come out hard against AC. AC will need to play 4 quarters of football for a win to be possible. They haven't played 4 quarters of good football yet this year. Might as well start on Saturday.

I agree that it doesn't look good for any of the other SCAC teams to have a shot at making the playoffs. Maybe if Millsaps, and either UHMB or HSU go undefeated, the losses to those teams won't look so bad. I personally will root for any Texas team or Hendrix. My son almost went to Hendrix and I enjoyed the time I spent with their coaching staff when he was getting recruited. Good group of guys up there in AR. I would love to see UHMB or HSU go all the way this year and bring back a national championship.

Congratulations to Southwestern for their victory over McMurray on Saturday. Austin College is at home on 9/17 against  Whittier from CA. Whittier got beat last week by #19 Whitworth 60 - 0. Whittier has a brand new coaching staff this year so I am sure they are still working things out. Whittier should be excited to come to Texas and play a team that is not ranked in the top 20. Austin College has a mix of veterans and youngsters starting this year so I think it may take a few games for them to get in sync.

 It will definitely be challenging for AC to replace Madison Ross. I didn't make it to any of the scrimmages this year so I am not sure who is getting the majority of the carries. Another Texas connection on the Hendrix coaching staff is their OC who was the line coach @ TLU before he left for Hendrix. I plan on making the trip up to Conway to see the game. It would be great to see a win by AC on Saturday but I would also be happy to see a strong offensive and defensive showing by AC. They will need to try to get a little better each week before they reach conference play.

Thanks and I totally agree with you on that. Major props are in order to  the Hendrix coaching staff and team for getting a conference championship within 3 years of starting football. That is quite a feat. I hate to see the SCAC with no football teams next year, but at least the 4 teams will be in conferences that send teams to the playoffs every year.

 Not a whole lot of Austin College posts so I decided what the heck. AC had 128 report on opening day of camp which is up from recent years (that means the last 3 years for certain). Numbers don't mean anything as far as wins are concerned, but it is good to see the program in good shape. They do have some talent to replace on both sides of the ball and they will be tested the first week @ Hendrix. Looking forward to the season and wishing all the teams in this conference good luck on 9/3!