(El Tea Gray--re: Listed biggest "Baby Trinity Tigers" for 2014)


New tallest on squad:
#15    Davis King         FY        QB         6'6"          215lbs          Columbia, SC


New biggest on squad:
#68     Zachary Guney      FY       OL         6'5"      365lbs           San Antonio, TX  (Alamo Heights)   (WOW!)



                                                                                       
                                                                             Go Tigers, Go

(El Tea Gray--re: 2014 Trinity Tiger Football Team Reporting)



115 Reported
Today (Saturday) was the first day in helmets and shorts; IMHO, physically everyone looked great. As expected, it is really hot in San Antonio (high of 100+ later today). Stay tuned.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Go Tigers, Go                                                                                                                                        

(El Tea Gray: regarding Trinity Tiger's 2014 Football Season)

The Tigers play three teams ranked or receiving votes in the D3.com 2014 Preseason Football Poll: #19 Pacific Lutheran, #36 Texas Lutheran and #37 Willamette.
IMHO Trinity will win all three of these games; remember, Mason Blashke is back at QB and if he stays healthy his passing and running should lead the Tigers into the playoffs this season (many consider
him to be a potential D3 level Johnny Manzell except from Cuero HS not Kerville HS).

Question: If both Trinity and UMHB make the first round of the D3 Playoffs, will their probable game be in San Antonio or Belton? The last time they played (2013) the game was in Belton; it was however a regular season game not a playoff game. I recall that there was a ruling that two teams did not have to play two games in a row at the same site; don't know if that was in regards to just playoff games?   



                                                                                                                  Go Tigers, Go
                                                                                                                                       

El Tea Gray: regarding Post #9957 (5/15/2014)


Ron,
Regarding you and Ahlberg having good Trinity sports discussions in the "stands"; are you sure you both didn't wind-up near the concession stand or rest room or somewhere else in the venue? The only times that I ever saw Ahlberg make his presence known at a Trinity sports event; he was arriving and then leaving not more than 30 minutes later! IMHO let's not get another Aussie!

                                                                                                                                            

(El Tea Gray--re: Trinity Tiger QB's)


Stephen Smith probably has the best passing accuracy of any of the seven Trinity QB's (yes seven). His problem; he is just too small. The real thing IMHO, is the now second string transfer QB Garret Sween (#19); he has the size and strength to take on UMHB (none of the remaining five QB's does). Hopefully he will be familiar enough with the Trinity offense by the time the UMHB game comes  around; their defense will have a tougher time beating him down.



                                                                                                        = Go Tigers, Go -

(El Tea Gray--re: Trinity Tigers win "Old SCAC.)


Week 11----  Trinity  42        Austin College    13
Tigers win 6 game round-robin "Old SCAC" (5-1) ; season  (7-3).

3 losses:
UMHB, enough said!
Sul Ross, real D3 players?
Centre, who knows why, possibly QB problems?

Sounds like "sour-grapes"?  Not really, Tigers averaged 40+ points in their last three games. This team was "ready-for-some-football".   Well, maybe next year?

                                                                                           

(El Tea Gray--re: SAA/SCAC or "Old SCAC", something smells.)


The possibility that the SAA/SCAC or "Old SCAC" may not get a team into the 32-team D3 playoff field is a total ream-job. The SAA/SCAC or "Old SCAC" has 7 active football playing members; any other association of 7 members, with as long a history as this group, gets at least 1 team in the D3 playoff field. Each of these teams plays 6 games against the other teams in the SAA/SCAC or "old SCAC". The team that wins this "6-game-round-robin" by all rights should make the playoff field; this in fact, would be exactly like the conference has always been treated. 

                                                                                               

(El Tea Gray--re: 5 year reunion of "Miricle in Mississippi"--10/27/07)


Bonzo, I was at today's game and really liked what I saw.

Trinity Tigers are 3-1 in the Old SCAC---for whatever that means.


                                                                               

(El Tea Gray--re: QB with a hot hand.)


On Saturday Trinity ran into a potential "DI Level" quarterback with a very hot hand; these +or- 500 yard performances are very hard for a team to overcome. We have all seen this many times before (remember the Tiger's Mike Burton and/or Roy Hampton). The best way around this situation is for the guy to just not play (i.e. the 2002 Stagg Bowl). Many, including myself in a huge way, questioned how wise it was to schedule Mary-Hardin Baylor during the 2012 regular season. The coaches absolutely made the right decision; if the Tiger's were not playing Mary-Hardin Baylor the Trinity chance of a playoff slot would be somewhere between slim and none? I was told that Trinity has to beat them sometime this season, it may as well be in Week 4. So, on we go this Saturday; the playoffs begin in San Antonio eight weeks ahead of time.



                                                      We face Mary-Hardin Baylor    NOT   John Wesly Hardin     

                                                                             "We will live for another Playoff"

                                                                             Go Tigers, Go   

(El Tea Gray--re: Labor Day Monday Trinity Tiger JV Football)

Trinity JV-----46   vs.    TLU JV-----0    (in San Antonio; 33-0 at Half Time)
    * We all know this means absolutely nothing regarding this Saturday night's varsity game in Seguin. 


FYI, also today    Tiger Men's Soccer-----3    vs.    Willamette (sp?)-----2     (in OT)
     * Tigers looked tired, 3 games in 4 days (Tigers are 3-0).



                                                             

(El Tea Gray--re: Trinity Tiger Buzz-Saw)

IMHO Monterrey Tech-Santa Fe ran into a buzz-saw in their scrimmage with the Tigers last Saturday. Trinity suited-up eight QBs for the scrimmage; when is the last time the Tigers have had that many QBs at that point in camp (I believe like never)? Here come the Tigers--buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (yes 15).

                                                                              Go Tigers Go     

(El Tea Gray--re: Beginning of 2012 Trinity Tigers Football Workouts)

Today was first session in full-pads. Shorts and helmets workouts since last week looked good, but the full-pad work was amazingly spirited for this huge group. First two-a-day work will be Thursday; the usual (if anything can be said is "usual" for this years group) within-team scrimmage will be held this Saturday afternoon.



                                                                                              

(El Tea Gray--re: 2012 Trinity Tigers Football Report Day)


"The boys are back in town, the boys are back in town, the boys are back in town."

                                                      134   

(El Tea Gray--re: 14 days until 2012 Trinity Tigers Football Report Day)


Trinity Tigers Football Report Day--Aug. 9, 2012

Sr.     21
Jr.     17
So.    32
Fr.     64

Tot.   134    (WOW!)


                                       

(El Tea Gray--re: Dave Campbell's 2012 Texas Football Magazine)



Interesting comment from the fall edition of Texas Football:  "A senior-laden team could propel the Trinity Tigers deeper into the playoffs this fall".  Also, there is a picture of Nyk McKissic vs. Centre from the 2011 season. Guess the assumption is that Saint Nyk has the QB job locked down for the 2012 season (probably so)?  I agree with TU2698 and several of the other posters, that I would like to see a little summer competition between Nyk and Mason Blaschke. Mason is a "speed burner" of the type we have not seen at Trinity in (Oh) about 40 years (anybody remember Jackie Hall--wow)!