A note of interest to some ASC fans, a pair of former ASC players and rivals are now team mates playing for the Kouvola Indians in Division I of the Finland Professional League.

Matt Epperson from Hardin Simmons University signed a contract in April to play Wide Receiver for the Indians.

Ryan Robbins, the only Senior from Howard Payne University to make the European trip in May, signed to play for the Indians shortly after returning to the states. He spent a week back in Texas and then made the trip back to Finland.

It's difficult for the HSU Defense to stop the refs from walking off a questionable 5 yard illegal substitution penalty on a fourth down punt play giving the Cru a first down where both teams have players going on an off the field.

No whining, just stating the obvious.  You're probably hearing the same things I am.

Sounds like Pete has his official friends well in control.

Crualum04,

That's a great question.  What do you do?  I was in attendance at the first game HSU played against SRSU last year.  As tripled14 so astutely pointed out, the score was 79-17.  It could have been a whole lot worse than that.  A two paragraph quote from the game write up said,

"Jordy Bernhard the Cowboys' redshirt-freshman transfer quarterback from Indiana had a pair of touchdown runs in the third quarter and at the end of the stanza HSU led 58-7. Thurston Ashley, Brad Clark and Quinton Jones all scored touchdowns on the ground in the fourth quarter.

The Cowboys took over possession on a Micah Putnam interception with 2:47 to go in the game and HSU took a knee on four straight plays and let the Lobos have the ball back."

Short of taking a knee, there was nothing the Cowboys could do.  SRSU wasn't that bad, things just got out of hand and everything HSU tried turned to points.  I'm sure the same thing went on in Belton Saturday.  The above scenario is how Keeling handled it.  Fredenburg just handles it a little differently.  I don't know if there is a right or wrong way, and everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

Stephen,

In my opinion, it's not selfish.  Maybe self-preservation but not selfish.  I'm not sure he's even cleared to play yet, only practice.  I guess some players might opt to play a couple of extra games to be a part of the playoffs, but at what expense do you make that decision?  How prepared mentally and physically can you be in a week or two? 

Knowing Jordan, he could probably step right in like nothing happened.  I think it's his health, family and future he needs to consider.

Great question Weak Safety.  My first thought would be Howard Payne, but then you know how tough them Mothers can be.  Might depend on the home field advantage.

As far as a rematch between UMHB and HSU, I think both teams would look forward to it and hopefully bring their best game.  But there is lots of football to be played before that can happen.

Should both teams win out it appears HSU might be headed to San Antonio.  Would the NCAA bring a team from the East or Northeast to Belton?  It seems having only three teams in the South sure messes up the brackets for the NCAA.

cruprez,

Maybe you're right.  But looking at it that way, then UMHB needs to realize that Hardin Simmons is their "saving grace" for beating HPU.

Congratulations Cowboys.  Huge win Saturday night.  I really had some concerns about how the Cowboys would respond after the loss to UMHB and playing against an outstanding QB in a rival game.  Sellers put on quite a show.  He is very talented and seems to run with reckless abandon.  The Cowboys need to focus on Austin College and then TLU and everything else will take care of itself.  Cowboys.....get a Roo!

cruprez,

I think it's thanks to Howard Payne and then mother nature for HSU's good fortune.  Without Howard Payne "Mother Nature" has no effect.

Congratulations Cru on a very convincing win.  Your coaches and defense all deserve game balls.  I predicted the Cru would score 24 points, I just didn't expect it to be in the first half en route to a lopsided 31 point win over the Cowboys.  I would have never expected the Cru defense to allow HSU only 7 points.  Hopefully the Cowboys will get the problems worked out in time for a much improved McMurry team Saturday.  Go Cowboys....Get a Indian.

Who knows which teams will show up?  I think if both teams are playing their best it's a dead heat.  Normally, you would give the edge to the home team.  However, when it comes to these two teams, it's been awhile since the home team won.  It would have been interesting to see the 2004 HSU team from the regular season play the 2004 UMHB playoff team.

However, these are two different teams playing under different circumstances.  HSU averages scoring just over 38 points per game and they give up just over 14 points per game.  UMHB averages scoring just over 36 points per game and they give up 15 points per game.  I haven't seen UMHB play so I can't speak for how well or poor they are playing but I know they will bring it all with them when they come.  I have seen HSU all year and I'm pretty sure the Cru should buckle their chin straps when they get here (ETBU can attest to that).

I picked HSU by 12 points in the pick-em contest so I guess I better be consistent.  HSU 36.....UMBH 24.

Zmotion,

It sounds like the JV is having a good year.  That is really good news.  The Cowboys always seem to bring in quality players.  I would think the JV would be extra strong if there weren't so many freshmen playing on varsity.  I've been around five years and can't remember this many freshmen contributing on varsity.

I feel your pain about PT.  Four years ago my wife and I took off work early and made a 4-1/2 hour trip to Abilene to see our son play on Monday night.  As luck would have it, we arrived a few minutes late and missed his 12 plays.  We did get to take him to dinner and then drove back home so we could be back at work the next morning.  I wish I could say it gets a lot better, but it still seems like quality PT is limited due to the outstanding talent 2 & 3 deep.  I guess if you can get used to it, it is a good problem to have.

Lets go COWBOYS, get a Crusader!!!!

Is Karma the reason everyone wanted to get credit for their previous posts?  Perhaps I should ask for the posts from the last couple of years to be added to my posts from this year.  It's probably not enough to make much of a difference but every little bit helps.  Go Cowboys....get a Tiger!

Ralph,

I'm not sure where Jarvis is on the depth chart but he had already scored earlier.  He was the leading rusher in the game.  I think the main point here is up 54-0 with 1:40 on the clock...what is the right thing to do?