Quote from: AAFES on March 27, 2025, 11:36:19 AMDallas had their Pool B basketball bid in 03-04.  The football discussion was prior to that.  The idea was to start a club team and if successful make it a varsity sport but it never got that far although a couple of potential players did enroll and did graduate playing rugby. 

IIR, the 2003-2004 UDallas men's team earned a Pool B with a 12-12 or 12-13 record.

Quote from: AAFES on March 27, 2025, 11:36:19 AMDallas had their Pool B basketball bid in 03-04.  The football discussion was prior to that.  The idea was to start a club team and if successful make it a varsity sport but it never got that far although a couple of potential players did enroll and did graduate playing rugby.

Different circumstances but I can't stop thinking about a real life version of the movie Necessary Roughness.

Quote from: crufootball on March 27, 2025, 12:04:04 PM

Quote from: AAFES on March 27, 2025, 11:36:19 AMDallas had their Pool B basketball bid in 03-04.  The football discussion was prior to that.  The idea was to start a club team and if successful make it a varsity sport but it never got that far although a couple of potential players did enroll and did graduate playing rugby.

Different circumstances but I can't stop thinking about a real life version of the movie Necessary Roughness.

Let's go Armadillos!

Westgate Christian apparently not done with D3 but this time is in the SCAC.

https://x.com/RoosFootball/status/1905342785454309436

Worstgate might actually give the Roos (5-34 last four seasons) a game.  Sad that AC scheduled them to get a tenth.

The Worstgate 2025 schedule also includes Centenary and Schreiner, so this year it's the SCAC doing what the ASC had to do last year.  Obviously the Schreiner game is JV. 

Quote from: Ron Boerger on March 28, 2025, 11:43:06 AMWorstgate might actually give the Roos (5-34 last four seasons) a game.  Sad that AC scheduled them to get a tenth.

The Worstgate 2025 schedule also includes Centenary and Schreiner, so this year it's the SCAC doing what the ASC had to do last year.  Obviously the Schreiner game is JV. 

I didn't catch at first that AC and Centenary are playing each other twice as well. Since the SCAC has a championship game its going to be interesting if they manage to play each other 3 times in one regular season.

I really wish we knew if either of them or the ASC members even discussed the possibility of playing each other instead of doing this stuff.

Quote from: crufootball on March 28, 2025, 11:51:18 AMI didn't catch at first that AC and Centenary are playing each other twice as well. Since the SCAC has a championship game its going to be interesting if they manage to play each other 3 times in one regular season.

I really wish we knew if either of them or the ASC members even discussed the possibility of playing each other instead of doing this stuff.

Hard to say with the SCAC schedule switching to bring in Hendrix this year but not much to be gained by playing twice (or playing Worstgate once) - Austin wouldn't want to play HSU or UMHB but HPU and/or ETBU would have been better choices.

I think it's safe to say with TLU in the conference that the chance of a Centenary-AC (th)rematch in the championship is pretty darned slim.

Quote from: Ron Boerger on March 28, 2025, 11:59:23 AM

Quote from: crufootball on March 28, 2025, 11:51:18 AMI didn't catch at first that AC and Centenary are playing each other twice as well. Since the SCAC has a championship game its going to be interesting if they manage to play each other 3 times in one regular season.

I really wish we knew if either of them or the ASC members even discussed the possibility of playing each other instead of doing this stuff.

Hard to say with the SCAC schedule switching to bring in Hendrix this year but not much to be gained by playing twice (or playing Worstgate once) - Austin wouldn't want to play HSU or UMHB but HPU and/or ETBU would have been better choices.

I think it's safe to say with TLU in the conference that the chance of a Centenary-AC (th)rematch in the championship is pretty darned slim.

I misspoke I wasn't thinking the actual championship but aren't they doing a 1v2, 3v4 style weekend on the last weekend of the season?

The very fact the SCAC was going to have a championship was news to me ... but the proposed 2025 football schedule (thank you Google) shows there will indeed be a 5x6 and 3x4 game in addition to the championship between the top two seeds.  So you're right, there could be a [th]rematch between the two.

After looking into the NCAA by-laws this morning, even if the SCAC manages to get someone else to join the conference for football, the clock will not start until the sixth team joins.  Makes no difference if they get one affiliate or two core members as the exception for conferences with six core teams playing a sport (Section 31.3.3.1.1) only applies if all six have been conference members for at least two years.  And once the clock starts, a conference has to have at least six consistent members playing the sport in question for the entire two years. 

This restriction does not apply to conferences that already have AQs. 

If you haven't tuned in to this week's D3football podcast, it has interviews with SCAC commissioner Hanberry and new Schreiner coach Allen that in addition to news of last week's moves make it even more worth a listen than it usually is.

Quote from: Ron Boerger on Yesterday at 10:46:15 AMAfter looking into the NCAA by-laws this morning, even if the SCAC manages to get someone else to join the conference for football, the clock will not start until the sixth team joins.  Makes no difference if they get one affiliate or two core members as the exception for conferences with six core teams playing a sport (Section 31.3.3.1.1) only applies if all six have been conference members for at least two years.  And once the clock starts, a conference has to have at least six consistent members playing the sport in question for the entire two years. 

This restriction does not apply to conferences that already have AQs. 

If you haven't tuned in to this week's D3football podcast, it has interviews with SCAC commissioner Hanberry and new Schreiner coach Allen that in addition to news of last week's moves make it even more worth a listen than it usually it.

Thanks, Ron -- and thanks for digging into the bylaws!