FB: American Southwest Conference

[Ralph Turner]

I have to say HSU and UMHBs broadcast is better than most small D1 schools video coverage! They have great footage and playback. The announcers are pretty well informed too!

Going back to the late 90s HSU and Trinity used to have a lot of post season battles prior to UMHB rising to the top of the mountain. Ironically, two of Trinity's player's Fathers were passionate about the program and had the knowledge and technology to start their own radio then live footage. Now to this day the University's Tiger Network handles it, but Bob Edwards was one of the first pioneers for live webcast. RIP.

Mr. Swint still attends all of the games, these many years later, and helps out up stairs.

https://www.trinitytigers.com/legends/Bob_Edwards

Pretty neat to see how much D3, Texas Teams at that, have shaped the culture of live broadcasts to this day.

Thanks for the memory.

Our families were good friends. It was wonderful to know them.

[Ralph Turner]

This one never gets old, The Miracle in Mississippi.
That is Bob Edwards' deep bass voice at the end of the play.

https://fanbuzz.com/college-football/trinity-mississippi-miracle/

[Ron Boerger]

This one never gets old, The Miracle in Mississippi.
That is Bob Edwards' deep bass voice at the end of the play.

https://fanbuzz.com/college-football/trinity-mississippi-miracle/

AKA Historymajor, another avid D3 supporter (and frequent d3boards poster) gone before his time.  Nobody who knew him could doubt his passion for TUFB.  RIP, Bob.

[MRMIKESMITH]

Hey folks, non-southerner here super excited for the Hardin-Simmons Hardin-Baylor game. Just wanted to double check that the game will be free to stream or will it be behind a paywall? Thanks!

HSU will have a free broadcast for the game on hsuathletics.com. Great video quality and play by play is non-biased. Good stuff.

As a UMHB fan I will agree that their broadcast is good and much to happiness of the D3 guru's is archived so you can go back and watch things later.

Showcase your games!  I'm hoping we'll get a game with high rewatchability this weekend!

They're all showcased in live broadcasts.  it just depends on which game the viewership prioritizes to watch. 

I think the schools may not care to keep servers going for all the archives, plus it probably allows playoff teams to go back and watch all the game footage throughout the year, as opposed to just the few games they request to swap film on.

In short it would be another added cost that most programs don't have budgeted for. I agree it stinks we can't go back and rewatch good games, but heck we can't even do that on NFL games without paying a subscription through a provider.

We mentioned this on ATN a couple of weeks ago- St. Thomas was recording games they felt they wanted an archive of on their own.  It's a safe assumption that Glen Caruso wasn't the only cat on the D-III block to be collecting game archives of teams they might need to beat in the playoffs.  The people teams might not want to see their game video probably already have it- hiding the broadcast after the fact only keeps it hidden from people that should be allowed exposure to these great games.

I can tell you that not all coaches do this, it's either through ignorance or arrogance. With the way technology is today, I'd be doing the same thing Glen Caruso was doing, not Rowan level, but trying to get an advantage on both regional powerhouses and national powerhouses.

[Etchglow]

I'm not aware of any different tier of pricing with the major video providers that makes it improbable to show archived games.

It is my understanding that the Stretch Internet streams are still there they're just hidden and require a password to access.

I'm not sure that's functionally different than making them unavailable to the public.

It was agreeing with you that there probably aren't actually different tiers for teams who do or don't want to archive the games since they're not actually deleted. 

[crufootball]

Just a heads up there is a note on the UMHB schedule that says the video stream for the UMHB-HSU game will be provided by HSU, a note that is also on every other road game. Not sure if we will still do radio broadcast at away games or not.

[Cowboy2]

Hey folks, non-southerner here super excited for the Hardin-Simmons Hardin-Baylor game. Just wanted to double check that the game will be free to stream or will it be behind a paywall? Thanks!

HSU will have a free broadcast for the game on hsuathletics.com. Great video quality and play by play is non-biased. Good stuff.

As a UMHB fan I will agree that their broadcast is good and much to happiness of the D3 guru's is archived so you can go back and watch things later.

Showcase your games!  I'm hoping we'll get a game with high rewatchability this weekend!

They're all showcased in live broadcasts.  it just depends on which game the viewership prioritizes to watch. 

I think the schools may not care to keep servers going for all the archives, plus it probably allows playoff teams to go back and watch all the game footage throughout the year, as opposed to just the few games they request to swap film on.

In short it would be another added cost that most programs don't have budgeted for. I agree it stinks we can't go back and rewatch good games, but heck we can't even do that on NFL games without paying a subscription through a provider.

We mentioned this on ATN a couple of weeks ago- St. Thomas was recording games they felt they wanted an archive of on their own.  It's a safe assumption that Glen Caruso wasn't the only cat on the D-III block to be collecting game archives of teams they might need to beat in the playoffs.  The people teams might not want to see their game video probably already have it- hiding the broadcast after the fact only keeps it hidden from people that should be allowed exposure to these great games.

I agree. I smiled when I listened to y'all's discourse over the topic. I would like to see some of the other regions game footage that I miss. Only so many minutes to watch teams, while switching browsers, when they all play the same time. Good thing about being central time is that I can see ET and PT kickoffs at different hours. I don't have Stretch so I miss games that aren't provided through a university's livestream.

[wally_wabash]

I agree. I smiled when I listened to y'all's discourse over the topic. I would like to see some of the other regions game footage that I miss. Only so many minutes to watch teams, while switching browsers, when they all play the same time. Good thing about being central time is that I can see ET and PT kickoffs at different hours. I don't have Stretch so I miss games that aren't provided through a university's livestream.

I like to imagine Glen Caruso riffling through towers of Zip disks looking for the one that has a 2009 UW-Whitewater vs. Willamette game on it.  That's amusing to me.   

[Pat Coleman]

I called that game! 

[Riley Zayas]

It'll be a good one in Abilene tomorrow night...

Week 4 Game Preview: https://truetothecru.com/2022/09/23/the-best-of-belton-week-4-football-preview-no-5-umhb-at-no-6-hardin-simmons/

[jknezek]

Every time I watch UMHB (and HSU) I'm struck by the size of these players. They are just so much bigger on the lines even in the skill positions than most of D3.

[Cowboy2]

Evans is the X factor in this game. Has wheels

[jknezek]

Ok. I can't watch the fumbles anymore. That's enough for me.

[tigerguy]

Ok. I can't watch the fumbles anymore. That's enough for me.

Absurd. Their offense has been dominant otherwise. Really disappointing and unlucky.

[MRMIKESMITH]

Every time I watch UMHB (and HSU) I'm struck by the size of these players. They are just so much bigger on the lines even in the skill positions than most of D3.

I agree, teams East of Appalachia maybe have a few guys, but UMHB and HSU have tons. I'm in awe, but kudos to the coaching staffs for coaching these athletes and maximizing their potential with the defensive and offensive schemes to allow those athletes to do damage.