FB: USA South Athletic Conference

[Hawks88]

Familiar story. Played pretty well for most of three quarters then the bottom fell out again. Have to pull back together and start finishing games again. We can still win this thing.

Go Hawks!

[D3MAFAN]

Familiar story. Played pretty well for most of three quarters then the bottom fell out again. Have to pull back together and start finishing games again. We can still win this thing.

Go Hawks!

Somehow if Huntingdon actually wins out and gets into the playoffs, I think its a trip to Belton and a meeting with the Cru, but looking at Maryville (TN.), they looked impressive, especially the first half.

[Scots13]

And now the loss to E&H REALLY irritates me..

[Ben Stein Fan]

Legit Question:  Let's assume that LaGrange wins out and Huntingdon beats Maryville and the final conference standings are as follows:

LaGrange 7-1
Huntingdon 6-1
Maryville 6-1

MC beat LC, LC beat HC, and HC beats MC...How would the conference champion be decided because LC plays 8 conference games and everyone else plays 7?

[wesleydad]

Legit Question:  Let's assume that LaGrange wins out and Huntingdon beats Maryville and the final conference standings are as follows:

LaGrange 7-1
Huntingdon 6-1
Maryville 6-1

MC beat LC, LC beat HC, and HC beats MC...How would the conference champion be decided because LC plays 8 conference games and everyone else plays 7?

great question, was wondering the same thing.

[Ben Stein Fan]

Having watched a Mumme style offense for four years at McMurry, I am not discounting LaGrange's chances to challenge for the crown.  The Panthers are becoming more familiar with the offense and execute it better each week.

I understand your pain, Doc Pugh.

It will all depend on LC's defense.  Last night they made some big plays, question becomes can they do it week in and week out.

[CNU85]

Legit Question:  Let's assume that LaGrange wins out and Huntingdon beats Maryville and the final conference standings are as follows:

LaGrange 7-1
Huntingdon 6-1
Maryville 6-1

MC beat LC, LC beat HC, and HC beats MC...How would the conference champion be decided because LC plays 8 conference games and everyone else plays 7?

Interesting indeed. How does the regional rankings fit into this?

[Ralph Turner]

Legit Question:  Let's assume that LaGrange wins out and Huntingdon beats Maryville and the final conference standings are as follows:

LaGrange 7-1
Huntingdon 6-1
Maryville 6-1

MC beat LC, LC beat HC, and HC beats MC...How would the conference champion be decided because LC plays 8 conference games and everyone else plays 7?

Interesting indeed. How does the regional rankings fit into this?

They would get my vote.

[CNU85]

last night was painful to watch. when you really know your team you can tell almost from the first few minutes what's going to happen. I had an uneasy feeling even before the game.....once it started my gut told me Maryville was the better team. Congrats tot he scots.....will be fun to see how the rest of the season plays out for the AQ. the next scary game for me is LaGrange......I have a bad feeling.

[Scots13]

85,
I wish the CNU students weren't on fall break last night, or otherwise the atmosphere would have been an A+ instead of an A.  Great game by both teams, really.  When MC was up 24-10 at half, I knew the Capt's would come out of the locker room ready to get back in the game, which they immediately did.  Dukes is one hell of a back.
One thing that I want to say publicly is how proud I am of Wes Bloeme and his kicking last night. We've had a shoddy special teams year again, but he was money last night. Good job.

[narch]

Legit Question:  Let's assume that LaGrange wins out and Huntingdon beats Maryville and the final conference standings are as follows:

LaGrange 7-1
Huntingdon 6-1
Maryville 6-1

MC beat LC, LC beat HC, and HC beats MC...How would the conference champion be decided because LC plays 8 conference games and everyone else plays 7?

i think (think being the operative word) that lc would get the aq because of the higher winning %...could be wrong though

i knew that not all teams played each other, but i didn't realize that lagrange played an extra conference game...interesting...

[CNU85]

85,
I wish the CNU students weren't on fall break last night, or otherwise the atmosphere would have been an A+ instead of an A.  Great game by both teams, really.  When MC was up 24-10 at half, I knew the Capt's would come out of the locker room ready to get back in the game, which they immediately did.  Dukes is one hell of a back.
One thing that I want to say publicly is how proud I am of Wes Bloeme and his kicking last night. We've had a shoddy special teams year again, but he was money last night. Good job.

I agree about the kicker and the students. If it wasn't fall break, you could have added 2,000 to to the attendance. The weather kept people away a little, too. Thanks for the kind words. I wish I had paid attention and realized you would be there. We could have had a beer.

When Bloeme kicked the first PAT, it was so ugly I thought "ok, cool. They don't have a kicking game". I was wrong. He was money. You guys are in the driver's seat right now.....make it happen!

[hasanova]

Legit Question:  Let's assume that LaGrange wins out and Huntingdon beats Maryville and the final conference standings are as follows:

LaGrange 7-1
Huntingdon 6-1
Maryville 6-1

MC beat LC, LC beat HC, and HC beats MC...How would the conference champion be decided because LC plays 8 conference games and everyone else plays 7?

i think (think being the operative word) that lc would get the aq because of the higher winning %...could be wrong though

i knew that not all teams played each other, but i didn't realize that lagrange played an extra conference game...interesting...

I thought about the "extra game" issue also ... didn't realize one team had 8 conference games, but mathematically it makes sense.  The number of teams times the number of games played has to be an even number and 9 X 7 = 63, so it was necessary for one to play 8.  I paired them up and MC doesn't play NCW, GC doesn't play AU, HC doesn't play CNU and MU doesn't play FC, so ... LC was the odd man out and had to play all the other USASAC teams.  It would, of course, be a lot simpler if there was round-robin play and every team played every other team (9 X 8 = 72), but I'm sure there were some nonconference schedules already in place and, with CNU leaving, it'll eventually be a moot point.

[Hawks88]

Legit Question:  Let's assume that LaGrange wins out and Huntingdon beats Maryville and the final conference standings are as follows:

LaGrange 7-1
Huntingdon 6-1
Maryville 6-1

MC beat LC, LC beat HC, and HC beats MC...How would the conference champion be decided because LC plays 8 conference games and everyone else plays 7?

i think (think being the operative word) that lc would get the aq because of the higher winning %...could be wrong though

i knew that not all teams played each other, but i didn't realize that lagrange played an extra conference game...interesting...

I thought about the "extra game" issue also ... didn't realize one team had 8 conference games, but mathematically it makes sense.  The number of teams times the number of games played has to be an even number and 9 X 7 = 63, so it was necessary for one to play 8.  I paired them up and MC doesn't play NCW, GC doesn't play AU, HC doesn't play CNU and MU doesn't play FC, so ... LC was the odd man out and had to play all the other USASAC teams.  It would, of course, be a lot simpler if there was round-robin play and every team played every other team (9 X 8 = 72), but I'm sure there were some nonconference schedules already in place and, with CNU leaving, it'll eventually be a moot point.

I looked all over the conference website and couldn't find anything about tie breakers. I thought I remembered someone saying something about regional rankings being used but I'm not sure what would happen if none of the teams in the the tie are regionally ranked. It may have only meant to be applied in a tie between two teams who didn't play each other. It would be nice if it was published on the conference website somewhere. More fun to speculate when you actually know the parameters.

[jknezek]

USASC used to have a coin flip written into the rules. Not sure if that is still true (circa 2007 I believe). Also not sure how it would work in a 3 way tie. And yes, it would be nice if they put this stuff on the conference website, even if it is rarely needed. I know the ODAC's, as of a couple years ago when RMC got killed by Mount, gave the AQ to the team who had been longest out of the playoffs. Not sure if that is still the way it is done either.