FB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Gray Fox]

I'm just back from walking to lunch in Pasadena . . . it is frickin' HOT.

That's why I volunteered to do some dog sitting in Santa Monica this month.  It's always HOT in Dallas in August.

It's even been hot here.

[snoop dawg]

 Bob,

To think I actually gave you some +k.......and thats how you respond.  And by the way, a.) they dont practice on Sunday, b.) I'm going on Sunday because the parents of some returning players are having a party, and most importantly c.) I think your little sailors hat is on to tight again.   

[CarloRossiLep]

Unlike some on this board, I have to confess that I do not, in fact, miss camp and have no desire to return.

I'm enjoying my air conditioned office way too much.

Amen brother!

[snoop dawg]

tooth......you think Pasadena is hot....I was in Havasu last weekend....it was 116.  Had to do much chillin'.....many icy cold ones went to the recycle bin!

[Sabretooth Tiger]

A glimmer of hope for positive change . . . Pat, please take note:

From the SCIAC website at www.thesciac.org


Tracy Maple joins Tiger Team as SID
Occidental College announces new Sports Information Director

EAGLE ROCK, Calif. (August. 10, 2007) - Tracy Maple has joined the Occidental College Athletics team as the Sports Information Director.

With seven years of experience in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC), as a student-athlete and a staff member at two institutions, Maple brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to Occidental.

During the 2006-07 academic year Maple served as the SID at SCIAC rival California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, Calif. There she was responsible for the reporting and media relations of 19 intercollegiate athletic teams.

Maple received her bachelor's degree in Kinesiology with a concentration in Sports Management from Whittier College where she also received her Master of Arts and Education degree in 2006 while serving as the SID for 21 teams.

She brings experience in photography, writing, media relations, sports promotions, statistics and Web development, while she is well versed in covering all sports.

"We are excited about Tracy's passion for her job," said Interim Director of Athletics Jaime Hoffman. "Her background with website maintenance and photography will make an immediate impact in our department. She also brings a sense of enthusiasm and commitment to the student-athletes and the staff, which are exceptional."

[Sabretooth Tiger]

Wow, it looks to me like someone is actually working the SCIAC website . . . here is some interesting information re the history of the SCIAC:

From:  http://www.thesciac.org/information/about/index

About the SCIAC

The Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference was formed in 1915 when five Southern California institutions combined for the purpose of promoting and governing competition in intercollegiate sports with the fundamental principle of the conference being to encourage the highest ideals of amateur sports in an environment of high academic standards.

While the mission of the conference has remained intact since the beginning, the membership has varied over the years, but now stands at eight (since 1991). The five original SCIAC schools are still members: California Institute of Technology, Occidental College, Pomona College, University of Redlands, and Whittier College. Occidental and Redlands are, however, the only ones to have uninterrupted membership.  They have since been joined by California Lutheran University, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges, and University of La Verne to comprise the current membership. (Pomona College now has become Pomona-Pitzer Colleges for athletics.)

The following is a chronology of the membership changes over the years:

1915   Caltech, Occidental, Pomona, Redlands and Whittier found SCIAC
1920   UCLA joins (then known as the Southern Branch of the University of California)
1926   La Verne College and San Diego State Teachers College join
1927   UCLA leaves
1931   UC Santa Barbara joins (then known as Santa Barbara State Teachers College)
1934   Caltech and Pomona leave
1938   UC Santa Barbara and La Verne leave; Caltech and Pomona rejoin
1939   San Diego State leaves
1943   Whittier leaves
1946   Whittier rejoins
1947   Pomona combines with Claremont Men's College for athletics (Pomona-Claremont)
1950   Chapman College begins competition as an associate in baseball, basketball and tennis
1952   Chapman's association ends
1958   Claremont combines with Harvey Mudd College for athletics (Claremont-Mudd) [they are ineligible for SCIAC titles this year]
1971   La Verne rejoins; Pomona combines with Pitzer College for athletics (Pomona-Pitzer)
1976   Claremont-Mudd combines with Scripps College for athletics (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps)
1991   California Lutheran University joins [ineligible for football title in 1991]


The membership has varied between four and eight institutions. The following is a summary of which years had what number of members:


Membership
Number       Years at
Membership Level
4   1943-1946   3
5   1915-20, 1939-43, 1946-58   21
6   1920-26, 1934-39, 1958-71   24
7   1927-31, 1971-91   24
8   1926-27, 1931-34, 1991-   17

[Gray Fox]

Wow, it looks to me like someone is actually working the SCIAC website . . .

They still haven't been able to bring themselves to use the new Poet logo.

[tmerton]

I'm just back from walking to lunch in Pasadena . . . it is frickin' HOT.

Unlike some on this board, I have to confess that I do not, in fact, miss camp and have no desire to return.

I'm enjoying my air conditioned office way too much.

We didn't even have air conditioning when we lived in Pasadena. 8)  What's the world coming to?

[Gray Fox]

During the 2006-07 academic year Maple served as the SID at SCIAC rival California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, Calif. There she was responsible for the reporting and media relations of 19 intercollegiate athletic teams.

Maple received her bachelor's degree in Kinesiology with a concentration in Sports Management from Whittier College where she also received her Master of Arts and Education degree in 2006 while serving as the SID for 21 teams.

She brings experience in photography, writing, media relations, sports promotions, statistics and Web development, while she is well versed in covering all sports.

Wow, a Poet as SID.  What more can you ask for?

Even her abilities were challenged at CLU last year. 

[Sabretooth Tiger]

We didn't even have air conditioning when we lived in Pasadena. 8)  What's the world coming to?

Do you mean back when the intersection of Fair Oaks and Colorado was still dirt, when north central Pasadena was still all orange groves, when you could enjoy a trip up the Mt. Lowe railway and when the big eastern tycoons summered at the Green, Raymond and Huntington Hotels? When little Georgie Patton was still growing up on his family's estate? 

[tmerton]

We didn't even have air conditioning when we lived in Pasadena. 8)  What's the world coming to?

Do you mean back when the intersection of Fair Oaks and Colorado was still dirt, when north central Pasadena was still all orange groves, when you could enjoy a trip up the Mt. Lowe railway and when the big eastern tycoons summered at the Green, Raymond and Huntington Hotels? When little Georgie Patton was still growing up on his family's estate? 

Well, yeah - but we still didn't have it when we left in 93 (and that's 1993 ).

[Sabretooth Tiger]

Oh . . . 1993 . . . I must have been confused. 

I grew up in LA . . . my wife didn't . . . when we were looking to buy in Pasadena in 1994, she could not understand why I refused to even look at any homes that did not have air conditioning . . . (she had been living in Manhattan Beach) . . .

She learned pretty quickly . . . but in spite of that, she still doesn't listen to me . . . 

[snoop dawg]

tooth...and why should you be any different than the rest of the married male population?      

[snoop dawg]

So.....Kickoff comes out on Monday.  Anyone want to venture a guess as to it's SCIAC  predictions?

I think they will give a slight edge to Oxy based on the last couple of years and UR a very close second based on the returning D...  CLU will be third with the loss of DJ........after that?? 

GO BULLDOGS!

[Gray Fox]

........after that?? 

GO BULLDOGS!

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