FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Ron Boerger]

I am posting score updates from the game.  See the ASC in-game updates for more.

[tu_lb53]

k, thanks Ron

[DanSwan]

Any news from the Rhodes game?

[DesertLynx]

43-31 final  LYNX WIN!

[DanSwan]

Great, 
It's great to see Rhodes get off on the right foot.
43 points, looks like Oliver had a good influence from older QB's his freshman year.

Good work guys!

[TigerDad]

Ron, thanks for posting the Trinity v. Austin College story online so quickly.  I was happy to see it and read your analysis.  I listened to the game on the web, but the sound quality was messed up in the first half.

Hope JJ & Ray are OK and looking forward to seeing how the Tigers' offense improves during the next week.  Hoping to see some substitution with the new guys if possible.

[smedindy]

DePauw fan - if you are out there - what was the deal today. Come out, come out, where ever you are!

[oldrosie]

RHIT UPDATE
                Rose Hulman 35    ---   Earham  13

Charlie Key  4 rushing TD's 155 yds at  the Half.

[Ron Boerger]

Hope JJ & Ray are OK and looking forward to seeing how the Tigers' offense improves during the next week.  Hoping to see some substitution with the new guys if possible.

You're welcome.  Had to get it to Pat quick because I had another committment.  Would have loved to get some quotes but just did not have time.   No doubt Coach Mohr would have had some very interesting things to say.

It looked like Ray just had the wind knocked out of him - that was a huge hit.  JJ possibly pulled a hammy, though he got off without help.  Hopefully it's not much.  He got tackled from behind and went down awkwardly.   Plotnick's effectiveness surprised me, except the one time they tried to run him from deep in the backfield.  He's definitely a FB-type runner.

Really impressive was ACC's Brian Womack.  He had some good moves and escaped numerous times.   He had some cramp problems and missed some key downs in the second half.  Without him to worry about, the D could really T off on the QB and the other, less effective RBs.  Womack kept them close two years ago, at least until an injury  took him out of that game. 

Trinity got their WRs open deep a number of times, but the ball was just a tad late arriving, which gave the AC DB's time to respond.  There was a decent breeze which could have held the ball up.     

[patsajak]

I was at the DePauw home opener today and the offense and defense looked surprisingly poised and prepared for the first five minutes (about 2 series for each) of the game.  Wesley ran the ball well and passed well all day with tall receivers and small backs.  DePauw struggled to stop their passing game for the most part and on offense they struggled with finding a rythym with the running game (which looked good in the second half) or the passing game (which was inconsistent to say the least).  Overall, they attempted to mount a come back at the end, but just couldn't move the ball with a big opposing d-line and passes that came up short.  Final score i believe was 26-31 Wesley.  I don't know how i'm going to deal with the next four years coming from just down the road, but i gotta support my lil bro as he is just getting his career underway and mine is long forgotten.  

[oldrosie]

RHIT UPDATE
Rose Hulman    48        Earlham  41   

Whoa ................

C Key  38 carries 207 yrds  5 TD's

[Ron Boerger]

Good wins today for Rhodes and Rose-Hulman ... the latter a little more exciting than it had to be, hey?  Good effort from DePauw against a quality opponent.  Losing the turnover battle 4-1 had a lot to do with the final outcome.  Sewanee ... poor Sewanee, I hope something can be done to turn that program around.  Centre, sort of hiding in the weeds so far, good comeback after going down 13-0 at home to get the win. 

SCAC scores:

#11 Trinity 14 @ Austin 3
Wesley 31, @ DePauw 26
@ Hampden-Sydney 52 Sewanee 7 as JD Ricca goes nuts
@Centre 27, Bluffton 20
@Rhodes 45, Louisiana College 35 despite 429 yds passing by LC's Cooper
RHIT 45, @Earlham 41  5 rushing TDs, 207 yds from Charlie Key

Recod for the week:  4-2

[LynxBC62]

CoachR,
I am sure you were in Memphis for the game Saturday. Sounds like it was a good win. Anything else noteworthy about the game? There is only so much you can tell from scores and stats.

[historymajor]

A "W" is a "W"..... A learning experience.  Props to AC for hanging tough.  I think they're going to win some surprises in their ASC farewell tour this year!

Lot's of new faces for TU,,, Jake needs to 'trust the force' and all will be well in SAT.

Big test Saturday against an emerging TLU... thoughts?

[coachr]

LynxBC62,

They started off well, had the game in control in the first half, 22-10 at the half. La. college brought in #24 in the 2nd half to run the ball and he went wild. La. went ahead, scored 3 straight TD's in the 3rd Qtr. they went after a couple of the DB's, stayed away from 3 people on the defense. But the Lynx came back with some big time plays, a kickoff return to the 3, then scored, and forced fumble and return on defense for a TD to put the icing on the cake.  The final was actually 43 - 33, the  Lynx took a safety on 4th and 10 on their own 25 with 9 secs. left. Oliver was very impressive, Lake ran his heart out and had 157 hard running yards. The OLine did much better than I was expecting. The defense played well, they gave up some points but the La. offense was strong. La. college did not run at #33, or Bruner or Louden, they played the entire game away from those 3. But there were a lot of others to step up, Bartholomew had a great game so did Foti. The D line did not really sack much, but their offense was all 3 step drops with timing patterns, they got rid of it before they could get in. If what I heard was true, that La. had 9 returning offensive players from the #3 rated offense in D3 last year, the Lynx may just surpise some people this year. The biggest thing about the game, as you will well know, they got behind but found a way to win in the 4th Qtr.