FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Bill McCabe]

I love listening to Dave South.  He is the biggest homer ever, but he always makes me laugh.  Remember, he was ejected from a Big 12 or SWC basketball tournament for giving the ref the choke sign. 

[Ralph Turner]

haha Ralph.  What are you saying?  That you have to be smart to run the Wing-T?  I know its complicated, but alot of high school teams run it in my area and are successful with it.  Believe me, not even half the kids around my area are smart enough to go to CMU or the military academies.  I'm not knocking my area, or even you, I just think that people have a certain opinion about the Wing-T at any level above high school because its an outdated offense.

The Wing T, when run right, is one tough offense to stop.  This is probably because the attitude of the Wing T is to pound and pound and pound, and then when you have worn the other team down, pound some more.  The speed present at the D1 level kind of takes away from its effectiveness, but on the D3 level it can definitely be a killer.

Thanks tTU, I wasn't dissing the calibre of the service acadeies (Former service US Army 1974-86) or CMU athletes.  I think that those are the ideal places to run those systems.  We see D1 coaches at Miami FL or Florida International using other offenses.

The Wing-T is a great offense for athletes of a certain skill set, and intelligence and discipline to execute precisely are what the Wing-T needs.

That was the reason for my team speed question.  I think that Millsaps must break the game open with their speed on the Field-turf.  If they cannot do that, then I think that the CMU size and strength and Pittsburgh cold is the difference.

Still, I will maintain my prediciton of Millsaps to edge CMU.

[evacuee]

The wing-t keeps getting updated with time, so outdated isn't the issue.   This has been argued ad nauseum on the NCAC site, where one coach has inexplicably been forcing the wing-t for 15 years.  I have a bias because I played there before finishing up at Trinity.  Now, I'm just sorry I brought it up. 

[exmajor]

FYI, here is a link to the Jackson Clarion Ledger write up on the game this weekend.  You have to scroll towards the middle of article to read about Millsaps and CMU . . . It is not much, but this is about as much attention Millsaps receives in the local paper.  A couple of wins in the playoffs may increase the exposure some 

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061116/SPORTS030105/611160371/1085/SPORTS

The most interesting discussion is on the status of Tyson Roy . . . "A good possibility he plays" according to Dubose.

[Ralph Turner]

FYI, here is a link to the Jackson Clarion Ledger write up on the game this weekend.  You have to scroll towards the middle of article to read about Millsaps and CMU . . . It is not much, but this is about as much attention Millsaps receives in the local paper.  A couple of wins in the playoffs may increase the exposure some 

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061116/SPORTS030105/611160371/1085/SPORTS

The most interesting discussion is on the status of Tyson Roy . . . "A good possibility he plays" according to Dubose.

A couple of wins in the playoffs may increase the exposure some  ,

but for that week only and then back to the agate type-font section.

That is why I repeatedly say that D3football.com is the new media directed at D3 fans.

Thanks for the hyperlink tho'.  (+1)

[frank_ezelle]

I see that the Pittsburgh weather now shows just a 10% chance of rain for Saturday.  I think no rain would favor the team that relies the most on passing so that's a small bit of good news for Millsaps.  The bad news is the 43 degree high and an even lower wind chill.  That's obviously weather that we haven't had in Jackson but it was fairly cold last Saturday so it won't be too much of an adjustment.

I also think the Millsaps team practiced this morning before leaving for the airport and that would have been weather in the upper 30's or lower 40's.

[consultant]

Frank,
I agree with you about the weather.  No rain will be good news for the Majors.  And the cold will be a factor only if the kids make it one.  I guarantee that Coach DuBose won't be complaining about the weather, and I would assume that the kids will follow suit. 

On the way to work this morning, I listened to the Ronnie Lott show on KNBR, which is the flagship radio station for the San Francisco 49ers.  Ronnie was talking about Jerry Rice, who will be honored with the retirement of his jersey at halftime of this Sunday's 49ers game.  Ronnie said that no matter what the elements of a game (weather, crowd, opposing team, regular season game, playoff game, super bowl) when Jerry Rice put on a uniform, his focus was on winning and that was the only thing that concerned him.  Everything else was a distraction, and Jerry apparently demanded that everyone else do the same thing.  He refused to allow teammates or coaches to say anything that did not have something to do with winning the football game.     

I thought that would be a very motivating statement for all 32 teams in the D-III football playoff field.  At this point, distractions get you sent home.   

[consultant]

I just talked to a Millsaps representative traveling with the Millsaps football team.  The Majors have arrived in Pittsburgh and are at the team hotel.  The charter flight was a direct flight from Jackson to Pittsburgh. 

It is my understanding that game week preparation has been very good for Millsaps.  The Majors have no significant injuries to report.  Tyson Roy's status is still probable for tomorrow's game. 

At least one bus carrying the cheerleaders, some students, and parents are on their way to Pittsburgh, too.  Many more Millsaps faithful will be arriving via air. 

No word on whether the guys will attempt to eat a Primanti Bros. sandwich. 

[Ron Boerger]

Good luck to both teams tomorrow (even if my allegiance is to the SCAC representative).  I will unfortunately be unable to attend or listen to any games due to a sudden summons to San Antonio ... here's to a good game where the outcome is decided on the field by the players and there are no injuries. 

[DPU3619]

Good luck to Coach DuBose and the boys tomorrow.  I'll be pulling for 'em.  I'll be in Milwaukee for the call of North Central/Concordia.  Wish I was in Pittsburgh instead, however.

Geaux Millsaps.

[BDTartan]

Don't know exactly where this came from but my parents heard that there are no tickets left for the CMU/Millsaps game.  I think thats absurd, but I don't know for sure until I talk to someone at CMU about it.  So if that's the case, there will be alot of P.O.'d Millsaps folks flying up to Pittsburgh.  Like I said, it sounds absurd to me but I can't validate it either way yet.  I would think that all ticket sales are at the gate, but I could be wrong.

Go Tartans!

[CMURyan]

I'm working at the game and I can tell you that ticket sales are at the gate.  There will be plenty of standing room only on the visitors side, so you shouldn't worry. 

[Pat Coleman]

If I didn't know better, I'd say BD was trying to suppress fan turnout.

[WRCTChuck]

It is official. The game will be broadcast live on WRCT 88.3 Fm in  Pittsburgh and on www.wrct.org via the internet.

Hope you all enjoy the broadcast

[Ron Boerger]

It is official. The game will be broadcast live on WRCT 88.3 Fm in  Pittsburgh and on www.wrct.org via the internet.

Hope you all enjoy the broadcast

K-Mack and Ryan Briggs are also doing a broadcast for d3football.com/ncaasports.com.  Look here for details.