FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Li'l Giant]

I think it's funny. Lighten up.

[Hawks88]

Huntingdon 16, Rhodes 12, final - Hodge Patterson scored on a 42-yard interception return late in the first half to put the Hawks (3-0) in front for good.    Huntingdon won despite being held to seven first downs and being outgained 418-156.   No fewer than four Lynx (2-2) drives into Hawks territory ended on downs.   That, combined with three Justin Sealand interceptions, was enough to sink the Lynx.

Pretty much the complete opposite of last week's game where our offense was able to do pretty much what it wanted and held the ball most of the day. Today HC's offense was never able to do anything and the defense was on the field all day it seemed. Even though they gave up a lot of yards it is good to see them be able to get the stops when they needed to, especially at the goal line in the fourth quarter. Good to be 3-0 and looking forward to a couple more tough games the next two weeks to see just how good we really are.
On another note, you will very rarely hear me talk badly about a game's officials but I have to wonder exactly where the ones for today's game came from and wonder if they have ever seen an option play. There were two times today(once for each team) where the pitch on the option play was fumbled and they ended up ruling them as incomplete passes. In all my years of playing and watching football I have never seen a fumbled pitch on an option called an incomplete pass. Just seemed really odd to see it twice in one game.

[Ron Boerger]

8:18 3rd - Millsaps misses a 32 yd FGA, now trail Belhaven 23-7.  That was the Majors' first trip to the red zone today ... 

[Pat Coleman]

Ron, unfortunately that's par for the course from Wally, I fear.

I'm sure that if DePauw were flying at the taxpayer's expense it would have gotten there too.

[Li'l Giant]

 , Pat.

Gimme a break. Wally said yesterday that he didn't fault Depauw for cancelling the game. It was a joke on a rival. I can't believe you're making this big a deal about it. Christ, I'm sorry I ever mentioned to Wally that Bush was even here.

[Pat Coleman]

Most jokes have smilies ... and actually sound like jokes rather than griping.

[Li'l Giant]

Not entirely sure what dog Wally has in the SCAC hunt that would cause him to have a serious gripe. No one on here made a serious issue about DPU's decision. Even from the Wabash fans.

[wally_wabash]

I don't at all fault Depauw for not playing in SA on Saturday, but I think it stinks that the game won't be played.  

Yikes....I've drawn the ire.  As you can see, I'm on record as saying Depauw wasn't wrong in playing today.  The previous post was done in the spirit of rival-ribbing...I should have smileyed.  With 37 different smileys to choose from, I panicked and forgot to choose any of them.    

I'll keep future Depauw humor as Dan Quayle-centric as I can.  

[Li'l Giant]

Well, they are both Republicans.

[wabashcpa]

With 37 different smileys to choose from, I panicked and forgot to choose any of them.

Now THAT'S funny.

[smedindy]

Pat, et. al. -

I got teh funny....just was a biting comment on two fronts. Rather much a joke liberal arts type people would do...heeee!

[etg]

Bonzo/History/Pat,
Not suggesting that any of us has "any pull with any Conference office", but there are some solutions that do seem to have a lot going for them. It seems reasonable to want all the SCAC members to still play a full SCAC schedule, if possible? Bonzo's previous reschedule scenario would work, as well as possibly an easier one for the SCAC:

Sat. 10/1---DePauw/SCAC  asks Chicago to play Huntingdon
                  Millsaps/SCAC asks Huntingdon to play Chicago
                  If agreed, the Chicago vs. Huntingdon game "is" and the changed
                  games "were" Non-Conference for everyone.
                 

Sat. 10/1---DePauw at Trinity
                  Millsaps at Rose-Hulman
                  Two SCAC rescheduled games.

Sat. 10/15---Trinity at Rose-Hulman
                    Third SCAC rescheduled game.

IMHO it just seems to have the least "strain/pain" for the SCAC (3 games over 2 week-ends) and all of it's current members. A favor would be required from both Huntingdon and Chicago, but not so big a favor that it could not soon be repaid by SCAC members in future scheduling.
                   
P.S.---Bonzo, please re-check my scheduling , as far as I am concerned "you're still the man" on these matters. 
   

[Bill McCabe]

What happens if Trinity and DePauw can't reschedule and they win out in conference?  Is there a tie breaker in place?

[Ron Boerger]

What happens if Trinity and DePauw can't reschedule and they win out in conference?  Is there a tie breaker in place?

No.  The only existing guidelines for two teams specify head-to-head as the sole tie-breaker, thus the interest in getting the game rescheduled.  There are some tiebreaker rules which would work but as it stands now they are only to be used in case of a three-way tie. 

The conference will either figure a way to rework the schedule or will have to come out with a statement on how this scenario will be handled. 

[Bill McCabe]

Ron,  What are the chances your scenario will be adopted?