FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Ron Boerger]

It's a 22-yd FGA ... shorter than an extra point ... GOOD by Max Green!

Colorado College 29, Rhodes 27, 1:06 to play and Rhodes used at least one time out on that drive, which was almost all RB Justin Alexander.

Rhodes is near midfield as time runs down ...

[Ron Boerger]

Ungashick completes three passes to Justin Sealand, the Lynx are at the CC 32, and looks like he grounded it to stop the clock.   Still 29 seconds left!  The Tigers take a time out to figure out what the heck is going on.

[Ralph Turner]

Lots of Pick'ems riding on this one!   

[Ron Boerger]

TO didn't work, Ungashick finds Bryn Meredith for 13, ball at the CC 19, clock ticking...

Offsides on CC moves it to the 14, stops the clock, pass incomplete, 2nd and five ...

0:15 to play, CC takes another time out, Rhodes says "thank you" (or are they trying to ice the kicker?  wish they had radio)

[Ron Boerger]

Yep, but it didn't work, 31 yd FGA is GOOD by Catalanatto, Rhodes wins barring some bizzare play on the return!

[Chronological Order]

Millsaps secured its first consecutive winning season since they had four straight in the early nineties: 1990 (5-4), 1991 (7-2), 1992 (5-4-1), and 1993 (5-4).

[KentATM]

was at the AC game today.  They played very tough and were extremely well prepared out the gate.  They cut down on the penalties and turnovers and it made a huge difference.  The second half was a little sloppy and the Panthers tried to claw back in it but AC woke up and got it back together nicely.  Hopefully that will be a nice lesson in not letting up.

Coach Gage is really turning things around nicely.  As long as AC plays mistake free football in the next three games they should have a very good shot at being in them and winning.

[Tex]

Wow, Trinity gave up 5 sacks today?  Seems like a lot of sacks last week as well, no? 

[Ron Boerger]

Given that Trinity totaled 600+ yards of offense and averaged over 20 per completion, one could guess that the DPU strategy was to send an extra guy or two after the QB from time to time.   Whatever the defensive strategy, sometimes it worked (five sacks) but most of the time it did not as Barmore today set the all-time Trinity individual total offense record. 

[HunterT]

Having a couple adult beverages in me, and after reading the comments here, I can only say that Rhodes pulled this one out. It wasn't a "find a way to win" situation, or a way to lose, this seemed to come from thin air.

After leading early, Colorado comes back to take the lead late in the 4th. Somehow the Rhodes back-up QB (haven't heard any word on Oliver yet) comes in, goes to his old faithful Sealand, then Meredith to get them into field goal position. Chris Cat, a superior kicker who walked on as a whim drains the game winner with very little time left.

This is a team that believes now. They won't give up. Homecoming next weekend, so expect a big crowd. And the Lynx can see the opportunity. If the "good" lynx show up for the rest of the season, mark them down as second in the SCAC. The game with Depauw turns out to be much bigger than we thought. Since Rhodes and Trinity are the two with one loss each, if Trinity loses to Millsaps, Rhodes has second. If Trinity wins, its a 3 way tie.

My boys won't shy off of that fact. They know it, and they'll step up to it. Congrats to the Rhodes Lynx for pulling this one out. Let's improve this week and dominate Austin.

[evacuee]

Trinity plays Sewanee this week.

Trinity plays Sewanee this week. 

Trinity plays Sewanee this week. 

Trinity plays Sewanee this week. 

Trinity plays Sewanee this week. 

Trinity plays Sewanee this week. 

[frank_ezelle]

--An impressive win by Trinity at DePauw this week.
--A miracle finish by Hunter's Lynxs in the mountains of Colorado.
--Austin played well at home and BSC is getting valuable experience for future seasons.
--It sounds like Millsaps put together their most complete game of the season.  It's nice that they'll have an open date next week to prepare for the matchup with Trinity.

Here's a link to the Millsaps story and I'll also cut and paste some interesting game notes from the end of the article:
Link:  http://www.millsaps.edu/athletic/football/101307story.shtml
Game notes:  The Majors have won 11-straight SCAC games dating back to last season ... the Majors' defense has held opponents under 200 yards in 5 of the last 6 games ... Millsaps did not allow a red zone attempt ... the Majors are outscoring league opponents 194-41 ... Joseph has completed 30+ passes and thrown for 335+ yards in four consecutive starts and is two TDs shy of breaking his own single-season and school record breaking 21 TDs from last year ... the Majors broke a single-game team record with 42 completions ... Millsaps now has three receivers with five TD receptions or more (only one in 2006, Chris Jackson; 9) the Majors have won six straight-games in back-to-back seasons for the first time in school history (86 years).

Link to Millsaps-Sewanee box score:  http://www.millsaps.edu/athletic/football/MCF-1013.HTM

[Just_that_kid]

Big C: Every team plans off of what another teams success was against their opponent. That's why they watch film. Knowing what you want to do and executing are two very different things, though. It's not as easy as it looks. The game, in many ways, is all or nothing for both teams (Trinity and Millsaps), and both teams will bring their "A" game.

[DPU3619]

The answer to your question is no.  I did not feel one portion of the field was exploited more often than the other. 

Trinity threw just about whatever route they wanted.  Had success down the middle, on the out routes, throwing the fade, running screens, etc. 

[evacuee]

Barmore averages 300 yards per game passing.  Even against Rhodes, they had a bunch of big gainers.  It may have had more to do with Trinity than it had to do with Depauw.  As for how they'll do against Millsaps, Trinity doesn't play the Majors this week.  The Majors have the superior squad right now, so don't worry.  That's two weeks away anyway.