FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[TigerDad]

Tex;

If you want a bigger "got laterals?" 15 oz. coffee mug or 22 oz. beer stein, visit the new e-Store Annex here:
http://www.cafepress.com/trinitymiracle

You can order them one at a time or in multiples if you wish!

Ask and you shall receive ...

[Tex]

No problem Scott.  I'm very happy to have it in whatever size.  It's a great conversation starter.

[oldmoose]

New head coach at BSC is Defensive Coordinator Eddie Garfinkle.  Apparently, all the other assistants are staying.

Garfinkle's bio: http://www.bscsports.net/Sports/football/2006/garfinkle-bio.asp

Article from Thursday's B'ham News: http://www.al.com/sports/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/sports/1203585344156630.xml&coll=2

[AF4]

Garfinkle is a good hand

played for pat dye at east carolina... when patty left to go to wyoming (pre auburn), garfinkle transfered to jax state... played  backer

lots of d-1fcs and d-2 coaching exp

bsc did well hiring him

keep the faith

[historymajor]

The Trinity Tigers football team will receive recognition for the "Miracle in Mississippi" at halftime of Saturday's San Antonio Spurs game with the New Orleans Hornets at the AT&T Center.  Tip off is at 7:30 p.m. Central Time.   Approximately 200 members of the Trinity community will be at the game as part of Trinity Night at the Spurs. The Trinity Miracle Play was named the Pontiac Game Changing Performance of the Year. The announcement was made – after weeks of voting – during the Fox Sports Network's telecast of the Bowl Championship Series Championship game last month.  The university was awarded a $100,000 check for the general scholarship fund on Feb. 2.

[oldmoose]

It's official at BSC... http://www.bscsports.net/News/football/2008/2/21/fb%20garfinkle%20head%20coach.asp?path=football

[TigerDad]

For those within TV-signal distance of San Antonio, the Spurs-Hornets game will be carried live by KENS-TV (CBS Channel 5) ... they plan to interview the Trinity players sometime before/during/after the game.  We'll try to catch, record and YouTube it.

[Ron Boerger]

It's official at BSC... http://www.bscsports.net/News/football/2008/2/21/fb%20garfinkle%20head%20coach.asp?path=football

Sounds like a solid hire and I like B-SC promoting from within and allowing the program to maintain continuity by keeping the current assistants, too.

[oldmoose]

It's official at BSC... http://www.bscsports.net/News/football/2008/2/21/fb%20garfinkle%20head%20coach.asp?path=football

Sounds like a solid hire and I like B-SC promoting from within and allowing the program to maintain continuity by keeping the current assistants, too.

A couple of assistants have left for other jobs but the OC/QB coach, OL coach, and DB coach are still there.

Here is the whole acceptance speech if you have 10 minutes with nothing to do: http://www.wiat.com/?articleID=4593

[AF4]

millsaps just gained a good D line coach

Coach Davern Williams just announced he was leaving Huntington and going to work for millsaps... he is a good hand... played for Troy , the league (NY& Miami), and nfl europe
coached Rashad Davis (all south 2006, D-3 team of week this yr)

he will help millsaps win at  1-2 more games (all they need)

we will miss him

keep the faith

[Ralph Turner]

millsaps just gained a good D line coach

Coach Davern Williams just announced he was leaving Huntington and going to work for millsaps... he is a good hand... played for Troy , the league (NY& Miami), and nfl europe
...

AF4,

Will Coach Williams pull some Alabama kids to Millsaps?

[AF4]

Ralph hero

he recruits in central al now.... played at jd in montgomery (was on thier '96 al state champ team) 1 yr at auburn then 3 at troy... he sure knows al well

pre huntingdon and  bsc many al kids went to millsaps rhodes suwanee, and miss coll (particularly from mobile area)... some still do... i hope he won't get kids heading  millsaps way...but he sure could

a good guy..... physically, very imposing... but a good guy
the boy thought a lot of him...coaches pass rush tech real well (as he should from being in the league)

keep the faith 

[Ron Boerger]

Trinity assistant coach Brian Haack (runningbacks) has been told he will be deployed to Iraq as part of the 22 Marine Expeditionary Unit.  According to an article in today's Trinitonian, "he will command units that provide direct medical support to ground combat operations."

Good luck to Coach Haack and to all our men and women serving in the military around the world. 

[D3_DPUFan]

For DePauw loyalists----Wes----any thoughts on new DPU pres? Potential impact, if any, on football/athletics? Guy's got a helluva resume, young and a former student-athlete at ND...would seem to be a great hire...

[DPU3619]

For DePauw loyalists----Wes----any thoughts on new DPU pres? Potential impact, if any, on football/athletics? Guy's got a helluva resume, young and a former student-athlete at ND...would seem to be a great hire...

I don't know much about the guy, to be honest.  Spoke briefly with the other candidate from Trinity on his visit a couple weeks back when he showed up at a basketball game.

Harvard guy.  Certainly understands a thing or two about big rivalry games, they play Yale in the Big Game every year.  I don't know what the guy thinks about the athletics, but I would assume he's a good selection for the reasons you mentioned.  To be honest, I don't think it can go anywhere but up.  Bottoms and the rest of the muppets (particularly Lincoln) screwed it all up so badly that I'm not sure this guy could trump them if he tried.

On the other hand, if I were hiring a guy based on athletics alone (which I don't know why you would), I would have probably went with the Trinity guy, since he understands not only D3 sports, but also the hassles and difficulties that come with athletic teams being in this conference.  But, DePauw is hiring a President for so many other reasons than just athletics.  Bottoms had so many problems in the other aspects of dealing with the student body that they were probably the more glaring issues for the hire than the athletic programs.