FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

consultant · October 19, 2005, 01:35:08 PM

I beg to differ, too.....

Millsaps is hurt. Every week they seem to have more injuries. I'm not sure that they have played with a healthy offensive line at all this year. The Majors' QB, Raymece Savage, has been banged up.....the back up is doing okay.....actually threw for close to 300 yards versus RHIT last weekend. Savage actually played at receiver in that game. I was under the impression that he was out for the year.....must just be that he is out for the year from under center.

The running game has been off track because Tyson Roy missed a couple of games.....

Defensively, they have endured a bunch of injuries, too. The defense looked great against RHIT for the first half, but then things fell apart for them in the second half.

Plus, they are a very young team.....over half the players are freshmen and sophomores.

So, with all that said, they just haven't been very good. Progress is slow sometimes I suppose.

exmajor · October 19, 2005, 02:20:07 PM

That is not to say we did not expect some goods things coming out of Jackson this year. The real key I think for the Majors is to do their best to finish this season on a strong note and then work hard to keep everyone healthy and around for next season. In my playing time there, our biggest issues on the field seemed to arise from guys not sticking around after their freshmen and sophomore seasons. For Millsaps to turn the program around, they have to keep seasoned guys on the team.

consultant · October 19, 2005, 08:09:32 PM

Ex-Major is right....we did expect a better team, and I'll not deny that we are disappointed. And yes, finishing strong will go a long way!

Ron Boerger · October 20, 2005, 09:14:23 AM

I see that DePauw is seeking the 500th win in program history this week. That's quite a milestone!

San Antonio Express-News story on Trinity notes that QB Jacob Cannon will start vs. Centre.

DePauw05 · October 20, 2005, 08:31:15 PM

Any thoughts on which DePauw team will show this week? They appeared to be rolling until last week when they could not seem to get into any kind of rhythm against Rhodes. Is Marks healthy? If last week was any indication, as Marks goes, so go the Tigers.

DePauw has a tough road ahead for sure. Millsaps is athletic although very young. Centre looks tough -- we'll find out just how good they are this weekend in San Antonio. Rose is better than they have been in a long time and we're essentially their Monon Bell game so they will be up for it. Wabash is rolling although untested yet for the most part. The NCAC looks down this year, but scoring 40 points per game week in and week out is a feat regardless of who you're playing.

Should be an interesting next four weeks.

Ron Boerger · October 21, 2005, 11:35:00 AM

Marks is listed on the two deep, part of this week's DePauw game notes.

DPU_radio_guy · October 21, 2005, 01:46:35 PM

I'm unsure about the status of Marks for tomorrow. I haven't heard anything in either direction. I would assume that means the decision hasn't been made yet.

As far as what team shows up, I'd put money on Millsaps not scoring many points. The DePauw D hasn't given up a TD since late in the Chicago game. The offense has been the beneficiary of the D causing turnovers. The offense has had some great field position the last two weeks. DPU's longest scoring drive in the Sewanee drive was 52 yards.

I think the offense will score more than 7, although it might not take a whole lot more than that.

As far as the rest of the season goes, everybody will have a much better measure about Centre after this weekend. RHIT is good, probably at least as good as they were when they beat DPU at their place two years ago. They're sure not the last place team that they were picked in the pre-season.

And of course there's Monon. If Wabash gets by Witt this weekend, they're probably not going to have a loss coming into the Bell game. That'll be a big one if Trinity wins out, because DPU might (it's up for debate) have a chance at a Pool C if they can keep the Bell. Although that's a ways off, and there's some good football teams on the schedule before then.

Ron Boerger · October 21, 2005, 03:58:08 PM

Generally speaking, you don't list a guy on your two deep if he's questionable ...

With re DPU's chances for a Pool C: win out and you're in. There aren't going to be a whole lot of one-loss teams with better pedigrees (there will be some, but not six or seven). A win over a Wabash team that could be undefeated when you meet and the narrow loss to what may also be an undefeated Wesley squad should be looked at favorably by the committee.

Ron Boerger · October 21, 2005, 05:00:39 PM

I stand corrected. According to an article in today's Banner-Graphic, Marks is indeed questionable for tomorrow's game.

wabashcpa · October 22, 2005, 06:36:29 PM

Sewanee 20
RHIT 7

DePauw 51
Millsaps 14

Trinity 45
Centre 7

Looks like the top dogs are well on their way to undefeated conference records. Big win for Wabash today to set up a very interesting Bell game in three weeks. Curious to see if that game will have playoff implications.

RHIT - what happened?

evacuee · October 22, 2005, 09:17:53 PM

I heard the Trinity QB got yanked. That's too bad because he has done some great things for the tigers. If you're the coach, I guess you have to go with Blake against Rhodes.

BTW, I went to the HSU/UMHB game today. UMHB is awesome. Physically, they are awesome. Standing still next to HSU, it's like the big guys against the little guys. If the tigers win out, let's just hope we don't draw the Crusaders again. We don't have the firepower to overcome a focused UMHB right now.

Ron Boerger · October 23, 2005, 12:40:45 AM

Quote from: TU2698 on October 22, 2005, 09:17:53 PM

I heard the Trinity QB got yanked. That's too bad because he has done some great things for the tigers. If you're the coach, I guess you have to go with Blake against Rhodes.

He threw two INTs in his first four passes. I'm going to see if I can get some word from the coaching staff on next week. Barmore from what I hear is the "running QB" of the two and 300 yds rushing from Trinity today ... who would have thought we would see a day when TU was held to < 90 yards passing and still wins by nearly 40 points.

Re HSU and UMHB ...

I too was at the UMHB-HSU game. The Crusaders played extremely well, but I think HSU took them lightly after the HPU loss and it showed. HSU QB Bernhard was very tentative today. The UMHB game plan appeared to be blanket the receivers early, make Bernhard go to a second or third read, and by that time he was usually running for his life b/c the Crusaders were almost always sending at least 5 if not 6 or 7 on the pass rush.

If you look at the stats, the main reason UMHB won is that they had exactly one drive over 50 yards. Check out these drive stats:
* 5 plays, 51 yds
* 11 plays, 35 yds
* 6 plays, 28 yds
* 5 plays, 13 yds
* 6 plays, 29 yds
* 2 plays, 12 yds

HSU got caught up in the emotions and had a LOT of personal fouls (and one "spearing" penalty) that helped make these drives so dang short. UMHB is a very good team that looked better thanks to never having to drive the ball more than half the length of the field (total yardage - 278 yards MHB, 235 HSU).

HSU is not as awful as they appeared today. Remember that Bernhard IS their second string QB - today things finally caught up with him. They also are just getting Quentin Jones (the RB who had the bulk of HSU's yards, 80 on 5 carries) back from injury. Without a consistent running threat, and since they got behind early, the Cowboys had no choice but to pass and that let UMHB tee off on the QB.

Since it looks likely that HSU will get sent to Trinity if both win out, don't base your opinion of HSU on just this one game. And, yeah, having to face UMHB is scary. But they can be beat, as we saw a couple of weeks ago.

Ron Boerger · October 23, 2005, 01:07:57 AM

On the road, Redlands gave #7 Occidental a ride but lose by seven. Oxy scored a FG with under 2 minutes to go up 31-24. Redlands got the ball to the Oxy 19, had two shots into the end zone but could not convert. Will be interesting to see if Oxy plummets in the standings after a narrow win like Trinity did. Probably not.

DePauw's Pool C chances not helped by Wesley getting pounded 47-0 by Brockport State today. Wabash also had their hands full before defeating Wittenberg 26-20.

Ron Boerger · October 23, 2005, 10:44:17 AM

Quote in today's Express-News story from coach Mohr: "Jacob was ready today, but was making bad reads," Trinity coach Steve Mohr said. "We've got a quarterback controversy."

The TU defense was on the field for 22 minutes in the first half ...

tTU719803 · October 23, 2005, 12:00:05 PM

Quote from: Ron Boerger (BfB) on October 23, 2005, 12:40:45 AM
Barmore from what I hear is the "running QB" of the two and 300 yds rushing from Trinity today ... who would have thought we would see a day when TU was held to < 90 yards passing and still wins by nearly 40 points.

Barmore isn't just a running QB - he's pretty darn good throwing the ball too. Everyone seems to be surprised that Trinity is winning without throwing the ball, but when you have 4 senior OL's and 2 senior RB's who are both all-SCAC (at one time or another), I would be runing the ball 40 times a game too. The OL dominated for the tigers yesterday. Once again, it seems like Centre came down to San Antonio with a winning record against some cupcakes and folded when they faced real competition.