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[D3_DPUFan]

New position coach showed up at DePauw yesterday.........James Mungro is now the RB coach.  Long was doing double duty until yesterday working with the RBs.  Mungro played high school ball up the road from where we live, a school my son's HS team scrimmaged every year.  He went on to play college ball at Syracuse and played professionally with the Colts (and maybe others).  He sought my son out yesterday to discuss LeHigh Valley Football.  He said he had been trying to get coaching jobs at Easton High for some time.  May be a good choice for DePauw.  Anyone going to the Franklin scrimmage on Sat ?

I think Mungro is a great addition to the staff, if nothing more than from a manpower standpoint. But I've also got to believe that having a guy who was a high school all american, DI and NFL running back in Greencastle can be big in bringing along a talented but still young group of running backs.

[Ron Boerger]

New position coach showed up at DePauw yesterday.........James Mungro is now the RB coach.  Long was doing double duty until yesterday working with the RBs.  Mungro played high school ball up the road from where we live, a school my son's HS team scrimmaged every year.  He went on to play college ball at Syracuse and played professionally with the Colts (and maybe others).  He sought my son out yesterday to discuss LeHigh Valley Football.  He said he had been trying to get coaching jobs at Easton High for some time.  May be a good choice for DePauw.  Anyone going to the Franklin scrimmage on Sat ?

It's a bit far  so I'm planning to watch Trinity scrimmage Howard Payne.

[TigerDad]

New position coach showed up at DePauw yesterday.........James Mungro is now the RB coach.  Long was doing double duty until yesterday working with the RBs.  Mungro played high school ball up the road from where we live, a school my son's HS team scrimmaged every year.  He went on to play college ball at Syracuse and played professionally with the Colts (and maybe others). 

Impressive resume for a new DIII assistant coach!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Mungro

Gotta be good for their running game ...

[exmajor]

Interesting find in the Houston Chronicle today, just food for thought as we get ready to kick-off. 

The sports section has a listing of football players from Houston playing at all collegiate levels.  I filtered down to DIII and found some interesting trends.  What throws me off though is that not one player from Trinity is listed, but according to TU's website, there are 20+ players from the Houston area.

Random thoughts:
ETBU leads with 23 players from Houston
McMurry is a close 2nd with 22

Millsaps has 9 players from the Houston area, Sewanee has 3, Austin and BSC have 2, Rhodes has 1.  Houston has been a good place to find talent for many schools across the SCAC.  I wonder if it gets under Coach Mohr's skin that some rivals are pulling kids out of Houston to play out of state?  I know it happens all the time on the DI level, but these are not scholarship athletes.  Like I said, just found it interesting... 

[Ron Boerger]

They might not be shown because the 2009 roster hasn't been posted to TU's web site.  

Texas is a big state with LOTS of football players.  They go all over the country and kids at this level go to the schools that offer them the complete package.  That can be financial aid, that can be the fields the school is known for, someplace their siblings or parents went to, it can be the school with the "hot" football team or the one they think they have the best chance at getting playing time.  

When you look at the number of kids in Houston, it's no more "Trinity" territory than Dallas is.  Heck, look at how few San Antonio kids end up on the TU roster - all of five in '08.  

[D3_DPUFan]

Impressive resume for a new DIII assistant coach!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Mungro

Gotta be good for their running game ...

I think so, too. Lots of anticipation in Greencastle heading into the season. But, of course, nothing matters other than what you do on the field.

[exmajor]

They might not be shown because the 2009 roster hasn't been posted to TU's web site.  

Texas is a big state with LOTS of football players.  They go all over the country and kids at this level go to the schools that offer them the complete package.  That can be financial aid, that can be the fields the school is known for, someplace their siblings or parents went to, it can be the school with the "hot" football team or the one they think they have the best chance at getting playing time.  

When you look at the number of kids in Houston, it's no more "Trinity" territory than Dallas is.  Heck, look at how few San Antonio kids end up on the TU roster - all of five in '08.  

Agree with your comments Ron.  I am a Houston native that chose Millsaps over Trinity for many of the reasons you listed above.  I just found it interesting that of all the schools recruiting out there, Millsaps was able to land 9 players from two states and 400+ miles away.  It seems that some schools develop a nice pipeline in to certain locations for one reason or another.  The San Antonio comment somewhat applies, but I would think that a majority of kids choose to go away from home for college.

[Ron Boerger]

I'm sure that some of Coach DuBose's contacts from D1 days have come in handy re Houston, and the team's very strong play the last few years hasn't hurt, either!   

[jekelish]

Wait, James Mungro is coaching at DePauw now?  Man, I wish they were coming to Sherman this year, because I was at Syracuse at the same time as Mungro (he was a couple years ahead of me) and I saw him out now and then.  Dude was built like a little mack truck.  Great addition to the DePauw staff, the guy used to be the all time leading rusher in PA state history.

[D3_DPUFan]

Wait, James Mungro is coaching at DePauw now?  Man, I wish they were coming to Sherman this year, because I was at Syracuse at the same time as Mungro (he was a couple years ahead of me) and I saw him out now and then.  Dude was built like a little mack truck.  Great addition to the DePauw staff, the guy used to be the all time leading rusher in PA state history.

You'll just have to make the trip to Greencastle November 7. 

[scaccommish]

The fourth and final installment of SCAC Football Media Days is now online. Its all Tigers all the time today as Sewanee: The University of the South and Trinity University are today's featured programs.

You can check out the interviews from those two schools + the archived interviews from Days 1-3 here:
http://www.scacsports.blogspot.com/

We've had over 500 listens the first three days, so thanks so much to D3football & SCAC nation for all the support. We weren't sure if we'd have an audience for this or not, so the listenership has been a pleasant surprise. I'd like to offer a special tip of the cap to SCAC Director of Communications Russell Kramer who researched and put this project together.

[TigerDad]

They might not be shown because the 2009 roster hasn't been posted to TU's web site.  

My unofficial copy of Trinity's roster shows 7 first-year players and a total of 25 players of all ages from the Houston metro area.

The majority of Trinity's players do come from Texas and I agree with Ron that no particular city in Texas "belongs" to any Texas college football program ... Texas has so many outstanding high school football players that they end up on teams across the nation.  Trinity has no more and no less influence than any other schools ... except their academic prowess PLUS a fine football team.  Not sure you can find that elsewhere in the Lone Star State.

[DPU3619]

I think Mungro is a great addition to the staff, if nothing more than from a manpower standpoint. But I've also got to believe that having a guy who was a high school all american, DI and NFL running back in Greencastle can be big in bringing along a talented but still young group of running backs.

Here's the thing that I like about this pickup: whenever you add a guy who participated in the most complex checkdown and blitz pickup system at any level on the planet, you're probably doing something right.  For a team, like DePauw, that strictly runs a pro-style offense, that kind of knowledge is priceless for a group of running backs that have very similar responsibilities to the Colt RB's.  There's an awful lot of blitz pickup, a lot of checkdowns, and a lot of routes out of the backfield where you have to read the defense in the DePauw playbook.  This kind of a guy can do a lot for you in those aspects of the game.

[rooski]

...may be a plus in recruiting as well. On paper he looks like the kind of guy/coach who could end up contributing in areas other than his specialty, too.

[D3_DPUFan]

Here's the thing that I like about this pickup: whenever you add a guy who participated in the most complex checkdown and blitz pickup system at any level on the planet, you're probably doing something right.  For a team, like DePauw, that strictly runs a pro-style offense, that kind of knowledge is priceless for a group of running backs that have very similar responsibilities to the Colt RB's.  There's an awful lot of blitz pickup, a lot of checkdowns, and a lot of routes out of the backfield where you have to read the defense in the DePauw playbook.  This kind of a guy can do a lot for you in those aspects of the game.

Bingo, Wes. Hopefully that translates into bringing along some talented young backs and enhances the offensive options. 

may be a plus in recruiting as well. On paper he looks like the kind of guy/coach who could end up contributing in areas other than his specialty, too.

I think he could be, but I am not sure of this is a part-time,  one year deal or more long term. In any event, I think it'll be good to have him on the sideline and in practice...