FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[historymajor]

Bonzo, 1500 pesos sounds more like it, with unlimited Dos Equis 'stay thirsty my friend'

[Ron Boerger]

According to a story in today's Express News, senior Jeremy Staska has been named the starter at QB for Trinity.

Poll results:

Ok, NOW who's going to win the SCAC this season?
Austin - 3 (5.8%)
BSC - 0 (0%)
Centre - 2 (3.8%)
DePauw - 15 (28.8%)
Millsaps - 12 (23.1%)
Rhodes - 0 (0%)
Sewanee - 1 (1.9%)
Trinity - 19 (36.5%)

Total Voters: 52

[thanks to TigerDad for the correction on Staska's first name]

[TigerDad]

According to a story in today's Express News, senior Robert Staska has been named the starter at QB for Trinity.

Ron ... actually it's Jeremy Staska.  Nice article by the SA Express-News ... wow, who'd have thought there was a football program in San Antonio besides the UIW Bensons Cardinals?! Sorry, that was a bit sarcastic for early Friday morning ...

Hey, y'all ... it's the "Day Before Game One!"  Let's get fired up.

[Ron Boerger]

My bad, got the two QB first names crossed up.  Getting old is hell ...

and you notice they had a bigger story on UIW and how they did so well against that scrub team they just played.  Let's see how they do against a real D2 team this week.

[exmajor]

Staying with the theme of local write-ups, here is the Jackson Clarion Ledger write up on the Backyard Brawl:

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20090902/SPORTS030105/909020339/1085/QBs-Graves--Shaffer-on-spot-in-latest-Brawl

I certainly feel the Trinity fans pain of having poor coverage in the local paper, but this is nothing new!

[frank_ezelle]

I'm fired up and looking with great anticipation to the Millsaps @ MS College matchup tomorrow.

Most people don't know that this "Backyard Brawl" between the two schools is a series that started back up around 10 years ago after being suspended for about 40 years due to the bad blood, fights, and vandalism that surrounded the sporting events between the two schools.  

When this series restarted around 1999 or 2000, the main selling point was the novelty of the schools renewing the rivalry.  That novelty has worn off and in its place is the selling point that these are two very good football programs on the way up.  

The big question for Millsaps is what the graduation of Juan Joseph and a host of talented receivers will mean to the program.  Obviously the overall program at Millsaps has come forward light years with the arrival of Coach DuBose, but was the level of success seen obtainable only because of Joseph?  Or will this year's group go forward without missing a beat?  They still talk about winning the National Title as being the goal at the start of the season.  Saturday night we find out if that's just talk or if the 2009 team is really going to carry the program closer to that goal.

MS College hasn't had the same success in recent years as Millsaps, but they have been bitten by bad luck lately and having to deal with a monster of a team at the top of their conference.  How is their record setting quarterback going to do this season after going out to injury so early last season?  How much of an impact with the new JUCO players make--I have it from a reliable source that some of these new guys are really big time players.  MS College has long used the MS Junior College to restock their basketball program and stay at or near the top of the ASC--I wonder if this is year one of applying that formula to the football program in hopes of surpassing the UMHB's of the world?  That will be something interesting to watch.

The bottom line is that the "Backyard Brawl" between Millsaps and MS College should be a great game this Saturday night at 7:00.  I believe that both schools will have a free webcast of the game and here's the link to the Millsaps feed--I hope that some of you will tune in and check out a great D3 football game:

http://www.sportsnation360.com/schools/webcast/Milsaps-College

[Ralph Turner]

The "Brawl" is one of the rivalries that Keith and Pat have seen.

http://www.d3football.com/columns/around-the-nation/2003-09-11/Season+off+to+a+fine+start

[rooski]

Might as well also share {without permission} the "preview" of the 2009 Roo's found in Sherman's local paper - The Herald Democrat:

            http://www.heralddemocrat.com/hd/Sports/Roos-ready-to-run

For the Roos, a winning season needs to start with the first game! Beat these guys last year and we finish 6-4. So pull for us tomorrow, guys.

[millsaps mom]

 


here i sit in the Tampa airport waiting on my 7:30 flight to Atl and then to Jackson. It's now 9:20 and no sign of flight. I will have to get to Atlanta tonight and spend the night to get first flight out to Jackson to meet up with all the Sapheads and husband.  Can't wait to see the game and my son punt.

[jekelish]

I would think their standards are alot more relaxed than D3 deals with the NCAA.  Think of NAIA but worse... probably had a 25 year old tailback or something..

According to a SA Express-News story, UIW had problems getting a roster from Monterrey Tech, the film they got was incredibly grainy and years old. etc.   After getting a roster, Incarnate Word was told to ignore a bunch of it because the over-24 players would not be coming. 

Oof...that's not at all what I wanted to hear.  Something tells me that week/game is going to be a chore.

FYI, the AC/SAGU game tomorrow WILL have live stats.  AC has live stats for all home games for the first time this year, which can be found HERE.

[Ron Boerger]

Oof...that's not at all what I wanted to hear.  Something tells me that week/game is going to be a chore.

FYI, the AC/SAGU game tomorrow WILL have live stats.  AC has live stats for all home games for the first time this year, which can be found HERE.

Well, look at it this way:  they lost to a team playing its first-ever football game.  So yeah, they'll be physical, but it's not like they're Mount Union.   Maybe Coach Gage can call up his counterpart at UIW to get their game film.  

Great news on the live stats.   +1 !!

Might as well also share {without permission} the "preview" of the 2009 Roo's found in Sherman's local paper - The Herald Democrat:

            http://www.heralddemocrat.com/hd/Sports/Roos-ready-to-run

For the Roos, a winning season needs to start with the first game! Beat these guys last year and we finish 6-4. So pull for us tomorrow, guys.

No permission needed to share a link, that's why they put the story on the web in the first place.   

Good luck Roos, take care of SAGU today!

[Ron Boerger]

Austin all over SAGU, 34-7 late in the 4th. 
Rhodes defeats Westminster (Mo), 26-7.
Centre-Hanover is over, score not posted anywhere yet, ditto BSC-LaGrange.

[Ron Boerger]

Centre scores three unanswered TDs in the fourth quarter to ease past Hanover, 34-20.
LaGrange beats Birmingham-Southern, 30-27, scoring a field goal as time expired. 

[Ron Boerger]

McMurry just put together a solid drive to take a 7-3 lead.

Trinity only threw the ball twice in the first quarter.

[Ron Boerger]

Trinity gets to the McM 10, but the Nation gets an interception to turn the Tigers away.  Still 7-3.  

McM 75-yard TD pass nullified by a hold.