FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Patriot_Pride]

Go Roo's!! Beat Monterry Tech!!   {this just feels kinda funky - thanks Colorado }

Honestly I have no sense for what to expect this weekend from our opponent, our team or our fans. I guess I'm just glad we're home for this one. What worries me is that a poor performance might hurt us more than a good performance would help us.

As for Centre, I see that their schedule is much tougher in the second half of the season. They rarely play at home after this weekend and have all the "big dogs" on the road. I'll say this. They really don't look like a pretender to me - but then I didn't think we would be 0-2 at this point.

*And what is the situation with DPU Spud? Will he play again? - Is the coaching change a bigger factor to DPU's start than I thought it would be?

Be prepared for a battle. Supposedly they have like five different teams and then play their "cream of the crop." It's almost like an AAU team for basketball I've been told. I think it could shape up to be interesting and not at all what Austin College is expecting. It's definitely no pushover game. Go Roos!

[rooski]

In fact, the game will be televised back to Mexico...

http://www.austincollege.edu/NewsDetail.asp?NewsID=2012&ItemID=6984

Apparently the Wild Rams are serious about their American football.

I think you're right, the Kangaroos had better be ready. This team may be better then the one that came to Sherman earlier for a scrimmage.

[Tex]

I"m not worried about the Trinity D.  I'm more worried about the offense.  But, I've got faith.  Should be a good win for TU this weekend. 

[PrayingColonel]

Since everyone is asking for it, I thought I'd chime in on behalf of the Praying Colonels.
Congrats to J. Pinque on TOW honors. He had a big 2nd half against Austin and it was well deserved.
This team has yet to put together a complete game and they are still 4-0.
They were streaky throughout the Hanover game.
They played a great 1st Q against Maryville.
They played the best 3 quarters of football I've seen in a while againt Depauw.
Then last week, they played a really poor 1st half, followed up by a great 2nd half.
Hopefully this week they put it all together against Sewanee.
Go Colonels!

[Ron Boerger]

Since everyone is asking for it, I thought I'd chime in on behalf of the Praying Colonels.
Congrats to J. Pinque on TOW honors. He had a big 2nd half against Austin and it was well deserved.
This team has yet to put together a complete game and they are still 4-0.
They were streaky throughout the Hanover game.
They played a great 1st Q against Maryville.
They played the best 3 quarters of football I've seen in a while againt Depauw.
Then last week, they played a really poor 1st half, followed up by a great 2nd half.
Hopefully this week they put it all together against Sewanee.
Go Colonels!

+1 and welcome, PrayingColonel.   Please stick around and continue to give us input on your squad!

[frank_ezelle]

Thanks for posting PrayingColonel--I have a feeling that you won't need much praying regarding the outcome of the game this weekend.

Regarding the Roo's this weekend, it might be the only time a SCAC football crowd can pull out the old "USA! USA! USA!" cheer.  It seems like that game will have a very odd feel to it, especially coming in the middle of the season instead of maybe a different way to start off a season.

Since I've been editing the Trinity-Millsaps football photos all week (they are posting to the website at this very moment), I've been reliving that game quite a bit.  My impression based on just that one game, hardly enough feedback to assume accuracy, is that the gap between Millsaps and Trinity in 2009 is greater than the gap between the two teams from 2006-08.  Greater by a significant amount, primarily because Millsaps dominated the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball.  

Did you know that in 2006 and 2007, Trinity actually had more yards of offense in the games than Millsaps?  In 2008 Millsaps outgained Trinity by a 576-400 margin.  This year the margin was 514-186 and it was 24 first downs for Millsaps compared to 8 for Trinity.  A fluke game? Is Millsaps a lot better this year?  Is Trinity way off this year?  A combination of the three?  I don't know but something tells me that this weekend will clear up the picture quite a bit.  

Naturally I'll pick Millsaps to beat DePauw this weekend.  On the BSC-Trinity game, I'm going with Trinity.  My hunch is that Trinity will be a much better team this weekend and they'll find a way to beat a rapidly improving BSC team.  It should be a very good game.

AND MY PHOTOS HAVE FINISHED LOADING.  I'll add a description tomorrow as well as finishing the photos of the fans, cheerleaders, and dance team.  Here's the link to the photos:

http://gomajors.smugmug.com/MC2009-10/FB2009/TU092609/9823033_rmgfH#667412311_xcitk

[Ron Boerger]

Trinity finally returns from its season opening, four week road trip ... so the local daily runs a feature on the D2 program (whose sole win came against the same Monterrey Tech team Austin plays this week) taking its third trip of the year, all the way to OK.   Sigh.  

[frank_ezelle]

I've been listening to the DePauw radio station this morning--they have great music to go along with their great sports coverage (WGRE:  http://www.depauw.edu/univ/wgre/index.asp ).  When they announced the time, it reminded me that Greencastle is in the Eastern Time Zone. 

That means the Millsaps-DePauw game starts at noon for those of us in the Central Time Zone.

ALSO, Spud has been taking most of the snaps in practice this week and is expected to start the game on Saturday.

[Tacttm1]

Welcome in "Praying Colonel"...'preciate the insights on the team!

[Tacttm1]

Ron:   In the words of Rodney Dangerfield, "...no repect, I tell ya, no respect."

It amazes me how hometown newspapers so seldom run any blurbs from the press releases SIDs send out to mark POTW, TOW, Records, etc.   Of course, my perspective is limited to just a handful of cities, but down south the D3 teams just get passed by.  What a shame since these athletes really personify student athletes and demonstrate a love for the game, not necessarily a ticket to the pro-ball Lottery!

Enough of my whining....thanks for letting me rant.

[Tacttm1]

SUPER photos, Frank!

The TU QB surrounbded by the sea of Purple Jerseys is great, as is the placekicking sequence and many off-the-ground shots!

The pics give validation (as do the stats!!) of the strengh of the Majors Defense.

[Patriot_Pride]

I"m not worried about the Trinity D.  I'm more worried about the offense.  But, I've got faith.  Should be a good win for TU this weekend. 

You're pretty optimistic, but I would be really worried about your defense. Ya'll gave up 514 yards (and about 85 more called back on penalties) to the SCAC's fifth-ranked total offense in Millsaps last week. BSC is dangerous, dangerous, dangerous. If a QB is not established, then ya'll could be in big trouble. Neither one looked good vs the Majors.

As far as "should be a good win for TU this weekend" ... might want to hold off on that. Just because ya'll are 64-1 at home in the regular season in the last 65, this is a new year at E.M. Stevens. BSC is a top-caliber SCAC team that will be competing very soon (like two years) for the league title.

[rooski]

Glad you "chimed in" PrayingColonel !  Don't be a stranger. We will be interested in your post game comments this week.

We enjoyed our trip to Danville last weekend - except maybe for the canon  .

[Major Rev]

Welcome a'board', P Colonel.  We're all looking forward to see how your Colonels are able to complete this campaign.  Hope to see you on 10/24!

Good to hear that Spud Dick will likely be playing tomorrow.  Should be a great game!

[frank_ezelle]

Link to Millsaps preview for this week's game:
http://www.gomajors.com/news/2009/10/2/FB_1002091009.aspx

Link to DePauw 26 page program/preview for the game:
http://www.depauw.edu/ath/football/2009/notes/millsaps.pdf