FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Ron Boerger]

Tu wins 40-34

[Chronological Order]

Millsaps College 23 - Mississippi College 27 with less than 7 minutes left in the 4th Quarter

[Chronological Order]

Millsaps College 23 - Mississippi College 27 Final Score

[roocru]

Anyone know how AC vs SWAGU ended up?

[roocru]

Got the score!  Roos 28 SWAGU 6

[Tex]

Fun game in SA!

[TigerDad]

Really enjoyed the TU game this evening in S.A.  Fun to renew friendships and see the 2010 Tigers pull out a close one!  The team played hard and came out on top.  Especially good to see them gain some good yards on the ground ... the new RB's are really looking good and the O-line was plowing some big holes for them.  Good protection for the QB.  Defense was a little shaky, but HPU has some serious speed in the backfield and at WR.

Congrats to the Trinity Tigers on a good start ... enjoy your week off (odd in Week 2?!) and get those bumps and bruises healed up.

[Tex]

I never thought we'd be fortunate to havevweek 2 off. 

[Ron Boerger]

Lots of surprises in SA tonight:

- Run, run, and run some more was the story for Trinity.  Both RBs had good games with the exception of the one fumble.   Senior RB Kyle Lewis entered in relief in the 4th and almost ended up with 100 yards.  220 yards total rushing for Trinity. 
- Not one but two 50-yard FGs from HPU's Mitchell Bailey.  The second one (in OT) might have been good from 60 - or at least 55.  He also had a 44-yarder but missed a couple of shorter ones.  Bailey also scored a conversion on a botched snap - he accounted for 16 of HPU's 34 points.  
- Soph RB Patrick Granchelli got his chance in the 2nd OT and played like a man possessed, scoring the winning TD.  
- TU receivers were getting open but the game plan was to run, run, run.
- Perhaps the two most successful offensive plays came when QB Robert Davidson (18-31-221, 2 TD, 1 INT) checked off at the line - both resulting in long TD passes.   Davidson's interception came late in the first half when an HPU defender wrestled the ball out of the hands of a TU receiver.  
- Very good protection for Davidson all night and the OL was opening some good holes, too.
- Very surprised at how much HPU kept the ball on the ground, too.   Zach Hubbard, who had 3000+ yds last year, was held to 205 (24-44-205, 2 TDs).  
- Both teams did poorly on kickoff coverage.  HPU got an electric 85-yd TD run from freshman Andre Dean.  Caleb Urban had 101 yards on three returns, including a 49-yard effort directly following Dean's TD.  Both kickers ended up kicking short after the first quarter.  
- Lots of injuries both ways, though many appeared to minor.   TU's Tyler Barrett appeared to suffer a shoulder injury early in the game and did not return.

[Tex]

Lewis provided a much needed spark to open the 2nd half.  Davidsons audible long TD pass was a perfect call.  7 or 8 TU guys went down in this game, including a starting O tackle.  His replacement played strong during the fourth and ot's.

HP's Anre Dean (#13) was a kid that was a blaze.  He's a game changer.  Their RB's were getting around the corner but half time adjustments slowed that down nicely. 

Overall a game you certainly didn't want to lose going into an off week.  Long ride home to Brownwood.  HP's kicker wore yellow-jacket yellow shoes and I was laughing bEfore the game, "if you're going to wear those shoes, you damn better be able to back it up" and to his credit, he did. 

At the end of the night, the Yellowjackets relied on his foot one too many times, giving credit to the TU defense that stiffened up nicely in the redone.  Lots of stuff to work on for both teams.   

[Tex]

Ron, I'm sorry I didn't know you were here.  I'd have loved to come by and say hi. 

[Ron Boerger]

Tex, we got there late so sat on the visitor side so we didn't have to sit on the 15 yard line.  Maybe next time?   

A few random thoughts on the weekend ...

Sewanee broke their losing streak in a big way with 400+ yards against Earlham.  OK, Earlham's no MUC, but when you look at the total offensive output for UOS last season (<1500 yds in 9 games) things are suddenly looking better on the mountain.  Chad Morehead only had two carries for the Tigers, but made them count by breaking off a 65-yard effort and one for 15.   The most impressive thing about the win, other than the margin, is that it came on the road. 

Centre ... tale of two halves to be sure.  They dominated the first half and led 17-0 at the break.   The offense went on strike in the second half with only three first downs prior to the game-tying drive at the end of regulation.  3-and-out, turnover on downs, fumble on kickoff return, 4 plays and punt, three-and-out, 4 plays and punt.   In his return from last year's season-ending injury, Tyler Osterman was a very solid 25-38 but for only 191 yards (long of 19).   Jonathan Pinque had 98 yards and caught 6 passes for 40 yards.  Jason Osterman (yes, Tyler's brother) had 57 yards on 4 receptions.

Austin - always good to get a W, even against SAGU.     It appears the 'roos were opportunistic, racking up 28 points despite being held under 50 yards on the ground. 

Millsaps - I'm sure someone who was there and can provide better insight than I can looking at a box score.  MC is one of the better teams in the ASC and despite the loss, a solid first effort given the turnover in the coaching staff and at QB. 

Trinity - a tougher-than-expected time against a team picked to finish seventh in the ASC, but again given the losses at WR and RB a solid start.  Got the W and a couple weeks to work on things.    The play of Kyle Lewis gives Coach Mohr two very different running styles to choose from against Rhodes. 

BSC - got a couple of great returns for TD from David Langston, without which they might not have won the game.  Panther defense held LaGrange to 28 yards on the ground but gave up 331 in the air.  Walter Arrington and Shawn Morris combined for 233 yards rushing and averaged over 6 yards per carry.   Langston had 246 return yards!

Rhodes - yielding three interceptions and getting out-gained 447-261 usually doesn't result in only a three point loss, but the Lynx stayed in it to the very end.   Unfortunately, after intercepting visiting Westminister (MO) deep in their own territory with time running out, QB Brett Stoops fumbled behind the line of scrimmage, Westminster recovered and kicked a chip-shot FG to break the tie and earn the victory.   

[KentATM]

Austin - always good to get a W, even against SAGU.    It appears the 'roos were opportunistic, racking up 28 points despite being held under 50 yards on the ground.  

Where did you get they were held under 50 yards rushing?

The PDF on the AC website has them with 94 total rushing yards for the game.

http://www.austincollege.edu/athletics/football/

It also seems they threw the ball more than in years past with 24 passes compared to an average of 20.5 in '09, 16.2 in '08 and just 12.8 in '07. 

[Ron Boerger]

Kent, the only thing up when I looked earlier was the SAGU writeup which claims "They held a team that led their conference in rushing the past four years to only 40 yards on 33 carries".    They didn't have a link to stats up - sorry!

The writeup is not terribly gracious; among other things it says "the litany of chances that slipped through their fingers left the Lions feeling they lost a game rather than having an opponent who actually won it."  Hmpfh!

[D3_DPUFan]

Centre gets beat by Hanover? At home? Are you kidding me? That is stunning. Hanover has won a grand total of five games the past two seasons and been smoked by the likes of Anderson and Manchester...and they go to Danville and get the job done. Congrats to them on a  job well done. Centre picked #2 in SCAC preseason poll? Perhaps living on hype from last season...