FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[AUKaz00]

Miracle in Mississippi getting some love over at Grantland.

[Ron Boerger]

Must be ESPN's week to show some SCAC love, this from Page 2:

Sewanee, long lost member of the SEC

[D3_DPUFan]

Great article...thanks for posting...

[Ron Boerger]

I won't be able to post any updates today, so feel free.

[awadelewis]

Sewanee 14 - B-SC 7,  at the half.

Trinity 10 - Millsaps 3, again just before the half.

[awadelewis]

Centre 21 - Austin 0, 2Q

[awadelewis]

Sewanee scores again, making the score 21-7 over B-SC.

Haven't seen any updates from the Trinity-Millsaps game since the end of the 1st half.

Looks like Centre is having a pretty easy time with AC with the score still 21-0 in Centre's favor.

[awadelewis]

Having problems with the stream, but looks like B-SC scores a defensive touchdown,  score now on the Mountain is UoS 21 - B-SC 14

[Shoreman]

Sewanee 21 BSC 21, BSC ball 6 mintes left in 4th

[awadelewis]

B-SC finally starts to wake-up and takes advantage of a key pass interference call,  score tied on the Mountain 21-21, middle of the 4Q.

Centre takes a 24-0 lead into the locker room at the half.

[awadelewis]

B-SC scores with seconds left in the game, score now B-SC 28 - UoS 21 with 0:34 left in the game.   Lots of bad defensive penalties on Sewanee's part gives B-SC 14 points.

[Shoreman]

tougteam.ed Sewanee h loss for a much improv

[Shoreman]

Tough loss for a much improved Sewanee team.

[awadelewis]

Too bad we couldn't hold it together in the 4Q.  Way too many mental lapses leading to penalities.

Looks like Trinity just beat Millsaps 10-3.

Last reported score on the Centre game was 24-0 Centre at the half.

[Ron Boerger]

Thanks for the updates yesterday.  My brother had invited me to see the D1 FCS UT-San Antonio vs. Bacone football game, what a waste of time that was. Bacone is an NAIA D2 school with 1000 students that lost a couple of weeks ago to Sul Ross, one of the perennial dogs of the ASC.   According to the SA paper the 36K in attendance were more people than had attended Bacone games in the history of the program ...  but I digress 

Even though Sewanee lost yesterday, it looks like the new coaching staff has really turned things around there in a very short period of time.   Should be another good game in San Antonio for two weeks and I intend to be there.

Trinity put in another good performance at Millsaps, somewhat marred by two missed field goals that are normally automatic for our PK.  16-3 would have looked better than 10-3, but they got a W against the Majors for the first time since 2007.   Another good game by the defense, limiting Millsaps on the road to under 200 yards and 1-for-12 on third down.   A 4-0 edge in turnovers (including two Tyler Barrett INTs) helped.  Trinity was held under 300 yards for the first time this year thanks to solid play from the Major D.    Patrick Granchelli gained 107 yards on 23 carries and Nyk McKissic was 11-19 for 141 yards and the game's only TD.

By starting off with 3 of 4 of their first games away, Trinity has a favorable schedule for the rest of the season, with home games against Sewanee, Huntingdon (non-conference), Birmingham-Southern, and Centre.  The only road games are in four weeks (at LaGrange) and the season ending-tilt at Austin College.

Centre was the only SCAC team to win a conference game at home yesterday with a dominating 45-0 win over reeling Austin College, outgaining the 'Roos 407-179.  AC turned the ball over five times with two promising drives halted via interceptions deep in Colonel territory.   Tyler Osterman went 15-21 for 187 yards and 2 TDs; RBs Scotten and Pinque combined for 125 yards and 3 TDs.   

The REAL puzzler yesterday was this:  Rhodes 24, DePauw 14.   You may remember from last week that senior Brett Stootes stepped in late against Trinity and drove them for their only score in the 62-7 debacle, going 7-for-8 in the process.  That was apparently enough to earn him the starting nod against DePauw, and he picked up where he left off last week, ending the day 29 of 46 for 342 yards and 2 TDs - making him the likely SCAC offensive POTW winner.  Both scoring passes were to Dane Wilson, including an 80-yard effort in the second quarter which gave the Lynx a lead they would never relinquish.  Last year's SCAC champion, temporarily independent DePauw dropped to 1-2 despite winning the turnover battle 4-2. 

Upcoming week:

• Centre (3-0) at DePauw (1-2) - should be another easy win for the Colonels
• Millsaps (1-3) at Sewanee (2-2) - the Tigers might be favored for the first time in a long while in this rivalry
• BSC (4-0) at Austin (0-4) - undefeated Panthers not what the 'Roos want to see this week
• LaGrange (2-2) at Rhodes (1-2) - Panthers have lost to both BSC and Millsaps by indentical 24-7 margins but are riding a two-game winning streak
• Bye week:  Trinity (4-0)
  

EDIT:  Corrected DPU's record and updated prediction based on record.