FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Pat Coleman]

Let's get the video, folks, and get it nominated for Play of the Week!

[jekelish]

After just watching the replay on College TV Ticket, it doesn't look as impressive as it did live, but I'm telling you, that run was really great. The replay makes it look a lot easier than it looked in real time.

[Ron Boerger]

Boy, we have a dead board.      Players of the week:

• Defensive:  Tom Zigtema, Rhodes.  13 tackles (seven solo), 1 TFL, interception in 31-24 victory over LaGrange.  Interception in end zone with 0:09 sealed the win.
• Offensive:  Shawn Morris, Birmingham-Southern.  202 yards, three TDs on ten carries in win against Austin.   First two-time Offensive POTW award winner this season.
• Special Teams:  Ryan Laughlin, Birmingham-Southern.  2-2 on FGAs, 4-4 on PATs.

[Ron Boerger]

A very light schedule this week:

• Millsaps (2-3, 1-1) at Austin (0-5, 0-2):   Millsaps not the juggernaut it was in the DuBose years, but Austin struggling in all phases of the game.  Believe it or not, with Sewanee's improved play this may be the best chance for the 'Roos to get a W this season.
• Sewanee (2-3, 0-2) at Trinity (4-0, 2-0):  Sewanee held leads on both BSC and Millsaps deep into the second half of their last two games but have been unable to finish; they haven't scored in the fourth quarter since the Week 2 loss at W&L.   Trinity's defense has been stout all season and will try to keep up that trend at home.

Something unusual for both games:  rain is in the forecast for Texas (40% for Sherman, 50% for San Antonio).   The Texas kids haven't had much experience in wet conditions this year due to the ongoing drought, so things might get interesting.

[@d3jason]

Just emailed my column to Pat. I imagine it with be up within a couple of hours.This week the Sewanee Tigers are featured.

[Ron Boerger]

Just emailed my column to Pat. I imagine it with be up within a couple of hours.This week the Sewanee Tigers are featured.

Thanks for the story on Sewanee, Jason.  You wonder if the short, crisp practices are contributing to their fourth quarter woes.

The SA Express-News has a decent story on Trinity QB Nyk McKissic today.

[@d3jason]

Just emailed my column to Pat. I imagine it with be up within a couple of hours.This week the Sewanee Tigers are featured.

Thanks for the story on Sewanee, Jason.  You wonder if the short, crisp practices are contributing to their fourth quarter woes.

The SA Express-News has a decent story on Trinity QB Nyk McKissic today.

I don't think so. It sounded like they were working harder and smarter, organized practices that are well- scripted. I think they got some tough breaks at the ends of those game and some penalty calls that didn't go there way. I don't think conditioning was a factor.

I will be very interested to see how they do this weekend in San Antonio

[awadelewis]

Agreed, thanks to Jason for a good story about the Sewanee Tigers.   From what've I seen from the broadcasts, my guess is that our 4Q woes are a symptom of the lack of depth on the defensive side.   Our kids are spending a lot of time on the field and I'm thinking they're getting tired and loosing focus towards the end of games.  Upside, is that I saw a lot more disciplined play against Millsaps than I saw against B-SC.  We only had one really silly penalty on our defense in the Millsaps game.   Saturday will be a good test to see if we can continue the improvement.

[Pat Coleman]

Still, an improvement over second-quarter woes.

[awadelewis]

Pat:  That's certainly true.    It's an odd feeling to be concerned about what's happening on the field in the 2H of our games.   For the past 15 years or so, by that time I would have been worrying more about getting the proportions right in the ingredients of my Manhattan rather than football.

[Shoreman]

Whats the weather forecast at Trinity this afternoon?

[jekelish]

AC/Millsaps live stats are at: livestats.austincollege.edu/football and anyone with a College TV Ticket subscription can watch the game live, if anyone is interested.

[awadelewis]

Weather in SA is overcast with light rain in the area.   I'm away from the computer today and can't stream well to the phone. Means can't do a lot of updating like I've done the past few weeks.    Live stats are up on TU's web site,  last score I was able to get was TU 3 - UoS 0, mid 2Q.

[Shoreman]

Trinity 3 Sewanee 3, 2 minutes left in half

[Shoreman]

Trinity scored with 1 Minute left. Tigers from the mountain playing well down 10-7 at half.