FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Ron Boerger]

It's a quandary.  I'm sure Plan A was a UAA alliance but we all know what happened there.  Is Plan B to get back to seven, or is it just do your own thing as it will be for the forseeable future?

As I said in the ASC board, I could see the SCAC inviting HSU, but I don't know if the Cowboys have enough interest in the possibilities to overcome the lack of a football bid.  If the ASC doesn't do something to get that seventh football team back - and you can bet they'll try, this IS (largely) Texas - a SCAC offer could have more appeal.

[Ron Boerger]

Trinity gets the win tonight but it was much closer than it should have been due to some turnovers that gave Rhodes a very short field for most of their scores.  The D stuffed the Lynx run, but one guy (Lartigue) ended up with 18 catches and the bulk of the Lynx' yardage (160 of 212 yards).   There will be plenty to work on in the off week prior to the game at B-SC. 

[Ron Boerger]

Good discussion of MC's impending departure (and impact on ASC, SCAC, and the national picture] just after the 55:30 mark of this week's Around the Nation podcast.

[Pat Coleman]

Good discussion of MC's impending departure (and impact on ASC, SCAC, and the national picture] just after the 55:30 mark of this week's Around the Nation podcast.

Thank you for getting to the 55:30 mark in the ATN podcast!

[roocru]

In Sherman, early in 1st Q - Rhodes leads 6 - 0

[roocru]

At 4:51 in 1st Q   AC kicks FG and score is now Rhodes 6  AC 3

[roocru]

Halftime in Sherman
Rhodes  13
AC 6

[roocru]

10:06 in 3Q AC ties score on TD pass 13 - 13

[roocru]

Rhodes goes up 20 - 13 5 minutes to go in 3Q

[roocru]

Just got home from my road trip to Sherman.  I must say I was disappointed today.  AC had a chance to win one today out gaining Rhodes 272 yards to 224 yards but committed 12 penalties for 102 yards including numerous illegal procedure calls and three personal fouls.  Hard to win like that and it is not typical of AC.

That being said I feel sure Coach Dawson will address this and do not expect to see it again.  I still like the new look for the team this year and their overall play and believe Coach Dawson is building a good foundation!

[Ron Boerger]

K-Mack goes out on a limb and picks Trinity to upset B-SC on the road in this week's Triple Take.

[jknezek]

He didn't seem real confident about it though. I guess that's what predicting upsets are for. When you look at it though, Trinity has one really bad mystery loss and a loss to what probably is one of the 3 best teams in the country. Lots of teams have one bad loss, and I don't think Trinity is as bad as the point spreads in their two losses suggest.

That being said, B-SC did hang with Wesley, on the road, and did beat Huntingdon. So it's not like the Panthers are untested. Personally I think B-SC is a slightly better team, but we'll see how they bounce back after last week.

Hoping to make at least the second half of this game in person. Hard to believe since my W&L plays R-MC in a battle of ODAC conference unbeatens at the same time. But I'm just not sure I can pass up going to see what I consider two very good south region teams play live in my hometown!

[Pat Coleman]

I can tell you this week's upset possibilities are pretty slim pickin's.

[tigerguy]

It was pretty much all Trinity until about 8 seconds left in the first half when a BSC receiver somehow got behind 3 Trinity DB's for a huge gain to the 4. BSC then punched it in for their first score to make it 14-7. I like what I'm seeing so far for Trinitys defense

[roocru]

Dang,! Wayland Baptist up 8 - 0 on a TD pass and two point PAT of swinging gate. Wayland is HUGE!