FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Ron Boerger]

Oh, AC won the game, no doubt about it GF.   Congrats to the Roos for getting that monkey off their back.

[KentATM]

   1st and teeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnn roooooooooooooossssss!!!!!!!

[jekelish]

Wow, Trinity coach Steve Mohr has retired...congratulations on a great career, coach! 'Roo nation wishes you nothing but the best! An excellent, classy coach who will be missed in D3 football.

[Ron Boerger]

Coach Mohr elevated a program that had been a laughing stock for decades and made it nationally relevant.  The struggles of the last few years (and not coincidentally the rise of the UHMB program) takes nothing away from what he was able to do during his time at Trinity, even during those years when the program had relatively support from the administration.   His absence will be keenly felt, but at the same time it is encouraging to see that the university has kept him on in a football development role.   

Coach Mohr was always very generous with his time back in the day and a pleasure to interview either before or after a game.   I always knew he would provide insight and at least one great quote whenever we talked.

Thanks for all your contributions to Trinity, Coach, of which the largest are those hundreds and hundreds of young men who are better people for having come through your program. 

"Mohr" details:  http://trinitytigers.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/131119_mohr_retires

[Ralph Turner]

Congratulations Coach Mohr on a long and storied career.

[@d3jason]

Coach Mohr elevated a program that had been a laughing stock for decades and made it nationally relevant.  The struggles of the last few years (and not coincidentally the rise of the UHMB program) takes nothing away from what he was able to do during his time at Trinity, even during those years when the program had relatively support from the administration.   His absence will be keenly felt, but at the same time it is encouraging to see that the university has kept him on in a football development role.   

Coach Mohr was always very generous with his time back in the day and a pleasure to interview either before or after a game.   I always knew he would provide insight and at least one great quote whenever we talked.Thanks for all your contributions to Trinity, Coach, of which the largest are those hundreds and hundreds of young men who are better people for having come through your program. 

"Mohr" details:  http://trinitytigers.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/131119_mohr_retires

After writing Around the South for several years, I can echo Ron's sentiments.

[Ron Boerger]

For anyone wondering why there was no mention of a search to replace Steve Mohr:   Jerheme Urban has been promoted to head coach for the Tigers.

http://www.trinitytigers.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/131120_urban_hire

Good luck, Coach Urban!

[Ron Boerger]

Trinity has posted this tribute to the late Bob Edwards ("Historymajor" on this board). 

[Craft_Beermeister]

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone

[Ron Boerger]

Well.   McMurry announced it's coming back to D3 (see http://www.d3sports.com/notables/2014/01/mcmurry-returning-to-division-iii).    While they are almost almost certainly destined for the ASC, who needs one team to keep their Pool A when MC leaves, let's pretend you are the SCAC commish and get a phone call inquiring about membership in the SCAC.   What do you do?

- one football team won't do much for your Pool A hopes but gets you closer down the road, and maybe McM would help you lure Hardin-Simmons if you DO find someone else or talk one of the existing members into (re)starting FB
- McM has a good D3 profile (should have never left) and probably fit in the SCAC at least as well as some of the other recent adds, but at the same time the dalliance with D2 and the fact that the NCAA changed the rules to ban schools moving to other divisions from participating in championships happened as a result of said dalliance might make you wonder.

So, three readers of this board, what say you?

[cush]

THe scac should be proactive and invite both McMurry and Hardin-Simmons to get to 10 full members. Out of the 10, 6 would have football programs, so they just need 1 current member to start/re-start a program.

[Ron Boerger]

Guess we'll have to see ... obviously there's LOTS of interest here on the topic.  Thanks for the comment, cush.

And in the latest chapter in the Trinity football stadium saga, new HC Jerheme Urban tweeted yesterday that a new stadium "is in the works" and that "[a]ll will be updated at the appropriate time."   And in another overdue move, they're also getting rid of the black home unis next season and will have new helmets.   The other unis looked great but wearing black when it's 100+ outside was always an interesting choice.

[Pat Coleman]

Guess we'll have to see ... obviously there's LOTS of interest here on the topic.  Thanks for the comment, cush.

And in the latest chapter in the Trinity football stadium saga, new HC Jerheme Urban tweeted yesterday that a new stadium "is in the works" and that "[a]ll will be updated at the appropriate time."   And in another overdue move, they're also getting rid of the black home unis next season and will have new helmets.   The other unis looked great but wearing black when it's 100+ outside was always an interesting choice.

The appropriate time was about 2001, wouldn't you say?

[Ron Boerger]

The appropriate time was about 2001, wouldn't you say?

That was worth +k which made 3500 at the time. 

[roocru]

Well.   McMurry announced it's coming back to D3 (see http://www.d3sports.com/notables/2014/01/mcmurry-returning-to-division-iii).    While they are almost almost certainly destined for the ASC, who needs one team to keep their Pool A when MC leaves, let's pretend you are the SCAC commish and get a phone call inquiring about membership in the SCAC.   What do you do?

- one football team won't do much for your Pool A hopes but gets you closer down the road, and maybe McM would help you lure Hardin-Simmons if you DO find someone else or talk one of the existing members into (re)starting FB
- McM has a good D3 profile (should have never left) and probably fit in the SCAC at least as well as some of the other recent adds, but at the same time the dalliance with D2 and the fact that the NCAA changed the rules to ban schools moving to other divisions from participating in championships happened as a result of said dalliance might make you wonder.

So, three readers of this board, what say you?

I guess you could say I am torn between these two scenarios!