FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Tennessee_papa]

Thank you, sir.  Happy to be here and excited to see what the next few years brings for my child.

Been lurking and reading the board on occasion for the last six months or so and have been impressed with the knowledge y'all have and also with the tone of the discourse.

[frank_ezelle]

Thanks for that input Tenneessee_papa, and welcome to the board.

Here's a Millsaps story that I gladly post.  It was about a year ago that a post was made here about Juan Joseph.  It was more of a thinking out loud post where someone wondered about the academic qualifications of Juan Joseph attending Millsaps because of the high school he attended and I guess the standards at that school.  Here's a recent story from the Millsaps website:

IRVING, Texas -- In recognition of their accomplishments in the classroom and on the playing field, recent football graduates Nick Namias and Juan Joseph of Millsaps College have been inducted into the Third Annual class of the National Football Foundation's Hampshire Honor Society.

For 62 years, the NFF has honored the best and brightest that intercollegiate football has to offer.....


Complete story:  http://www.gomajors.com/news/2009/6/15/FB_0615090108.aspx

[D3_DPUFan]

Thanks for that input Tenneessee_papa, and welcome to the board.

Here's a Millsaps story that I gladly post.  It was about a year ago that a post was made here about Juan Joseph.  It was more of a thinking out loud post where someone wondered about the academic qualifications of Juan Joseph attending Millsaps because of the high school he attended and I guess the standards at that school.  Here's a recent story from the Millsaps website:

IRVING, Texas -- In recognition of their accomplishments in the classroom and on the playing field, recent football graduates Nick Namias and Juan Joseph of Millsaps College have been inducted into the Third Annual class of the National Football Foundation's Hampshire Honor Society.

For 62 years, the NFF has honored the best and brightest that intercollegiate football has to offer.....


Complete story:  http://www.gomajors.com/news/2009/6/15/FB_0615090108.aspx

Frank,
That is indeed an honor. Sometimes perception becomes reality. Nice of you to post the link to provide a reality check. 

[Ron Boerger]

Congratulations to not only Namais and Joseph, but the other SCAC athletes to receive this award:

Neil Murphy - Centre
Billy Blaustein - Colorado College
Michael McNelis - DePauw
Tyler Brantley - Sewanee
Chima Ikwuezunma - Sewanee
Ben Scott - Sewanee


"[T]he 2009 NFF Hampshire Honor Society [...] is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who each maintained a 3.2 GPA or better.  A total of 564 players from 266 schools qualified for membership in the society's third year."

[Ron Boerger]

A sad note:  NCAC commissioner Dennis Collins died of a heart attack this past Sunday.     He had been the league's commissioner since it was founded in 1984.   

With the discussion of DPU possibly going to the NCAC, I felt this would be of interest to at least some here - my condolences to all those in the NCAC. 

[D3_DPUFan]

For those with a CFB jones as the summer drags along, ESPN's College Football Live is doing a 50 States in 50 Days Tour....some pretty cool coverage of all things college football, state by state. Would hope that the Monon Bell rivalry will garner more than a brief mention when Indiana is featured July 13  .

Here's a link to the complete list:

http://sports.espn.go.com/sportsnation/news/story?page=50StatesTour

[D3_DPUFan]

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Congratulations to not only Namais and Joseph, but the other SCAC athletes to receive this award:

Neil Murphy - Centre
Billy Blaustein - Colorado College
Michael McNelis - DePauw
Tyler Brantley - Sewanee
Chima Ikwuezunma - Sewanee
Ben Scott - Sewanee

Ron---
You beat me to mentioning Mike McNelis...standout in the classroom and on the field. As a player he was a bit undersized...but was a ferocious competitor who never quit on a play...made him a real leader of the defense.

[Ron Boerger]

Final NACDA Directors' Cup standings are out.  Not a great year for the SCAC, but here they are:

27. Trinity (485.75)
39. DePauw (366.85)
T117.  Oglethorpe (164.00)
T130.  Centre (150.00)
T134.  Southwestern (144.00)
T164.  Millsaps (103.00)
T237.  Colorado College (50.00)
T276.  Hendrix (25.00)
T276.  Rhodes (25.00)
T276.  Sewanee (25.00)

Austin did not score any points; Birmingham-Southern was ineligible. 

DePauw faithful will be overjoyed to hear that Wabash finished T234 (53.00).   No doubt the Monon Bell beating cast a pall on the entire athletic season at Wallyland.   

For our friends from the ASC, UT-Tyler led the way (after a VERY strong spring) at 33rd (394.00).   UTT scored 344 of their total in spring sports. 

[D3_DPUFan]

DePauw faithful will be overjoyed to hear that Wabash finished T234 (53.00).   No doubt the Monon Bell beating cast a pall on the entire athletic season at Wallyland.   

The gift that keeps on giving. 

[wally_wabash]

DePauw faithful will be overjoyed to hear that Wabash finished T234 (53.00). 

Beating Wabash in the Director's Cup is like beating a one-legged man in a footrace.  It's a pretty empty victory.   

[DPU3619]

Beating Wabash in the Director's Cup is like beating a one-legged man in a footrace.  It's a pretty empty victory.   

Win is a win is a win. 

Beat Wabash, you say?  Done and done.

[D3_DPUFan]

Beating Wabash in the Director's Cup is like beating a one-legged man in a footrace.  It's a pretty empty victory.   

You mean kinda like playing Wabash's football schedule? 

[frank_ezelle]

I try to check the Millsaps website periodically for the little tidbits of news that pop up over the summer.  Today I was surprised to see the 2009 football preview.  Like last year, there's no mention of players who will be new to the program, just a summary of players who graduated and those who will be returning, along with a mention of the coaching changes.  Let's just say that Millsaps has A LOT of talent to replace after the 2008 season:

Millsaps 2009 football preview:  http://www.gomajors.com/news/2009/6/14/FB_0614092146.aspx

[wally_wabash]

Beating Wabash in the Director's Cup is like beating a one-legged man in a footrace.  It's a pretty empty victory.   

You mean kinda like playing Wabash's football schedule? 

Actually, no.  In fact, that doesn't even make sense in this particular context.  What I mean here is that whereas Wabash can not score points in any of the women's events that make up half of the Director's Cup possible points, Wabash is never going to score very high.  It hurts that I just had to explain that.  Way to sap the fun out of this little back and forth.   

[rooski]

Thank you, sir.  Happy to be here and excited to see what the next few years brings for my child.

Been lurking and reading the board on occasion for the last six months or so and have been impressed with the knowledge y'all have and also with the tone of the discourse.

Welcome indeed, "T. Pa"!! Good to have another "pa" on board. Don't be a stranger...