FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Tennessee_papa]

frank, I can understand that people would be upset and I can sympathize with people who are worried about a change.

But the bottom line is that Centenary's primary function is something other than providing sports entertainment to the fine people of NW Louisiana.  Or providing the opportunity for Jimmy Watson to write about Big Time College Sports. 

As if the Summit League is terribly relevant in D1 anyway.

Honestly, 1000  or so students is just to darn small to compete in D1 anyway........

[Gray Fox]

In the late 1980's Cal Lutheran, was basically in the same boat as Centenary.  I believe they are very happy with their decision to go to D3.

[Warren Thompson]

In the late 1980's Cal Lutheran, was basically in the same boat as Centenary.  

I take your point, but was Cal Lutheran ever NCAA D1? As I recall they were NAIA [maybe scholarship?] before coming to their senses and then moving up to NCAA D3.

[Gray Fox]

In the late 1980's Cal Lutheran, was basically in the same boat as Centenary.  

I take your point, but was Cal Lutheran ever NCAA D1? As I recall they were NAIA [maybe scholarship?] before coming to their senses and moving upto NCAA D3.

As I recall, they were a DII type school trying to go DI (see the link below for a list of their opponents - I think they were in some kind of league made up of these schools).  They had built from NAIA and winning the National Championship shortly after their founding literally kept them from bancruptcy by drawing more students.  The coach, Bob Shoup, was guaranteed a lifetime job by the president.  When they decided to go D3, he retired kicking and screaming

He also brought the university's first football coach, Robert Shoup, to the campus in 1962. Shoup used an orange orchard for football practice and used the local high school stadium for home games for the first two seasons. He won 13 NAIA District 3 Championships in 17 years. The Kingsmen appeared in the playoffs five times, winning the NAIA National Championship in 1971. He was named NAIA Coach of the Year in 1971. As the head coach of the Kingsmen he was named in the Who's Who in America and the #1 winning university college football coach in California up to the time he quit coaching in 1988, and ninth among coaches at any level of college football nationally. His football teams were listed in the top 10 winningest college football teams over the last 50 years with a 182-81-6 record,

http://www.fanbase.com/California-Lutheran-Kingsmen-Football-1988

[rooski]

Congrats to AC Coach Ronnie Gage...will be inducted into the Texas H.S. Coaches Association Hall of Honor later this month...story on the SCAC website...

Today is induction day in Austin, Texas for Ronnie Gage. I join D3_DPUFan and others in congratulating him for this very special honor in the Lone Star State !

Short of going 6-0 {which I neither predict or expect}, could the Roo's accomplish anything in conference play this fall that would garner him some consideration for SCAC coach of the year? Who votes on post season awards for the conference?

[roocru]

An update on Austin College's coach Ronnie Gage and his induction into the  Texas High School Coaches Association Hall of Honor...

I was present yesterday in Austin for the Balfour Luncheon where the induction took place.  I would like everyone to know Ronnie gave an emotional and inspiring acceptance speech for this prestigious award.  A plaque, which will now hang on the wall at the THSCA headquarters office in San Marcos, was presented.


I have also been somewhat reluctant to post this personal information about Coach Gage, but I know the D3 football community will handle it with grace and pray for Ronnie and his family.  About eight weeks ago, Ronnie and his wife lost one of their three children, a daughter, to the ravages of cancer.  She was a beautiful young lady who was recently married.  She passed away at home with the family at her side.  Ronnie accepted his award in Austin by dedicating it to the honor of his courageous daughter.  

Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers in the upcoming season.

[D3_DPUFan]

I have also been somewhat reluctant to post this personal information about Coach Gage, but I know the D3 football community will handle it with grace and pray for Ronnie and his family.  About eight weeks ago, Ronnie and his wife lost one of their three children, a daughter, to the ravages of cancer.  She was a beautiful young lady who was recently married.  She passed away at home with the family at her side.  Ronnie accepted his award in Austin by dedicating it to the honor of his courageous daughter.  

Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers in the upcoming season.

Wow. God speed to her and to the Gage family. I wil include them in my daily salvo up to the Big Man.

I have never met Coach Gage, but I was so impressed with the way in which people talked about him when we were in Sherman...sorry to hear about his loss.

[rooski]

I had the wrong day, but the right sentiment. Thanks Roocru for the remarks about Coach Gage. Am so very glad you were there.

[D3_DPUFan]

Practice starts in less than 3 weeks! 

[D3_DPUFan]

DPU Tigers still looking for 10th game...any takers out there???

[evacuee]

Millsaps's no. 2 quarterback last year was Burt Pereira, a WR who saw significant playing time and has graduated.  Does that say anything about who's coming up for the Majors at that position?  It seems like they might have had one guy on the roster that could prevent the back up from having to learn two positions.

[D3_DPUFan]

Millsaps's no. 2 quarterback last year was Burt Pereira, a WR who saw significant playing time and has graduated.  Does that say anything about who's coming up for the Majors at that position?  It seems like they might have had one guy on the roster that could prevent the back up from having to learn two positions.

Interesting. I remember Pereira as a pretty good player. Certainly doesn't seem as though there is an heir apparent...wonder if they got any hotshot QB's in this year's recruiting class...Whoever it is, he'll have some big shoes to fill!

[exmajor]

Millsaps's no. 2 quarterback last year was Burt Pereira, a WR who saw significant playing time and has graduated.  Does that say anything about who's coming up for the Majors at that position?  It seems like they might have had one guy on the roster that could prevent the back up from having to learn two positions.

Just FYI, Frank can chime in here too, but Pereira played mainly at the wideout spot while at Millsaps.  He did play some QB in his junior year if I recall correctly, but WR was his main spot for playing time.  For the most part, Chris Graves was the back-up to Joseph last year.  Chris returns as a senior this year and does have some time under center in games over the last few years.  I copied this off the Millsaps website:

6 Chris Graves
Height: 6-2
Weight: 208
Class: Senior
Hometown: Covington, La.

2008: Played in a career-high 10 games during his junior year ... connected on 8 of 15 passes for 139 yards ... 153.17 pass efficiency ... threw his first career touchdown pass at Centre College on Oct. 11 ... threw a career-long 52 yard pass at Belhaven ... also rushed six times for no gain, including a 7-yard run vs MS College in a season-opening win.

2007: Academic All-SCAC selection ... appeared in four of the Majors' 10 games at the QB spot, completing 9 of 17 passes for 56 yards ... completed a season-best 6 of 13 passes for 48 yards at MS College in the season-opener ... longest pass went for 18 yards against the Choctaws.

2006: Appeared in five of the Majors' 11 games at the QB spot, completing 2 of 4 passes for 5 yards ... completed his first career pass against Huntingdon College on Sept. 16.

[DPU3619]

Millsaps's no. 2 quarterback last year was Burt Pereira, a WR who saw significant playing time and has graduated.  Does that say anything about who's coming up for the Majors at that position?  It seems like they might have had one guy on the roster that could prevent the back up from having to learn two positions.

I didn't think he wasn't that bad of a passer, actually.  Not nearly as good as Juan, obviously, but not bad for a guy who can move around pretty well.

[D3_DPUFan]

Neither spent much time under center...

Chris Graves         10  153.17   8-15-0     53.3  139   1  52  13.9
Burt Pereira         12  198.08   8-10-0     80.0   62   2  19   5.2