FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Ron Boerger]

Tomorrow's forecast for San Antonio:  a 100% chance of rain with locally heavy rainfall possible in the afternoon.  That field is going to be one muddy mess by the end of the game.   

[frank_ezelle]

When taking photographs, one doesn't really have the opportunity to watch a game.  Often my impressions of a game are only formed after going through and editing the photos.  This week I've been editing photos for both the Millsaps varsity and JV football teams, and two things stood out for each team.

Regarding the varsity:
1)  When Millsaps is on defense, notice how many purple jerseys are surrounding the ball carrier in most of the shots.  I'm amazed at how quickly so many players get to the ball.

2)  In the plays near the Millsaps sideline, look at the faces of the players on the sideline.  They really seem to pull for each other and celebrate the successes of their teammates.  While I know it is not unique, it seems to me that the level of unity I see on the Millsaps sidelines is a rarity, especially with so many players vying for playing time and a spot on the bus for SCAC road trips.

Regarding the Junior Varsity team:
1)  It seems like the talent level on the JV has improved significantly since last season.  I believe it's a combination of the talent in this class, plus the depth that is now building up from several years of recruiting classes brought in by Coach DuBose and his staff.

2)  The second observation is that the JV guys seem to have a lot of fun playing.  There's no doubt that the games are serious business, but you can tell from the photos that they also have a good time and seem to enjoy their teammates and coaches.

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Those are just my observations from what I see in the photos and from what I see when I'm on the campus for other sporting events.  The team's unity is one of their main strengths, one that is often overlook when sorting through stats and X's and O's.

I've been doing all this thinking and writing while waiting on photos from the Belhaven JV game to load.  They just finished and here is the link--there are a lot of photos but freshman parents especially enjoy seeing photos of their kids in action:

http://gomajors.smugmug.com/MC2009-10/JVFB2009/JVFB092109/9831260_cYn3e#668203666_Xyqf5

[frank_ezelle]

Tomorrow's forecast for San Antonio:  a 100% chance of rain with locally heavy rainfall possible in the afternoon.  That field is going to be one muddy mess by the end of the game.   

Maybe they can move the game over to the intramural field where the school choose to install the artificial turf. 

[Ron Boerger]

Tomorrow's forecast for San Antonio:  a 100% chance of rain with locally heavy rainfall possible in the afternoon.  That field is going to be one muddy mess by the end of the game.  

Maybe they can move the game over to the intramural field where the school choose to install the artificial turf.  

Don't get me started, Frank.

All I can hope is that the new president (from UC-Boulder) will see the idiocy in having such a poor facility for football when everything else (including the freaking FieldTurf lacrosse field) is so much better.

[Bill McCabe]

Tomorrow's forecast for San Antonio:  a 100% chance of rain with locally heavy rainfall possible in the afternoon.  That field is going to be one muddy mess by the end of the game.  

Maybe they can move the game over to the intramural field where the school choose to install the artificial turf.  

Don't get me started, Frank.

All I can hope is that the new president (from UC-Boulder) will see the idiocy in having such a poor facility for football when everything else (including the freaking FieldTurf lacrosse field) is so much better.

They could always move back across the street to the "Rockpile!"  It started raining about 7 AM.

[frank_ezelle]

Weather looks real good at DePauw:  High in the mid-50's, 20% chance of a few sprinkles, the winds a little high at 10-20 mph.

http://www.weather.com/weather/local/USIN0251?lswe=greencastle,%20IN&from=searchbox_localwx

Wet with chance of T-storms at Trinity, it looks like a lot of nasty weather has recently passed through the area:

http://www.weather.com/weather/local/USTX1200?lswe=san%20antonio+TX&lwsa=WeatherLocalUndeclared&from=searchbox_typeahead

Sewanee won't have to play in the rain this week as the weather forecast at Centre is 0% chance of rain, high of 68, with winds in the 15-25 mph range:

http://www.weather.com/weather/local/USKY0820?lswe=danville,%20KY&from=searchbox_localwx

In Austin, TX it looks like a high of 74 with a 60% chance of T-storms, but we all should know by now that Austin College is north of Dallas in Sherman, TX.  There it will be a mostly sunny 78 degree day with only a 10% chance of rain:

http://www.weather.com/weather/local/USTX1255?lswe=sherman,%20TX&from=searchbox_localwx

And last on the weather look around the SCAC, Rhodes travels to St. Louis and finds conditions much like the ones in DePauw--high of 61, 20% chance of rain, winds in the 10-20 mph range:

http://www.weather.com/weather/local/USMO0787?lswe=st%20louis,+mo&lwsa=WeatherLocalUndeclared&from=searchbox_typeahead

As for following these 5 games, you can find most of the links you need at the SCAC schedule site.  Keep in mind that these are all local times, so the Millsaps game is at noon for those in the Central Time Zone.  Also, the Austin game has been bumped from the SCAC schedule page so below is a link to the Austin website spot where you can get live stats:

SCAC Schedule:   http://www.scacsports.com/sports/fball/2009-10/schedule#

Austin College:  http://www.austincollege.edu/Info.asp?7086

That's my update for the morning.  Safe travels to all the players, coaches, and fans, and lets hope for an injury free weekend on the fields of play.

[frank_ezelle]

Image is up on the Millsaps webcast--the picture looks good and so far no buffering problems--hopefully, the internet speed it good enough for audio this week.

Heard an interesting interview of DePauw head coach and o-line coach on WGRE.  Looks like Spud is going to play--worried about Millsaps speed, especially if they get into obvious passing situations.  Sounds like DePauw has a young o-line with 3 sophs starting for the first time this year.  They will have to really work well as a unit to hold off the Millsaps front 7.

[exmajor]

Depauw takes the opening kick and marches down to the Majors 14 on 15 plays, but stall out and settle for 3 points.

Millsaps D is making stops, but is having trouble with the empty set.

Millsaps brings the kickoff out to their own 32 yard line.

[Ron Boerger]

Underway in San Antonio where it's not raining.  B-SC takes the opening kick past midfield, converts two fourth downs on the way to an early 7-0 lead.  

Trinity also gets a return past midfield.  Sophomore Patrick Dickinson gets the start at QB.

[exmajor]

9-0 Depauw in the 2nd quarter, Millsaps blocks the PAT.

[Ron Boerger]

Trinity gets inside the 20 but a penalty and sack force them to settle for a Biel FG, 7-3 BSC.

[DPU3619]

Dick to Koors for 67 and a TD on a play that was 1st and a country mile.  16-0.

Sent a text to a few of my DPU football friends.  I'll share it with you now: "Uh. Wow."

[frank_ezelle]

Was hoping Millsaps could get to the half without being down by too much.  DePauw now leads 16-0 in a score that is indicative of the lopsided nature of the game.  About 7 minutes to go in the half.  Millsaps needs a drive that results in time off the clock and points.

[Ron Boerger]

Trinity holds B-SC, partially blocks the kick, drives into B-SC territory but are again stopped by a sack on third down.  Garrett Biel hits from 47 yards out to close the gap to 7-6.  

[Ron Boerger]

On third and 11, Dickinson finds a streaking Caleb Urban for a 62-yard TD.   Trinity leads B-SC 13-7 with 12:27 remaining in the first half.

Big brother Jerheme Urban is in the house, btw.