FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[PrayingColonel]

Glad to see Centre cracked the top 25 at #22.
They statistically dominated their game with BSC (yardage, time of possession, etc.) but had trouble finding the end zone. The Defense was outstanding as usual.
Hopefully the bye week will allow them to get healed up and prepare for Millsaps in two weeks.
Go Colonels!

[TigerDad]

the loss of Colorado College has proved for some interesting replacement games. I don't know much about Azuza but depauw finishes with Wabash.   Sewanee just chose not to fill the gap.

Tex, this subject was discussed at great length late last spring.  Colorado College dropped their program without advanced notice to their SCAC opponents ... leaving many teams scrambling for a tenth game in their schedule.   All 8 teams already had a bye week built-in, but not everyone could replace the CoCo hole in their schedules.

Rhodes defeated Haskell in Week 2, Austin College met Tecnologico de Monterrey in a Week 5 exhibition match, Millsaps lost to Huntingdon last week in their pickup game (Week 6).  Coming up, Trinity will play NAIA Azusa Pacific in Week 9, and BSC will meet Huntingdon in Week 10 for the first time ever.  Centre, DePauw and Sewanee will be stuck with two open dates this season ... could be a problem if they're scraping for a Pool C bid in November.

Trinity will host winless Sewanee coming off last week's bye and DePauw will rest up for the Texas Tigers' visit to Indiana next week.  Hope that game will have playoff implications and be a good one!

[D3_DPUFan]

To our friends with the SCAC...somebody has been messing with your stats since this morning. Numbers have erroneously changed...and Spud Dick is now a junior.

[scaccommish]

D3_DPUFan,

Not sure what happened, but its been fixed. Thanks for the heads-up.

[D3_DPUFan]

thanks, scaccommish...i've said it in here on several occassions...the scac site is top notch and you guys do a helluva job, not just in football, but all sports...and if you were going to give spud another year of eligibility, i was going to be ok with that.

[Shoreman]

Sewanee vs. Austin College photos
http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/thumbpage.aspx?e=5397977

[Fico]

Actually, DePauw didn't fill theirs either.  That's why they have the off week this week to get ready for Trinity.  Should have been a trip to Colorado Springs this Saturday.

Azuza is a pretty darn good NAIA team year in and year out, but they're 1-6 this year.  Beat D3 UW-SP, but also got ran out of the joint at D3 UW-LaCrosse.  They beat the pants off TU in '03.

It was actaully 2004 and it was a close game until the 4th quarter.  Trinity's 7 turnovers where the deciding factor there.  Both defenses played great that day.

[DPU3619]

Was a typo.  I was even looking right at the number on their team page from Pat. 

I wouldn't call 20-0 at half close, but we're kinda splitting hairs.  Pretty clear to me that Azusa was the better team that day.  Anyway, I don't expect a similar result this Saturday.  They've fallen on pretty hard times.

[D3_DPUFan]

DePauw tickets for the 116th Monon Bell Classic go on sale October 28...

http://media.www.thedepauw.com/media/storage/paper912/news/2009/10/13/News/Monon.Bell.Ticket.Sales.Begin.After.Fall.Break-3801477.shtml#5

This story indicates parking lots open at 10 a.m. on game day. If so, that would be absolutely ridiculous. Stupid. Lots opened at 9 a.m. in 2007 and that is fine. My hope is common sense prevails and the 9 a.m. start returns.

[DPU3619]

DePauw tickets for the 116th Monon Bell Classic go on sale October 28...

http://media.www.thedepauw.com/media/storage/paper912/news/2009/10/13/News/Monon.Bell.Ticket.Sales.Begin.After.Fall.Break-3801477.shtml#5

This story indicates parking lots open at 10 a.m. on game day. If so, that would be absolutely ridiculous. Stupid. Lots opened at 9 a.m. in 2007 and that is fine. My hope is common sense prevails and the 9 a.m. start returns.

As we discussed a couple days ago on the NCAC board, I still think that's only the Blackstock parking lot.  You can still get there early and park behind the Lilly Center, as far as I know.

[DPU3619]

Also, the first Strength of Schedule #'s are out.  I'm too lazy to create a table, so I shorthanded this below:

Rank  Team   Region Record   Winning%   OWP    OOWP
69    Centre          6-0           1.000       0.569   0.511 
195  DePauw         5-1           0.800       0.350   0.625
222  Trinity           3-1           0.750       0.225   0.631

Still early, and DePauw is going to get a lot of help from Wabash, but they kinda need Anderson to get their rear end in gear.

[D3_DPUFan]

As we discussed a couple days ago on the NCAC board, I still think that's only the Blackstock parking lot.  You can still get there early and park behind the Lilly Center, as far as I know.

Understand...but that is still absolutely ridiculous. Why single out that lot...and tell all the families and others who support DePauw football week in and week out to go park somewhere else? Can't help but believe that will revert back to how it was in 2007.

[DPU3619]

My two guesses are that A) DePauw security can't watch the entire thing at once, since people park both on top of the hill and down in the back between the field hockey field and the softball field and B) that's the biggest parking lot for miles and they don't want it filled up with people taking 3 or 4 parking spots. 

I understand why people are frustrated, particularly those that tailgate in that lot every Saturday, but DePauw thinks this helps them manage the crowd better.  I think they're wrong, but none of us have a heckuva lot of say in the matter.  I'm just as likely to get too drunk and punch a Wabash fan on Indiana St. as I am at Blackstock, but whatever.

[rooski]

"Shoreman", thanks for posting photos of Saturdays game from Sewanee! It's cool that your pics show how the fog set in during the second half. It was a really fun outing. The Sewanee folks were absolutely terrific. We thoroughly enjoyed being on the campus on Homecoming day - even ate in the cafeteria with Tigers young and old.

I highly recommend seeing a game at Sewanee!

Our Roos started slow but got going during the second quarter. UOS defensive front really abuse our QB early and stuffed our running game, but I guess some adjustments the offense made helped break things loose. Two great drives late in the half helped them take control. When our offense is clicking it is so much fun to watch because they mix it up so well.

Finally got that big play we've been expecting from Matt Finke - INT return for TD -which helped salt the game away in the 2nd half. And Greg Fife was a force all day long from his D-line spot.

The downer of the weekend was a knee injury to our DB/Punter Josh Willis. It looked pretty bad and the early, unofficial word is that it may be an ACL, which could/would end his season. He is one great young man and I hurt for him and his parents if thats the case.

[pbrooks3]

Glad to see Centre cracked the top 25 at #22.
They statistically dominated their game with BSC (yardage, time of possession, etc.) but had trouble finding the end zone. The Defense was outstanding as usual.
Hopefully the bye week will allow them to get healed up and prepare for Millsaps in two weeks.
Go Colonels!

Good to see Centre doing well - it will be a real test in Jackson on the 24th.