FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[pbrooks3]

Looks like 50 degrees and rain in Danville for today's Centre-Rhodes game. Hoping my daughter's 5-year Centre reunion coincides with a Halloween win for the Colonels

[Tacttm1]

Sewanee:

Game time weather -   about 52-55 degrees; chance of rain about 30%; winds 5-10 mph

[Ron Boerger]

San Antonio:  Clear and 72 today.   

[Tacttm1]

is the Millsaps game cast down?

[Tacttm1]

21- 0 Millsaps.  Can I change my prediction?

[Tacttm1]

24-0  end of 1st Q; Millsaps ahead.

[DPU3619]

No trouble for DePauw today - 35-21 win @ BSC. 

Spud 24-31 for 325 with 3TD's and 2 INT's.  Koors 5 for 141 & 2 TD's.  Only 49 rushing yards is a little concerning, especially with the success they had a week ago.

[Shoreman]

Sewanees video cast is up, tough first half for the tigers!

[Tex]

Trinity got bushwhacked by Azusa Pacific today.  55-27  I didn't realize until after they'd hung 21 on us in the first quarter that this was a scholarship school.  Their team speed left us watching as they ran by our defense pretty much all day.  Without a doubt, this was the best team TU has seen this year. 

As my friend Yuccaroot pointed out, had we been in the playoff hunt, this would have been a good game to strengthen us on for a playoff run.  Makes a few of us wish CC hadn't quit football.   

Oh well, the TU offense road the back of Chris Baer and the young O-line managed to help put up 27 on a very good defense.  Chris definitely decided he'd go down swinging this game.  Excellent effort on his part as well as all of the team.  We just had no answer for them on defense.  Had a few stops here and there, some good adjustments at half, but not nearly enough to overcome the deficit. 

Rough loss, but you have to nurse your wounds tonight, party out a little if possible for Halloween and get ready for next week. 

[Tex]

I screwed up my quote option, but the following was written recenly by Tex:

On a positive note, I had to drive home to College Station from Houston right when the game started.  I managed to jack into the DePauw mp3 stream from the FM radio station.  Very nice.  I got to listen the entire way home during the first half.  I managed to get my laptop hooked up to the net to watch the 2nd half.  

I mention this to say how impressed I was with the two young men announcing for the DeP team.  I thought they were entertaining and objective, from the pregame thru the end of the first half.  Figured I'd give props where due.

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I thought about this comment from Tex when driving in to work this morning.  First off, I'll agree that the broadcast crew from DePauw always does a great job and seem to be very objective.  I also enjoy the regular programming on the DePauw station--whoever is in charge of that operation does a first class job.

The main thing I was thinking about on the drive in was that Tex was listening to a D3 football game while driving in his car.  Not a local station covering a local team, but a college radio station several states away.  As this expanded coverage and accessibility to D3 athletics has grown by increments over the years, it's easy to get acclimated to the changes without realizing just how much this has improved.  It has been an amazing growth.

Maybe I have the details wrong on this, but it seems like a Carthage baseball fan was talking about this last year and when his team won the national championship at some point in the 90's, he didn't know about the title until reading a story 3 months later in an alumni magazine.  What a gift the internet has been to D3 sports, starting with a website like D3Sports and the websites at each school, and now into live coverage of many ballgames.  I wonder what changes the future will bring.

Frank, you are correct, it was a remarkable experience.  Today was similar in that I couldn't be at the game but watched it on the internet.   Technology is wonderful when it works. 

[Tex]

And Tex, you should be proud of the Texas Tigers...here's hoping you win out to go 8-2!   

Even after the tough physical loss today, I'm still insanely proud of the Texas Tigers.  No quit in them today, all heart. 

[pbrooks3]

Centre keeps things interesting for another week with a solid win at home over Rhodes 37-10. Jonathan Pinque had a big day on the ground with 179 rushing yards and two touchdowns.

[rooski]

Tex talked about parity.

PBrooks talks about interesting.

Here's a "parity" twist of an "interesting" if.

I think I've got this right. If AC and TU win next weekend there will be 4 teams tied behind Millsaps with 2 SCAC losses. And then the winner between AC/TU to end the season would finish in a three way tie for {?}second. {Dang, I wish we'd scored 2 more against the Majors...} And don't rule out these Roo's. The string of tough losses is bound to give way to a marquis win sooner or later.
                                                        ............................ to the hunt ............   

[TigerDad]

Mildly disappointing day in San Antonio ... the Texas Tigers put up a pretty good fight, but were down by too many too early to contend for this one.  NAIA Azusa Pacific's players were 20 pounds, 5 inches, and a full step ahead of the D3 TU Tigers pretty much all day.  For those wondering, YES, there's still a big difference between D3 and scholarship football.  We saw it first hand this afternoon.

Ironically, TU's offense looked quite good against the Cougars ... showing some consistency on the ground and in the air.  The Black Flag showed great heart, but was overmatched, especially against AP's strong receiver corp and very good QB.

Once we got over the initial disappointment in an obvious "L" coming our way, I actually enjoyed watching the Texas Tigers get after it.  They did not win on the scoreboard or on every play, but they made an impact and showed genuine heart and winning attitude in the face of an overwhelming opponent.  Well done, men!  Like Tex, I was very proud of y'all for the fine effort at E.M Stevens today.

Here's hoping our young men will re-group and re-load for Centre's visit to SA and their season finale in Sherman.  It's been a while since Trinity's had more than two losses in a season ... a tribute to a legacy of success bred over many years.  Let's see what they have left in the tank.

As Rooski posted a while ago, there's still some football to play that matters!

Over in the ASC, Howard Payne shocked No. 13 Mississippi College 38-24 to complicate that conference's picture considerably.

This could get interesting for some of the SCAC teams in a couple weeks ...

[Pat Coleman]

For those wondering, YES, there's still a big difference between D3 and scholarship football.  We saw it first hand this afternoon.

UW-La Crosse 49, Azusa Pacific 24