FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Ralph Turner]

Great job on getting the game with LaGrange.  Belhaven makes sense from a community perspective, and it is easy on the budget and no missed class time.

The games versus Belhaven, Mississppi College. LaCollege and Huntingdon are valuable.

[exmajor]

Great job on getting the game with LaGrange.  Belhaven makes sense from a community perspective, and it is easy on the budget and no missed class time.

The games versus Belhaven, Mississppi College. LaCollege and Huntingdon are valuable.

Ralph,

Sorry, my post might be misleading...Millsaps is not playing Belhaven this year, but has replaced that game with LaGrange and has Huntingdon on the schedule for the spot formerly reserved for Colorado College, so a 10 game slate of all DIII playing schools...

[Ralph Turner]

Great job on getting the game with LaGrange.  Belhaven makes sense from a community perspective, and it is easy on the budget and no missed class time.

The games versus Belhaven, Mississppi College. LaCollege and Huntingdon are valuable.

Ralph,

Sorry, my post might be misleading...Millsaps is not playing Belhaven this year, but has replaced that game with LaGrange and has Huntingdon on the schedule for the spot formerly reserved for Colorado College, so a 10 game slate of all DIII playing schools...

Sorry, I did not go to the hyperlink.
That is even better.   

[Tacttm1]

Well, it has been 2 weeks....any more comments on Coach Pelch or the new assistants?   Changes to a West Coast and probably less 'shotgun' seems to be headed our way at MC and the new defensive coordinator is said to be a ball of fire.  I can't wait for the action to start..........

[33Belly]

With all of those changes I would say that Millsaps will be a .500 ball club next year.

[frank_ezelle]

Based on the last season, it might very well be that Millsaps is a .500 team next season.  After all, Millsaps was 7-3 in 2009 and it was somewhat of a fluke that they didn't lose to Austin to go 6-4.  Considering that Chris Graves has graduated and no backup was really developed in 2009, there would be question marks about the offense this season regardless of the coaching staff.  Plus, keep in mind that someone needs to fix the problem of falling behind by 14 or more points when playing on the road--that happened last year in all of the road games except for Sewanee.

So, the new staff isn't exactly inheriting a program that was hitting on all cylinders, plus they seem to have a tougher schedule.  Road trips to Centre, Trinity and BSC and a home game with DePauw compared to the opposite in 2009.  A road trip to LaGrange instead of the local game with Belhaven. 

Considering the tougher schedule, the question mark at QB, the lost time on recruiting during the search for the head coach--it's not like anyone should be expecting an undefeated season as the norm.  To be honest, another SCAC Championship in 2010 would be quite an accomplishment for any coaching staff.  It will be interesting to see if this coaching staff can pull it off.

[D3_DPUFan]

Financial aid packages coming out...anybody have scoop on recruiting successes/frustrations?

[Tex]

Spring training starting in San Antonio...

[frank_ezelle]

Wanted to pass along the sad news that long time Millsaps football coach Tommy Ranager passed away this week.  Coach Ranager served as an assistant to Harper Davis for 25 years and was the head coach for 7 years after Harper retired.  Coach Ranager was also the head baseball coach for 19 years and the football field house is named in his honor.

More info can be found at these links:

Millsaps Website:  http://www.millsaps.edu/news_events/long-time_millsaps_coach_remembered_for_impact_on_students_lives.php

Newspaper Obituary:  http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/clarionledger/obituary.aspx?n=tommy-l-ranager&pid=141074221

[roocru]

David Norman assumes Role of Athletic Director at Austin College

http://www.austincollege.edu/NewsDetail.asp?NewsID=2235&ItemID=7575

[33Belly]

With the semester coming to an end what is the mood of Spring practice across the campuses?  Everyone is probably optimistic, but who will be the front runners to win the conference next year?

[Ron Boerger]

With the semester coming to an end what is the mood of Spring practice across the campuses?  Everyone is probably optimistic, but who will be the front runners to win the conference next year?

Just going by what we saw last year and what they're bringing back, DePauw has to be the favorite at this point.   The usual players (Trinity, Millsaps) have questions, either due to losses on the field or on the sideline.  Austin is probably going to step back with their coach (and his North Texas recruiting connections) leaving; Centre has the favorable schedule with the big three (DU, TU, MC) at home but lose something like 23 seniors; B-SC is hard to figure, Rhodes is too, and then there's poor Sewanee.  

[Ralph Turner]

Is anyone hearing anything about Hendrix?

[Ron Boerger]

Nope.  Nothing on their blog or anything else has been updated since shortly after the 2008 'decision.'  Went in there and tried to get someone to comment but there was no response.

[frank_ezelle]

I've gotten a few glimpses of Millsaps spring football over the last week.  Not enough to tell much except that it looks like about 65-70 players and the practices look fast paced and the players seem upbeat.  Again, that's just a first impression from afar.  The number of players seems right when you consider the 20 or so who would have graduated, the ones who are playing baseball or running track, and the natural losses that come from year to year.

Millsaps has an announcement on the website today with info on the new coaching staff.  Here's the link:

http://www.gomajors.com/news/2010/4/1/FB_0401100955.aspx