FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[exmajor]

Should make for an interesting game next week in San Antone. I did not get to see the Majors game today, but a nice win to open SCAC play. May come down to turnovers based on these two teams so far this year.

[frank_ezelle]

Certainly an interesting start to SCAC play:

---The Millsaps-Austin game was a little closer than the 38-24 score sounds.  Centre will need to regroup in a hurry if they are going to win next week at Austin.

---Hard to believe that Rhodes won 22-16 at Trinity.  Even harder to believe that Rhodes had a 22-3 lead midway through the 4th quarter before they started playing not to lose--and almost lost.

---Will two losses and good fortune on the tiebreaker get the NCAA AQ this year?  I don't think so.  It seems like someone will end up 5-1 and if that's the case, Trinity and Centre now have no room left for error.  It certainly seems like the Millsaps at Trinity game is now a must-win game for the Tigers (and obviously extremely important for Millsaps).

---Three QBs played a lot in the first half for Millsaps and then Garrett Pinciotti took most of the snaps in the 2nd half.  Not sure why Pinciotti ins't in the SCAC stats.  He has played 2 of 3 games and is averaging 225 yards per game, second best in the SCAC.

---Shane Bowser of Millsaps after 3 games against good competition:  391 yards rushng, 132 yards receiving, 7 TDs.  Not a bad start.  Not a bad start for Will Hawkins as well with 30 tackles.  Yesterday Millsaps had a 31-24 lead in the 4th quarter, Austin had 1st and goal at the Millsaps 1.  Hawkins tackles Funderburg for a 4 yard loss and Austin ends up with no points.  A big play by a big time player.

[Ralph Turner]

Trinity's game package (.pdf) for the Rhodes game has been posted.  

BTW, for the two people who care, I probably will not be updating games this weekend and definitely not the week after as we are heading to Germany for a couple of weeks of R&R.   While I could find an internet cafe' in Munich, there are better things to do on a Saturday evening there this time of year.   

Trinity passing attack has been totally ineffective (2-11 in first half).  Expect a QB change in second half if trend continues.  It's raining, but it's not raining that hard.

Dude updates from Germany!  Rock solid.

DePauw scores it right before the half.  Ellis from the 1.  14-10 DePauw.

Apparently D3football was sufficiently interesting to be following it at an internet cafe' in Munich. 

[Pat Coleman]

LOL, don't leave until Monday AM - just had stuff to get done today to prep.  Stuff done.  

[DPU3619]

Lot of confusion this week, wasn't there?  I guess I just don't know what to make of Centre, although I've felt that for about 9 years.  You get boatraced by Hanover (who has since been run by Thomas More & lost to Defiance), but then you come back and play DePauw tight all the way to the gun.  I don't necessarily know if that was DePauw's best effort or not last night.  Hard to tell from the live stats.  Osterman ran all over that D regardless.

Is DePauw this conference's best team right now?  That's an honest question, because I just don't know.  Who's after that?  Trinity maybe?  Lot of quarterback issues there, clearly. Millsaps has two losses.  Centre has two losses.  Austin just lost to Millsaps.  Everybody in this conference has an ugly loss right now except DePauw & BSC.

[roocru]

I just looked at the stats for last week's AC game.  A loss is a loss, no doubt about that.  However, I was encouraged by the fact that AC seemed to lead in most statistical categories.  Any Millsaps fans out there who would like to chip in with more information about the game from an eyewitness point of view?

I will be in Sherman this week for the AC vs Centre contest.

[33Belly]

With the Millsaps/Trinity tilt this week, will the loser be out of the conference race in your opinion?  I think that everything is wide open and that there may be a one loss champion again this year.

[D3_DPUFan]

Caught "The Boys of Fall" last night on ESPN2...very powerful. An hour of soundbites and images that will reaffirm why you love football.

[D3_DPUFan]

With the Millsaps/Trinity tilt this week, will the loser be out of the conference race in your opinion?  I think that everything is wide open and that there may be a one loss champion again this year.

I would think a Trinity loss would be fatal to any hopes for a conference championship...however realistic they were to begin with.

[roocru]

University of Dallas to join SCAC!!

http://www.scacsports.com/news/dallas_joins_scac

[D3_DPUFan]

University of Dallas to join SCAC!!

http://www.scacsports.com/news/dallas_joins_scac

But no football, correct?

[Ralph Turner]

University of Dallas to join SCAC!!

http://www.scacsports.com/news/dallas_joins_scac

My first thought is to congratulate AD Dick Strockbine who has been at the helm thru the 10-year hiatus in conference membership since leaving the ASC after 2000-2001.

University of Dallas to join SCAC!!

http://www.scacsports.com/news/dallas_joins_scac

But no football, correct?

Yes, no football, UD was not able to start a program about 2004, the last time that I remember their trying.

Who becomes Colorado College's travel partner now?  Rhodes?

[cush]

I'd guess its hendrix with cc as travel partners, than:

e
Centre
Sewanne
Rhodes
Milsaps
Birmingham southern
Oglethorpe

W
CC
Hendrix
SW
Trinity
Dallas
Austin

jumping to 14 would be pretty easy with berry in the east and centenary in the west to further ease travel and possible and future football school's. Also, not sure what CC's plans will be or if the ncac will invite centre if they expanded to 12 with them and W&J.

[frank_ezelle]

I took a little time to listen to the football POTW interviews on the SCAC blog this morning (Shane Bowser of Millsaps and Clay Adams of Rhodes).  It brought up 2 thoughts:

---One, thanks to the SCAC and Russell Kramer for getting out SCAC news via the blog and through the podcasts of interviews with SCAC players and coaches.

---Two, I hope people will support this effort.  As fans, we always are wanting new sources for information like these podcasts, but we also have a responsibility to support these new efforts.  Put the blog link on your favorites list and give the podcasts a listen during the halftime of today's games or when you are on the internet paying bills, etc.  Here's the link:

http://www.scacsports.blogspot.com/

[DPU3619]

Still 7-0 DPU.  DePauw has been inside the 20 four times.  1 TD, a failed 4th down, a missed FG, and a blocked FG.  11 minutes left in the 2nd Q.

EDIT: Solution to not being able to score in the red zone?  Score from outside the red zone.  Engle to Koors on a 61 yarder.  14-0.  Total yards 258-52 at the moment.