FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[hickory_cornhusker]

We could always do the same as what we did with the Northern Athletics Conference and refer to the new conference as "CAthCon." Another possibility is to hope the Capital Athletic Conference undergoes a rebranding effort and starts referring to themselves as "The Cap."

[cush]

so does W&L want to join up? i'd say 10 is the perfect number for a d3 league so i wouldn't be shocked if the breakaway group expanded sometime. Yet, travel issues make you wonder why W&L and the breakaway group would join up, maybe if 2 VA school's came aboard for travel partners?

[Shoreman]

All of the ODAC schools would have a similar academic profile to the breakaway SCAC.  It would be nice if the two leages could at least form a football only alliance. 

[Pat Coleman]

Breakaway SCAC picks a name:
http://www.d3sports.com/notables/2011/08/new-southern-conference-picks-a-name

[Ron Boerger]

Better that than the Southern Athletic Division - that would have been SAD.  :-)

[Ron Boerger]

Here's a Trinitonian story on the football program.  It primarily focuses on the new (47) first-year players.

[frank_ezelle]

Breakaway SCAC picks a name:
http://www.d3sports.com/notables/2011/08/new-southern-conference-picks-a-name

Link to the Southern Athletic Association website--the only content is the league's official release.  There's an icon to click at the bottom left of the website for that release.

Link:  http://www.saa-sports.com/splash/index

[frank_ezelle]

By the way, I like the new look of the SCAC website:  http://www.scacsports.com/landing/index

[jayhawkdaddy]

I new on here and was just wondering if they are replacing the teams that are leaving to the SAA or are they doing away with SCAC football? Who will be left to play football? Thanks!

[Ron Boerger]

I new on here and was just wondering if they are replacing the teams that are leaving to the SAA or are they doing away with SCAC football? Who will be left to play football? Thanks!

Welcome, jayhawkdaddy.

The only go-forward SCAC teams with football programs are Trinity and Austin. Colorado used to offer football but killed it several years ago, Southwestern hasn't had it for 50+ years and has no interest or facilities; don't know about UDallas other than they don't have it. 

The conference has said they are seeking to add new teams, but speculation has been that finding enough football-playing teams to make a viable (e.g. NCAA Pool C eligible) conference is going to be a challenge.   They might be able to find enough schools to go the UAA route (only four conference schools offer football, so the UAA champion competes for one of the few Pool B bids) or might have to drop the sport altogether. 

[jayhawkdaddy]

Thanks for the update RonB. Sure hope something can be worked out. D3 football without the SCAC just doesn't seem right!

[Ron Boerger]

According to Kickoff, Trinity started with over 110 players in camp this season, which if memory serves is a nice bump over the last year or two.   Lots of good stuff about D3 football in there (as you'd expect); if you haven't purchased a copy, you should. 

and because someone always says something, I haven't been involved w/Kickoff or the site for years.

[Ron Boerger]

Thanks for the updated board software, Pat .... looks very nice.

One of the new features is an ignore list, yay 

[DPU3619]

Thanks for the updated board software, Pat .... looks very nice.

One of the new features is an ignore list, yay 

I'll award a +1 for that.

[bleedpurple]

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