FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

awadelewis · October 29, 2011, 03:50:16 PM

Last update I got from Memphis was Sewanee was leading Rhodes 27-7 mid3Q.

No news on the Centre-Millsaps score.

EDIT: Spotted update on Twitter: 10-6 Centre start of the second half.

awadelewis · October 29, 2011, 03:59:07 PM

Update from Memphis: Sewanee finishes long drive to start 4Q to go up 34-7 on Rhodes.

Ron Boerger · October 29, 2011, 04:00:32 PM

just hit the live video, it's Millsaps 13, Centre 10 in the 3rd.

awadelewis · October 29, 2011, 04:15:52 PM

Ron: Thanks for that update. Finally got the firewall on my work machine to quit dropping the Millsaps stream. Y'all's updates was only way I could follow the TU/B-SC game.

awadelewis · October 29, 2011, 04:21:44 PM

Centre 17 - Millsaps 16 4Q.

Millsaps not helping their cause with the turnover.

awadelewis · October 29, 2011, 04:23:51 PM

And the turnover does come back to bite the Majors as Centre punches it in for the score, 24-16 Centre.

awadelewis · October 29, 2011, 04:32:15 PM

That was a nice series by the Majors to overcome some bad snaps and drive it in for the score. 2-pt conversion fails and the score is Centre 24 - Millsaps 22.

Ralph Turner · October 29, 2011, 04:36:54 PM

Thanks. Please keep the scores coming.

What are the time and quarter for Centre and Millsaps?

awadelewis · October 29, 2011, 04:41:56 PM

Millsaps defense holds and gets the ball back for their offense. The Millsaps stream doesn't have a clock in their lower 3rd so all I know is that it's very late in 4Q with the score Centre 24 - Millsaps 22.

Final in Memphis as Sewanee beats Rhodes 34-7.

awadelewis · October 29, 2011, 04:44:53 PM

Oh, man, the refs really just laid to the Majors with a terrible spot on a play. Majors have to go for it on 4th down and turn the ball over on downs.

awadelewis · October 29, 2011, 04:49:37 PM

Centre runs out the clock and we go final in Jackson: Centre 24 - Millsaps 22.

Controversy on the last Majors possession was that it appeared that Millsaps got the the 1st down but the refs spotted the ball at the receivers feet rather than where his knee touched the field. That was enough to prevent the Majors from getting the first down.

Some seriously unhappy people in the press box from what I can hear on the open mike in the stream.

TXMike · October 29, 2011, 10:41:54 PM

Does not matter where the feet or the knees are. The ball should be spotted wherever IT was when the ball was declared dead.

awadelewis · October 29, 2011, 11:40:50 PM

Quote from: TXMike on October 29, 2011, 10:41:54 PM
Does not matter where the feet or the knees are. The ball should be spotted wherever IT was when the ball was declared dead.

Makes this call even more interesting as to where exactly you place the ball. Receiver appeared to catch the ball falling forward. So, I would have thought that the spot should have been at the point where some part of the receivers body other than his hand or foot touched the ground.

It got me curious enough to check the NCAA Rule Book. Rule 5 matches what you say and what I thought about player contact with the ground. Given that the Millsaps people might have a case for it being a bad call. But the officials put the ball where they put it and the result is what it is...

... and it's the thought of having to make calls like this that is reason why I stay away from any sort of sports officiating.

Bill McCabe · October 30, 2011, 10:24:52 AM

Regardless of the outcome of the game this week, do Trinity and Centre both make the playoffs?

jknezek · October 30, 2011, 10:58:04 AM

At the very least, the loser will have to win their last game. However, it might depend on other teams. If W&L beats H-SC they might be Regionally Ranked. That would certainly help Centre. If Huntingdon beats Wesley that will help Trinity. There are a lot of variables that would go into being a Pool C, but I would think that so long as the loser wins their last game they have a very solid case for a Pool C bid. Centre currently stands at 32 in SOS according to the D3football.com info found here:

http://www.d3football.com/seasons/2011/schedule?tmpl=sos-template

Trinity stands at 78. the D3football.com mock Regional Rankings have Centre at 2, Trinity at 3 boding well for both. However, all these things together would indicate the SCAC might be better off with a Trinity win and hoping for a W&L win at H-SC to assist Centre. Of course, all these numbers will change with the game, but it looks like Centre currently is marginally more capable of withstanding the loss. Then again, Trinity is the program with more name recognition and playoff history. They might play better in front of the committee.