FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[wingtidiot]

Congrats to TLU for winning the conference this year! Glad to see Austin College finally able to get a punt return team on the field during the 2nd half.

[Ron Boerger]

Yes, congrats to TLU for winning what is apparently their first-ever Division III conference championship in football.

A couple of folks from the SCAC front office has been touring the campuses of the conference schools in what they call #SCAC8in8.  It's interesting to see the response at the schools so far.  They were at Trinity yesterday (where they took in a women's soccer match with a local NAIA school) and in the daily report (http://www.scacsports.com/news/scac8in8/day3) was this nugget:

During the game, we spoke with Trinity University's Athletic Director, Bob King. He welcomed us to Trinity University and was very excited to have the #SCAC8in8 tour on campus. He mentioned to us about Trinity's future plans to renovate their baseball field and football stadium.

I'd heard that baseball upgrades were in the works, but the news that there are SOME plans for the football field comes as welcome news.  At one point they had approached the school district that owns the huge stadium across the street (and is now undergoing its own $35 million facelift) but I don't think that worked out.  Here's hoping we'll hear further details from TU now that the cat is out of the bag.

[tigerguy]

I hope so, Ron! If you were at the UMHB game you probably didn't hear the broadcast but the color commentator (who was the coach at UMHB during Trinity's title runs) referred to Trinity's field as "That rinky-dink thing they call a stadium down there." Obviously when you have a field like theirs, everything else is sub-par, but Trinity seriously needs an upgrade to the stands and facilities at the field. 

[Warren Thompson]

I hope so, Ron! If you were at the UMHB game you probably didn't hear the broadcast but the color commentator (who was the coach at UMHB during Trinity's title runs) referred to Trinity's field as "That rinky-dink thing they call a stadium down there." Obviously when you have a field like theirs, everything else is sub-par, but Trinity seriously needs an upgrade to the stands and facilities at the field. 

Saying that on the air about an opponent's home field is what one might expect from an undisciplined child, not a former coach.

[Ron Boerger]

Coach Fred has been the head coach at UMHB since day 1 and I can't imagine him ever saying something like that.   Must have been a former assistant and perhaps that shows one reason why he's no longer with the program. 

That said, the ugly truth is the stadium is the sole athletic facility at Trinity (with perhaps the exception of the outdoor swimming pool, but is that even used by the athletic program?) that has not seen some sort of upgrade in the modern era.  It's at least a decade past its "sell by" date.

[tigerguy]

Agh, I apologize for the incorrect information, Ron. The color commentator was George Haffner, the former Offensive Coordinator at UMHB, not head coach. I wasn't too happy about that and some other comments he made, but when you're on top looking down I guess it's easy to get carried away.

Edit: Didn't know Haffner had such an extensive coaching background. Coached at a bunch of D1 schools including Texas, Georgia, and A&M. Obviously Trinity's stadium is nothing compared to that, but I would have expected better professionalism given that the broadcast was over public radio.

[Pat Coleman]

After 15 years of this, I am no longer surprised by the capability of radio announcers to be homers.

[D3MAFAN]

After 15 years of this, I am no longer surprised by the capability of radio announcers to be homers.

Do you think that some announcers are pressured into being homers? Sometimes there is tension between the athletic department and the radio broadcasters based on what the broadcasters say about a specific scheme or coaches.

[jknezek]

After 15 years of this, I am no longer surprised by the capability of radio announcers to be homers.

Do you think that some announcers are pressured into being homers? Sometimes there is tension between the athletic department and the radio broadcasters based on what the broadcasters say about a specific scheme or coaches.

I very much doubt too many of the coaches take it all that seriously. It's more likely the announcers have a connection to the school and just want them to do well. Considering most of D3 is done at the lower levels of broadcasting, it kind of is what it is...

[Ron Boerger]

Fox Sports has just posted a nice oral history of the Mississippi Miracle.  Was it really six years ago?

http://t.co/XHgVnsxYrI

[D3MAFAN]

Fox Sports has just posted a nice oral history of the Mississippi Miracle.  Was it really six years ago?

http://t.co/XHgVnsxYrI

Craziest play ever...I remember watching it for the first time and was like, WOW!

[ADL70]

CWRU's Game Notes vs Trinity.

http://athletics.case.edu/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/2013102157pdj0

CWRU's video is HD, the announcers are a bit homerish, but mostly just annoying.

http://tv.case.edu/athletics/

[Ron Boerger]

Thanks for the game notes!   We've already lost two QBs for the year, please don't make it three.   

Probably should be a good game, but the younger guys aren't used to travel like they were in the pre-SCAC breakup days.   

[ADL70]

Weather at kickoff in Cleveland: Cloudy mid-40s  20mph winds  Might be a shock for Texas boys.

Safe game and travels to all.

[tigerguy]

Kickoff temperature: 41 degrees! Tigers haven't played in that kind of weather in quite a while.

Case Western's TV broadcast is excellent in terms of picture quality