FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[TLU02SA]

TLU looked great against SAGU tonight.  Really took control of the game on both sides of the ball.  Best game of the season so far for TLU.  The freshmen, Jakoven Holmes had two more touchdown receptions.  In four games, he has 6 touchdowns.  Looks like a special player.  Watched most of the Trinity v. PLU game as well.  Trinity's defense looks very good. Looking forward to that Halloween showdown this year.

[roocru]

Austin College improves to 3-1 for the first time since 1992.

Way to go, Roos!!!!

[Ralph Turner]

Austin College improves to 3-1 for the first time since 1992.

Way to go, Roos!!!!

Signs of the end times...

[Ron Boerger]

I hope folks are reading Brian Lester's "Around the South" columns.   He's doing a good job of covering the teams that don't often see the spotlight and I think every team in the SCAC has gotten at least a paragraph or two so far.   As someone who had that job back in the dark ages, I know how hard it is to balance coverage between the teams that dominate play and those that may not but have interesting stories to tell, nonetheless.   Brian is doing a very fine job in that regard (and others). 

[jekelish]

I hope folks are reading Brian Lester's "Around the South" columns.   He's doing a good job of covering the teams that don't often see the spotlight and I think every team in the SCAC has gotten at least a paragraph or two so far.   As someone who had that job back in the dark ages, I know how hard it is to balance coverage between the teams that dominate play and those that may not but have interesting stories to tell, nonetheless.   Brian is doing a very fine job in that regard (and others).

He certainly is. Kudos to him for sure. It's funny you post this today, I just heard from Brian earlier and he may wind up writing about another SCAC student-athlete in the very near future. I'm hoping he's able to, it's a guy very much worthy of getting a little bit of the spotlight, even though I know he'll hate getting any attention. Unfortunately for him - you're gonna get some attention when you're in the top 10 in the nation in rushing and also a 1st Team Academic All-American. And really, just a true representation of what D3 athletics should be about.

...not that I'm biased or anything.

[Ron Boerger]

Big game between two surprising undefeated teams in San Antonio this weekend ... Hardin-Simmons at Trinity.   Should be a great afternoon of football between two old foes trying to reclaim their place atop their respective conference standings. 

[TLU02SA]

Big game between two surprising undefeated teams in San Antonio this weekend ... Hardin-Simmons at Trinity.   Should be a great afternoon of football between two old foes trying to reclaim their place atop their respective conference standings.

Should be a great game.  Although I wish the outcome of the TLU-HSU game was different, it was a great game to watch live.  I didn't think TLU played their best games and really hurt themselves with turnovers and penalties but I went away from that game impressed with HSU.  I suspect HSU and Trinity will be a similar, hard-fought game. 

[wally_wabash]

Big game between two surprising undefeated teams in San Antonio this weekend ... Hardin-Simmons at Trinity.   Should be a great afternoon of football between two old foes trying to reclaim their place atop their respective conference standings.

This is the most important game in D3 this weekend by quite a ways.  Playoff implications all over the place.  I'll definitely be following this one closely. 

[GillCJ1]

Big game between two surprising undefeated teams in San Antonio this weekend ... Hardin-Simmons at Trinity.   Should be a great afternoon of football between two old foes trying to reclaim their place atop their respective conference standings.

It will also be an interesting game to me on a personal level, as I have friends and colleagues who are alumni from both universities.  It should be a good one!

[Coolrey]

HSU has a solid team this year.  I haven't seen Trinity, but question whether they have played the competition that HSU has.  However, that doesn't matter much.  How they play against HSU is what matters, and if Trinity executes and doesn't make mistakes, they can get it done.  Not sure who I would like to win this one as I'm hoping TLU has a shot to get in the post-season.

[ADL70]

Big game between two surprising undefeated teams in San Antonio this weekend ... Hardin-Simmons at Trinity.   Should be a great afternoon of football between two old foes trying to reclaim their place atop their respective conference standings.

This is the most important game in D3 this weekend by quite a ways.  Playoff implications all over the place.  I'll definitely be following this one closely.

What about W&J @ TMC? Likely PAC championship game, although I'm hoping CWRU can beat W&J and have a shot against TMC at home in week 11.

[jknezek]

W&J @ TMC is interesting but I think both those teams can get a "C" with one loss, though TMC especially if SJF remembers how to play football.

I think the loser of HSU at Trinity is in a lot of trouble. HSU has to play UMHB, two losses coming from a Pool B conference (likely HSU's fate if they lose this one) is pretty much a non-starter for Pool C consideration. Trinity has this game and TLU as their only real quality opponents. Not playing UMHB pretty much leaves them out of the "B" conversation if UMHB does what they usually do. So now we have a one loss Trinity blocked by the team that beat them, HSU, each holding a win over TLU. Trinity won't get to the table easily that way.

In a lot of ways this is a true playoff elimination game in a way W&J @ TMC is not...

[ADL70]

Good points, that I thought of as well.  Agree TMC might have better shot at one loss Pool C than W&J, although Westminster should win out and be 8-2 with losses only to W&J and TMC and could be as good a win as TMC-SJF.  My concern was Wally's "by quite a ways."  Game may be not as important as TU-HSU, but a close second.

[wally_wabash]

Big game between two surprising undefeated teams in San Antonio this weekend ... Hardin-Simmons at Trinity.   Should be a great afternoon of football between two old foes trying to reclaim their place atop their respective conference standings.

This is the most important game in D3 this weekend by quite a ways.  Playoff implications all over the place.  I'll definitely be following this one closely.

What about W&J @ TMC? Likely PAC championship game, although I'm hoping CWRU can beat W&J and have a shot against TMC at home in week 11.

jk makes a lot of the relevant points there, but what I'm saying about the HSU-Trinity game being most important basically hinges on it's implications in Pools B and C which affects absolutely everybody.  TMC-WJ is a big game, but it basically really only matters in the PAC (and then we'll see what happens to the loser down the road). 

As far as HSU-Trinity being an elimination game...I'm not quite ready to go there just yet.  HSU still has a game with UMHB that I'm not ruling them out of which could really shake things up as well.  This whole Texas-centric Pool B/C thing is a top 3 storyline to follow in the division this season.  Fascinating stuff. 

[umhb2001]

Big game between two surprising undefeated teams in San Antonio this weekend ... Hardin-Simmons at Trinity.   Should be a great afternoon of football between two old foes trying to reclaim their place atop their respective conference standings.

This is the most important game in D3 this weekend by quite a ways.  Playoff implications all over the place.  I'll definitely be following this one closely.

What about W&J @ TMC? Likely PAC championship game, although I'm hoping CWRU can beat W&J and have a shot against TMC at home in week 11.

jk makes a lot of the relevant points there, but what I'm saying about the HSU-Trinity game being most important basically hinges on it's implications in Pools B and C which affects absolutely everybody.  TMC-WJ is a big game, but it basically really only matters in the PAC (and then we'll see what happens to the loser down the road). 

As far as HSU-Trinity being an elimination game...I'm not quite ready to go there just yet.  HSU still has a game with UMHB that I'm not ruling them out of which could really shake things up as well.  This whole Texas-centric Pool B/C thing is a top 3 storyline to follow in the division this season.  Fascinating stuff.

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