FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

Ralph Turner · October 08, 2005, 07:11:08 PM

etg, I think that DPU plays Huntingdon when the Hawks are invited to join the SCAC.

consultant · October 08, 2005, 10:15:37 PM

I believe that Huntingdon has exhausted its SCAC schedule for 2005.

Hawks88 · October 08, 2005, 11:07:23 PM

I heard him talking about HC being in it's second year too. Sounded like he was talking to someone and not realizing he was on the air but I am not sure what he was thinking. It was also irritating that he spent the whole second half talking about next week's homecoming game against SAGU. Um, we play Colorado College next week.
So, Pat and others, does today's loss pretty much kill our chances at a playoff spot or could we still get in there by winning our last four and getting some help along the way?

Ralph Turner · October 08, 2005, 11:14:03 PM

hawks88, Huntingdon is in Pool B. We must look for the outcome of the members of the Pres AC, the ACFC and the Northwest Conference to compare how you will stack up for the 4th Pool B bid.

Please follow the Pool B message board on the General Football page.

Ron Boerger · October 09, 2005, 12:48:34 AM

Quote from: Hawks88 on October 08, 2005, 11:07:23 PM
So, Pat and others, does today's loss pretty much kill our chances at a playoff spot or could we still get in there by winning our last four and getting some help along the way?

You need help. You only have eight D3 games, and that's all that the selection committee is going to consider. 7-1 would not be as impressive as 9-1, and the teams you are fighting for those last spots are going to be 9-1. Also, the SCAC teams you defeated all lost today, meaning your QoW index is going down. QoW is one of the keys the NCAA looks at. Don't think it's going to happen this year unless a lot of the other Pool B contenders lose twice. You could get thrown into Pool C, but even then you are going to have problems competing with one-loss teams.

Ron Boerger · October 09, 2005, 12:52:52 AM

BTW for anyone who didn't hear on the broadcast, HC bused to the Trinity game. That's 830 miles, folks, and they were going straight through after dinner tonight. Ouch.

Ron Boerger · October 09, 2005, 10:40:51 AM

San Antonio Express-News story on the Trinity win. Cannon is listed as having suffered a concussion.

Montgomery Advertiser story on the Huntingdon loss.

DesertLynx · October 09, 2005, 11:56:11 AM

My lynx have 4 losses by a total of 16 pts. Many might (and one guy on this forum did) think that this shows a problem with coaching.

I view this from a different perspective.....This team is going to accomplish great things in the very near future. They are extremely young and the timing etc of the offense is going to get better.

The defense has shown improvement every week, just looking for a complete 60 minute game.

Keep fighting Lynx, and this thing is gonna turn around!

Bill McCabe · October 09, 2005, 12:55:07 PM

Ron, how good is Huntington? Did I read correctly that this is their 3rd year. Seems like a good performance for a new program.

Ron Boerger · October 09, 2005, 03:37:19 PM

Quote from: Bill McCabe on October 09, 2005, 12:55:07 PM
Ron, how good is Huntington? Did I read correctly that this is their 3rd year. Seems like a good performance for a new program.

Coach Turk (in his second year at a third year program) has done a very good job with the Hawks. They are young (2 seniors) and should be very tough next year. Probably shouldn't have won the Rhodes game but got the turnovers to make it work. I think they are ahead of where UMHB was in their third year, and they have all of AL and FL to recruit in without much competition. Golson, the QB seems to have a nice touch on the ball and a fine WR in Colson. Hopefully I didn't get that backwards.

I wasn't at the game, just listened on the radio. Trinity did a lot of short passing, I don't know if the DBs were giving the TU WRs a big cushion. It sounds like they react very, very well once the ball is thrown. The Hawks defense seems to be of the "bend but don't break" variety. TU had the ball in the red zone five times but had only one TD and three FGs to show for it. Wish I could have been there, it sounded like a perfect day for football.

tTU719803 · October 09, 2005, 06:37:20 PM

Yea, the Huntingon DB's were giving a lot of cushion to the TU WR's, I guess they saw what the Tigers did to TLU. They played off pretty good, and most of TU's completions were on shorter routes like curls. Trinity only tried to go deep twice that I remember, and their longest completion was for like 30 yards.

The Huntingdon DB's were extremely athletic. They have some serious talent, and that team is going to be a force to reckon with next year if they can keep the same core of players.

smedindy · October 09, 2005, 08:39:28 PM

Wabash definitely thought Huntingdon would build quickly. We played them their first season (thanks to Kenyon's chicken move) and they impressed many of the fans.

wally_wabash · October 10, 2005, 11:17:16 AM

I'll echo smedindy's thoughts here. Huntingdon impressed me when I saw them in '03. Huntingdon actually scored the program's first touchdown (and first points I believe) at Wabash. I was fortunate enough to see history that day.

But seriously, the biggest difference I see between Huntingdon and some of the bottom feeders that lurk in the NCAC is numbers. Take a look at Huntingdon's roster...they have 75 or so players which means plenty of depth. They also seem to have a coaching staff committed to staying and building the program. They have little competition for recruiting D-III athletes in that area. It's a situation that's ripe for a rapid rise. I think Huntingdon will be a playoff team before much longer.

Ron Boerger · October 10, 2005, 11:56:57 AM

And that's 75 players with only three classes playing. They'll be up around 100 next season. Pretty danged impressive for a school with under 700 full-time students (631 according to Huntingdon's page on this site). HC wanted to add FB to increase their male enrollment, but they are certainly having a lot of success at the same time.

Ralph Turner · October 10, 2005, 12:15:57 PM

The Huntingdon campus is located in a beautiful old neighborhood in Montgomery. Lots of restoration starting to take place nearby.

As for the D3 model in the South, Shorter GA (NAIA) has added football and is driving to Tennessee and Kentucky for games. LaGrange starts next year, but there are few football-playing NAIA schools in the region. The D2's have been successful and Troy U thinks it can play with the big boys. Will Oglethorpe see this and want to add football? Is Oglethorpe to Atlanta what Trinity is to Texas and San Antonio? A great academic school where strong student athletes can get a good education? (See Director's Cup!)

This should provide visibility for D3 in the South, and D3football.com will help.