FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Ralph Turner]

From a football point of view, the two nine-member leagues in the Deep South, as opposed to the Tidewater/Atlantic South, would have open dates that would require filling.  Thus, we might get some ASC vs. SCAC (with HC-Hanover as opposed to HC-Huntingdon)  action beyond the first 2 weekends of the season.

Man, the off-season is tough!

[Ron Boerger]

A story in the Trinity student paper discusses the outlook for next season and rates this year's recruiting class as a "B", with 40 projected new faces vs. the usual 55-60. 

[Gray Fox]

As far as recruiting goes, Mohr rates this year as a "B" year. Although he will not have the final list until August, Mohr predicts that there will be only 40 newcomers next year instead of the usual 55 to 60.

"In Division III it's all about depth and numbers," Mohr said.

[Ron Boerger]

We apparently have a new definition of in-region for next year.  As I understand it, there are now four "global" regions for all sports, and each sport can have an additional "regional" definition ... and games count as "in-region" if they are in EITHER regional definition or within the old 200-mile limit.

Texas schools fall into a new "Region 4" which consists of:
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

So the Trinity game against Redlands should count as "in-region" even though Redlands is in the South football region. 

The non-Texas SCAC schools all fall into "Region 3":  Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia.

Thanks to Ralph Turner for pointing this out on the ASC board.

[Ron Boerger]

[put this on the baseball board, figured more people would see it here]

I think that Depauw's performance this weekend was good enough to win the SCAC President's Trophy  ... the first time since the '00-'01 season and only the second time in 13 years for someone besides TU to win the all-sports championship.

DePauw had about a 50-point lead going into the weekend:

Baseball:  TU +15 (if co-champ points awarded)
Softball:  TU +10
Golf (M):  DPU +50
Golf (W): DPU +25
Tennis (M):  TU +10
Tennis (W):  TBD but likely net 0 (see below)
T&F (M):  DPU +10
T&F (W):  TU +10

Net Sports Festival weekend:  DPU +40


Still one sport to be decided ... women's tennis, where "the women's tennis match was called with DePauw leading 3-1, due to travel conflicts for Trinity.  The SCAC office declared the two teams co-champions and the women's tennis tournament committee will discuss the outcome on Monday."  A TU women's tennis loss, I think, would be the first since joining the SCAC. 

So, for the folks who are tired of hearing about the "DPU travel conspiracy" in FB, there's a TU women's tennis travel conspiracy for you.   

[warriorhog51]

Thanks for posting that, Ron.  The story behind the women's tennis championship is interesting.  Without going into any detail, the story I got was that Trinity had to leave to catch their flight because their coach said their AD would not allow any team to fly out on Monday due to finals.  When they knew they were going to have to stop the match, Trinity asked to be named co-champions. (At least that is the story I got from someone who I know was there.)  As far as I know the conference has not made an official decision on it, even though Trinity's website has them as co-champions.  If it were up to me, I would consider Trinity leaving as a forfeit of the match and declare DePauw the champions.

Sorry for posting this on the FB pages, but there really isn't anywhere great to put it.

[Ron Boerger]

If I read this correctly, 'hog, Trinity was leading the three singles matches in progress with #5 and #6 still to go.  Either that, or they were trailing in all three. 

Whatever the case, it's too bad the match wasn't finished.  Next year should be even more interesting as DePauw loses only two to graduation, Trinity one.  Wait, they list Liz Bondi as a junior when DPU shows her as a senior, so that may not be the case. 

[scacman]

I've got an idea of where you should put it!  TU was the only school that flew all of its athletes in for the SCAC spring sports festival.  I'm not sure but I think TU's exams start about the earliest of any member also.  In order to change the flights, well you know the airlines..... and King was not able to stay for the completion of the of the sports on Sunday due to a family conflict at home, so the decision was pre-made and understandable.  Weather and limited facillities at Sewanee played large into the debacle....  Evidently Coach Page and Coach Scannell worked out a fair settlement on co-champs in baseball without King on-site..... I guess the hot-headed tennis types couldn't!

[WLU78]

Sewanee just got a good one, Basil Wilson from the Darlington School in Rome, GA.  Great kid, outstanding student, and a pretty darn good football player as well.  He plays hard, executes well and will be a fine addition to the Tigers.

[exmajor]

It looks as if, according to the Millsaps website, that they have added a tenth game to the upcoming 2006 schedule.  I can't find all the details, but they list Lincoln College as a September game next fall.  The only Lincoln College I could find is a historically black institution located outside of Philly in PA.  It seems as if the school is re-instituting a football program at the DII level, but that is where I get lost.  I can't tell from the school's website when this actually takes effect.  It appears as if this may only count as a Club game for Millsaps this year?  Pat may be able to shed some more light on it.  Here is the link to the Lincoln website discussing the return of football:

http://www.lincoln.edu/athletics/football/index.html

Again, I am sketchy on the details, but adding a "club" game to round out a schedule may not be the best option?  Thoughts from the board?

[exmajor]

Sorry, there is another Lincoln University in Missouri that plays DII football, but no link to a 2006 schedule, whichever Lincoln it is, it has them scheduled to play in Jackson on the Millsaps website.

[Ron Boerger]

Well, there was a link on hoops about D3 Lincoln PA-> D2 and adding football, if I was a wagering man I would bet this is who's coming to town.

http://www.d3hoops.com/dailydose/?p=174

Playing either a D2 school or a D2 wannabe isn't a great move either way.  It's a tenth game, true.

[moondog]

TUF Alumni or friend of the program. The Alumini golf tourney is jun 3rd. I have played in the last 5 and it is a blast. I have met so many "old timers"  and met up with guys i played with.  Great time and FREE BEER, what else do you need to know. I can't play football anymore but i can out drive you. Who is in?

[consultant]

The New Orleans Saints are reportedly going to hold their pre-season training camp this summer at Millsaps College.  This is not official as of yet as some details have not yet been finalized.  An announcement should be made in the next couple of days regarding where the Saints will hold their pre-season camp.

[Kracken]

How about some opinions on how DPU will look this upcoming season with its third coach in three years? I don't see how it is going to be anything but a struggle for these kids. It's hard to buy into something wholeheartedly when the recent past has dictated that they start all over in the next season.