FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[tigerdadplm]

Scotty-  Just to provide facts to the discussion, I will say that Matt Walker called my house to speak with my son (a sophmore) the night the change happened.  He told him that he was calling every incoming kid that night, and since then he has emailed the team on several occasions.  The uppercalssmen are also calling the incoming kids and each other, I think they are all rallying around this whole thing.

As far as what Matt Walker does in his free time, as with all coaches/professionals is his business until it causes a problem.  I'm sure there are plenty of coaches who go home and drink a 12 pack of beer every night, but until they get a d.w.i its really none of our business. 

[TigerDad]

For those of you who might have missed the posting over in the ASC topic, here's a NY Times article with some nice things to say about the advantages of football programs at D3 schools, notably UMHB and others:

Small Colleges, Short of Men, Embrace Football
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/10/education/10football.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all

Not sure about the dorky "frat boys" vs. football fighting testimonial, but otherwise a nice tribute to D3 athletes and the D3 level!

[scotty]

tigerdadplm, i was "misinformed" then by 1 current Depauw player and 1 future Depauw player...my bad...

[DPU92]

This is a pointless topic and has little to do with the upcoming season...next topic please....

[benbraddock]

thank you big 92

[Werner99]

Given the circumstances, I think the Cartwright hire at DPU is a good one.  The DPU staff consists of mostly young coaches and has no one else with a single year of college head football coaching experience. 

Cartwright brings both head coaching experience as well as nearly 20 years of college coaching experience at Big 10 and MAC schools.  I don't know if there is anyone else available this time of year with this type of resume.

How much does his lack of success at Butler reflect upon his coaching skills?  There is not a blueprint background for guaranteed success in coaching. Belichick was fired by Cleveland before winning multiple Super Bowls with New England.  I'm not implying Cartwright will turn it around like Belichick, but just illustrating the point that he could add some value to the DPU staff this year despite not doing well at Butler.

Bottom line is the DPU staff could use someone like this and to be able to hire him at this time of year is good for the program.

[Ron Boerger]

Congrats to Trinity's Dustin Allen, the sole SCAC representative on the 2006 D3football.com pre-season All-America team. 

[Ralph Turner]

Mystery solved.

Millsaps is playing D2 Lincoln University of Missouri.

http://www.lincolnu.edu/pages/1080.asp

I don't think that we have covered this schedule change.

Millsaps is now playing cross-town NAIA rival Belhaven on September 23rd.

IMHO, I think that Millsaps has an outstanding schedule this year.  The Belhaven game is easy on the budget and travel time, and it should be good for the community of Jackson, MS.  The Majors will have the 6 SCAC games, plus 2 ASC opponents (Miss Coll and LaCollege), Huntingdon and the Belhaven game.

[Ralph Turner]

Mystery solved.

Millsaps is playing D2 Lincoln University of Missouri.

http://www.lincolnu.edu/pages/1080.asp

I don't think that we have covered this schedule change.

Millsaps is now playing cross-town NAIA rival Belhaven on September 23rd.

IMHO, I think that Millsaps has an outstanding schedule this year.  The Belhaven game is easy on the budget and travel time, and it should be good for the community of Jackson, MS.  The Majors will have the 6 SCAC games, plus 2 ASC opponents (Miss Coll and LaCollege), Huntingdon and the Belhaven game.

Actually, the Millsaps schedule seems to be up in the air.  I was assuming that the D3football schedule that was submitted for Millsaps was correct.

Millsaps web site says Sept 23rd is an open date and they are playing D2 Lincoln MO on September 30th.

The Belhaven site says it is playing a Mid-South Football Conference game vs. Georgetown KY.

The Georgetown KY site agrees with Belhaven.

The Lincoln MO site still has the Sept 30th game vs. Millsaps.

It looks like that Millsaps may not be playing Belhaven this year.

[scaccommish]

Ralph,
That was my fault. A schedule that Millsaps had posted earlier in the summer had them playing Belhaven on that date. That was the schedule I submitted to D3scoreboard. It is fixed now - until something else changes that is.

[Ralph Turner]

Thanks scacsid,  I was reviewing a list of the games sent to me by Lazindex showing the games between D3 and NAIA and D2's, etc. when I came upon this.

Thanks for clarifying this.

Scacsid, you must be excited to have AC and Colorado College on board!

[scaccommish]

Ralph,
Very much so...although, as a one man shop here at the new and improved 12-member SCAC, it may be time to put a "Help Wanted" sign in the window.

[tigerdadplm]

I'm picking Centre in an upset the week before against Trinity, so the DPU vs. Centre game becomes very important regardless of what the DPU/Trinity outcome is.

[etg]

(El Tea Gray--re: 2006 SCAC "Football" Championship)


tigerdadplm,

2006 SCAC Championship----DePauw at Centre---10/28     

Are you aware that there is now a separate "Soccer Board" available for your posting?

                                                   

[tutiger]

ETG,

I think the scenario you just implied (DePauw and Centre battling for either soccer conference championship) is even less likely than DePauw and Centre playing for the football championship.  And let's not be too cocky and forget 2000.