FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Pat Coleman]

The SCAC men's soccer board is in the Central Region. Your post was moved there.

[Ron Boerger]

I guess it's important to have tv broadcast quality lighting on a freaking d3 soccer field! 

Maybe the the lights are due for being changed out, but that sounds like an enormous cost.  However, if there are more improvements to come, good for Trinity for not skimping on the cost. 

I sure hope that this wasn't it for that announcement last year about improvements to the athletic facilities.  Bonzo, if you say it isn't, I'm sure you're probably right, but a lot of guys that were my teammates are convinced that the administration doesn't care about the football program.  I never believed such accusations, but this makes it more plausible.   

The soccer field dimension issue(s) kept the team from hosting playoff games, and perhaps the lighting was also sub-standard.  It will be nice for the teams to be able to host a playoff game on-campus instead of either having to have the game at Blossom or having to go on the road when Blossom's not available.

Re the money - there were $5M allocated in the current capital campaign and I don't see this consuming even 20% of that amount.

Re support - well, y'all have been there, but wouldn't you agree that the FB program is going to be the biggest beneficiary of the new weight room?  My take as an outsider is that the school keeps ratcheting up admissions standards, making it that much harder to find impact players.   Bob King is, in my mind, one of the outstanding D3 AD's in the country, and you would think that Coach Mohr could write his ticket to any number of D3 programs.   If they weren't getting the support they think they should, I doubt both would have been there for as long as they have. 

Re the SCAC soccer board being in the Central .... damn, I hate it when Pat serves up cheese to go with my whine!! 

[wabashcpa]

Pre-season polls - Trinity just misses the Top 25, and no other SCAC teams with votes.

Where's the love?

Trinity not cracking the Top 25 caught me by surprise.  I don't expect that trend to continue.

[Ron Boerger]

Been a number of years since Trinity has won a first-round playoff game despite usually having homefield advantage.   That combined with this year's questions on offense (lots of graduation losses) probably accounts for the lack of respect.

[evacuee]

I suppose that the school is run well enough that we can assume people are making good decisions for the right reasons and that they have more information on the issue than we do.  However, if there's one thing that is just plain wrong on that campus, I have to contend that it is the football stadium.  I wonder if that new canal at the front of campus somehow attracts more students than an attractive football stadium would.

Bonzo, do you have any information about what the school gained from the facelift?  I think it's great, but what exactly is the reason for that tributary?

[Ron Boerger]

I haven't been by campus since last FB season, but campus improvements are funny things.  Sometimes schools get bequests which say "you can only use the money for XYZ" and it's up to the leadership to implement the deceased's wishes given limited information/flexibility.  The Bell Center came about because the Bells wanted to see Trinity have a first-class indoor athletic facility.  Trust me - if you think EM Stevens is sad, you should have seen what it was like when the indoor athletics were all in what was then the Sams Center.  And who knows - maybe the soccer/weight room improvements are NOT part of the new capital campaign.  As there was nothing mentioned in the release about the "Campaign for Trinity University" someone could have made another donation or bequest.  As to whether the "canal" will help ... maybe they are looking for someplace new to throw students on their birthdays?   

I believe the administration "gets it" about improvements to Stevens.  I've been told that turf is in the plans once the Campaign concludes and believe there will be some improvements made to the stadium at the same time.   You're not going to get a 10,000 seat stadium or anything close to that but the limited home seating should be somewhat improved.  They are constrained by the location of the parking lot right next to the stands .... said parking lot didn't exist in the pre-D3 days but was added when the newer dorms were added to the lower campus. 

[Ron Boerger]

According to a headline story on another web site, the total cost of the Trinity soccer/weight room improvements is $652K;  $500K for the soccer field and $152K for the weight room.

[TigerDad]

The 2006 edition of the Trinity Tigers reported to San Antonio today ... 115 strong with 49 first-years according to Head Coach Steve Mohr.  The men looked bigger and stronger than last August ... gonna be a great season, Tiger fans!!

[etg]

(El Tea Gray---re: 2006 Trinity Tiger players reporting?)


TigerDad,

Do the Tigers have any "transfer players" reporting for these workouts? Earlier this summer I heard that there could be some. If so, who are they and from where do they come?

                                                    

                                                         

[frank_ezelle]

This isn't SCAC football but I have photos from the N.O. Saints training camp at Millsaps.  A collection of the photos will eventually get on the Millsaps sports photo website but for the moment they are under "Sports Related Photo Albums" at this site:  http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a38/F_L_E/

As for Millsaps, I think the players reported over the weekend so there will be a stretch here of Millsaps and the Saints splitting time on the practice fields (they have 3 practice fields and the school stadium).

[evacuee]

Pat,

If you're out there, I wanted to thank you for the email you sent me with the links to the internet porn sites.  It looks as though someone has assumed your identity.  I was so excited that I accidentally deleted the message before looking at the links.  Should I assume that there are others that received similar info, or am I special?

[Ron Boerger]

This appeared in the PM section this AM:

News: About personal messages: After last night's spam attempt by a newbie, junior varsity members are now prohibited from sending personal messages. They can still receive them.

[DPU92]

I hate it when one person ruins it for others....guess I will have to post more.

[Pat Coleman]

Pat,

If you're out there, I wanted to thank you for the email you sent me with the links to the internet porn sites.  It looks as though someone has assumed your identity.  I was so excited that I accidentally deleted the message before looking at the links.  Should I assume that there are others that received similar info, or am I special?

I don't know what was so unclear about a message line that specifically reads WHO THE SENDER IS.

The notification that there was a private message comes from the server. The MESSAGE ITSELF comes from the sender. Read, please!

[Josh Bowerman]

Pat, why don't you ever send ME internet porn?    8)