FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[scotty]

just got a call from Spud's grandmother, Ophelia...seemed like a nice elderly lady...she just asked why are we bringing up Clarence so much...she also never realized that there were so many Dicks on this website  

[evacuee]

Wow.  The references to Mr. Dick seem to get increasingly funny with each post. 

[wabashcpa]

You can't stop Scotty...you can only hope to contain him.

[oldACguy]

what happened to him?  did he get fired or take another job...

[Tigerpop]

People, it's supposed to be about football.... What do you folks out there think about the Trinity / TLU match-up?  It sounds like there was some big time performances around the SCAC last week.  Is there anyone out there that could threaten Trinity's dominance? 

[scotty]

what happened to him?  did he get fired or take another job...

Coach Rogers or scotty...1 got "released" and 1 should be "contained"...

[Ron Boerger]

Enough Dick jokes, people.   

what happened to him?  did he get fired or take another job...

The school announced last November that Norman was stepping down to take on a new role, to wit:

Effective Jan. 1, 2006, Norman will become Assistant Director of Athletics and Department Chair for Exercise and Sports Science.   Norman’s new role will encompass both fund- and friend-raising responsibilities that are needed for the College’s impending transition into the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) in the 2006-2007 season.

He is currently listed in the campus directory at that position.  Personally, I think it's a shame that after years of trying to compete against ASC schools that Norman wasn't given the chance to compete on a level field.  Perhaps he was just ready to move onto new challenges at this point. 

I'm going up to Sherman tomorrow (what the hey, it's only a half hour away) to see what Coach Gage can do with his squad after the debacle in Seguin.  McM lost to a Menlo team that had a huge losing streak going so it actually should be a competetive contest. 

[Ron Boerger]

People, it's supposed to be about football.... What do you folks out there think about the Trinity / TLU match-up?  It sounds like there was some big time performances around the SCAC last week.  Is there anyone out there that could threaten Trinity's dominance? 

Two teams that played very well at home on both offense and defense.  I think Trinity's opponent was a little more of a challenge than TLU's;  additionally the fact that AC didn't get to scrimmage anyone this year did hurt.  Same could be said about ETBU, tho, as those two teams were supposed to scrimmage.   At the same time it is the first time in some while that TLU will face Trinity as their second game rather than as their season opener.  (TLU QB) Vivyal is going to pressure the secondary much more than the ETBU QBs last week.   I think TU will win, but it won't be easy.  It seemingly never is against TLU these days. 

Can anyone challenge?  Let's wait a week or two.  I want to see how DPU looks tomorrow, and Sewanee impressed with their win last weekend.

[DPULefty22]

Some first impressions from DePauw's opener, a 25-13 win over Anderson that was closer than the score would indicate:

-Jeremiah Marks is really good. 200 yards on 32 carries, despite the fact that Anderson KNEW he was going to be getting the ball on pretty much every single play.

-The Tigers QB situation still isn't solved. Abe Winkle wasn't bad, but he sure wasn't good, either. Teams aren't going to respect the passing game unless he can make better decisions in the pocket. Of his 11 incompletions, about 4 of them were into double coverage, and 3 of them just weren't very good throws. They brought in the backup, Gary Ehlebracht, for a series, and it was ugly - he got sacked on the first play. Winkle's clearly the better of those two, though after today I'm willing to bet we see Spud Dick at some point this season.

-DePauw's D-line is as good as it gets. They were getting in the backfield on every single play. Teams are going to try and double team Dustin Hertel? Fine, that leaves a weak-side tackle on Luis Davila, and after today I can safely say that's a bad idea. Michael McNelis had 4 TFL in the interior. The linebackers, particularly Eric Lewis, were all over the field as well.

Overall, not a great offensive performance save Marks, who was phenomenal. Defensively, this unit is just as good, if not better, than last year's crew. I'm already ready to say that when this team goes down to San Antonio, expect scores in the low teens.

[Ron Boerger]

Austin College lost to McMurry 23-0 today, but the score easily could have been much tighter than that.  AC had two first and goals which resulted in zero points.  At the end of the first half, a plunge into the line with 0:15 remaining was short, AC had used up all its timeouts, and could not reset in time.  Another fourth-and-inches ended up with an AC player in the end zone with the ball, but the ball was fumbled into the end zone by another AC player and by rule was ruled a touchback.  AC also missed two short field goals in the first quarter. 

If the team continues to improve they will win a couple of SCAC games.  Despite being smaller and slower than their opponent, AC had a fairly effective passing game, and the running game had its moments.    Total yardage should have been fairly close. 

McMurry had two nice drives, scored on a 30-yard fumble return after someone put a hat on the ball and right into the hands of a defender, and a safety. 

[Warren Thompson]

I think TU will win, but it won't be easy.  It seemingly never is against TLU these days. 

... and, dammit!, it's about time. 

[Hawks88]

Very entertaining game in Montgomery today. Like last week HC made several mistakes early and spotted Sewanee a 10-0 lead in the first quarter. But with a little trickeration end-around TD pass and a int. returned for a TD HC quickly took the lead for good in the second quarter. It could have gotten real close in the third with HC leading 30-17 and Sewanee driving with the help of a couple of good Mears runs, Mears diving for the endzone loses the ball and HC returns it 100+ yds for a TD. Really helpful 14 point swing there.
Huntingdon seems to have gotten back on track with this one. Still a few too many penalties at inopportune times but overall looked good. Brandon Smith ran the ball real well on offense and I don't know yet how many tackles Granger Shook had but he was all over the field today for the Hawks D along with being thisclose to getting a pick 6 and also a huge block on the 100+ yd fumble return.
Looking forward to our trip to Millsaps next week.

[Ron Boerger]

Trinity trails 7-3 or 7-2 at the half as QB Barmore is out.  TU posting 4-of-16 passing at the half, 61 total yards, TLU with 119.  Trinity had a fourth-and-goal  from the one but could not convert. 

[tTU719803]

Good grief, could the announcers on KRTU be any LESS lively?  One guy (Bob I think it is) sounds like Milton from Office Space - I'm waiting for him to start mumbling about where his stapler is.  I don't know if I can take this on every road trip!

[Hawks88]

One disappointing thing about today's game, I was told by a player's dad that this was the last HC-Sewanee game for the forseeable future. That figures, you start beating people and they don't want to play anymore. Doesn't make sense to me. Besides LaGrange starting this year and B'ham-Southern next, they are the nearest D3 team to us. I figured with these other new programs we would be able to cut out some the long road trips but if this is how it's going to be, I guess not. I'm sorry for the rant but I just really hated to hear this.