FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[HunterT]

Sewanee scored late, 31-24 Depauw.

onside kick, recovered by Depauw. ball game.

[scaccommish]

Rhodes/Austin Box Score
http://www.scac-online.org/football/RCAC.HTM

[etg]

Trinity                24
Huntingdon          13


Bonzo, Colston did play.
So did the Black Flag.

                                                                   

[consultant]

Congrats to all the SCAC winners this week.  I must admit that I am quite proud of Millsaps' 38-12 win over Centre.  The score was 13-6 at halftime in favor of the Majors.  Millsaps apparently won today with offense and defense.  I have not yet seen the stats, but I will be very interested in breaking this one down.  I do know that Majors' QB Juan Joseph threw for over 300 yards today and has now passed for over 1,000 yards on the season (in just 4 games.....he missed the Huntingdon game due to injury).

I'm pleased with the offense.....Millsaps has not had such prolific scoring in a LONG time.  Defensively.....I must admit that I am surprised, but nevertheless pleased.  More later.

[scaccommish]

Consultant...here is that Millsaps/Centre box:
http://www.scac-online.org/football/CENMC.HTM

[Hawks88]

Very disappointing day for Huntingdon. Practically no offensive production in the first half. I think we had five first downs and three of those were from Trinity penalties. Finally came out throwing in the third(wondering why we tried to stay committed to the run for so long when it just wasn't working) but then when three good scoring opportunities in the third quarter only got seven points that really hurt. Moved the ball very well in the second half but just too many mistakes to get over the hump against a good team. Hopefully soon we can get four good quarters and win one of these big ones. Maybe now with pretty much no playoff chances, we can relax and play some good ball the rest of the way and finish on a positive note for next year.

[Gray Fox]

scacsid,
Good job on being so quick getting the box scores out to us!

[historymajor]

Hawks88, Give the Black Flag some credit!  There was certainly some hitting going on out there!  I was impressed with the Hawks, but when they abandoned the run, the Black Flag bent, but didn't break on the pass-only game.  You've got some very talented receivers!  I thought you were even better than last year, but the Black Flag was 'much better'. 
Your facillities and tailgate setup were awesome...  I'd invite to join the SCAC just to 'teach' the current members 'how to put on a game-day atmosphere'!

[DPU3619]

Wesley Satterfield is a good football player.

[Gray Fox]

There has been a lot of talk the last couple of weeks on the SCIAC board about how good the Redlands defense is.  Much of it has come from their opponents after their games.  Assuming they were at their best against Trinity, then Trinity is much under-rated in the rankings.  But being a relative sleeper team can actually be helpful during the playoffs. 

[Wizardman]

I'm already looking forward to next week's matchups.
Depauw-Rhodes is one I definitely plan on listening to, primarily since I'm a Depauw fan.
Millsaps-Austin could be very fun. Austin has a pretty decent defense but little offense, and Millsaps appears to be the exact opposite.

[Gray Fox]

Rhodes moved the ball pretty well against Austin - especially passing.

[Ron Boerger]

My guess is that Millsaps won't have much trouble with Austin.

[Hawks88]

Hawks88, Give the Black Flag some credit!  There was certainly some hitting going on out there!  I was impressed with the Hawks, but when they abandoned the run, the Black Flag bent, but didn't break on the pass-only game.  You've got some very talented receivers!  I thought you were even better than last year, but the Black Flag was 'much better'. 
Your facillities and tailgate setup were awesome...  I'd invite to join the SCAC just to 'teach' the current members 'how to put on a game-day atmosphere'!

Yep, your defense had alot to do with our lack of success. I just thought we would have had a better chance if we had started throwing earlier.
I keep trying to tell my friends that they don't have to go spend $40 or $50 bucks or more per ticket to crowd in with 85 or 90 thousand people to have a good time and see some good football on Saturdays. I enjoy the atmosphere at our place just as much. How did you like our new band? I have forgotten to mention them in previous posts but they have done really well in their first year with the small numbers they have. As they add people the next couple of years, that will just add to the enjoyment.
Glad you enjoyed your trip. Hopefully the two teams can keep playing each other and we can find a way to beat you guys soon. 

[frank_ezelle]

Everyone was expecting no defense in the Millsaps-Centre game and both teams certainly gained plenty of yards(Millsaps with 432 and Centre with 350).  The key to the game was the Centre turnovers which gave Millsaps a couple of easy scores and stopped a few of the Centre drives. 

Centre lost all 4 of their fumbles with one of those being picked up and returned for a Millsaps touchdown.  The one interception of a Centre pass was run back for a touchdown and a second pickoff for a touchdown was waived off due to a penalty on the play.  This certainly would have been a much closer game if Centre had played error free so you can either credit the Millsaps defense for making big hits and big plays or blame the Centre offense for coughing up the ball.  Either way, it was a nice win for Millsaps.

Millsaps goes on the road for the first time next week when they take on Austin.  We'll see if all of the recent improvements continue when the other team has the home field advantage and it will be interesting to see if the players will be totally focused on the Austin game or if they will be looking forward a week to the game with DePauw.  I'm sure Coach DuBose and his staff are aware of the pitfalls and they will do everything that is needed to keep the focus on Austin.

Here are two links, the first to the Millsaps game story and the second to game photos which are under "Football 2006":

Story:  http://www.millsaps.edu/athletic/football/100706story.shtml

Photos:  http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v283/Millsaps_Majors/