FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[depauwtigers1]

Sorry Frank,
  I am selfishly concerned about the DePauw Football Program.  I am not into Trinity, Rhodes, Millsaps etc.  I want DePauw alums and fans to realize that Rogers and the new staff he brought with him were on the right path.  Is the program on the same path now?  Does the program operate with the same effort, structure, detail, and accountability?
  I have a hard time seeing the program not attain the level of performance that it should.  I believe the old guard had a problem with the new staff, and pulled a cowardly sabotage on the new guys.
  It irritates me to see true DPU football people just "let it go" and accept the whole situation as "nothing is out of order - its O.K"

Once again - My apologies

[depauwtigers1]

Scotty,
  Did you mean "never met" Coach Rogers instead of MW?
Quality Football coaches know the position is not a popularity
contest.  The good coaches get people to do things they don't want
to, because it is for their own betterment.  People skills can often be
misinterpreted because a Coach has an agenda to get across.  DePauw
had the perfect coach, they just spit the bit because he "just wanted better"
for the program!
  Please understand I am not grinding, just stating the obvious.

[frank_ezelle]

No need to apologize to me--I just thought an outsider might need to say something to defuse the back and forth.  The DePauw athletic program is obviously a top-notch program and I'm sure they'll rebound from this preceived bump in the road.  For most programs a 5-2 season is a good year, not a somewhat disappointing year as it seems to be for DePauw.  For what it's worth, I think the rest of the season will show that both of the DePauw losses came to very good teams.

I don't think this newspaper story tells anything that hasn't been hashed out on the board already, but there was a nice article on Millsaps in our local paper.  Unfortunately, coverage of the small college sports in our area is fairly dismal.  Here's the link:

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061026/SPORTS030105/610260347/1085

[Ron Boerger]

DePauwTigers1- They won the SCAC in 2005 not 2006.
Scotty- "Rogers was not ready for the position", you must be good friends with current HFC or a relative because that is what he was telling the Crawfordsville natives. I would be interested in what evidence exists that he was not ready. These are the facts that I am aware of: winningest coach in the modern era at Kalamazoo College, offensive coordinator at Cornell University who posted the biggest turnaround in Ivy League history while he was there and took the DePauw Tigers to an undefeated SCAC Championship in 2005. Why was he not qualified? How is the current ADEQUATE HFC more qualified?

i never have met Coach Walker...my comment about "not ready for the position" is based on my belief that a head coach at a Depauw type institution not only requires football coaching skills but strong people skills...

People, PLEASE close your {quote} boxes properly so it's obvious who is being quoted and who is responding !!

Yours Most Sincerely,
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[HunterT]

big game this weekend... Rhodes at Trinity. The defense is HUGE in this game, and both teams should be ready for a battle. I agree with frank that if Rhodes doesn't hold TU to a low scoring game, it's not gonna be pretty. The defense has been great for the Lynx thus far, and has not suffered any injuries (knock on wood). The offense has been able to put some things together, but it's not very consistent. If they hope to pull it out, the O has to put an entire game together. This game determines whether the SCAC race is a 2 or 3 team race, as Lynxcat mentioned a few days ago.

unfortunately I can't make it (some people might call that fortunate), but it proves to be the biggest matchup in the SCAC this weekend. and my prediction is going to make a lot of people upset, but it's what i'm going with.

Rhodes - 14
Trinity   - 14

I just can't pick against my own team, so I'm going with a tie, sorry. 

in other games:

Millsaps - 38
Wes Satterfield - 17

Depauw - 28
Centre - 7

[DPU3619]

Depauw - 28
Centre - 7

Wow, Hunter.  I don't think things will get that out of hand.  Although, that will be determined by which Centre team shows up.  They've been a bit of an enigma recently. 

DePauw has to hold on to that football.

[Ron Boerger]

Sorry, HunterT, there are no more ties in NCAA football, even if it takes 127 OTs to resolve.  Try again.   

[Pat Coleman]

Do they have lights?

[depauwtigers1]

It will be tough for DePauw to beat Centre.  I see it going to Centre somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 points.

Last year's game was a great one.  DePauw had to hold out Centre on a 4th down from around the 4 yard line.  Awesome memories of that one.

Is #4 still at WR for Centre?  He was one of the top players in the league last season.  I wish he would have attended DePauw.  If that guy is still playing, and having a good season, makes it real tough on DePauw.

[HunterT]

aww Ron, come on. Pat got the joke.

maybe i should have predicted an earthquake that crumbles the stadium and cracks the field, after the playlers leave of course because of the tornado that came through San Antonio. That way the players will be safe and able to finish out the season....

with a tie. 

[etg]

(El Tea Gray---re: Trinity vs. Rhodes)


Chris Allman, Frank Ezelle and Hunter T,

If, if, if, if, if?

Pat,

In all due respect, why don't we try to use those E M Stevens lights for another Trinity vs. Catholic game in the next season or two?

IMHO,

Trinity-----31
Rhodes----10

                                                             

[HunterT]

ETG,

every game is an "IF." to sound like John Madden, IF one team scores more points, then they'll win the game.

IF Trinity fumbles the ball on the first play of every drive, then they won't win. IF Rhodes decides to forfeit, they will have a hard time winning. I can go on for days...

[Pat Coleman]

(El Tea Gray---re: Trinity vs. Rhodes)


Chris Allman, Frank Ezelle and Hunter T,

If, if, if, if, if?

Pat,

In all due respect, why don't we try to use those E M Stevens lights for another Trinity vs. Catholic game in the next season or two?

Dunno -- they should give Catholic a call. I don't even know the coach or anyone in athletics anymore, really. Graduated 12 years ago.

When I started following D-III nationally I stopped living and dying by what Catholic does.

[frank_ezelle]

After etg's post I had to go back and see how bad my "iffing" was in previous posts.  I didn't see a lot of it but I didn't go back for the whole season.  My guess is that places where I would use "if" too much are places where I'm admitting that I can't predict the future and I'm trying to point out different possible scenarios.  I guess that's just the old-timer in me, preferring to give or hear an explanation or reasonable argument rather than just a boast or a half-baked prediction.

[Ron Boerger]

aww Ron, come on. Pat got the joke.

maybe i should have predicted an earthquake that crumbles the stadium and cracks the field, after the playlers leave of course because of the tornado that came through San Antonio. That way the players will be safe and able to finish out the season....

with a tie. 

I know you know there are no ties, was just giving you a hard time for refusing to pick one or the other to win on Saturday.  I'll say Trinity 24, Rhodes 14.   

And Pat, yes, there are great lights as everyone who plays night games there in the early fall (when it's 100 during the day) appreciates.   Now, the scoreboard might flake out if it rains.