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[frank_ezelle]

MILLSAPS/MIKE DUBOSE ALERT!!!

I know some of you think we Millsaps folks post too much but maybe it's just that other schools post too little (certainly DePauw has been getting in their fair share lately).

For those who are interested, the local paper has a column on Mike DuBose this morning.  It centers around his feelings regarding the difference in being a coach in the SCAC verses coaching in front of 100,000+ in the SEC.  The link is below, hopefully it will take you straight to the story, but you may get a popup asking for your zip code, year of birth, etc:

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061027/COL0504/610270354/0/SPORTS&GID=GbNoN8G1gqqBj2gkamjKUyJSREXuJ68O4c3SLSf82JM%3D

[Werner99]

Frank,

That is a great article.  While facing a DuBose-coached Millsaps team will be a more of a challenge, it is great to have a coach of that quality in Division III and in the SCAC.  Ultimately, we will all be better for it.

Best of luck the rest of the season!

[consultant]

Here's to a great weekend!  In particular, good luck to the Majors and Trinity in their respective games.  It would be great for the SCAC to have a true end-of-the- season championship game on Nov. 11 when Trinity travels to Millsaps.  If Millsaps  and Trinity win on Saturday, then we are guaranteed a championship game two weeks from now regardless of what might happen on Nov. 4.  And it would be the first time such an event has happened in the SCAC since the AQ came into play.

Millsaps 42
Sewanee 17

Trinity 28
Rhodes 14

DePauw 28
Centre 17

[Ron Boerger]

Rhodes-TU Live stats:  http://www.trinity.edu/departments/athletics/Football/05livestats/xlive.htm

TU broadcast:
http://stream.krtu.org:9000/krtu-sports.m3u

[Ron Boerger]

Trinity leads 10-0 midway through the first quarter but it appears that QB Blake Barmore may have been hurt on the second series.  Jacob Cannon got sacked on a third down on that drive, then threw an INT on his next play.  Rhodes got inside the TU 30 on its second series but turned the ball over on downs. 

Both team's defenses have been stout so far; return yards have been the key so far, with TU getting a 34-yd return on the opening kickoff (Kownslar) and 49 yards on a punt return (Barnhart).  Chris Calamese's 39-yd punt return put the Lynx in position.

Another three and out for Rhodes, Trinity has the ball near midfield and Cannon is still in at QB.

[Ron Boerger]

Trinity finally got the running game going a little bit, opened it up and drove 75 yards to make it 17-0 on the 2nd play of the 2nd quarter.  The key play was a conversion on 4th-and-1 inside the Lynx 10.  Cannon to Riley Curry 9 yds for the score. 

Total yds Trinity 106 Rhodes 11 at this point.

[Ralph Turner]

Thanks Ron!

[exmajor]

The score is 28-12 Majors with 6:43 to go in third quarter at Sewanee.  Sewanee scored on a half back pass and missed the 2 point conversion. 

Juan Joseph was hit in his knee, but seems to be good to go.  Millsaps has not scored since the first quarter.

[exmajor]

Majors win what seems like a sloppy game for the Millsaps' offense by the score of 35-18

Chris Jackson 10 catches for 121 yds.

Unofficial stats

Millsaps
Rushing 19 attempts - 81 yards
Passing: Joesph 27-46 343 yards, no picks
Total yards 65 plays for 414 yards
TOP: 22:40
Penalties 8 for 49 yards

Sewanee:
Rushing 36 attempts for 156 yards
Passing: Satterfield 16-43 for 207 yards three picks (all by Marcus Harris)
Total yards 84 plays for 390 yards
TOP: 37:20
Penalties 5 for 54 yards

[DPU3619]

that could have went better....

[Ron Boerger]

Majors win what seems like a sloppy game for the Millsaps' offense by the score of 35-18

Chris Jackson 10 catches for 121 yds.

Unofficial stats

Millsaps
Rushing 19 attempts - 81 yards
Passing: Joesph 27-46 343 yards, no picks
Total yards 65 plays for 414 yards
TOP: 22:40
Penalties 8 for 49 yards

Going to be an interesting game in a couple of weeks.  Trinity defends the pass quite well (e.g. 28 yards by Rhodes today); even before today the Black Flag has only been allowing just over 100 yards through the air per game.  Should be fun seeing who will win the battle. 

In any case, it's great to have the last week of the season mean something in the SCAC.  Regardless of next week's outcome, the Millsaps-Trinity winner will get the conference's playoff spot. 

Going to be harder for Trinity as QB Blake Barmore broke his leg in the first quarter today and is out for the season. 

[HunterT]

Well the Rhodes game was a dissapointment to any Lynx fan. We could have played much better than it seems we did. The injury to Mark Oliver hurt us, but it still didn't seem like we could get much going. And the defense can't do everything.

I was almost right on with my Millsaps prediction though. And it will be a great game in a couple weeks. Good luck to both teams to stay injury free and make it a classic final game for the SCAC battle.

Millsaps does have to get past Rhodes first, in Memphis. But like everybody has said, even if the Majors lose, they can still turn around and beat Trinity and take the playoff birth, so it'll be fun to watch.

[frank_ezelle]

I listened to yesterday's radio broadcast of the Millsaps-Sewanee game.  Apparently it was a beautiful day and an ugly game.  The game as it was called in no way reflects the impression given by the stats.  Millsaps scored 28 points in the first quarter and then the offense basically went dormant for the rest of the game.  The defense looks like they had a poor game based on the yardage given up, but they had to come up big time after time while the offense struggled.

Millsaps fumbled 4 times and lost all 4 and they had to punt 7 times after not punting at all against DePauw.  Millsaps racked up 414 yards of total offense but only 15 first downs.  It was big plays or not much and that resulted in Sewanee leading the time of possession stat 37:20 to 22:40.  The Millsaps scoring drives were 2 plays for 26 yards, 4 plays for 23 yards, 4 plays for 66 yards, 3 plays for 80 yards, and a 50-yard run after recovering a Sewanee fumble.  By contrast, the scoring drives against DePauw were 10 plays for 44 yards, 19 for 84, 9 for 64, 13 for 65 yards, and a 49 yard interception return.

I suspect that ending the 1st quarter with a 28-0 lead was a contributing factor to the offense losing focus.  It's amazing how hard it can be to regroup once you let down a little and let the other team start playing with confidence.  This game went from being a laugher early on to being in question up until Millsaps finally scored again in the 4th quarter.  You have to give Sewanee a lot of credit for keeping their focus and battling back.

Bottom line, it was a very important win and it was a win on the road.  It sounds like Millsaps came out of the game healthy which unfortunately was not the case for the Rhodes-Trinity game.  I don't think it was the best Millsaps has to offer and I think the coaches will find a lot of teaching points when the team goes over the game film.  I'm sure everyone will want to play a more consistent game next week when they head to Memphis.

[Ron Boerger]

Just wanted to note that Colorado College participated in its first SCAC championship yesterday.  The CC women came in second in cross country; the men, third (and a 1-2-3 finish).  Welcome to the SCAC, CC Tigers!

[Bill McCabe]

Ron, I read in the Express News that Barmore broke his fibula?  How do you think this will impact Trinity?