FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[consultant]

The Majors just got a touchdown pass from Juan Joseph to put the first points of the game on the board.
With that TD pass, Joseph has tied a Millsaps single-season record for TD passes with 19.   Millsaps leads Rhodes 7-0 early inthe 4th quarter.

[consultant]

Well....I'm not sure what happened.....the feed went out on the broadcast and Millsaps now leads Rhodes 14-0.  Apparently Millsaps picked off a Rhodes' pass and returned it for a touchdown.


News from San Antonio:

Trinity leads Sewanee 14-0 in the 3rd quarter.

[tu_lb53]

Curry caught another TD from Cannon, 21-0 Trinity

[Ron Boerger]

Final in SA, Trinity 21 Sewanee 7.

[consultant]

Well, Millsaps prevails 14-6.  Things got a little interesting late in the game.  A lot of penalties were called.  It will be interesting to see what the final stats are.  

Coach DuBose called this victory a "lucky win."  He was disappointed offensively, pleased for the most part defensively and he says the Majors have a ways to go to get ready to be able to hang with Trinity.  

With the Trinity win, we'll now have a true championship game next Saturday in Jackson!  We'll have one true SCAC champion!  This week will be fun!

With the win, Millsaps (6-3, 5-0) has secured its first winning season since 2001.

[Ron Boerger]

I don't think either coach will be totally happy after today's results.  Gives both of them something to motivate the teams next week (like they need much in the way of motivation given that it's basically Round 0 of the NCAA playoffs).

Is Tyson Roy OK?  The Majors need him healthy next week.   

In other news, most posters got it right:

Question:  Will both Trinity and Millsaps be undefeated in SCAC play when they meet Nov. 11?

Yes  -18 (72%)
No     -7 (28%)
   

[Ron Boerger]

New poll ...

[consultant]

Ron,
Nice new poll, and nice question about Tyson Roy.  From what I gathered from the broadcast Tyson suffered some form of ankle injury.  He apparently has a high tolerance for pain and refuses to tape-up for practices and games. (This is a guy who has no ACL in one leg...I didn't know that was possible).  He was walking the sideline throughout the game, and he had the bum ankle taped at one point.  I'm not sure whether the injury is serious.  DuBose surely wasn't about to risk anything by playing Tyson today.  I would assume that if the ankle is attached to his body next Saturday that he will play.  The kid is a fierce competitor, and he'll find his way to the field.  Millsaps needs tyson to play, too.  He's a dangerous, dangerous weapon for the Majors.

[HunterT]

Ron great poll. And thanks for thinking of me, I put my vote in there. My actual vote would be Millsaps in a close one. I think next week is gonna be a great game, and in full spirit of "cheer for whoever is against Trinity" as well as "somebody other than Trinity please win the SCAC outright", as well as the fact that Millsaps is a great team this year. The coaches have done a great job in getting that program going the right way. I think the fact that it's at home helps them a lot. The school will be in full support and showing down there and they will make it a classic atmosphere.

As far as today's game, the Lynx defense did what they had to do. They held Millsaps to (what I think) is their lowest point total of the season. Can't ask for much more. The offense struggled and gave the second TD off the int return. Limiting the Majors offense to one TD is a good accomplishment.

consultant - what happened at the end of the game? I was getting my updates from phone calls, and I heard that we almost had OT. Rhodes apparently go to the 1 yd line close to the sideline and the discrepancy was whether or not they got out of bounds on the play. The call was that they came down inbounds so the clock ran out, just curious if you knew anything in more detail than that.

[consultant]

Hunter T,
I'd really like to see the game film to see what happened.  From what I heard on the broadcast, Rhodes was able to throw a final pass on a wing and a prayer.  It was hauled down by a Rhodes' receiver at about the four yardline near the sideline.  He was dropped immediately by Millsaps defenders, but the Rhodes' receiver rolled out of bounds.  In the meantime, the clock expired.  Rhodes wanted more time on the clock, but the officals disagreed. 

[HunterT]

that's essentially what I heard too. I wish I could see film. I'm definately not screaming about this or trying to blame the loss on that, but it was obviously a situation. I'm sure the refs did what was right, and there's nothing we can do. Good game by both sides, just would hate to have an Oklahoma/Oregon situation.

Not taking anything away from the Majors, good job on the win. Good luck this next weekend.

[frank_ezelle]

I drove to Memphis for the Millsaps-Rhodes game and here was the most telling number--there were 22 punts during the game (10 for Millsaps, 12 for Rhodes).  I seem to recall two good Millsaps drives which would be the touchdown drive and a third quarter drive that ended with a Rhodes interception at the 1.

Tyson Roy went out early and Millsaps used Kenneth Metzger at tailback for most of the game.  He had a respectable 62 yards on 17 carries which brings his season totals to 83 yards on 21 carries.  With no disrespect intended for Kenneth or the Rhodes defense, Millsaps was somewhat one-dimentional with Tyson out of the game (in all fairness to the Rhodes defense I should point out that Tyson had 1 carry for -6 yards and one catch for 1 yard prior to his injury).

It goes without saying that the offensive performance by Millsaps over their last 7 quarter will not win the team a SCAC championship.   I suspect that they will play better next week on the artificial turf at Millsaps and it wouldn't surprise anyone if they show some new wrinkles on offense that we haven't seen this season.  It's interesting that a few weeks ago the question mark was the Millsaps defense and now I think the question mark may have moved over to the offensive side of the ball.  They'll need to return to the level of play that they had against DePauw if Millsaps wants a good shot at winning the crown.

[HunterT]

Ron I hope you see that somebody else voted like me for the tie... I'm not the only crazy one on here.

[consultant]

To be sure, Millsaps had scored at least 26 points in every game this season until Saturday.  Credit the Rhodes defense for limiting the Majors' attack.  And yes, Millsaps will face a very tough Trinity defense on Saturday.  But I think that the Millsaps offense will be just fine this weekend.  Despite a lackluster offensive performance against Rhodes, winning two consecutive SCAC games on the road by a Millsaps team that had only played on the road once before is not a small accomplishment.  DuBose was disappointed in his team's focus during preparation this past week and was critical of how his team played on Saturday.  But, I really believe that playing Rhodes this past weekend was the best thing for the Majors.  Rhodes provided Millsaps with its most physical game this season.  They'll need that experience on Saturday vs. the Tigers.  Millsaps now knows what it is like to be punched in the mouth a little bit yet still find a way to win.  In fact, the winning part is what is so important. 

The Majors have learned how to win even when all cylinders on offense aren't clicking.  Trinity has long known how to win, and it will be a bunch of fun to see two good football teams slug it out for a championship.  And I can't emphasize this point enough.....this will be THE FIRST time that a SCAC football championship has come down to the final game of the season with a head-to-head, winner-take-all match up.  With a bid to the playoffs on the line, the stakes are more than just a shiny piece of hardware.  (By the way, Steve Argo and Dwayne Hanberry from the conference office are expected to be in Jackson on Saturday to present the championship trophy.) 

Regardless of who wins, this game will be CLOSE.  Just look at the conference only stats and see how Millsaps and Trinity stack up.  To that end, any statistical analysis needs to be performed using conference only stats.  It's the best read for what we can expect.  And still, ain't it great that they actually play the game ?!!!

[Pat Coleman]

Ron I hope you see that somebody else voted like me for the tie... I'm not the only crazy one on here.

Yeah, I can be a bit of a smart-ass.