FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[DPU3619]

I hear Dustin Hertel has received an invite to go to mini-camp with the Browns.

[Josh Bowerman]

UMHB and HSU would probably rather play Trinity and Millsaps than Willamette,/UW-Whitewater/CNU and  UW-Stevens Point/Linfield/UW-Stout.

I'd second that, Ralph--though travelling at least increases the exposure of the two schools and the conference on a more national level.

In some ways, it's somewhat akin to the go-anywhere-play-anybody approach Notre Dame had to adopt in the early years of their football program, when nobody wanted to consort with the Catholics in this country.

[tTU719803]

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/localcolleges/stories/MYSA050807.10D.coach.32a4331.html

[etg]

(El Tea Gray---re: Mohr at Trinity vs. IW)

Pardon, but Mohr would be (I don't know what) to take on the IW head coaching job and face the next two years with no competition and then the next five to ten years playing the likes of A and I (Kingsville A and M), Angelo State, Abiline Christian and the smaller State of Oklahoma  Schools. Better to be a big fish in a shallow pond than a small fish in a deep pond. Go Tigers, on to more Conference Championships and beyond (much farther beyond). Steve, stay the course; please.

                                                                                 

[evacuee]

I hope you're right.  Unfortunately, when people leave great jobs, usually they're following their hearts at the expense of logic. 

What would be a tougher task-  Getting Trinity back into national championship contention or building a program from scratch just to see if he can make them competitive?  I would guess the former in truth.  Bringing them to the top is going to be much harder this time around. 

If he can get a better deal, good for him.  He deserves it.  Despite everything that he has accomplished, they still play in that joke of a stadium.  Of course, I really, really want him to stick around.   I think he's one of those once in a lifetime coaches. 

[TigerDad]

Wow ... slow week in the old SCAC topic!
Nobody has anything to rag about?


Three months, 16 days until kickoff ...

[Ralph Turner]

How about 122 commitments to Birmingham-Southern College as they start football.

Hendrix, are you watching?

Pretty soon, only Oglethorpe and Southwestern won't have football.

[Bill McCabe]

Ralph, was there a breakdown of the grade classifications for the incoming players?

[Ralph Turner]

Ralph, was there a breakdown of the grade classifications for the incoming players?

No, but if one did not see a previous college on the roster, I would assume that they have 4 years of eligibility.  I counted maybe a dozen transfers.

Were you able to see the roster by clicking on the link? 

[historymajor]

Jeremy Boyce, TU '03 has been hired by the NCAA to manage youth football in New Orleans...

http://www.ncaafootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=34&url_article_id=9295&change_well_id=2

[frank_ezelle]

How about 122 commitments to Birmingham-Southern College as they start football.

Hendrix, are you watching?

Pretty soon, only Oglethorpe and Southwestern won't have football.

I noticed the part about only listing the names of players who are officially enrolled at BSC and more names will be added as other players officially enroll.  Are they going to go with triple-digit jersey numbers or just have something like 92A and 92B?

[Bill McCabe]

Frank, You can use duplicate numbers if the players aren't on the field at the same time. 

[TigerDad]

(RE: duplicate jersey numbers and large rosters)

Frank,

Perhaps you could mosey on over to the ASC topic and ask that question!

Some ASC teams have well over a hundred players on their rosters and must have to work out some kind of number-sharing system for their players.  UMHB's 2006 roster lists 141 players ... about half without numbers (http://www.umhb.edu/athletics/football/roster.html).  TLU's 2006 roster listed 144 ... many duplicates (http://legacy.tlu.edu/athletics/football/roster_2006.html).  A couple years ago, UMHB and TLU each suited up more than 80 players student athletes for JV games vs. Trinity!

Not that there's anything wrong with that ... 

etg: like that term better? ... no offense intended, I assure you!

[etg]

(El Tea Gray---re: D3 rosters)

TigerDad,
I'd watch the use of the word "players". I do agree that big numbers can be good; as long as they don't over-saturate the  respective coaching staffs.

Tigers first game, 99 days and counting

                                                                           

[iwu2314]

I hear DePauw landed branigan and koors from cathedral hs...any other names for this imcoming class?