FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Pat Coleman]

The conference could set up a plan wherein the other teams not playing in Week 11 play a crossover game with similar non-playoff teams from the other division. In most cases that wouldn't be a problem but in the SCAC that could be expensive for travel purposes.

The way to defeat that would be to do what the UMAC does and bring everyone to one neutral site for that weekend, culminating in the title game. That way schools can plan and budget their travel.

[Ralph Turner]

The SCAC brings all of the conference together for the winter and spring championships.  I do not see why it would not be different for football.

[Pat Coleman]

Well, from a logistical standpoint it's problematic. How many venues can you put five consecutive football games in? That's at least 16 hours of football.

[INQBScout]

Street and Smith's Preseason Top 25...has Millsaps #15.

Includes a nice write up about Coach Dubose who says, "Absolutely, our ultimate goal is to win the national championship."

[Ralph Turner]

Well, from a logistical standpoint it's problematic. How many venues can you put five consecutive football games in? That's at least 16 hours of football.

I was thinking about that when I wrote that.  The UMAC did it last year.  They started at 9am and finished with the Championship kickoff at 9pm on Friday Oct 27th.

[FerricMajor82]

Not that I'm in love with the idea of such a large conference, but you could host such a tournament at Millsaps, (Harper David Field - Sprint Turf, and play games concurrently at Newell Stadium - Sprint Turf - which is one block from the college).  Both fields are lit, and game could start later in the day.  The same could be said for Trinity if one could gain permission to use the stadium that is just off campus (the Alamo stadium is it?).  Anyhow, I don't know how I would feel about such a large conference.  Playing everyone makes the true champion legitimate, and also leaves rooms for other programs that might have 1 loss to get into the play-offs.  I prefer the idea of the SCAC sending as many teams to the DIII tournament as possible.

[cush]

Well, i think all of this speculation is for not. I just remembered  the ACC trying to get the NcAA to allow leagues with less than 12 teams to divide into divisions and get a champ game and that idea didn't pass so a 10 football league scac isn't gonna get to divide into divisions and have a champ game. My guess is if hendrix adds football, the league will still just play 8 games, didn't think they will bump it up to 9, so you'd miss playing somebody.

[WLU78]

Anybody have any idea why Sewanee has only 9 games showing on their website for the 2007 season?  Also, are they turning west by dropping W&L and HSC?

Just curious.

[Ron Boerger]

Since they have to travel to Colorado Springs to take on CC it may be that they didn't have the travel budget for a tenth game and could not get anyone else to travel to the Domain. 

They only have four away games, you'll note. 

[Ron Boerger]

A posting on the ASC board reminded me, it's time for the annual posting of the NACDA Directors' Cup standings for SCAC schools:

15.  DePauw - 547
49.  Trinity - 331.5
113. Rhodes - 169.5
115. Colorado College - 164
150. Southwestern - 130
175. Oglethorpe - 100
182. Centre - 93.5
193. Austin - 79.5
289. Millsaps - 25

Congrats to DePauw on an outstanding athletic season!

[Pat Coleman]

Since they have to travel to Colorado Springs to take on CC it may be that they didn't have the travel budget for a tenth game and could not get anyone else any like-minded institutions to travel to the Domain. 

Corrected.

[Ron Boerger]

C'mon Pat, this IS the SCAC we're talking about, doesn't that go without saying??   

[Ralph Turner]

A posting on the ASC board reminded me, it's time for the annual posting of the NACDA Directors' Cup standings for SCAC schools:

15.  DePauw - 547
49.  Trinity - 331.5
113. Rhodes - 169.5
115. Colorado College - 164
150. Southwestern - 130
175. Oglethorpe - 100
182. Centre - 93.5
190.  South - 90
193. Austin - 79.5
289. Millsaps - 25

Congrats to DePauw on an outstanding athletic season!

As I review the table, only Hendrix did not make an NCAA post-season appearance this year.

[historymajor]

Bonzo.....

Director's                                      SCAC President's
Rank School    pts                         Rank      pts

15.    DePauw - 547                      1.         855
49.    Trinity - 331.5                       2.         850
113.  Rhodes - 169.5                     3.         685
115.  Colorado College - 164        11.        245
150.  Southwestern - 130              6.         515
175.  Oglethorpe - 100                   8.        362.5
182.  Centre - 93.5                         4.        667.5
193.  Austin - 79.5                          9.        330
289.  Millsaps - 25                          7.        367.5
         Sewanee                               5.        525
         Hendrix                                  10.      297.5                                 

I'm not sure where DPU 'earned' all those extra points over TU in the national rankings...  obviously they 'participate' in other sports...  not sure which???

[Pat Coleman]

I think you misunderstand what the national rankings measure.

They measure NCAA Tournament performance.

The presidents cup doesn't that that into account at all.