FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Pat Coleman]

Nah, if DePauw runs the table they will be Top 25 before the playoffs. Look at who they play! They have Trinity, Millsaps and Wabash, after all.

Also, unless DePauw is the SCAC champ, expect the SCAC to have to face UMHB long before the third round.

[Just_that_kid]

I never said that Millsaps needs to or should be ranked. I made no input as to whether or not they should be. I'm just wondering about the methods to why people feel the way they do. I don't necessarily agree or disagree.
Flying under the radar isn't a bad thing, and like I said, SCAC wins and a championship far out weigh rankings. I'm sure every team in the conference feels that way.

[DPU3619]

Also, unless DePauw is the SCAC champ, expect the SCAC to have to face UMHB long before the third round.

Yeah. The good news is DePauw is closer to Mount Union than they are to Mary Hardin-Baylor.

[Pat Coleman]

Geographically.

[Ron Boerger]

SCAC Football Offensive Player-of-the-Week
(For games played Saturday, Sept. 22nd)

BLAKE BARMORE OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY, a 6-3, 213-pound senior quarterback from Friendswood, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Football Offensive Player-of-the-Week for games played Saturday, September 22.

Barmore completed 17 of 27 passes for 209 yards and a career-high four touchdowns on Saturday, leading Trinity to a 38-13 victory in the team's 2007 SCAC opener.

Barmore led the Tiger offense to its best game of the year offensively, racking up 452 yards overall. The yardage and points scored are the highest this season. The team also scored 30 or more points in consecutive games for the first time since the 2005 season.

Each game this year, Barmore has improved his QB efficiency rating, which includes Saturday's 176.87 rating against Colorado College.

For the season, Barmore has completed 52 of 85 passes (61.2%) for 759 yards and seven touchdowns, throwing just two interceptions. He is averaging better than 250 yards per game through the air and has a QB rating of 158.65 on the season.


SCAC Football Defensive Player-of-the-Week


CASEY YOUNGER OF MILLSAPS COLLEGE, a 6-1, 260-pound senior defensive lineman from Vicksburg, Miss., has been selected the SCAC Football Defensive Player-of-the-Week for games played Saturday, September 22.

Younger tallied nine tackles (five solo), 4.0 tackles-for-loss and a career-high three sacks as the Majors' defense held Rhodes College to just 146 total yards in a 42-0 win on Saturday at home.

Younger has 150 tackles for his career along with 22.5 tackles-for-loss and eight sacks.

[Ralph Turner]

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So exactly what does it take to win a football game against MHB? Or does anyone that lines up against them need to fall back and save the equipment?

Old fashioned, smash-mouth football!

[Ralph Turner]

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So exactly what does it take to win a football game against MHB? Or does anyone that lines up against them need to fall back and save the equipment?

Old fashioned, smash-mouth football!

So what's the problem with all the people they have played this year? They just aren't as old fashioned and smash mouthed as the bruisers from Mary Hardin? ----

Seriously though, in your humble opinion how many teams in the top 25 could have a chance of beating these guys?

Are they invincible?

Not as big, not as fast, not as mature, not as experienced in the system...

It is almost the perfect storm.  They are the last team to beat Mount Union in the playoffs.

UMHB plays at Miss College on Oct 20th at 2 pm.  Millsaps has an open date.  It will be worth the effort if you live in the greater Jackson area to see that game.

[golden_dome]

In regard to that first game, the reserves were actual put in for good with about 5 to 6 minutes remaining in the 3rd quater --- not the whole second half and not just the 4th quarter. The fake punt was executed on the starting and only punt return team.

Doesn't really matter I guess but the starters played until Juan Joseph's touchdown throw with 2:32 remaining in the third, after that you started seeing players who probably would not normally play. I actually have footage of all our games on my computer from our webcasts and took a look.

You are probably in the same boat as I am though and tired of talking about the 4th quarter of that game instead of how good both teams are. Hardin-Simmons is a good litmus test for us and will give me a good idea of what kind of team Millsaps has having had a chance to see both.

Question for fans of Millsaps and DePauw who are obviously more familiar than I am with those teams. I would be very surprised if Millsaps doesn't win by ten points, but if Millsaps had a weakness in the game at MC was special teams. I noticed that the punting and placekicking for the Majors have been a struggle this year. Does that play into this game or is Millsaps good enough that it doesn't matter?

[Just_that_kid]

As tired as I am about the MC/Millsaps game, Millsaps starters only played 2 series of the 2nd half.
It's a dead horse. Can we stop kicking it? We're 4+ weeks into the season now, and honestly, it doesn't matter anymore. Rankings mean nothing for either school now. Each program just needs to try winning their conference if they wish to continue into the playoffs.

Millsaps has made some special teams adjustments and settled in a little. There was a "kicking by rotation" cycle going on, but the punter is a returning all-SCAC performer and doing quiet well. I'd love to rattle off stats, but frankly, Millsaps hasn't punted enough to meet the minimum 3.6 punts per game average to keep the stat.

[Just_that_kid]

P.S. Does anyone know who will be writting "around the south"? Or if anyone is at all?

[DPU3619]

Question for fans of Millsaps and DePauw who are obviously more familiar than I am with those teams. I would be very surprised if Millsaps doesn't win by ten points, but if Millsaps had a weakness in the game at MC was special teams. I noticed that the punting and placekicking for the Majors have been a struggle this year. Does that play into this game or is Millsaps good enough that it doesn't matter?

I don't necessarily agree with it being a foregone conclusion.  The team that visited Jackson one year ago is long gone.  DePauw threw five interceptions in that game with the two-headed quarterback monster.  Millsaps only outgained DePauw by 20 yards. 

It's an entirely different DePauw team on both sides (and in the special teams.. the freshman punter is something special).  DPU is currently +10 in turnover margin.   

If they get a healthy #31 this weekend and don't give the football away, they're going to be there in the fourth quarter.   Key number for me is keeping Millsaps under 24.  And while the competition DePauw has played to this point is not as stout, Robby Long's defense is well-schemed and well-coached.  It's quite possible.

[DPU3619]

Who said that the outcome is a foregone conclusion. Who is number 31? Who is taking your defensive stud from last years place?

If you read the passage I quoted, he said he'd be surprised if Millsaps won by fewer than 10.  That's why I said foregone conclusion.

#31 is Marks.  I don't know this for sure, but the rumor I heard was that he probably COULD have played last weekend, but they wanted to make sure he was 100% for this weekend and beyond.  And while Dustin Hertel is gone, I've been pleasantly surprised at how well the defensive front four is playing.  I expected that to be a potential a problem area.  They've played great.  Couple of freshmen the coaches are very high on.  There's some very exciting, young talent up front.  They've done a good job of getting to the quarterback. 

The question is going to be who wins the battle through the air.  Juan Joseph and that exceptionally efficient Millsaps O (290 ypg, 66% completion, 3 INT) vs. a surprisingly stout DPU secondary (117 ypg, 46% completion, 12 INT!)

[HunterT]

I agree with DPU36109, the game will be won by the offenses. I hate to say it, but I think it actually comes down to the two stars, Joseph and Marks. Both players take on a huge part of each teams offense every week, and they will be the focal point of each defense.

For those that remember, it's the Wes Satterfield (Sewanee) situation. He accounted for over 70% of their offensive production, and teams that figured that out were able to shut him down and stop their offense. They didn't haver another player to step up and carry the offense.

Do the Majors? Does Depauw? If the defenses shut down the stars, it'll be an interesting game.

I'm thinking both offenses put on a show and we have a Texas Tech vs. OK State type score. 49-45 give or take.

[Ron Boerger]

Big C, please call DePauw by their correct name. 

[Ralph Turner]

Big C, please call DePauw by their correct name. 

DePaux must be the equivalent of:

Mishaps
McMurphy
Hardened-Sinners
Horrid Pain
...ummm Mary Hardin-Baylor?  I won't go there.