FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Just_that_kid]

Ferric: The middle of the field was dirt with grass sprouts, and the perimeter was grass about 3" tall. It wasn't so much bad as it was inconsistent... if that makes sense.

Funny, I don't remember you ever playing in Greencastle. I know that year Ferric had about five tackles in the trenches that game compared to your career (according to the SCAC website) zero tackles. So I think his opinion about the field conditions hold a little more water.

Uh, I don't remember anyone saying he was wrong. It very well might have been fairway grass the past ten years, but it wasn't this year. I'm quite certain that I was simply depicting the field conditions last Saturday. So, other than a (personally stab), is there merit or a point to your comment?

[AF4]

Pat Coleman...repectfully

UAB tells about as much as USC or UCLA... as to folks in parts of the south USC = the new home of the ole ball coach (evil genius when he was at florida), and UCLA = upper corner of LA (lower alabama)...LA = Lower Alabama..... i even saw USC on the ESPN broadcast  for u of south carolina

any way....UAB was the site of the first kidney transplant in the USA ( and i do not men university of south alabama...which goes by USA)

as far as what yall decide to call austin...i mean austin college...i ain't got a dawg in that fight (perhaps michael vick does...is he from Va Tech...or VPI...or VPI & SU... it was VPI when i was a post doc there in the early 80's...?)

keep the faith

[Pat Coleman]

Pat Coleman...repectfully

UAB tells about as much as USC or UCLA... as to folks in parts of the south USC = the new home of the ole ball coach (evil genius when he was at florida), and UCLA = upper corner of LA (lower alabama)...LA = Lower Alabama..... i even saw USC on the ESPN broadcast  for u of south carolina

any way....UAB was the site of the first kidney transplant in the USA ( and i do not men university of south alabama...which goes by USA)

as far as what yall decide to call austin...i mean austin college...i ain't got a dawg in that fight (perhaps michael vick does...is he from Va Tech...or VPI...or VPI & SU... it was VPI when i was a post doc there in the early 80's...?)

keep the faith

I agree about USC, since it's for more than one team.

However, those teams have a little more of a history and are a touch more well-known. Kind of apples and oranges.

[KentATM]

well anyway, I was talking to one of the players and he said Coach Gage didn't even make an adjustment at the half of the AC-CC game.  He said Gage chewed on them a bit for mistakes and to get out there and play like he knew they could and should.  Said they shouldn't have to adjust if they played their guts out. 

Must have been some speech. 

[frank_ezelle]

This week's schedule has the following games:

Centre @ Millsaps
Trinty @ Rhodes
Austin COLLEGE @ The University of the South aka Sewanee
DePauw @ Birmingham Southern University aka BSU
Colorado College @ Macalester

At first glance, the only game that looks close is the Austin vs. Sewanee game and maybe the Colorado vs. Macalester game.  It's hard to know about Macalester--they beat Principia 62-0 early in the season, but lost to Hamline last week 37-6.  I'll admit that those results tell me nothing.

Anyone have thoughts on this weeks slat of games?  Will Rhodes make a stand in Memphis or have the last 2 games taken all the wind out of their sails?  Trinity scored on 8 of their first 9 possession against BSU and Rhodes didn't score on BSU until midway through the 4th quarter.  Regardless of all the differing circumstances, that makes this game seem awfully lopsided.

Centre lost big at DePauw and Millsaps won big on the same field.  It makes me think that we could see something like a 48-7 score at Millsaps Saturday unless the Millsaps team takes a week off in concentration and intensity.  I think that's the only thing this game will tell us--does this Millsaps team come to play full speed every game or will they have their lapses like they seemed to have at points last year (as in the Sewanee game on the road)?

And after last weeks big comeback, will Austin College carry that momentum into this week's game?  Sewanee has 3 straight losses but seem to play fairly well at home.  I think they'll pull out all the stops to get a win at home this weekend and my gut feeling is that they'll pull out a victory in a game that will probably be over in a couple of hours between these two teams who love the run.

Anyone else with an opinion?

[oldmoose]

OK, we've settled the Austin COLLEGE thing.  Lets now work on Birmingham-Southern COLLEGE, not UNIVERSITY.  And it's BSC, not B-SC as I've seen.

[jekelish]

This week's schedule has the following games:

Centre @ Millsaps
Trinty @ Rhodes
Austin COLLEGE @ The University of the South aka Sewanee
DePauw @ Birmingham Southern University aka BSU
Colorado College @ Macalester

At first glance, the only game that looks close is the Austin vs. Sewanee game and maybe the Colorado vs. Macalester game.  It's hard to know about Macalester--they beat Principia 62-0 early in the season, but lost to Hamline last week 37-6.  I'll admit that those results tell me nothing.

Anyone have thoughts on this weeks slat of games?  Will Rhodes make a stand in Memphis or have the last 2 games taken all the wind out of their sails?  Trinity scored on 8 of their first 9 possession against BSU and Rhodes didn't score on BSU until midway through the 4th quarter.  Regardless of all the differing circumstances, that makes this game seem awfully lopsided.

Centre lost big at DePauw and Millsaps won big on the same field.  It makes me think that we could see something like a 48-7 score at Millsaps Saturday unless the Millsaps team takes a week off in concentration and intensity.  I think that's the only thing this game will tell us--does this Millsaps team come to play full speed every game or will they have their lapses like they seemed to have at points last year (as in the Sewanee game on the road)?

And after last weeks big comeback, will Austin College carry that momentum into this week's game?  Sewanee has 3 straight losses but seem to play fairly well at home.  I think they'll pull out all the stops to get a win at home this weekend and my gut feeling is that they'll pull out a victory in a game that will probably be over in a couple of hours between these two teams who love the run.

Anyone else with an opinion?

not sure the AC/Sewanee game will necessarily be close.  After all, AC killed Sewanee (44-20) last season at Sewanee, and the 'Roos are clearly an improved team this season.  they SHOULD be able to handle Sewanee...but of course, that's why they play the game.

[Ralph Turner]

OK, we've settled the Austin COLLEGE thing.  Lets now work on Birmingham-Southern COLLEGE, not UNIVERSITY.  And it's BSC, not B-SC as I've seen.

Thanks, oldmoose!

The hyphen served to distinguish B(-)SC from BSC (long-time D3 member Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts).   

[frank_ezelle]

Oops!  It's hard to keep all of these schools straight just as I find it hard to remember the names of all the student/athletes at Millsaps.  I'm going to take the simple approach from now on and go back to being on a first name basis with all the colleges and universities in the SCAC.  Afterall, this is the SCAC message board and I think most readers will figure it out, especially those who were smart enough to get a degree from an SCAC school!

[oldmoose]

Boy, am I in trouble.  I got my degree from an SEC school.  At least I didn't major in Sociology at an SEC school!

[DPU3619]

New AFCA....

Trinty up to #11.  Millsaps finally gets 4 votes.  Centre falls like a rock to 4 votes after being the third team out last week.

http://www.afca.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9300&ATCLID=1253782

[KentATM]

Centre @ Millsaps
Trinty @ Rhodes
Austin COLLEGE  @ The University of the South aka Sewanee
DePauw @ Birmingham Southern University aka BSU
Colorado College @ Macalester

[jekelish]

Boy, am I in trouble.  I got my degree from an SEC school.  At least I didn't major in Sociology at an SEC school!

guess i'm in trouble as well, being a Big East graduate...but at least it wasn't West Virginia.

[Ron Boerger]

SCAC Football Offensive Player-of-the-Week
(For games played Saturday, Sept. 29th)

JUAN JOSEPH OF MILLSAPS COLLEGE, a 6-2, 178-pound junior quarterback from Edgard, La., has been selected the SCAC Football Offensive Player-of-the-Week for games played Saturday, September 29.

Joseph returned to the starting lineup in impressive fashion, completing 32 of 56 passes for 475 yards and five touchdowns to lead the Majors to a 35-17 road win over DePauw to move into first place in the SCAC.

The nation's ninth-ranked passer heading into the contest, Joseph hit 11 different receivers en route to a career day, breaking Beau Pollard's (1995-98) career completion record of 365 on a fourth quarter, 62-yard touchdown strike to Eric McCarty. It was Joseph's 26th completion of the game and fourth TD pass.

For the season, Joseph is leading the SCAC in passing (336.2 yards per game) and total offense (323.2 yards per game) and is third in pass efficiency (152.5 rating). He has thrown 15 touchdown passes with just two interceptions in four games.


SCAC Football Defensive Player-of-the-Week

RONNIE WHEAT OF MILLSAPS COLLEGE, a 6-0, 200-pound senior linebacker from Vancleave, Miss., has been selected the SCAC Football Defensive Player-of-the-Week for games played Saturday, September 29.

Wheat picked up six tackles (all solo), a tackle-for-loss, a sack and a 20-yard interception return to help lead the Majors to their first win ever at DePauw on Saturday by a 35-17 score.

The interception was his second of the season and fifth for his career while adding to his career total of 128 tackles.

[frank_ezelle]

At 4 points each, the AFCA has deemed this week's Centre vs. Millsaps game as a toss-up.  I was hoping Centre would still be the higher ranked team so Millsaps would get credit for an upset victory if they win this Saturday.  It hardly seems fair that Centre would plummet like this after recording their biggest win of the season--just their luck that a few of the voters would actually wake up in the third week of voting.