FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Ron Boerger]

I voted from my cell phone too. 

[TigerDad]

Use the link below to vote for Trinity for the 2007 Pontiac Game Changing Performance ...

http://mobileapp.espn.go.com/wireless/espn/redesign/affiliateSponsorPontiacGC?markupType=XHTML&src=featured&cId=null

Just visit the page above and click on Trinity!!!

It looks like you can vote as many times as you wish using this "Mobile Phone" web-browser link ... No user ID or sign-in is required!  Just click "Back" and then vote for Trinity again!!!

Vote EARLY and OFTEN!

[Ron Boerger]

Surprised nobody posted this earlier - from "afca" in the Aztec Bowl Roster thread in General Football:

Roster is now final. The team arrived in Chihuahua on Sunday and held its first practices today.

Matt Bielecki (Rochester-RB), Tom Brew (Case Western- LB) and Jevon Pruitt (DePauw-DB) have replaced Justin Beaver (Wis.-Whitewater), Jerrell Freeman (UMHB) and Brandon Carr (Bethel).

So the SCAC ended up with four players on the team this year.  Congrats to all!

[Knightstalker]

Today let us remember our Soldiers and Sailors who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor and those who survived the attack in our prayers and thoughts.

[frank_ezelle]

My guess is that HunterT has not seen the D3Football All-South Region team which can be found at this link:

http://www.d3football.com/all-region/2007_d3football_all-south_region.pdf

Congratulations to the SCAC players who made the list (I hope I didn't leave anyone out):

First Team All-South Region:
Casey Younger, Sr, DT from Millsaps
Adam Hay, Jr, LB from Centre

Second Team All-South Region:
Riley Curry, Jr, WR, Trinity
Baron Koch, Sr, DT, Trinity
Jevon Pruitt, Sr, CB, DePauw
Ray Kline, Sr, S, Millsaps

Third Team All-South Region:
Wade Lytal, Jr, T, Trinity
Kerry Pappas, Sr, G, DePauw
John Shivers, So, G, Millsaps
Tyler Moody, Sr, S, Centre

[Ron Boerger]

Use the link below to vote for Trinity for the 2007 Pontiac Game Changing Performance ...

http://mobileapp.espn.go.com/wireless/espn/redesign/affiliateSponsorPontiacGC?markupType=XHTML&src=featured&cId=null

Just visit the page above and click on Trinity!!!

It looks like you can vote as many times as you wish using this "Mobile Phone" web-browser link ... No user ID or sign-in is required!  Just click "Back" and then vote for Trinity again!!!

Vote EARLY and OFTEN!

Trinity made the week one cut ... time to vote again.   

[Ralph Turner]

Vote early, vote often!!! 

[Knightstalker]

Vote early, vote often!!! 

Is this Chicago or Jersey City?

[Ralph Turner]

Vote early, vote often!!! 

Is this Chicago or Jersey City?

No, but those are both good D-3 schools, Chicago and Jersey City State?

[Tex]

My son and his buddy were notified today they've been accepted into Trinity.  His buddy has committed 100% and will be playing D-line.  These two started playing ball together in 5th grade.  It's good news for both families.  Both were 1st Team All District this season in Texas 13-5A. 

Figure I might be a regular poster here for another 4 years if my son decides to commit.  He's got a few other irons in the fire but Trinity is his only D-3 choice. 

I'm looking forward to the Stagg bowl on Saturday.  I've really enjoyed watching the D-2 action this past weekend and look forward to watching their championship game as well on Saturday.  There's some good football being played on Saturday.    DVR time!

[D3Navy]

Tex,

Your son has a great and difficult choice ahead of him.  TU is a fine school; unique in its combination of winning athletics (across the board) and superlative academics.  You've done well.

Best, Tom

[D3_DPUFan]

Trinity fans---
Anyone want to provide an '08 outlook? Barmore was a quality QB and I know will be a loss...how are things shaping up for next year?
Thanks for any insights....

[frank_ezelle]

The latest note on the play that keeps on going, Time magazine has named the lateral play as their top sports moment of the year.  While I know that some Millsaps fans would like all mention of the play to go away, I see the silver lining growing thicker and thicker all the time as Millsaps continues to get national name recognition every time the play gets mentioned.

While it's a little early to think about team strengths for the 2008 season, I feel certain that Millsaps will be stronger in 2008.  This is the first year that I can remember that they lost a large and talented group of seniors instead of just a handful of key players, but a lot of key players return and a lot of backups got experience this year.  The offense returns most of their key players and the defense will have some holes to fill.

[D3_DPUFan]

This is the first year that I can remember that they lost a large and talented group of seniors instead of just a handful of key players, but a lot of key players return and a lot of backups got experience this year.  The offense returns most of their key players and the defense will have some holes to fill.

Frank---not sure I follow you on this one...you're saying Millsaps has lost alot of talent instead of a few key players...but yet have alot of key players returning??? Not trying to be difficult...just looking for clarification...offense returns alot (Joseph of course), but defense has holes to fill?

[frank_ezelle]

I agree with you that it was written poorly.  I'll try again:

--Millsaps did lose a lot of talent in this senior class, an oddity at Millsaps because in the past they often didn't have a lot of guys get all the way to their senior year.  The bulk of that talent lost was on the defensive side of the ball.

--However, Millsaps in 2007 was a team with far more talent and depth than the typical Millsaps team of the past.  On the offensive side of the ball they return a lot, starting with Juan Joseph and a strong group of receivers.  I think they have guys already on campus who will fill in well for the graduating players and I'm sure they will bring in some recruits who can help right away.

--The defense is a bigger question mark, but they have a good core group returning and a lot of guys who played snaps during key portions of games this year as backups.  There was a big recruiting class last year that will be a year older and stronger and I think they will fit in the Millsaps defensive system very well.

I guess what I see at Millsaps is that they truly are building a program that maybe others SCAC schools have had, but it's like nothing I can remember at Millsaps.  They had over 100 players at the end of last season.  They had a JV team for the first time last season.  I'm sure they will bring in a large recruiting class this year and I suspect it will be strong, a reflection of two straight SCAC championship seasons under DuBose.  It's just my gut feeling that Millsaps is becoming a program that will be stronger from one year to the next until they actually are a factor in the national playoff hunt.  Time will tell.

I don't know if that's more clear or simply a longer version of confusion, but like I said earlier, it probably doesn't matter either way since it is really early to be talking about 2008.  I'll keep my mind on basketball and then the spring sports before wondering about Millsaps football again.