FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Tex]

Oh yeah, did I mention my OL son and his DL good friend will be in Trinity TX uni's next year?  You guys are going to get really sick of me around here! 

[D3_DPUFan]

Oh yeah, did I mention my OL son and his DL good friend will be in Trinity TX uni's next year?  You guys are going to get really sick of me around here!/quote]

great! hey, what do you hear about prospects for trinity next season? ...both sides of  the ball...

[Tex]

Not a clue man.  Not a clue. 

[evacuee]

Been posted on here many times in the past few months.  The skinny:

Great skill players return on offense but with a new quarterback.  Line loses two starters.

Defense loses nine exceptional players

This is the year we find out if Trinity can reload or not.  If not, the Millsaps game at Trinity could end up being an historic win for the Majors.  Actually, if the Tigers can't play defense and the quarterback ends up less than average, they may not have to waituntil week 8 for the SCAC home streak to end.

[D3_DPUFan]

This is the year we find out if Trinity can reload or not.  If not, the Millsaps game at Trinity could end up being an historic win for the Majors.  Actually, if the Tigers can't play defense and the quarterback ends up less than average, they may not have to waituntil week 8 for the SCAC home streak to end.

...lowering expectations???

have  you guys started spring practice yet?

[TigerDad]

I think every year is the year we find out if Trinity can reload or not.  No doubt that the SCAC has become more competitive in recent years ... despite this, TU is regularly at or next to the top in the league in all categories.  A tribute to the fine (and stable) coaching staff and the dedication of the young men in the program.

Every season, Trinity loses important players at key positions ... all the way through the lineup on both sides of the ball.  And every year after that, new players step to the front of the line and make it happen for the Tigers.

May it continue to be so in 2008.  Only 172 days until kickoff ... 
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Since somebody asked ... Trinity's spring football begins next Monday and continues 3 days per week for 5 weeks ...

NCAA Division III rules permit a maximum of 16 practices over a 5 week period, with no more than 4 practice days in any one week.  Skill instruction during this period must be limited to passing, catching, and kicking drills.  Except for footballs, the use of helmets, pads, blocking sleds or any other form of sport-related equipment is prohibited.  No missed class time is permitted for these sessions.
NOTE: Some conferences restrict spring practice further.

NCAA Division III Manual 2007-08 (pages 148-151)
see Sections 17.11.6 Out-of-Season Athletically Related Activities and 17.02.1 Athletically Related Activities.
http://www.ncaa.org/library/membership/division_iii_manual/2007-08/2007-08_d3_manual.pdf

[Tex]

May it continue to be so in 2008.  Only 172 days until kickoff ... 

Seems like an eternity to me. 

[D3_DPUFan]

I know it's off topic...but I noticed that Mother Nature did something today Wabash hasn't been able to do in almost a decade----prevent DePauw from whooping up on the Little Giants in baseball. 

The last time Wabash beat DePauw in baseball was 1999...14 straight games...talk about a drought!!!

[evacuee]

Not that I care necessarily about Wabash, but mother nature seems to intervene quite a bit with DePauw athletics.  I think DPU athletics should still be thanking her for their "co" SCAC football championship in 2005. 

[Ralph Turner]

Not that I care necessarily about Wabash, but mother nature seems to intervene quite a bit with DePauw athletics.  I think DPU athletics should still be thanking her for their "co" SCAC football championship in 2005. 

That is a "gotcha" as big as Texas!

[DPU3619]

I think DPU athletics should still be thanking her for their "co" SCAC football championship in 2005. 

Wierd.  I was going to say the exact same thing, except the other way around.    

I personally think that was probably our best chance, if nothing else.

[Ron Boerger]

Oh yeah, did I mention my OL son and his DL good friend will be in Trinity TX uni's next year?  You guys are going to get really sick of me around here! 

Congrats, Tex.  As a 6'6" 285+ pound type I always appreciate the OL guys.

Do let us know if you hear anything about them doing anything with the field, will you?

[Tex]

Ron, I'm a 6'4" 300 pounder myself.  Unfortunately for my offspring, I married a woman 5'2".    Luckily Matt at least got to 6'0".   He did manage to get mama's quickness though. 

I guess instead of falling for that beautiful smile of the wife's, I should have checked her height a bit closer, perhaps her vertical and 40 time as well.    Asking her to run the shuttle might have been a bit much though.

On the field issue, I'm not sure anyone is going to tell me much about what's going on.  The check I'm writing for tuition doesn't likely have enough zeros on the end of it. 

[Tex]

Can I kill a thread or what! 

[Ron Boerger]

Meh, it's just that time of year.   It's always pretty dead in the spring.