FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Ralph Turner]

I was looking at the Millsaps football schedule for 2008 and I think I found a typo.  It shows that the Millsaps-Trinity game is being played in San Antonio and I thought that game was always played in Jackson.

Now THAT was a good one, Frank!   

Looking forward to hosting you and other Major fans this year ...

TigerDad, aka Father of Trinity All-American Javelin Thrower, you get the ability to give karma after 200 posts.

I will applaud that post for you! 

+1 Frank!   

[TigerDad]

Ralph Turner, aka "father" of McMurry Athetes everywhere (past & present) ... thank you for that karma boost for my colleague, Frank Ezelle.

Perhaps I should post more often to reach that magic number and gain my karmic powers.

Naaaah.  Better to post less often when I (think I) have something worthwhile to contribute than to post in vain.  Would Shakespeare have written that in the Internet age?

Only 2 months, 28 days until Tiger Football kickoff ...

[Tex]

Only 2 months, 28 days until Tiger Football kickoff ...

I know mine just spent a week working out hard at 7-10,000 feet of elevation in Colorado.  (Getting ready for that CC game I guess!) Personally, I've never felt so out of shape this past week hiking up and down the hills.  I can't wait for mine to report August 15th, but I'm sure going to miss him and his buddies eating all my groceries!   

[frank_ezelle]

My goodness, if I only posted when I had something worthwhile to say, then I too would be without the power to give karma!  

I too am getting anxious for the start of the football season.  Millsaps has a new, young offensive coordinator and a lot of faces to replace on the defensive side of the ball--it should be interesting to see how things go in the first couple of games.  I've heard bits and pieces about recruiting but not enough to give me a feel of how recruiting has gone for next year.  The two non-conference games with MC and Belhaven will be a tough one-two punch to open the season so I think we will find out in a hurry some of the answers to the off season questions.

[KentATM]

hey, so Hendrix is adding football ehh?  nice.  two more teams and they'll have to have divisions no?

[etg]

(El Tea Gray--re: Lindy's 2008 Preseason Ranking)

Lindy's 2008 College Football Preview (National Edition)
2008 Preseason DIII Football Ranking

SCAC only one team in top 25:    #19 Trinity (Texas)      "2nd to Mount Union in Win-Percentage over last
                                                                                          14 years"

(#1--Mount Union, #2--UW-Whitewater, #3--Bethel, #4--UMHB (only ASC in top 25)


2008 All-DIII Preseason Selections
Second Team Offense         Riley Curry      Trinity (Texas)      WR


2008 Games to Watch
11/1/08           Millsaps (MS)  at  Trinity (Texas)


                                                                               

[Major_Fan]

Old news, but... Somis Sports Names Millsaps on List of 25 Most Improved Teams

release here... http://www.millsaps.edu/athletic/football/042308story.shtml

[TigerDad]

Got my "Dave Campbell's 2008 Texas Football" Magazine in the mail today ... I pre-ordered it again this year and it came right to my desk at work!!  Of course, I didn't get any work done the rest of the day ...

Short reviews of Trinity (including a mention of the videocast team) and Austin College in the SCAC ... since these schools compete outside of Texas, there's not a page devoted to the SCAC conference like the ASC, DII and D-1 school programs.

Get your copy at newstands all around Texas or visit www.texasfootball.com to order your own!  Not a plug, it's just a necessity in the Lone Star State.

OK, NOW I'm fired up for some football ... 2 months, 19 days and counting ...

 

[KentATM]

i just hope you guys aren't all upset when AC comes in and kicks it up a notch this year.  You all goin down!

(in the nicest way possible of course  )

[TigerDad]

from Dave Campbell's 2008 article on page 162:  (not my words)

"Another key is that three of the Tigers' toughest games will be played at home against DePauw, Millsaps and Rhodes. The Tigers are 60-0 vs. Division III opponents at home in the regular season since 1995."

"Since 1996, Trinity has more wins than any other collegiate program in Texas (119) and the best winning percentage (119-20, .856)."

KentATM ... hope to see you in San Antonio on Nov 15th.

TU TIGERS ... winning tradition and BEYOND

[Ron Boerger]

The only problem with streaks is that someday, they all get broken (unless you're Tiger Woods leading a major after three round, that is).   

[TigerDad]

Ron;

You mean like Trinity's 13-consecutive-year SCAC title streak? 

"SCAC Champions: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, ... ( not '06 ) ...  2007"

Coulda, woulda, shoulda ... hmmmmm ...

I knew somebody from Millsaps would point it out, so I beat them to it.

[TigerDad]

Director's Cup

Congratulations to McMurry for finishing 42nd in the 2007-08 Director's Cup, highest of any ASC school.  McMurry amassed 358 points for the year.

Note that the Directors' Cup scoring & order was revised today, June 19th ...
   ... SCAC Trinity (TX) moved up from 20th to 13th ... Men's Track +30.5 pts.

Trinity at #13 is now the highest-ranked SCAC school.  DePauw at #18 also with a fine showing nationwide.

Congratulations to all the athletes who participated in athletics in the SCAC in 2007-2008!

Now how did that happen?   

[KentATM]

from Dave Campbell's 2008 article on page 162:  (not my words)

"Another key is that three of the Tigers' toughest games will be played at home against DePauw, Millsaps and Rhodes. The Tigers are 60-0 vs. Division III opponents at home in the regular season since 1995."

"Since 1996, Trinity has more wins than any other collegiate program in Texas (119) and the best winning percentage (119-20, .856)."

KentATM ... hope to see you in San Antonio on Nov 15th.

TU TIGERS ... winning tradition and BEYOND

odds are i'll be there.  the election will have ended by then thus my duties as a political slave will be finished and I won't be looking for a real job just yet.

[Pat Coleman]

Urban camp a hot ticket

Nathanael Hasselbeck sampled Texas barbecue on Friday night and on Saturday he got a taste of the Texas heat.

"I've got a newfound respect for Texas football," Hasselbeck said. "Now I understand why it's called Friday Night Lights and they play all the games on Friday night. I know I couldn't do it. I'd have to have some kind of air conditioning in my pads if I was playing high school football down here."

Hasselbeck played college football at Boston College, his brothers play quarterback in the NFL, and his father earned a Super Bowl ring.

But Hasselbeck struggled as temperatures soared to near the century mark during the inaugural Jerheme Urban Wide Receivers and Quarterbacks Camp at the Memorial senior campus practice field. ...