FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[laz]

Louisian College 14, Rhodes 3 from the LC website.

[Gray Fox]

Louisian College 14, Rhodes 3 from the LC website.

PINEVILLE, La. – In a defensive struggle on a field that resembled a swamp more than a football field, Louisiana College came away with a 14-3, non-conference victory, over Rhodes College Sunday afternoon. The LC defense held Rhodes to 87 yards, which is the lowest total for an LC defense in the modern era. The win improves LC to 2-0, while Rhodes falls to 0-1. The Wildcats open American Southwest Conference play next Saturday, hosting Hardin-Simmons in a 6 p.m. contest.

[TE4SAPS80]

Just a little info on the new D3.com polls, Trinity #21 and Millsaps #22.  Congrats to both teams, and I wish everyone in the SCAC the best as we kickoff into the bulk of interconference play.

[Ralph Turner]

The "Google Ad" that appears on the banner at this minute is to get your degree online at Belhaven College!   

IMHO, Belhaven should have moved to D-III a decade ago!  They would have made a great travel partner for MissColl and we could move LaCollege over to ETBU!

[Major Rev]

Agreed, Ralph, though I think there are real differences between Belhaven and Millsaps (academic standing) and between Belhaven and Mississippi College (size).  (Now, now ... don't anyone take offense!)

IMHO, the SCAC leadership would be reluctant to take in Belhaven, given the recent history of who they have accepted and rejected.  Where would Belhaven best fit into a conference? 

And the status of the D3 moratorium makes this a moot point for how long?

[Ron Boerger]

For those looking for something to read early in the week, here is Hendrix College's blog on adding football.  Interesting to read some of the replies where some posters are still convinced that football is going to destroy Hendrix As We Knew It ... 

[AF4]

Ron

i read all the replies...... ' i enrolled my son because there was no football'....ok... i would have thought that these folks were well healed elitist that would embrace diversity.... and if u ain't got football...and u add it... u R becoming mo' diverse.... uh... i would of thought

interesting read....

thanks and keep the faith

[wabashcpa]

For those looking for something to read early in the week, here is Hendrix College's blog on adding football.  Interesting to read some of the replies where some posters are still convinced that football is going to destroy Hendrix As We Knew It ... 

Great stuff, especially the comment from one guy that having a football team wouldn't necessarily mean bringing in dumb jocks or Greek life or anything like that.  Not the dreaded Greek life!!!  The mom who liked Hendrix because they didn't have football was priceless, too.

Question - how many prospective students are they losing because they don't have football?  Not only was that one of the better parts of the college experience as a student, it's one of the main parts that keeps us connected as alumni. 

Of course, if Hendrix were all-male, and they wanted to go co-ed, that would be totally different!   

[Major Rev]

They might take notes on the BSC experience - immediate influx of students interested in playing football (sure, that dropped, but live and learn, eh?) and a rallying point for many students.  I know one of their students VERY well, and she says that college without football was 'weird' for her.  I'll have to see what it's like after they get to play a couple of home games on campus later this season!

[cush]

I would think hendrix would clean up in the state of arkansas being the only d3 school. Also, saw where berry college is going d3, think they would also really clean up in georgia to get d3 football players...they would make a nice addition to the scac if an opening happened but don't really see an opening unless OU dropped out or if depauw ever got an invite to the ncac...going to 14 might work but that's kinda big.

[AF4]

crush

i thought there was a moritorium on accepting new members into D-3

r u sure berry is making that move...or just exporing the move

there r several other D-3's in Ga... La Grange, Piedmont, Oglethorpe... and a few more... la grange the only one with footbal...presently

berry is a beautiful campus with an excellent baseball facility...oddly they have an ag school... which is not common amongst private institutions

keep the faith

[Ralph Turner]

Berry is in their exploratory year.  I bet they join.

The moratorium has been lifted.

MissColl is one of the larger schools in the ASC, too.

[frank_ezelle]

Millsaps edged Belhaven 23-20 in a JV game Monday afternoon.  Naturally the score for both teams was less important than getting some experience for guys who won't see much varsity time this season. 

I believe I'm correct that last year was the first time Millsaps had played a JV schedule.  It's amazing to see more players dressed out for a JV game than the number of players who were dressed out for a Millsaps varsity game just a handful of years ago.  It's hard to believe that in 2003, a year when I travelled to every game, there was a very real possibility that Millsaps wasn't going to have enough players to finish out the schedule.  That was the year that the head coach decided to practice at 6 AM instead of in the afternoon and they ended the season with about 30 players--and many of those were ready to quit but they didn't want to abandon their teammates.  The change in the last 5 years has been like the difference between midnight and noon.

[D3_DPUFan]

Tiger QB is SCAC Offensive Player of the Week...

http://depauw.edu/ath/football/index.asp?id=22109

[D3_DPUFan]

Like I said before the season, the offense is always an x-factor for the Colonels.  Hopefully, they can get it going!

Did you guys go to the spread? How's the D looking? I'm looking forward to a good ballgame in Danville this weekend...sounds like the weather will be good...