FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[exmajor]

http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/topsports/story/329579.html

I ran across this article about the Urban brothers and though the Trinity folks might find it a good read.  It is a few days old, but a good story about the brothers nonetheless!

[frank_ezelle]

I enjoyed the story about the Urban brothers and then I enjoyed this great article written by Pat Coleman.  It's not about SCAC football but I think it hits the nail on the head regarding why all of us here love D3 sports so much:

http://www.d3football.com/notables/2008/10/08/1535/for-carleton-walk-is-a-step-forward.html

Great job Pat!

[frank_ezelle]

A late reminder that the Millsaps football show is on this evening.  Last week's show is being replayed from 6-7 Central time and this week's show goes from 7 to 8.  Here's the link:

http://www.atwsportscast.com/Colleges/Players/Millsaps%20College.htm

[etg]

(El Tea Gray--re: Ron's Reply #5233 on 10/7/08)

Ron,
AFCA Poll:   Trinity  #12           Millsaps  #11      (IMHO this is lot more realistic than TU #19  and  MC #12.)

FYI,   Trinity JV  7   vs.   UMHB JV  6  at Stevens on Sept. 29th.  They have a rematch in Belton in 3 weeks.


                                                                            

[frank_ezelle]

etg, it's a good thing for the SCAC and for both Millsaps and Trinity that both teams are knocking on the door of the top-10.  At the regular season's end the poll rankings won't be as important as several other things--the SCAC Championship, the AQ into the playoffs, the South Region rankings--but I still think the rankings have some importants.  That being said, the winner of the Nov. 1st game will get a bigger boost in the rankings if their opponent that day is also highly ranked.

As long as I'm talking about Millsaps and Trinity, I might as well bring up one thing that I failed to mentioned when talking about that Nov. 1st game.  While Millsaps might have the disadvantage of only travelling with 52 players, they will have the advantage of an open date prior to the game while Trinity travels to Sewanee on October 24th.  It seems like that could be a factor in preparing for the game, I just don't know how much of a factor.

[Tex]

Frank, off weeks can be a double edged sword.  That Saturday that TU is traveling back from Sewanee, the MC team might be getting wasted at a party.  You never know... 

I don't know D-3 as well as the rest of you, but I'm guessing if you find the 5 or 10 traditional powers in D-3, they mostly play in competitive conferences.  Again, that's a guess.  But if the SCAC brings its overall level of play up so that each game is competitive, that'll bode well for the eventual one or maybe two teams that get to the playoffs. 

Have a cup cake schedule won't prepare you for playoffs.

[Pat Coleman]

(El Tea Gray--re: Ron's Reply #5233 on 10/7/08)

Ron,
AFCA Poll:   Trinity  #12           Millsaps  #11      (IMHO this is lot more realistic than TU #19  and  MC #12.)

We'll know a little more over the next two weeks once Trinity and Millsaps finally have common opponents. Millsaps has been wiping the walls with some pretty decent teams the past two weeks.

[Tex]

I just heard that TLU cancelled their JV game with Trinity due to injuries and attrition. 

[frank_ezelle]

I hope they aren't getting wasted at a party!

Seriously, in some ways playing a game and staying in the normal routine is a good thing, but the preparation time lost because of the travel back and forth to Sewanee might be a factor, plus Millsaps will have a little time to get guys a little healthier.

Regarding the polls, we all agree that the Trinity-Millsaps question will be worked out on the field in a few weeks.  I will say that the D3 voters obviously looks at the games in greater detail than the coaches so lets give them credit for really trying to get it right.

For example, HSU went on the road and lost to #3 UMHB last weekend by a 20-18 score.  The D3 voters looked past just the W-L aspect of the game and rewarded HSU by moving them from 21 to 16.  The voters in the coaches poll apparently go more on just wins and losses and overall record and they dropped HSU from 11 to 17.  While the end result is that HSU is in about the same place in both polls, I think the D3 voters got it right by rewarding HSU even though they lost to UMHB.

[frank_ezelle]

An FYI Post:

This weeks schedule--all times are Eastern time zone:

   1:00 PM  Birmingham-Southern   @ DePauw     
   1:30 PM  Millsaps   @ Centre     
   2:00 PM  Sewanee   @ Austin     
   2:30 PM  Rhodes   @ Trinity (Tex.) 

---It looks like the DePauw game will have live stats and audio
---The Millsaps game will have video by Millsaps
---The Trinity game will have live stats, video and audio

Links to all of the above can be found at the SCAC site under the scoreboard section in the football area.  The SCAC link is:  http://www.scac-online.org/

Since I have it handy, here is the link for the Millsaps video that will start at about 12:15 or 12:20 Central:  http://www.atwsportscast.com/Colleges/Players/Millsaps%20College.htm

[Ron Boerger]

It's really too bad AC football games are no longer broadcast.  They had a very good quality broadcast when I listened the last few seasons. 

[Pat Coleman]

Agreed. John Hendry did a great job. I talked to him in the preseason and he said they just weren't economically feasible at what he was getting.

[TigerDad]

For those of you who haven't seen today's "Daily Dose" entry:

Surprisingly close game
Keith's take: Birmingham-Southern at DePauw. Staring at a date with No. 19 Trinity (Texas) next week, will the Tigers be able to put aside last week's 55-13 thrashing at Millsaps and be sharp against the Panthers? DePauw didn't look like a conference champion or playoff team last week, but it's not far fetched to envision a three-way tie atop the conference if everything breaks right. I could see a sluggish start and a game closer than the Tigers would like.

read more here: http://www.d3football.com/dailydose/2008/10/10/turning-point/

Wow ... that should get the DPU juices flowing ... let the games begin!

[frank_ezelle]

My guess is DePauw by 21-28 points.  Millsaps is a different type of team in that their typical scoring drive only lasts 2-3 minutes.  If you can't stop them, then the score gets more quickly out of hand than being unable to stop a team that takes 5-6 minutes on a typical scoring drive.

Just as Rhodes showed last week, DePauw will show this week that they are a good team and they will win big at home.  Right now they have something to prove this week and I can't see that they would in any way be looking ahead to next week's game.  I'll predict a 38-10 score.

[Tex]

I'll take BSC.  Anyone giving points?   

BSC by 4.