FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[MajorDad]

Hope lots of you Majors fans will be making the trip west to San Antone ... the atmosphere at TU is not quite as festive as in Jackson, but it should be quite a circus after last year's post-game publicity.  We welcome you to E.M. Stevens and hope you have a safe trip!  Be sure to come early (Thu or Fri) and take in the famous San Antonio River Walk if you've never been ... it' well worth an extra day of vacation or personal day to get to experience Texas San Antonio style!

FYI, Trinity University is located just off Hwy 281 about 2 miles north of downtown and about 7 miles south of San Antonio Airport.  E.M. Stevens Field is on the TU campus and the entrance (and parking) is along Shook Avenue, between Mulberry and Hildebrand.

For those needing a map and directions, here's a GoogleMap you can use: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=29.459422,-98.482733&spn=0.008538,0.013561&t=h&z=16&msid=114544560278502564499.000456945c544cddce2ab

Just repeating my earlier post for the benefit of the Millsaps faithful (and K-Mack!) who will be heading west this weekend. H\have a safe trip and we hope you enjoy your stay in S.A. ... but not too much!  Hope to meet some of you on the field after the game ... win or lose it should be a good one for both schools, the SCAC and Division III.  Don't forget to bring your caps, sunglasses and sunscreen ... the Visitors' stands face directly into the afternoon sun.
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Hey ... I just made "Starter" status with this post (#200)!!! 
... +1 to my friend frank_ezelle just because I can!!   

TD, thanks for the warm welcome to sunny SA. Being from Tampa, warm weather is what I'm looking forward to. That just didn't sound right but the temps here lately have been chilly. Shades, don't forget the Shades.....

[D3_DPUFan]

I can only believe that clock management will not be an issue this game. /quote]

Clock management in San Antonio? Did they get some new officials?  
Sorry, couldn't resist.

In all seriousness, looking forward to seeing how this one comes out...a battle of two very fine teams...

[Tex]

Hope lots of you Majors fans will be making the trip west to San Antone ... the atmosphere at TU is not quite as festive as in Jackson, but it should be quite a circus after last year's post-game publicity.  We welcome you to E.M. Stevens and hope you have a safe trip!  Be sure to come early (Thu or Fri) and take in the famous San Antonio River Walk if you've never been ... it' well worth an extra day of vacation or personal day to get to experience Texas San Antonio style!

FYI, Trinity University is located just off Hwy 281 about 2 miles north of downtown and about 7 miles south of San Antonio Airport.  E.M. Stevens Field is on the TU campus and the entrance (and parking) is along Shook Avenue, between Mulberry and Hildebrand.

For those needing a map and directions, here's a GoogleMap you can use: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=29.459422,-98.482733&spn=0.008538,0.013561&t=h&z=16&msid=114544560278502564499.000456945c544cddce2ab

Just repeating my earlier post for the benefit of the Millsaps faithful (and K-Mack!) who will be heading west this weekend. H\have a safe trip and we hope you enjoy your stay in S.A. ... but not too much!  Hope to meet some of you on the field after the game ... win or lose it should be a good one for both schools, the SCAC and Division III.  Don't forget to bring your caps, sunglasses and sunscreen ... the Visitors' stands face directly into the afternoon sun.
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Hey ... I just made "Starter" status with this post (#200)!!! 
... +1 to my friend frank_ezelle just because I can!!   

TD, thanks for the warm welcome to sunny SA. Being from Tampa, warm weather is what I'm looking forward to. That just didn't sound right but the temps here lately have been chilly. Shades, don't forget the Shades.....

High is supposed to be 84.  Winds light and variable.  SA has a way of getting pretty warm this time of year. 

[Tex]

Hey ... I just made "Starter" status with this post (#200)!!! 
... +1 to my friend frank_ezelle just because I can!!   

With great power comes great responsibility.

[Tex]

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/local_colleges/Recruiting_may_be_toughest_job_of_all_at_D-III_level.html

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/local_colleges/Trinity_Mary_Hardin-Baylor_build_winning_D-III_programs_in_different_ways.html

[Ron Boerger]

A preview from SCACSports.com:

http://www.scacsports.com/sports/fball/2008-09/news/millsaps_trinity_preview

excerpt:

It might not be a stretch to say that when the Majors (ranked fifth in the D3football.com poll and seventh in the AFCA Coaches' poll) and Tigers (eighth in the AFCA poll, 14th in D3football.com) kickoff, the two teams will be playing in the biggest game in the history of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference/College Athletic Conference. As testament, D3football.com plans on sending national correspondent Keith McMillan to cover the game. 

Hope your flight gets in on-time, K-Mack 

[DPU3619]

High is supposed to be 84.  Winds light and variable.  SA has a way of getting pretty warm this time of year. 

84?!?  I was coming home late from work a couple nights ago and it was snowing.   

[TigerDad]

Today's San Antonio Express-News has several articles on Trinity, UMHB and other Texas D-III schools ... all available on-line from here:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/local_colleges/

This has to be the most information ever published in SA (maybe in Texas) about Division III football ... very impressive and well-researched.  No doubt this is due to the publicity surrounding the Trinity-Millsaps matchup on Saturday.

A tip of the hat to the MySA.com Sports editors and reporters ...

[Ron Boerger]

That is a nice series of articles, especially for a paper that often makes you wonder if it's even in the same city as TU.  Thanks for the link.

[Chronological Order]

On the SCACSPORTS.com website as of this post...

http://scacsports.com/sports/fball/index

"Everyone is asking so we will too - Who wins on Saturday, Millsaps or Trinity?"

Millsaps (12) 18%

Trinity (54) 81%

[coachhaack]

Best of luck to the TU Tigers in this biggest of big games.  I wish I could watch online, but it won't be possible right now.  May the Lord bless you all.  

[LA Major]

Best of luck to the TU Tigers in this biggest of big games.  I wish I could watch online, but it won't be possible right now.  May the Lord bless you all.  

Coach with all respect to you and the good Lord I think TU used up that blessing last year. 

This is one game that has reached the level of importance and interest that many have hoped it would. It has been a long year for the Majors to endure the replay but I think if they can travel well and manage their emotions it won't be close. I know that will upset some but I think TU is not overall as strong or as  skilled as they were last year and the Majors have improved. Home field is an X factor for TU so we will see. Great game situation for both teams,coaches and fans.

Go Majors

[coachhaack]

LAMAJOR:

   You'd be surprised at how much the Lord blesses the Tigers.   

But, I understand your sentiment, and will hopefully give you a thoughtful, respectful rebuttal.

The improvements the Majors have made year to year have not been lost on the TU coaching staff, and really, coach Mohr and the staff predicted these days would be upon us when Mike Dubose was hired at Milsaps.

You've got great coaching, great kids, and having been there at Harper Davis Field, during the 07 game AND the 06 game which was significantly less joyful, we know that you've got great support from administration, your fans, alumni, and the student body.   It's a great atmosphere, and "we" (as if I were still there) enjoy going there.

I too am glad that this game has become the important SCAC rivalry that it has.  It's good for both schools, the SCAC, and D3 at large.

I think it will be close--and I think Trinity's capability for playing in (and winning) the close game is a product of years and years of quality coaching and winning. X-factors aside, TU has done it for years.  At home and on the road.  I find it Ironic that people talk about TU's home record with a raised eyebrow; while 3 of the five TU losses I experienced were at home.

Azuza Pacific, UMHB (2004) and UMHB (2005). 

I don't have the Stats in front of me, so forgive me if I mis-quote a detail or two but....

The TU Tigers were behind with 9 seconds to play, facing fourth and goal to go (In Greencastle) vs. the Depauw Tigers a couple years ago.   We know how that ended.

TU was behind with less than two minutes to play in Redlands.  A few plays later, Desplains to Kremmers, and TU wins again.

Sewanee (or was it Rhodes?) Had us on the ropes at their place back in 04 or 05 and the pulled it off again. 

There are so many more examples, that I really can't remember just the ones that happened while I was privileged to be part of Coach Mohr's staff. 

My point is that from what I can tell in the little bit of the TU Tiger football I've been able to catch on line, the Tigers are better than last year. 

In addition to the improvement in the quality of play, I firmly believe that the TU Tigers have a competitive character that is part of their team identity.  Instilled by the coaches, and carried by the players, and passed from one graduating class to the next.  As a TU Tiger, you are expected to fight to the final whistle. 

When other teams are down by 8, with just over two minutes on the clock vs. a very strong, ranked Milsaps opponent at Harper Davis Field, lots of teams fold up emotionally and pack it in.  Especially after not getting a 2-point conversion to tie, and most especially after not covering an onside kick, and watching the number one scoring offense in the SCAC come out to possess the ball, and use up all but 2 seconds on the game clock.

If that were Trinity's only example, I could see why anti-Tigers would look back on last year's once-in-a-lifetime moment, and call it a lucky fluke.  But in having first-hand knowledge of how Coach Mohr and his staff groom and train those kids, I say, although last year's special moment was a miraculous blessing to be sure, this TU team expects to win, and they'll fight you for that "W" all the way.

I believe chalking everything up to home field advantage really minimizes the efforts of Coach Mohr's very capable and dedicated staff, the great, great kids who play at TU, year in and year and the self-sacrificing parents in the PAWS organization that really make being a part of Coach Mohr's program a special joy. 

Last year's once-in-a-lifetime moment is not the reason I think TU can z(and will) win.   It's all the reasons I stated before that. 

[wabashcpa]

On the SCACSPORTS.com website as of this post...

http://scacsports.com/sports/fball/index

"Everyone is asking so we will too - Who wins on Saturday, Millsaps or Trinity?"

Millsaps (12) 18%

Trinity (54) 81%

That disparity really surprises me - it would be interesting to see the composition of those voters.

[TigerDad]

That disparity really surprises me - it would be interesting to see the composition of those voters.

The disparity would not surprise you if you knew how the Trinity faithful respond to an invitation to vote in an Internet poll!  We can be very determined ...