FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[consultant]

Frank, you beat me to the proper interpretation.  Photographers must not be inside the 25 yardlines which means that they can't be in what's known as the team bench area.  However, photographers can be positioned between the 25 yard lines and the endzone and even behind the endzone as long as they remain at least 12 feet from the playing field.  Most division I fields have the media areas marked off in chalk around this permissible area.  Millsaps will probably not, but the officials will ask photographers to back up if it becomes a problem.  Frank, behave yourself.

[frank_ezelle]

The only time I misbehave is when I just don't know any better.  Wish you could make the trip to Jackson for a game--according to the map of playoff teams, there's not much D3 action in you neck of the woods.  On a personal note--Travis went under the knife for an ACL repair job last week--the rehab is going well.  You guys need to learn to slow down now that you've hit 30. 

[frank_ezelle]

An article in the today's local newspaper that is as much about LaGrange as it is about Millsaps:

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20081119/SPORTS030105/811190322/1085

[@d3jason]

You can also check out the Panthers on Huntingdon's coaches show. (Goto Huntingdon's website, then click on the link for the unofficial website and scroll to the bottom.) I watched it last night and they looked impressive.

The have a couple of good backs. The starter Wallace s a breakaway threat and also good retuen guy. He got hurt and Colt Shope came in and did a nice job. Don't know if Wallace s playing this week but I assume he is.

The quarterback didn't have much in the way of rushing stats coming into the game but broke the pocket for a couple of big first downs (ala Juan). His completion pct isn't great at just over 50%. The outside receivers look pretty solid too.

Their defense looked like it had some speed and slowed down Huntingdon's offense holding them below 300 yards.

[TigerDad]

Best of luck to the Majors (and their parents and fans) this weekend!  Congratulations on your hard-earned SCAC title this season ... hope you go deep in the playoffs this year!

See you next season ... in Jackson (again already!?)

[Breckenridgebear]

Go get them Majors. Make the SCAC proud.

[roocru]

Tex,

I sent you a PM.

[frank_ezelle]

Schedule of Millsaps webcasts which can be found at:  http://www.atwsportscast.com/Colleges/Millsaps%20College.htm

Thursday Night (tonight): 

6:00--A replay of last week's Football Coach's show
7:00--This week's Football Coach's Show

Friday Night:

7:00--The plan at the moment is to do the Millsaps Men's basketball game at Louisiana College

Saturday: 

11:45--The football playoff game with LaGrange.  This starting time might be plus or minus 5 minutes.

ALSO, the ESPN 1240AM is going to broadcast the football game and that internet link can be found in a post I had a page of two ago. 

[frank_ezelle]

TRAFFIC ALERT FOR MILLSAPS AND LAGRANGE FANS:

There is a 60,000 seat statium just north of Millsaps College and there will probably be 50,000 or more fans showing up for the 1:00 game between Jackson State University and Alcorn University.  Parking is a mess around the stadium so people will be showing up early for that 1:00 game and you do not want to get caught up in that mess.

Here's a link to a map of the area: 
http://maps.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTExNmIycG51BF9TAzI3MTYxNDkEc2VjA2ZwLWJ1dHRvbgRzbGsDbGluaw--#mvt=m&lat=32.320794&lon=-90.177113&zoom=15

What you will see is Millsaps College in the upper-center of the map and to the north of Millsaps is an area marked as "Fondren District"--that's the location of the stadium.  Woodrow Wilson runs between Millsaps and the stadium and you do not want to get on Woodrow Wilson if you are coming to Millsaps.  Likewise, you don't want to approach Millsaps on a city street from the north because you will hit the stadium gridlock.

What you need to do is exit I-55 somewhere south of Woodrow Wilson.  If the traffic isn't backed up, then exit at Fortification Street, but if traffic is moving slow then you can exit at the two earlier exits, High Street and Pearl.  Regardless of where you exit, you will go a little less than a mile to the west and your road will intersect with N. State Street.  Turn right on N. State Street and that will take you to Millsaps with the least amount of traffic.

Obviously, it will help if you get to Millsaps early.  Also, there shouldn't be a traffic problem leaving the game because the statium game will still be in the second half or in an excessively long halftime show!!! (You SWAC fans know that the people really come to see the bands.)

I hope that helps some fans somewhere and please pass this along to folks who are planning to attend the game.

[The Forgotten Man]

Thanks Frank. I just got back from the Georgia Tech -- Miami game.

I sent the info to parents, administrators, and coaches. Hope they read their email before taking off.

I'll be keeping my eye out for you at the game.

[MajorDad]

Man I hope the Majors are fired up about this game. I'm sure they remember the 21-0 blanking last playoff game they went to. I'd love nothing more than to see a blow out.....

[The Forgotten Man]

Man I hope the Majors are fired up about this game. I'm sure they remember the 21-0 blanking last playoff game they went to. I'd love nothing more than to see a blow out.....

Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it but in the other direction. 

I hope it is a great game and both teams can walk off the field, holding their heads high, knowing they left it all on the field.

[golden_dome]

TRAFFIC ALERT FOR MILLSAPS AND LAGRANGE FANS:

There is a 60,000 seat statium just north of Millsaps College and there will probably be 50,000 or more fans showing up for the 1:00 game between Jackson State University and Alcorn University.  Parking is a mess around the stadium so people will be showing up early for that 1:00 game and you do not want to get caught up in that mess.

Just to echo Frank's post, plan to be in traffic a while on the way to the game. The problem is not with Millsaps, but traffic is always awful downtown when MS Memorial Stadium is almost full. I've only tried it once and it took me an hour to get from the interstate to Millsaps which usually takes a couple minutes. The two stadiums are across the street from one another so it's hard to get around traffic headed to the JSU game.

Usually crowds aren't that big for JSU games but Alcorn is a pretty big game, but you never know because it is an 80-90% walkup crowd and they can have anywhere from 10,000-60,000 for a game. I wouldn't think it would be bad at 11:00 since it's two hours before the JSU kickoff, but it might be getting bad if you plan to arrive at kickoff at 12:00.

[rooski]

Best of luck to the Majors and their parents and fans. It's been fun "watching you enjoy the journey". You deserve to go far!

The build up to the playoffs is exciting, even if from a distance. The D1-ers don't know what they're missing.

[TigerDad]

Go Majors ... de-claw the Panthers!

D3 RULES, D1 DROOLS.