FB: Southern Athletic Association

Ron Boerger · February 06, 2021, 12:45:55 PM

Beautiful day for the SAA opener in San Antonio with temperatures already in the low 60s expected to rise into the 70s as the day goes on.

Next weekend, not so much for the two teams involved; Trinity will be at Millsaps with temps in Jackson hovering in the 30s, Austin at Hendrix where it could be in the 20s at game time.

Ron Boerger · February 06, 2021, 04:11:09 PM

Wasn't always pretty but once Trinity quit making unforced errors they eased past Austin 35-24 today, holding the 'roos to negative rushing yardage (-3 yards on 22 attempts) and dominating defensively before AC's final lightning-fast drive. Trinity's Austin Berkness had 124 yards and three TD catches on nine receptions as the Tigers outgained their opponents 482-221. Plenty to work on towards next week's bone-chiller at Millsaps.

While there were quite a few injury timeouts, I only saw one that looked serious, a knee from one of AC's linebackers/DBs, so hopefully everyone else on both sides is OK for the rest of the season.

BSCpanthers · February 07, 2021, 10:20:00 AM

BSC controlled the game from start to finish to take a 52-0 win at Rhodes. Berry comes to town next week, winner of that game more then likely wins the East.

Week 1 is now behind us, didn't see any injuries in the BCS-Rhodes game, hopefully everyone is healthy as we all move on to week two.

Ron Boerger · February 09, 2021, 03:54:34 PM

Trinity @ Millsaps has been moved forward to an 11AM start on Saturday. https://twitter.com/MajorAthletics/status/1359231558180368386

Temperature at kickoff is forecast to be 39 and remaining pretty much constant all afternoon, with winds from the north around 15mph. No precipitation, at least.

Ron Boerger · February 11, 2021, 02:36:28 PM

Pat reports AC at Hendrix has been postponed.

https://twitter.com/d3football/status/1359947640079855622

BSCpanthers · February 11, 2021, 05:40:44 PM

So now the current schedule for this weekend is:

Centre@Rhodes 3:30
Berry@BSC 6:00
Trinity@Millsaps 11:00

The Berry-BSC game this weekend could be the deciding game for the East.

BSCpanthers · February 13, 2021, 09:11:32 AM

Week 2 Spring Season

Centre opens their season at home with Rhodes at 1:00 central time.
Berry opens their season at BSC at 6:00 central time.
Hendrix at Austin has been postponed due to weather.
Trinity plays at Millsaps with an 11:00 central kick.

I would imagine there will be a schedule update in another week to fix the games that have been postponed. Hopefully this will be the last weekend of postponed games.

Ron Boerger · February 13, 2021, 03:20:11 PM

AC-HX can play in the bye week before the SAA championship. Pretty smart move by the conference to leave a week off, it may end up being one of the busiest weeks of the seaso).

Speaking of the SAA they updated their fan policy to allow two family members per home team athlete - no visiting team or casual fans. There were a few in the stands at Millsaps and I was wondering why.

And speaking of Millsaps, Trinity eliminated the errors that plagued them last week and the result was a 37-7 win on the road that wasn't that close (the final score was reached midway through the third quarter and the third and fourth string TU QBs played the last 17 minutes of the game). Hendrix comes to town next week and that may be the game that determines the West representative in the championship.

BSCpanthers · February 14, 2021, 01:25:15 AM

BSC drops a heartbreaker to Berry, as Berry scores the go ahead TD with 11 seconds remaining. Was a great game, we just came up a bit short this time. We had the parents in the stands, and it was a cold night to sit out there.

Centre also shuts out Rhodes in Nashville, home game for Rhodes.

BSC travels to Centre next Saturday.

Ron Boerger · February 16, 2021, 03:36:02 PM

Millsaps has postponed this week's game due to weather. Their remaining schedule:

Saturday, Feb. 27 at Austin College - 12 pm (which is a surprise given that Trinity is already on AC's schedule).
Saturday, March 6 at Hendrix College - 12 pm

Have seen no change for HX at Trinity, but the weather in San Antonio should be much more pleasant than last week in Jackson with highs near 50.

But MAN the SAA schedule is a mess. Showing two start times for BSC/Centre this week (1:30, 6:00pm). Austin is now shown playing both Millsaps and Trinity next week, I guess AC and Trinity could play on March 6th, which is when Rhodes is shown playing Rhodes.

BSCpanthers · February 16, 2021, 04:20:10 PM

March 6th is supposed to Rhodes at BSC, senior night for us.

After this week, only Rhodes and BSC will have played all 3 games, and Rhodes moves their game from last Saturday to Nashville due to weather.

I'd really like to have another shot at Berry!!!

jekelish · February 16, 2021, 09:35:28 PM

Quote from: Ron Boerger on February 16, 2021, 03:36:02 PM
Millsaps has postponed this week's game due to weather. Their remaining schedule:

Saturday, Feb. 27 at Austin College - 12 pm (which is a surprise given that Trinity is already on AC's schedule).
Saturday, March 6 at Hendrix College - 12 pm

Have seen no change for HX at Trinity, but the weather in San Antonio should be much more pleasant than last week in Jackson with highs near 50.

But MAN the SAA schedule is a mess. Showing two start times for BSC/Centre this week (1:30, 6:00pm). Austin is now shown playing both Millsaps and Trinity next week, I guess AC and Trinity could play on March 6th, which is when Rhodes is shown playing Rhodes.

The second AC/Trinity game is not going to take place at this point. The postponed Hendrix game will be on 3/6, and Millsaps/AC gets bumped to next weekend. So at this point, all of Millsaps, Hendrix, Trinity, and Austin College will have played each other at least once, if I'm not mistaken. So the first AC/Trinity game will be the one that counts toward the standings.

BSCpanthers · February 17, 2021, 09:17:13 PM

BSC@Centre has been postponed.

I'm getting word that Rhodes may have shut it down and called it a year. They had already moved location of the game last week due to weather, and was probably going to postpone this weekend due to weather, not sure how much practice they have been able to have.

Weather is causing havoc on so much right now, and that includes the SAA.

BSCpanthers · February 18, 2021, 08:27:33 AM

Update on the east side of the schedule.

Original schedule for Feb 20th
Rhodes@ Berry
BSC@Centre

Rhodes has canceled the rest of their season, and BSC@Centre has been postponed due to weather

Original Feb 27th schedule
Rhodes@BSC
Centre@Berry

Now, apparently, BSC will travel to Centre, but play in Tennessee somewhere, not determined yet. Which means Berry will not have anyone to play. For those keeping score at home, Berry has only played one game so far, and could play Centre on March 6th.

As of now, only possible for one SAA game this weekend, Hendrix@Trinity, but I don't know how much practice Hendrix has been able to have this week due to weather.

What a mess. Who would have imagined a weather pattern like this for the southeast, but considering the last year, not surprising. Glad they are playing, and still glad we tried in February, give the guys a little more time to heal before next fall season.

Ron Boerger · February 18, 2021, 09:30:07 AM

Trinity hasn't had much practice time either - San Antonio got several inches of snow Monday, power has been an issue throughout the state and it's been below freezing most of the week. According to a release yesterday Trinity is still "evaluating" whether the game will be played. The amount HX has probably sunk into their non-refundable flight arrangements may be one big reason it hasn't already been called off, but weather-related issues might give them no choice. After the power and now water debacles this week, Texas should change its travel motto to "Don't Mess With Texas - it's messed up enough already" (and I say that as a native who has lived here over 55 years).

Of course, it's supposed to be in the 70s by mid-week, but that doesn't help the situation this weekend.