FB: Southern Athletic Association

[Ron Boerger]

Is the TU Black Flag in a storeroom somewhere?

Pretty sure the flag has been buried or burned and won't be back.

[wally_wabash]

Is the TU Black Flag in a storeroom somewhere?

Pretty sure the flag has been buried or burned and won't be back.

In the ATN piece I did on Trinity this fall, Coach Urban did say it was important for this group to kind of create their own identity apart from the Black Flag. 

[BSCpanthers]

Alright, got to know.  What's the history of the black flag???

[MUC57]

Yeah,
Me too ^^^^^^ !

[D3Navy]

I'll defer to Ron on the lore 'o the flag!

[Ron Boerger]

I'll defer to Ron on the lore 'o the flag!

This one is lost in the fog of memory.  My vague recollection was that it was coined during the 90s to give the D something to hang their hat on when the crazy good offense was getting all the headlines.  There was a pretty underwhelming flag (like 2'x3' if that) that one of the players brought out when they came across the field, but I don't know if it was an honor giving to a selected defender.

According to this D3football story from 2011 use of the Black Flag was discontinued in the early-mid 00s.

[BSCpanthers]

Hope everyone had a good Christmas!!! 

[D3Navy]

Hope everyone had a good Christmas!!!

And to you as well!

[BSCpanthers]

Houston practiced at BSC while in Birmingham for their bowl game. 

https://twitter.com/uhcougarfb/status/1474851458856239105?s=21

You can't see much, but it is our home.

[Ron Boerger]

Houston practiced at BSC while in Birmingham for their bowl game. 

https://twitter.com/uhcougarfb/status/1474851458856239105?s=21

You can't see much, but it is our home.

Cool!  Oregon's been at Trinity prepping for the Alamo Bowl.

https://twitter.com/jerhemeurban83/status/1474925946138464258?s=21

[BSCpanthers]

It would be nice if these rich FBS programs left some upgrade gifts for us D3 programs that are hosting them. 

[crufootball]

It would be nice if these rich FBS programs left some upgrade gifts for us D3 programs that are hosting them.

I am always curious in situations like that, do they pay something and if so how much.

[BSCpanthers]

It would be nice if these rich FBS programs left some upgrade gifts for us D3 programs that are hosting them.

I am always curious in situations like that, do they pay something and if so how much.

I know when Atlanta hosted the Olympics, some soccer games were played in Birmingham.  The athletes were housed at BSC, BSC used that money to remodel the dorms the athletes stayed in.  So I'm that case, BSC obviously got paid something for that.  BSC will also be hosting a few events on campus for the World Games this summer in Birmingham.  Obviously Houston stayed at a hotel in downtown, not sure if we will be housing any athletes during the World Games.  Anything paid to BSC would have been by the bowl game, not Houston themselves, but honestly, I would have been happy with a few mentions during the bowl game and an on air commercial for the school.

[Cowboy2]

It would be nice if these rich FBS programs left some upgrade gifts for us D3 programs that are hosting them.

I am always curious in situations like that, do they pay something and if so how much.

I think usually they pay the university for using the facilities. How the university disperses the funds remains unclear. Sometimes it goes to the athletic department (if the school puts it back into the program), then maybe it's split amongst different sports budgets, who knows.... I think each case may be different depending on how the school values athletics.

The Bowl games I remember usually had about a week worth of festivities. The guest school using the facility was only there 3-4 practices at most. But if you think about it, with grounds crew/maintenance, equipment managers, laundry, training staff and medical team, media access etc, there's a lot that goes into the logistics of using someone's facility for that week. I don't think it's a huge check that the bowl committee (sponsor) writes, but any money received could certainly be used for smaller schools with limited budgets.

Kind of similar to smaller D1 programs scheduling a game against the power 5 programs. They get paid for those games and the money helps fund their budgets.

[BSCpanthers]

Ready for spring practice to get here so I can see what we have coming in the fall.  Anyone know their OOC schedule for 2022??? 

BSC is still trying to nail down our schedule as LaGrange has decided they were done with our long time series.