FB: Southern Athletic Association

[Shoreman]

Trinity @ Sewanee moved to a noon start.
http://sewaneetigers.com/sports/fball/2012-13/releases/201210290kgkau

[Hawks88]

I don't know why BSC and HC can't play the first game of the season.

I think they have always played LaGrange week 1, so I'll give them that one. I really don't like the rest of that schedule though. I know they have to play Berry and Hendrix but two other first year programs as well? That's not even going to be any fun playing 4 first year teams. I may be speaking out of turn as I don't know any specifics, but it seems like something could have been worked out.

[Pat Coleman]

Who are the other first-year programs?

[Hawks88]

Stetson and Warner.

http://www.bscsports.net/sports/fball/schedule-2013

[Pat Coleman]

Stetson and Warner.

http://www.bscsports.net/sports/fball/schedule-2013

Ouch. Why in the world would they do that?

[jknezek]

Two first year, non D3 programs in FL? One home, one away? Maybe they are trying to get some recruiting exposure in South FL. Other than that, odd choice. They will only have 8 D3 games and one is against Wesley. Out of their 10 game schedule, they are going to have 4 first year teams by my count. Bleh...

[Ron Boerger]

Who are the other first-year programs?

Sep 7, 2013    LaGrange            
Sep 14, 2013    Hendrix  *            
Sep 21, 2013    Stetson    Pioneer League (D1 - non-scholarship)     
Sep 28, 2013    Wesley            
Oct 5, 2013    Sewanee  *            
Oct 19, 2013    Millsaps  *            
Oct 26, 2013    Berry  *            
Nov 2, 2013    Rhodes  *            
Nov 9, 2013    Warner  (NAIA)        
Nov 16, 2013    Centre  *            

Yeesh.

[wesleydad]

Who are the other first-year programs?

Sep 7, 2013    LaGrange            
Sep 14, 2013    Hendrix  *            
Sep 21, 2013    Stetson    Pioneer League (D1 - non-scholarship)     
Sep 28, 2013    Wesley            
Oct 5, 2013    Sewanee  *            
Oct 19, 2013    Millsaps  *            
Oct 26, 2013    Berry  *            
Nov 2, 2013    Rhodes  *            
Nov 9, 2013    Warner  (NAIA)        
Nov 16, 2013    Centre  *            

Yeesh.

over on the asc board the umhb folks are talking about playing away at huntingdon in week 1 next year, is that info not good?

[Pat Coleman]

Who are the other first-year programs?

Sep 7, 2013    LaGrange            
Sep 14, 2013    Hendrix  *            
Sep 21, 2013    Stetson    Pioneer League (D1 - non-scholarship)     
Sep 28, 2013    Wesley            
Oct 5, 2013    Sewanee  *            
Oct 19, 2013    Millsaps  *            
Oct 26, 2013    Berry  *            
Nov 2, 2013    Rhodes  *            
Nov 9, 2013    Warner  (NAIA)        
Nov 16, 2013    Centre  *            

Yeesh.

over on the asc board the umhb folks are talking about playing away at huntingdon in week 1 next year, is that info not good?

The above is Birmingham-Southern's schedule.

[wesleydad]

Who are the other first-year programs?

Sep 7, 2013    LaGrange            
Sep 14, 2013    Hendrix  *            
Sep 21, 2013    Stetson    Pioneer League (D1 - non-scholarship)     
Sep 28, 2013    Wesley            
Oct 5, 2013    Sewanee  *            
Oct 19, 2013    Millsaps  *            
Oct 26, 2013    Berry  *            
Nov 2, 2013    Rhodes  *            
Nov 9, 2013    Warner  (NAIA)        
Nov 16, 2013    Centre  *            

Yeesh.

over on the asc board the umhb folks are talking about playing away at huntingdon in week 1 next year, is that info not good?

The above is Birmingham-Southern's schedule.

thanks pat, got messed up reading the different posts, thought the discussion was about huntingdon.

[Hawks88]

Who are the other first-year programs?

Sep 7, 2013    LaGrange            
Sep 14, 2013    Hendrix  *            
Sep 21, 2013    Stetson    Pioneer League (D1 - non-scholarship)     
Sep 28, 2013    Wesley            
Oct 5, 2013    Sewanee  *            
Oct 19, 2013    Millsaps  *            
Oct 26, 2013    Berry  *            
Nov 2, 2013    Rhodes  *            
Nov 9, 2013    Warner  (NAIA)        
Nov 16, 2013    Centre  *            

Yeesh.

over on the asc board the umhb folks are talking about playing away at huntingdon in week 1 next year, is that info not good?

The above is Birmingham-Southern's schedule.

thanks pat, got messed up reading the different posts, thought the discussion was about huntingdon.

It was about why Huntingdon and Birmingham-Southern aren't playing each other next year.

[cush]

Whoever put together BSC schedule needs some help. Warner? Stetson? and can't find a spot for an instate game? At the very least drop Lagrange or play them later and start the season with Huntingdon. Maybe make a deal and let UMHB play at Lagrange and BSC play and Huntingdon to kickoff the 2013 season.

[Pat Coleman]

I can think of a couple factors at play.

1. The expanded SAA schedule in 2014 means that B-SC had to find two teams willing to play them on one-year contracts. There aren't going to be many willing to do that, but first-year programs traditionally are.
2. The USA South schedule, for both Huntingdon and LaGrange, will have conference byes in odd places for the near future since it is a nine-team conference. Similarly, the seven-team SAA will have byes in odd places. It seems B-SC's late conference bye is Week 10 when they play Warner. If that doesn't match up with Huntingdon, hard to slide them in.

Both teams' conference schedules are significantly in flux right now.

[jknezek]

Any way you put it, for a school with playoff ambitions, playing an 8 game D3 schedule with 4 first year schools is a bad spot to have put yourself. It's not like you didn't know ahead of time you were going to have 2 first year programs in your conference. I appreciate the difficulties making a schedule, but this just seems like a poor job.

[Ron Boerger]

I wonder if they considered playing the (any of the soon to be four) SCAC schools - you'd have to think that, having to find seven non-conference games, they'd take anything they could get.  It will be interesting to see what THOSE schedules look like next season.