FB: Southern Athletic Association

D3Navy · September 16, 2023, 06:02:02 PM

Happy to see TU using more pitches and getting the ball out to the edge. They struggled going up the middle the last two weeks.

Also, glad to see the tight end get a TD. A much better mix of plays in BSU territory.

Tons of talent in the TU receiving corps. All have great hands and quickly turn up field. Such an advantage for Tucker Horn knowing all of his targets are reliable.

BJ Stewart was very good on returns and needs more attention going forward (hope he's alright after being tackled in the grasp).

Add in the kicker, Huettel (50 yards in DIII!), and things look very good for the offense going forward.

I'd note that DL Harris Good (All-SAA, All-region) didn't appear to play (hobbled several times against UMHB) and BSC had success running against the right side of the TU line. Hope he's well and gets back on the field.

Clean up some penalties and continue to expand the playbook and things look very, very bright.

Cowboy2 · September 16, 2023, 06:41:37 PM

Noticed that Good and Hampton didn't play. Also I didn't see either starting corner for TU play second Half. So, what is that 6/7 of 11 starters for two straight weeks on defense not get a full game. Trinity has depth. 9 or 10 guys at WR and 4 or 5 RBs tote the rock. They don't care about score or personal stats. It's been this was for 3 years. Get out early, with offense, manage the game, then Run the ball and milk the clock and make the opponent have to get uncomfortable second half to come back.

I Would love to see some 50 burgers but that's not what their motive is. It's assignment football and execution. Next play is the only play. Love it!

Hope everyone is healthy and they can regroup for a very good Rhodes team next week.

SUDAAA! Go tigers

jknezek · September 16, 2023, 10:43:15 PM

Quote from: Ron Boerger on September 16, 2023, 05:33:39 PM
Having seen them play all three weeks I'm confident in saying their offensive execution this week was not at the same level as the first two.

And they still scored 38 points on the road. They'll need to play (edit: better) against Berry to be sure, but next week is home against Rhodes.

Good catch. +K. Don't know why I read the schedule wrong. Makes the schedule a little more manageable I guess.

And I'm going to say that most of the holding penalties were very obvious holds. I mean, at least 3 of them were blatant, and, like every game, I certainly saw a few more. So not surprised they got tagged for a few more.

It was a long field goal. Very impressive. Probably had another 5-8 yards of leg vs whatever it was officially.

Ron Boerger · September 18, 2023, 10:26:01 AM

Quote from: jknezek on September 16, 2023, 10:43:15 PM
Quote from: Ron Boerger on September 16, 2023, 05:33:39 PM
Having seen them play all three weeks I'm confident in saying their offensive execution this week was not at the same level as the first two.

And they still scored 38 points on the road. They'll need to play (edit: better) against Berry to be sure, but next week is home against Rhodes.

Good catch. +K. Don't know why I read the schedule wrong. Makes the schedule a little more manageable I guess.

And I'm going to say that most of the holding penalties were very obvious holds. I mean, at least 3 of them were blatant, and, like every game, I certainly saw a few more. So not surprised they got tagged for a few more.

It was a long field goal. Very impressive. Probably had another 5-8 yards of leg vs whatever it was officially.

Thanks for the on-the-scene confirmation of the calls, it's hard to tell watching video but I certainly saw my share of correct holding calls. What I should have said instead was that after two pretty clean penalty weeks for Trinity, this week was not. Something else they need to clean up before Berry. +k to you as well.

BSCpanthers · September 18, 2023, 10:37:18 AM

After absorbing what happened on Saturday, I'm ready to talk again. I'll say this, the offense of BSC lacks playmakers. Our QB had nothing but green in front of him, that last year he would have taken off and picked up 20, he pulled up and threw an incomplete pass instead. We did move the ball, but couldn't finish a drive. Everything that made Matt(QB) good last season doesn't seem to be there this year. He's not using his legs, we don't have a power running back, even though Kobe(RB) did step up this weekend, and our receivers haven't made that spectacular, game changing catch yet.

On defense, we didn't cover the edges, at all. Tucker picked us apart on the edges, all day. We did have our kicker back this weekend, I would have like to see us be a little more aggressive going for 3 early on, especially first drive, to see if we could get a quick lead and gain some confidence.

On to Southwestern this week and hopefully it's a get right week for us.

D3Navy · September 21, 2023, 08:25:05 AM

It looks like the Trinity - Rhodes game in San Antonio has moved to an earlier start time of 4pm CDT. I'm guessing to accommodate return travel for Rhodes.

Ron Boerger · September 22, 2023, 05:23:44 PM

Nice story about Graham's own Tucker Horn of Trinity in the Wichita Falls Times Record News from Cory Hogue. It's paywalled, but I was able to get in once after disabling my ad blocker (as requested).

BSCpanthers · September 22, 2023, 07:12:06 PM

Tucker has had a great career and deserves every accolade that comes his way, like a diploma and get that kid graduated already.......

BSCpanthers · September 23, 2023, 02:59:32 PM

BSC has done jsut about everything wrong. Currently 24-6 Southwestern.

BSCpanthers · September 23, 2023, 03:04:30 PM

Make that 26-6 as we just gave up a safety....

BSCpanthers · September 23, 2023, 03:27:24 PM

BSC responded at the end of the half to bring it to 26-13 and BSC gets the ball after halftime.

Ron Boerger · September 23, 2023, 03:54:08 PM

Berry with another big outburst on the ground today, 49-16 over Centre.

BSCpanthers · September 23, 2023, 05:35:56 PM

The BSC of today is not the BSC of before the financial crisis. Defense can't get off the field on 3rd down, no matter how long it is, and the offense can't sustain a drive inside the 40 yard line. To many errors today, 4 turnovers, kick return teams forgot how to catch a football, and not sure why we are in shotgun formation inside our own 1 yard line, which puts out QB about 5 yards deep into the end zone. A lot needs to be fixed, quickly.

Lost to Southwestern, freaking Southwestern!!! 43-20.........

Ralph Turner · September 23, 2023, 06:40:24 PM

Quote from: BSCpanthers on September 23, 2023, 05:35:56 PM
The BSC of today is not the BSC of before the financial crisis. Defense can't get off the field on 3rd down, no matter how long it is, and the offense can't sustain a drive inside the 40 yard line. To many errors today, 4 turnovers, kick return teams forgot how to catch a football, and not sure why we are in shotgun formation inside our own 1 yard line, which puts out QB about 5 yards deep into the end zone. A lot needs to be fixed, quickly.

Lost to Southwestern, freaking Southwestern!!! 43-20.........

Hey, you still beat McMurry.

And you might beat Millsaps.

tigerguy · September 24, 2023, 01:32:33 PM

Good game for Urban to get some of his young guys experience to ensure they are ready should injuries come up late in the season. Pretty sure a lot of the starters never played after halftime, and by the end I think Urban had cleared the bench - including backup kickers(!) - which you normally don't see. Would have loved to see Horn get some more time to pad his stats/resume for Gallardi, but can't be much more perfect that 12/15 for 220 and 4 TDs in a half of action. But definitely the right move to protect him for the rest of the season. Felt bad for the DBs trying to cover Merrifield yesterday - sheesh. Believe he tied three other players for Trinity's single-game record of 4. Although I'm fairly certain all of those other players played the entire game to get there, rather than one half.