FB: Southern Athletic Association

[BSCpanthers]

The students have received emails fro, the school stating they will be open through spring semester.  Not sure where the money came from, don't know for how long it will last, but for my personal needs, it will mean my child will be able to graduate from BSC and move on to his next stop in life.  For the juniors and lower, not sure what it means.  Without a guarantee of further classes, not sure how you keep the freshman or sophomores on campus past this fall.  As I learn more, I'll pass it along. 

[jknezek]

The students have received emails fro, the school stating they will be open through spring semester.  Not sure where the money came from, don't know for how long it will last, but for my personal needs, it will mean my child will be able to graduate from BSC and move on to his next stop in life.  For the juniors and lower, not sure what it means.  Without a guarantee of further classes, not sure how you keep the freshman or sophomores on campus past this fall.  As I learn more, I'll pass it along.

I'm glad. It would have been brutal to shut down mid-year. So unfair to the upperclassmen. But yeah, if my kid is not a senior, they are out of there ASAP.

[Ron Boerger]

The students have received emails fro, the school stating they will be open through spring semester.  Not sure where the money came from, don't know for how long it will last, but for my personal needs, it will mean my child will be able to graduate from BSC and move on to his next stop in life.  For the juniors and lower, not sure what it means.  Without a guarantee of further classes, not sure how you keep the freshman or sophomores on campus past this fall.  As I learn more, I'll pass it along.

I'm glad. It would have been brutal to shut down mid-year. So unfair to the upperclassmen. But yeah, if my kid is not a senior, they are out of there ASAP.

Here's the story with a few more details from AL.com - says the mayor is going to propose a $5M "economic development plan, which would partially fund the school" on November 21.   Other than that, the plan is the usual "working with the Alabama Legislature, private donors and other entities" to secure additional funds.  Given the lack of progress on any of those fronts in the last year I wouldn't be counting on any sudden breakthrough, sadly.

[BSCpanthers]

The city understands the need for BSC to anchor that neighborhood and the advantage of BSC not closing. Good that if agreed by the city council it will keep BSC open through this academic year and get the current seniors graduated. I would expect the student body and professors to take another hit which will just make it harder to recover if they get the opportunity to do so.

[BSCpanthers]

In a game that very well may have been the last home football game for BSC, we found out exactly how good Berry is.  Defensively we had no answer, offensively we played like we have most of the year, which meant we had no answer, we gave up a TD on a blocked punt, they only punted once all day.  Final we 53-6, and could have been much worse.  This season has been a celebration in the fact we had a season, but also disappointing because we haven't played to the standard we became accustomed to.  With all that's going on with BSC, these guys have come out and played their hearts out, but the mountain was just too hard to climb from the personal losses from last season.  We have one more game left, at Centre.  We'll be there, cheering on our Panthers, hopefully not for the last time. 

[Ron Boerger]

Good news for Trinity in that they're ranked above Hardin-Simmons in today's Regional Rankings.  Whether the slight SOS advantage they enjoy today (.525 to .498) remains after this week's games is yet to be seen.   

Trinity gets Hendrix who would be 3-7 if Trinity wins; HSU gets ETBU who would be 5-4 vs. D3 if HSU wins.  Trinity really needs St. John's to win; HSU wants at least two of Albright, UW-LaX, and Endicott to win.  Albright hasn't won all season, LaX hasn't lost to anyone but HSU and faces a one-win UWSP, and Endicott will be favored at home against 6-3 Univ of New England. 

[Ron Boerger]

Good news for Trinity in that they're ranked above Hardin-Simmons in today's Regional Rankings.  Whether the slight SOS advantage they enjoy today (.525 to .498) remains after this week's games is yet to be seen.   

Trinity gets Hendrix who would be 3-7 if Trinity wins; HSU gets ETBU who would be 5-4 vs. D3 if HSU wins.  Trinity really needs St. John's to win; HSU wants at least two of Albright, UW-LaX, and Endicott to win.  Albright hasn't won all season, LaX hasn't lost to anyone but HSU and faces a one-win UWSP, and Endicott will be favored at home against 6-3 Univ of New England.

The site's having issues right now, but I had a look at the updated SOS values after the afternoon's games and Trinity still held a slight lead (maybe 1/3rd as much as before).

[tigerguy]

I've been routinely having access issues to the D3 website. Not sure if its just an exciting time of the year and therefore high user access, or something else.

[Pat Coleman]

Our webhost is a bit of a cluster when seasons cross over.

[BSCpanthers]

Just got home from a long weekend in Kentucky.  First impressions is that Danville is beautiful town and Centre has a very nice stadium.  Second impression, we lost 10-6 in a game that we should have brought home the W.  We have had difficulty in the FG game this season, missed opportunities and blocked kicks, lots of blocked kicks.  But we have also had an offense problem all season averaging less than 13 points a game.  When it's 4th and 17, within the kickers range, which way do you go???  BSC decided to go with the offense all afternoon, 3 times went for it on 4th down within FG range, all 3 times stopped.  We also went for 2 after the TD, and came up short on that as well.  So a possible 10 points left on the field, without even an attempt.  Could have ended a hard season on a high note, instead, we are sent back to the Hilltop to figure a lot of things out, including if we will have a school for 24/25.  Things are looking better on that side as a lot of orginaztions, including the Methodist Church, have stepped up the last week to shore up the rest of this academic year. 

3-7 is not what we expected going into this season, but after last spring, we are just happy to have had a season.  #YeahPanthers!!!

[tigerguy]

Is this a joke? Texas teams already get screwed matchup wise in playoffs each year, and now they send the Trinity/Hardin Simmons winner to North Central in the second round? That is pitiful. I don't care about the "you'll have to beat them anyway" point. Trinity went undefeated in 2021 and got matched up first round with the national champion, and now even if they win they get blessed with the defending national champ. Unreal.

[BSCpanthers]

Is this a joke? Texas teams already get screwed matchup wise in playoffs each year, and now they send the Trinity/Hardin Simmons winner to North Central in the second round? That is pitiful. I don't care about the "you'll have to beat them anyway" point. Trinity went undefeated in 2021 and get's matched up first round with the national champion, and now even if they win they get blessed with the defending national champ. Unreal.

Region 3 gets no respect. 

[jknezek]

Is this a joke? Texas teams already get screwed matchup wise in playoffs each year, and now they send the Trinity/Hardin Simmons winner to North Central in the second round? That is pitiful. I don't care about the "you'll have to beat them anyway" point. Trinity went undefeated in 2021 and get's matched up first round with the national champion, and now even if they win they get blessed with the defending national champ. Unreal.

Region 3 gets no respect.

I don't know. RMC has a very good draw. Island teams get no respect.

[crufootball]

The bonus D3FB ATN Podcast is well worth a listen if you have an interest in how the Pool C rankings are determined.  Spoiler alert: one of the first questions answered has to do with whether or not the national committee can override the order of teams provided by a regional committee.

I am not sure I have ever used this term but does anyone else get a gaslighting vibe ever time we hear from the national chairs. I feel like they say these things that brand new D3 fans can take but if you have followed for very long at all the statements just don't add up to a consistent logic?

What did he say that doesn't add up to you?

One of his last statements before the midway break "When you start to understand the process, it really makes more sense, if you are fan of a team you might still hold to that it doesn't make much, but if you really look back, it has really been fairly consistent at what we have looked in order to determine playoff teams".

I won't claim to be an expert, I would like to think I am an educated homer but almost every year I hear from you, Pat, Frank, etc. of how this is never consistent. I also won't pretend this is an easy process for them, this year especially is going to very challenging with only 4 at large picks but I have almost no doubt that there will be at least one thing that very educated and non biased people like yourself will tell us, well that isn't they way the national committee did things last year or the year before.

The only consistent thing about the NCAA is their lack of consistency.

[Ron Boerger]

The bonus D3FB ATN Podcast is well worth a listen if you have an interest in how the Pool C rankings are determined.  Spoiler alert: one of the first questions answered has to do with whether or not the national committee can override the order of teams provided by a regional committee.

I am not sure I have ever used this term but does anyone else get a gaslighting vibe ever time we hear from the national chairs. I feel like they say these things that brand new D3 fans can take but if you have followed for very long at all the statements just don't add up to a consistent logic?

What did he say that doesn't add up to you?

One of his last statements before the midway break "When you start to understand the process, it really makes more sense, if you are fan of a team you might still hold to that it doesn't make much, but if you really look back, it has really been fairly consistent at what we have looked in order to determine playoff teams".

I won't claim to be an expert, I would like to think I am an educated homer but almost every year I hear from you, Pat, Frank, etc. of how this is never consistent. I also won't pretend this is an easy process for them, this year especially is going to very challenging with only 4 at large picks but I have almost no doubt that there will be at least one thing that very educated and non biased people like yourself will tell us, well that isn't they way the national committee did things last year or the year before.

The only consistent thing about the NCAA is their lack of consistency.

Oh, no, they're pretty good at screwing over island teams in most every sport year in and year out.  I only wish there was an alternative.