FB: Southern Athletic Association

[Ron Boerger]

BSC's Shawn Morris is only SAA player named to D3football.com's pre-season AA team  (1st team, RB).  Congratulations and good luck!

[Shoreman]

Find it hard to believe that Centre punter/kicker Jordan Gay didn't make 1st or 2nd team. The guys who made it must be outstanding because Gay is one of the best I've seen.

[Pat Coleman]

Find it hard to believe that Centre punter/kicker Jordan Gay didn't make 1st or 2nd team. The guys who made it must be outstanding because Gay is one of the best I've seen.

Yes, it's really tough to make our preseason team at the positions where we only name one per team. I remember him being one of the last guys we cut from the list to get down to four last December and we had two of those four returning with no compelling reason to switch the order.

[Shoreman]

Gay has a real live leg, wouldn't be surprised if he gets a look as a free agent! Saw him against Sewanee he was a weapon.

[Shoreman]

Berry College names OC
http://romenews-tribune.com/view/full_story/19298299/article-Berry-football--Duncan-named-offensive-coordinator?instance=news_page_secondary_local

[Shoreman]

Berry College inaugural schedule for 2013

http://romenews-tribune.com/view/full_story/19338035/article-Berry-announces-inaugural-2013-football-schedule?instance=home_news

[Ron Boerger]

Berry College inaugural schedule for 2013

http://romenews-tribune.com/view/full_story/19338035/article-Berry-announces-inaugural-2013-football-schedule?instance=home_news

Playing a D1 FCS startup on the road ... hope the money is good.   

[Just A Guy]

More Pre-Season Rankings

http://www.compughterratings.com/2012-D3-Preseason-College-Football-Rankings

[Shoreman]

http://www.transysports.com/news/2012/8/1/FH_0801123548.aspx

ANY CHANCE Transy would restart football?

[Ron Boerger]

http://www.transysports.com/news/2012/8/1/FH_0801123548.aspx

ANY CHANCE Transy would restart football?

I dunno, but they just added EQUESTRIAN as a varsity sport.   

[Gray Fox]

http://www.transysports.com/news/2012/8/1/FH_0801123548.aspx

ANY CHANCE Transy would restart football?

I dunno, but they just added EQUESTRIAN as a varsity sport.   

I'd hate to be the team manager for that sport.

[Ralph Turner]

http://www.transysports.com/news/2012/8/1/FH_0801123548.aspx

ANY CHANCE Transy would restart football?

I dunno, but they just added EQUESTRIAN as a varsity sport.   

IMHO, Equestrian helps with female numbers and draws from a more affluent base than football.

[jknezek]

http://www.transysports.com/news/2012/8/1/FH_0801123548.aspx

ANY CHANCE Transy would restart football?

I dunno, but they just added EQUESTRIAN as a varsity sport.   

IMHO, Equestrian helps with female numbers and draws from a more affluent base than football.

Absolutely. When W&L was still trying to even out their m/f ratio in the mid-90s they added equestrian. There was a debate about equestrian versus field hockey versus softball. As a sports editor of the on-campus paper, I remember asking what the deciding factor was and among the many that were given was demographics of the participants. Plus, most equestrian students pay for their own horses, boarding and tack, and no new fields needed to be created (W&L rents practice space/time off campus). So aside from a coach and rental facilities, there was very little capital outlay. As time went on, W&L did add field hockey and I do expect to see softball within the next decade or so, but that's just a gut feeling.

[historymajor]

UoS Sewanee has a pretty impressive stable and lot's of horses on campus... I just assumed they had equestrian!

[awadelewis]

UoS Sewanee has a pretty impressive stable and lot's of horses on campus... I just assumed they had equestrian!

We've had an equestrian program up on the Mountain for a long time.   The school got serious about it around 25 years ago and had a couple of big donors put up the money for the new stables.   Lord knows we have the space for it... :-)