FB: Southern Athletic Association

[awadelewis]

Much less thrilling game in Jackson, MS as a late fumble by Sewanee seals a Millsaps win.   Final score Majors 17, Tigers 13.

[awadelewis]

Hendrix scores all their points in the first half to defeat Austin College, 36-24.

[D3Navy]

Is there any way to see the video of the Trinity - Chapman game after it's over?  I had to leave about 5 minutes into the 4th quarter!  Doh!

[Ron Boerger]

Is there any way to see the video of the Trinity - Chapman game after it's over?  I had to leave about 5 minutes into the 4th quarter!  Doh!

There have been some posts of the key plays on Twitter.   The only archive I've found of the new streaming network (https://new.trinity.edu/live/archive) doesn't seem to include Athletics.   tigernetwork@trinity.edu might be able to tell you more. 

Pretty crazy finish to say the least - not a "Mississippi Miracle" but you don't see everything break just right like that very often - guys kept grinding and it paid off.   Career game from Austin Grauer (25-40 for 389, 1 TD) and he had a 50+ yard TD throw wiped out by penalty.

[BerryViking92]

Very good win for Berry on Saturday night.  Man, Centre is big and fast.  Our younger players are really growing up.  Absolutely heroic effort by the defense. Great 2nd half for QB Dale.  We got some receivers.

Beautiful weather (minus the storm that threatened), great crowd.  Overall, a very impressive night.

[albatross]

Centre is always impressive coming out of the locker room. They usually are just flat out bigger (particularly at LB and OL which isn't always common in the SAA) than most of their opponents. It also helps that Centre (to me it seems) skews older and can replace with upperclassmen more often than not - as opposed to Berry/Hendrix which are leaning a little more heavily on younger guys as the new programs on the block...

[BerryViking92]

The Centre QB was also quite elusive.  We got to him a few times, but he could really step out of trouble.  They are a good team, and unlikely to lose again.

[albatross]

Quick Update on SAA standouts playing in Europe. Seth Peters (QB) and Dayton Winn (RB) are Hendrix grads who each won SAA Player or Offensive Player of the Year in their tenure in Conway. Now, they are dominating their respective leagues abroad.

Peters led the Kuopio Steelers to a rout in the Finnish championship (the Spaghetti Bowl - yes, really) and was named MVP.

Winn just led the Copenhagen Towers to a 62-12 semi-final victory and they are headed to the Danish championship (the Mermaid Bowl - again, you read that correctly).

[Ralph Turner]

Quick Update on SAA standouts playing in Europe. Seth Peters (QB) and Dayton Winn (RB) are Hendrix grads who each won SAA Player or Offensive Player of the Year in their tenure in Conway. Now, they are dominating their respective leagues abroad.

Peters led the Kuopio Steelers to a rout in the Finnish championship (the Spaghetti Bowl - yes, really) and was named MVP.

Winn just led the Copenhagen Towers to a 62-12 semi-final victory and they are headed to the Danish championship (the Mermaid Bowl - again, you read that correctly).

Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 story. The statue is found on a rock overlooking Copenhagen Harbor.  (Click on the link.)
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=little+mermaid+statue+in+copenhagen+harbor&FORM=IARRTH&ufn=the+little+mermaid+statue&stid=cb47cff4-18cf-f9b1-06df-466f0c3e75cc&cbn=EntityAnswer&cbi=0&FORM=IARRTH

[Clark Kent]

The Centre QB was also quite elusive.  We got to him a few times, but he could really step out of trouble.  They are a good team, and unlikely to lose again.

I agree on Centre's QB.  He slipped away several times when I thought he was going down. 

In the 1st half Centre won the battle in the trenches and was much more physical than Berry.  Berry responded in the 2nd half with some physicality of their own, especially defensively.  Berry shut down Centre's run game holding Carnell to 56 yds, 95 below his average.  But Berry wasn't much better especially after the Vikings starting RB went out.  His replacement did a good job with 83 yds, mostly in the 2nd half, and moved the chains.
It was truly a team win for Berry with lots of folks contributing.

Centre is definitely very good and well coached. 

[albatross]

Winn just led the Copenhagen Towers to a 62-12 semi-final victory and they are headed to the Danish championship (the Mermaid Bowl - again, you read that correctly).

Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 story. The statue is found on a rock overlooking Copenhagen Harbor.  (Click on the link.)
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=little+mermaid+statue+in+copenhagen+harbor&FORM=IARRTH&ufn=the+little+mermaid+statue&stid=cb47cff4-18cf-f9b1-06df-466f0c3e75cc&cbn=EntityAnswer&cbi=0&FORM=IARRTH

Ralph - that is quite the find. Well done.

[Clark Kent]

Berry's game stats show attendance at 2,382 for the Centre game. That's disappointing.  Maybe the count is only the folks that purchased tickets and excludes the freebies such as player's tickets for family etc.   I expected 5,000+ for two undefeated conference rivals going head to head after a 21-19 thriller last year.  I thought Centre would bring a bigger crowd.     

This week I kept looking in the Rome newspaper for a pregame article.  There was nothing.  So how are people to know?  Most local news sports departments have few people.  They rely on the high school coaches or AD's, and area college SID's to feed them information.  One has to write the article for them in order to get it published.  Come on Berry.  When Hendrix comes to town in a few weeks, feed the local paper the week prior to the game.  Get the word out there and lets pack Valhalla.  It's a great venue, tickets are cheaper than the high school games, and the atmosphere is electric.  It's a fun time. 

[Pat Coleman]

Clark,

The newspaper has to be willing to print the information that is provided. Berry doesn't have the veteran SID it used to have but I'm sure the current SID knows these basics.

[Ron Boerger]

Berry's game stats show attendance at 2,382 for the Centre game. That's disappointing.  Maybe the count is only the folks that purchased tickets and excludes the freebies such as player's tickets for family etc.   I expected 5,000+ for two undefeated conference rivals going head to head after a 21-19 thriller last year.  I thought Centre would bring a bigger crowd.     

This week I kept looking in the Rome newspaper for a pregame article.  There was nothing.  So how are people to know?  Most local news sports departments have few people.  They rely on the high school coaches or AD's, and area college SID's to feed them information.  One has to write the article for them in order to get it published.  Come on Berry.  When Hendrix comes to town in a few weeks, feed the local paper the week prior to the game.  Get the word out there and lets pack Valhalla.  It's a great venue, tickets are cheaper than the high school games, and the atmosphere is electric.  It's a fun time.

Welcome to the reality of Division III sports coverage many of us face.   Some local media will only focus on the "upper" colleges in town, some won't cover D3 even if it's the only game in town because it's non-scholarship, some just don't care, and some still actually do a decent job despite all the challenges they face in the current environment and should be treasured.

[BerryCollegeFan]

Berry's game stats show attendance at 2,382 for the Centre game. That's disappointing.  Maybe the count is only the folks that purchased tickets and excludes the freebies such as player's tickets for family etc.   I expected 5,000+ for two undefeated conference rivals going head to head after a 21-19 thriller last year.  I thought Centre would bring a bigger crowd.     

This week I kept looking in the Rome newspaper for a pregame article.  There was nothing.  So how are people to know?  Most local news sports departments have few people.  They rely on the high school coaches or AD's, and area college SID's to feed them information.  One has to write the article for them in order to get it published.  Come on Berry.  When Hendrix comes to town in a few weeks, feed the local paper the week prior to the game.  Get the word out there and lets pack Valhalla.  It's a great venue, tickets are cheaper than the high school games, and the atmosphere is electric.  It's a fun time.

Welcome to the reality of Division III sports coverage many of us face.   Some local media will only focus on the "upper" colleges in town, some won't cover D3 even if it's the only game in town because it's non-scholarship, some just don't care, and some still actually do a decent job despite all the challenges they face in the current environment and should be treasured.

There wasn't a seat available in the home stands.