FB: Southern Athletic Association

[albatross]

According to multiple sources, Rhodes broke out the huddle on "F--- Hendrix" among other things (loudly enough to be heard by most people in attendance) during warmups and were causing a scene before the game. The Dan Gritti Rhodes teams always acted this way, but apparently some things stay the same. Every school talks a little trash, but Rhodes seems to up the ante from time to time.

This might explain why Hendrix didn't hesitate one bit in trying to score in every possible minute allowed en route to hanging 70 on the lynx in a program record day. Ha!

[BerryCollegeFan]

According to multiple sources, Rhodes broke out the huddle on "F--- Hendrix" among other things (loudly enough to be heard by most people in attendance) during warmups and were causing a scene before the game. The Dan Gritti Rhodes teams always acted this way, but apparently some things stay the same. Every school talks a little trash, but Rhodes seems to up the ante from time to time.

This might explain why Hendrix didn't hesitate one bit in trying to score in every possible minute allowed en route to hanging 70 on the lynx in a program record day. Ha!

sounds like an explanation to me.

[BerryViking92]

According to multiple sources, Rhodes broke out the huddle on "F--- Hendrix" among other things (loudly enough to be heard by most people in attendance) during warmups and were causing a scene before the game. The Dan Gritti Rhodes teams always acted this way, but apparently some things stay the same. Every school talks a little trash, but Rhodes seems to up the ante from time to time.

This might explain why Hendrix didn't hesitate one bit in trying to score in every possible minute allowed en route to hanging 70 on the lynx in a program record day. Ha!

To me, Rhodes under-performed more than any other team in the conference.  Surely, they should have won more than three games?

[awadelewis]

According to multiple sources, Rhodes broke out the huddle on "F--- Hendrix" among other things (loudly enough to be heard by most people in attendance) during warmups and were causing a scene before the game. The Dan Gritti Rhodes teams always acted this way, but apparently some things stay the same. Every school talks a little trash, but Rhodes seems to up the ante from time to time.

This might explain why Hendrix didn't hesitate one bit in trying to score in every possible minute allowed en route to hanging 70 on the lynx in a program record day. Ha!

Not anything new out of the Rhodes program.   They were doing things of this sort back in my time at Sewanee in the early 1980s.   Thing is.... swagger don't mean a thing if you can't back it up by putting a 'W' on board at the end of the game.   As I think Sewanee's players learned at the start of the season when they tried to pull similar crap when we played W&L.

[albatross]

To me, Rhodes under-performed more than any other team in the conference.  Surely, they should have won more than three games?

agreed, 92. pretty odd record to have, especially against the middle of the pack teams. I was skeptical of the predictions that labeled them contenders in preseason, but I certainly thought they would be in the upper echelon of the conference...

[BerryCollegeFan]

First Regional Rankings are out:

South Region   SOS   Notes
1. Mary Hardin-Baylor 8-0
2. Hardin-Simmons 6-1 +
3. Berry 9-0
4. Washington & Jefferson 8-0
5. Johns Hopkins 7-1
6. Centre 7-1
7. Case Western Reserve 8-0
8. Franklin & Marshall 7-1
9. Huntingdon 6-1
10. Westminster (Pa.) 6-2


Versus my last set:
1) 8-0 UMHB (2-0 RRO South and West, 41 SOS)
2) 9-0 Berry (2-0 RRO, 114 SOS)
3) 6-1 HSU (0-1 RRO, 35 SOS)
4) 8-0 W&J (1-0 RRO, 163 SOS)
5) 8-0 CWRU (0-0 RRO, 235 SOS)
6) 7-1 Centre (1-1 RR, 76 SOS)
7) 7-1 JHU (1-0 RRO, 17 SOS) --
8) 7-1 F&M (0-1 RRO, 94 SOS)
9) 6-1 Huntingdon (0-0 RRO, 128 SOS)
10) 5-2 Hendrix (0-2 RRO, 13 SOS)


Kind of interesting. They have HSU in second. That's a SOS decision and it helps that they didn't rank Hendrix. How they chose Westminster over Hendrix is beyond me. There is nothing in the criteria right now to justify that other than Westminster having played an extra game. Hendrix has a far stronger SOS right now. JHU seems to have benefited from their SOS, to the detriment of CWRU. I'm guessing the theory here is that Case has the next two weeks to move up, so they aren't getting credit for being undefeated against mainly a pile of bad, bad, teams.

So the upshot is, they clearly went with SOS twice, giving the nod to HSU and JHU, and then for some reason completely dropped the SOS for the 10 spot. Not that it matters much except it cost Berry and Centre an extra RRO and shifted it over to W&J. Case and Westminster play this weekend, so that will sort out some of this.

And with that, I'm going to move this whole discussion over to the South Region Fan Poll thread where it probably belongs.

Any significant changes this week?

[albatross]

First Regional Rankings are out:

Any significant changes this week?

I think they are slated to come out tomorrow since the last release was 11/1 (no idea how i got this stuck in a quote)

[jknezek]

First Regional Rankings are out:

South Region   SOS   Notes
1. Mary Hardin-Baylor 8-0
2. Hardin-Simmons 6-1 +
3. Berry 9-0
4. Washington & Jefferson 8-0
5. Johns Hopkins 7-1
6. Centre 7-1
7. Case Western Reserve 8-0
8. Franklin & Marshall 7-1
9. Huntingdon 6-1
10. Westminster (Pa.) 6-2


Versus my last set:
1) 8-0 UMHB (2-0 RRO South and West, 41 SOS)
2) 9-0 Berry (2-0 RRO, 114 SOS)
3) 6-1 HSU (0-1 RRO, 35 SOS)
4) 8-0 W&J (1-0 RRO, 163 SOS)
5) 8-0 CWRU (0-0 RRO, 235 SOS)
6) 7-1 Centre (1-1 RR, 76 SOS)
7) 7-1 JHU (1-0 RRO, 17 SOS) --
8) 7-1 F&M (0-1 RRO, 94 SOS)
9) 6-1 Huntingdon (0-0 RRO, 128 SOS)
10) 5-2 Hendrix (0-2 RRO, 13 SOS)


Kind of interesting. They have HSU in second. That's a SOS decision and it helps that they didn't rank Hendrix. How they chose Westminster over Hendrix is beyond me. There is nothing in the criteria right now to justify that other than Westminster having played an extra game. Hendrix has a far stronger SOS right now. JHU seems to have benefited from their SOS, to the detriment of CWRU. I'm guessing the theory here is that Case has the next two weeks to move up, so they aren't getting credit for being undefeated against mainly a pile of bad, bad, teams.

So the upshot is, they clearly went with SOS twice, giving the nod to HSU and JHU, and then for some reason completely dropped the SOS for the 10 spot. Not that it matters much except it cost Berry and Centre an extra RRO and shifted it over to W&J. Case and Westminster play this weekend, so that will sort out some of this.

And with that, I'm going to move this whole discussion over to the South Region Fan Poll thread where it probably belongs.

Any significant changes this week?

If you are looking for my projections I moved them to the South Region Fan Poll thread. It's a better fit for this kind of region spanning discussion. I just started it here because there were some questions.

[BerryCollegeFan]

thanks I see them now.

Looking forward to an excellent final weekend of SAA football.

[BerryCollegeFan]

Nice article about Trinity's RB Foster.  Glad to hear he's been able to balance life and football enough to get back on the field.

http://www.d3football.com/columns/around-the-region/south/index

[Pat Coleman]

Latest regional rankings are out:
http://www.d3football.com/playoffs/2017/second-regional-ranking

[BerryCollegeFan]

South Region SOS Notes
1. Mary Hardin-Baylor 9-0
2. Hardin-Simmons 7-1 +
3. Berry 9-0
4. Washington & Jefferson 9-0
5. Case Western Reserve 9-0
6. Johns Hopkins 8-1
7. Centre 8-1
8. Franklin & Marshall 8-1
9. Huntingdon 7-1 +
10. Hendrix 6-2

With Case at #5, I don't think Centre gets in.  which is disappointing considering SAA has 3 teams currently regionally ranked.

[BerryViking92]

Looking forward to being in Rome tomorrow for a great afternoon of football.

[jknezek]

South Region SOS Notes
1. Mary Hardin-Baylor 9-0
2. Hardin-Simmons 7-1 +
3. Berry 9-0
4. Washington & Jefferson 9-0
5. Case Western Reserve 9-0
6. Johns Hopkins 8-1
7. Centre 8-1
8. Franklin & Marshall 8-1
9. Huntingdon 7-1 +
10. Hendrix 6-2

With Case at #5, I don't think Centre gets in.  which is disappointing considering SAA has 3 teams currently regionally ranked.

No. Centre will have a difficult path. What will help is Case losing this weekend and Hendrix staying ranked. A 1-1 RRO record would look pretty good against other teams. Though Centre's SOS will fall again this weekend.

[Pat Coleman]

It looks OK, but the committee looks beyond just the W-L total and would look at Centre as "lost to South No. 3, defeated South No. 10." Obviously that still helps some, but not all games against regionally ranked opponents are equal.