FB: Southern Athletic Association

[BerryCollegeFan]

Does anyone have an update on Justice from Berry?

Justus Edwards is the young man with the neck/spine injury last year.  He continues to be involved with the team.  He still uses the wheelchair mostly, but I have seen him stand and understand his rehab continues slowly.  He is a strong young man.  Thank you for your concern in asking.

[Ron Boerger]

Was looking at the Trinity roster again today and noticed a bit of an oddity:  three-time soccer All-American Austin Michaelis is listed at DE DB.  Don't know if he'll see any time on the field but there has to be a story there.

[umhb2001]

Anyone know who the QB for Trinity will be starting week 1? I'm interested in seeing where Will Chaney falls. Former Cru Hopefull transferred about this time last year.

[Ron Boerger]

All indications are it's last year's starter, Wyatt Messex, one of the team co-captains.   No idea yet what the pecking order is among the six others.

[awadelewis]

As we open a new season,  anyone interested in the history of the game should check out the debut of a new series on the history of the SEC that's debuting tonight (9/3/2019) on the SEC network.   Tonight's episode features  the beginnings of the game and will cover Sewanee's 1899 team.  That team went undefeated, had only a single touchdown scored on them by the John Heisman (yes, that Heisman) coached Auburn Tigers, and had greatest road trip ever, defeating Texas, Texas A&M, LSU, Tulane, and Ole Miss on a six-day road trip by train through the South.

https://www.secsports.com/article/27522768/saturdays-south-debut-tuesday-sec-network?fbclid=IwAR0EFvxQxe3YU7DH3ucOENxg_TMKa0uiJNHkRZHQNkmRjHyqfiH06AVESew

[BerryCollegeFan]

looks like it is going to be a nice weekend for football, maybe a bit warm in some places.  I can't wait to see what 2019 brings.

[MUC57]

Hey you Berry guys

You had a pretty good season last year. How about a repeat? Maybe, a little better even.
Good luck on the season. Have fun, play hard and we'll see you in the playoffs. 
GO VIKINGS!   

[awadelewis]

Two more from The Mountain:

2019 Rosters: https://www.sewaneetigers.com/sports/fball/2019-20/roster

We've signed a deal with VICIS helmets to outfit our team.   First team in D3 to use these helmets: https://www.sewaneetigers.com/sports/fball/2019-20/releases/20190816mhkhn9

[jekelish]

Was looking at the Trinity roster again today and noticed a bit of an oddity:  three-time soccer All-American Austin Michaelis is listed at DE DB.  Don't know if he'll see any time on the field but there has to be a story there.

Well... THAT is interesting. I'm stunned it's as DB and not kicker. I'd be willing to bet he could be turned into one hell of a kicker, and not just because of the recent Carli Lloyd stuff. Last year's Lou Groza winner was a soccer player before transitioning to football for his senior year of high school, for example. And clearly, not an All-American like Michaelis.

[awadelewis]

New season.  The only time of the year when everyone in the conference is tied for first place.

Games for Sept. 7th, 2019:
McMurry at Trinity
Belhaven at Millsaps
Centre at Hanover
Berry at Maryville
Howard Payne at Austin College
Southwestern (Tex.) at Sewanee
B-SC at LaGrange
Lyon at Hendrix
Rhodes at Illinois College

The games that interest me the most in this week's slate:   McMurry at Trinity and Berry at Maryville.     

[Ron Boerger]

Was looking at the Trinity roster again today and noticed a bit of an oddity:  three-time soccer All-American Austin Michaelis is listed at DE DB.  Don't know if he'll see any time on the field but there has to be a story there.

Well... THAT is interesting. I'm stunned it's as DB and not kicker. I'd be willing to bet he could be turned into one hell of a kicker, and not just because of the recent Carli Lloyd stuff. Last year's Lou Groza winner was a soccer player before transitioning to football for his senior year of high school, for example. And clearly, not an All-American like Michaelis.

They've done this with soccer players before (turned them into PKs) with some success.   Did a little digging; Michaelis was a two-sport guy in HS, hard to believe that he could get up to speed fast enough to make a contribution at a skill position after laying out for four years.   But he obviously has athletic skills, so we'll see.

Two more from The Mountain:

2019 Rosters: https://www.sewaneetigers.com/sports/fball/2019-20/roster

We've signed a deal with VICIS helmets to outfit our team.   First team in D3 to use these helmets: https://www.sewaneetigers.com/sports/fball/2019-20/releases/20190816mhkhn9

I'd never heard of VICIS before your post; the TU equipment guys just tweeted out "Happy to be on board and having some of the guys on the field with these [VICIS] beauties all season and many more to come".

[KentATM]

Noticed there is an SAA app for Roku and decided to check out the Millsaps game.  I get that this is probably a student shooting the game but my god this is some of the worst camera work I have ever seen in my life.  Seems like the camera is on a tripod that can't get the near corner of the endzone during game play because the camera is zoomed in too far (but did pull wide enough to show the team leave the field at halftime lol), the person keeps randomly zooming in way too quickly during plays instead of gradually pushing in and out, and they can't follow the ball on passing plays to save their life.  It's nice to have some free SAA football but goodness this kid needs some serious practice with their camera work.

Also, does anyone know why Austin College and Trinity aren't represented on the app?

[awadelewis]

Two more from The Mountain:

2019 Rosters: https://www.sewaneetigers.com/sports/fball/2019-20/roster

We've signed a deal with VICIS helmets to outfit our team.   First team in D3 to use these helmets: https://www.sewaneetigers.com/sports/fball/2019-20/releases/20190816mhkhn9

I'd never heard of VICIS before your post; the TU equipment guys just tweeted out "Happy to be on board and having some of the guys on the field with these [VICIS] beauties all season and many more to come".

They're a startup backed by a group of current and former NFL players.   Have gotten some good press in last few years.    Sewanee did a limited pilot with them last season and was pleased enough to sign a contract for our entire team.    Looks like Trinity is doing same.  Good to see anything that improves safety for the kids on the field.  Glad to hear that Trinity is giving them a test.

[Ron Boerger]

Noticed there is an SAA app for Roku and decided to check out the Millsaps game.  I get that this is probably a student shooting the game but my god this is some of the worst camera work I have ever seen in my life.  Seems like the camera is on a tripod that can't get the near corner of the endzone during game play because the camera is zoomed in too far (but did pull wide enough to show the team leave the field at halftime lol), the person keeps randomly zooming in way too quickly during plays instead of gradually pushing in and out, and they can't follow the ball on passing plays to save their life.  It's nice to have some free SAA football but goodness this kid needs some serious practice with their camera work.

Also, does anyone know why Austin College and Trinity aren't represented on the app?

My guess is that the SAA has something going for full members that doesn't apply to associates AC and TU.  The SCAC just announced a streaming deal with PrestoSports that will include some sort of app later in the year.  TUs in-house stream is quite good until then.

[KentATM]

My guess is that the SAA has something going for full members that doesn't apply to associates AC and TU.  The SCAC just announced a streaming deal with PrestoSports that will include some sort of app later in the year.  TUs in-house stream is quite good until then.

Thanks much for the info.  The Millsaps feed wouldn't be bad if the cameraman would just go with a wider shot during the action.  Maybe he'll get better after reviewing the tape.