FB: Southern Athletic Association

[Pat Coleman]

So will the board be reorganizing into 6 regions, or just leave it as is???

Ha I was thinking the same question today.  I assume they keep it as is

Huh -- no, it hadn't even occurred to me! It is possible to realign the board, though, and we will do so.

[BSCpanthers]

Does anyone see the NIL trickling down to the D3 level.  Any athletes going to get a benefit out of it???  I could see it if the D3 program is the only program in the area, but like in Birmingham, where BSC is the fourth program in the Birmingham metro area, hard to gain any attention for those athletes in this market. 

[jknezek]

Does anyone see the NIL trickling down to the D3 level.  Any athletes going to get a benefit out of it???  I could see it if the D3 program is the only program in the area, but like in Birmingham, where BSC is the fourth program in the Birmingham metro area, hard to gain any attention for those athletes in this market.

I think it's unlikely that many D3 players will get much out of it for the sport they play. I could see some of them who have some kind of social media following for something else getting paid without repercussion. But I find it doubtful that the Name, Image or Likeness of a D3 athlete, as an athlete, is worth much money to anyone.

[Ron Boerger]

Oh, I could see a few kids in the small markets where the D3 school is the only game in town doing well.   Maybe not the SAA schools so much but places like UMHB in the ASC, or Mount Union, those kinds of situations where you have successful programs and businesses willing to spread a little cash around to help make them stay successful ("Hi neighbors, Joe Bob Briggs here saying get you a pickup truck from Squidward GMC in Pflugerville.")  Your stud QB can run a skills camp, charge for it, keep the cash.   

[BSCpanthers]

I could see free gym memberships, maybe free tabs at a restaurant to sit and sign autographs, that sort of thing.  But again, it's going to have to be in a market where the D3 program is THE program in the area. 

[BSCpanthers]

50 days to BSC FOOTBALL!!!

[Ralph Turner]

New regional alignments as published today by D3football.com put SAA football schools in "Region 3" along with USAC, PAC, ODAC.

SAA got "lucky"

Look at Region 6. MIAC, WIAC, ASC, SCIAC and NWC.
Even with St Thomas gone, that is a hard region!

[BSCpanthers]

30 days until BSC football!!!

[albatross]

Hendrix adds an OOC and 10th game: Wisconsin-River Falls in Conway at noon on 9/11.

Also looks like they added a JV game against RPA College (TX) on their bye week on 10/25.

[BSCpanthers]

Our tenth pickup was Arkansas Baptist at ABC.  They are playing their first year of NAIA ball, but have no real idea what to expect from them.

At least your pickup was a home game, we only have 4 home games this year.....   

[BSCpanthers]

Parking pass for game day has been picked up and the boys are back on campus for FALL football.   Of course it's still very much August in Alabama and it's freaking hot outside. 

Let's keep these COVID numbers under control so we can all be on campus for Sept 4th, week one football!!!!

[albatross]

Well it looks like this series is on a pause. Lyon now has a 9-game conference NAIA schedule so they have decided to cut the Hendrix rivalry game from the mix (the Scots went 0-5 in the series so maybe they were relieved to have cut it...). Excited about the opportunity for Hendrix to play some games with other D3 schools outside the conference and maybe the region!

Besides, better to have memories of a traveling rivalry trophy that never traveled... 

Hendrix doesn't have a powerhouse match-up in Week 1, but it does have an in-state rivalry game with Lyon College (NAIA). The two schools compete for the "Scotzilla Trophy," which we won last year. The series is 2-0 Hendrix.

The trophy is unique, quirky, and fits in D3 sports. It's a concept formed by marrying Lyon's mascot (the Scots) and Godzilla, a subject on which Hendrix's president (Dr. William Tsutsui) is the world's leading academic expert.

Trophy picture attached...

And of course, the celebratory picture...(with Dr. Tsutsui getting to hold the trophy with Coach Buck!)

[Ron Boerger]

For Pool C purposes, better to have a D3 opponent, too.  May have to go out-of-region for the first year or two since so many schools book their OOCs in advance - and right now an ASC team would be an out-of-region opponent, as they're in Region 6 while the SAA is Region 3. 

[wally_wabash]

For Pool C purposes, better to have a D3 opponent, too.  May have to go out-of-region for the first year or two since so many schools book their OOCs in advance - and right now an ASC team would be an out-of-region opponent, as they're in Region 6 while the SAA is Region 3.

As long as a team plays at least 70% of their games vs in-region opponents, then all games vs DIII opponents are considered in-region and will be viewed as such in the primary criteria. 

It's really nearly impossible in D3 football to play an out of region game anymore. Playing out of the division entirely is really about the only way that happens. 

[BSCpanthers]

Due to the lack of DIII programs in the southeast, we only have so many OOC teams to choose from.  It's easy to end up with all OOC games being against teams that are all in the same conference. 

I'd like to Maryville to our OOC rotation, but that would mean all 3 of our OOC games would be against the USA South.  I like variety in out OOC schedule, so it's kind of a catch 22.