FB: Southern Athletic Association

[Ron Boerger]

A post just came across the Trinity parent FB channel saying Saturday's game has been cancelled.  I will post more detail when/if it becomes available but it seems highly likely one of the two teams has COVID issues. 

[albatross]

Top 3 seem about right. BSC could surprise some folks, too. Ready for the SAA to play ball!

SAA preseason coaches poll is out.  Trinity edges Berry for the top spot despite only receiving  two first-place votes.  The other first-place votes were not provided.

Trinity                              55 pts
Berry                               53
Hendrix                            46
Birmingham-Southern     40
Centre                             39
Millsaps                           22
Sewanee                         19
Rhodes                            15

[Ron Boerger]

A post just came across the Trinity parent FB channel saying Saturday's game has been cancelled.  I will post more detail when/if it becomes available but it seems highly likely one of the two teams has COVID issues.

McMurry cancelled - COVID

https://mcmurrysports.com/news/2021/9/1/football-mcmurry-cancels-football-season-opener-at-trinity-university.aspx

[BSCpanthers]

That sucks for you guys.

There is a good chance I'm more excited about watching BSC on Saturday then the team is to play it. 

Hopefully this doesn't become a norm this year with games canceling, hopefully we really are at the peak of this COVID outbreak and numbers will start going down.

[albatross]

Hendrix vs Austin is officially canceled this Saturday due to COVID issues in the Roos program. If this were still a conference game, this would be forfeit. Since Austin College is no longer a conference member, however, that can't be enforced and the game is now a no-contest.

[BSCpanthers]

That's 2 down, fortunately both have been canceled due to the other team, not the SAA team. 

Hopefully this will be the last one canceled, but I'm expecting more,   

[jknezek]

That's 2 down, fortunately both have been canceled due to the other team, not the SAA team. 

Hopefully this will be the last one canceled, but I'm expecting more,   

The way Delta is rampaging through the Birmingham area, where I live, I'll be surprised if there aren't more issues. It has been insane since schools reopened. My wife is a teacher and the percentage of kids out every day is shocking. Totally different than last year. Hopefully the college age players are vaccinated.

[BSCpanthers]

That's 2 down, fortunately both have been canceled due to the other team, not the SAA team. 

Hopefully this will be the last one canceled, but I'm expecting more,   

The way Delta is rampaging through the Birmingham area, where I live, I'll be surprised if there aren't more issues. It has been insane since schools reopened. My wife is a teacher and the percentage of kids out every day is shocking. Totally different than last year. Hopefully the college age players are vaccinated.

I'm also in the BHM area.  At my 11 year olds school they had over a 10% positive rate last week.  I haven't gotten an update from BSC this semester, I got them every week last year with the amount of positives and quarantines.  I know the school was very strong in their encouragement of students getting vaccinated. But again, I don't know the vaccine percentages.  Wish they would do the updates like last season.

[Ron Boerger]

Maybe HX and TU should get on the phone and meet in Dallas or Tyler or whatever halfway in-between is for a non-conference game.  Not having a game this week is really going to hurt their preparation going into the rest of the season.

But yeah I doubt this is the last of the cancellations.  Trinity had a volleyball match cancel for COVID last night and I have no idea why as both teams, coaches, fans were in the gym for a couple of hours with players warming up off and on while the start time kept getting pushed back before eventually being cancelled.   Trinity then scrimmaged themselves with fans in attendance so they didn't have a COVID problem.  Test positivity in Bexar County (where TU is located) is 17%. 

[Ron Boerger]

And like clockwork ... another SAA school, Sewanee, loses a game because its opponent has COVID issues. 

https://sewaneetigers.com/news/2021/9/3/football-saturdays-game-at-st-scholastica-canceled.aspx

[BSCpanthers]

Only got to make it another 25 hours until kickoff.  The BSC campus is reporting a less then 1% positivity rate for those tested.  Hope those numbers just get better over the next few weeks.

[awadelewis]

Coach Rundle got the phone call just before the team was about to board their flight. Bunch of parents and fans already in Minnesota.  Ouch.

And like clockwork ... another SAA school, Sewanee, loses a game because its opponent has COVID issues. 

https://sewaneetigers.com/news/2021/9/3/football-saturdays-game-at-st-scholastica-canceled.aspx

[WLCALUM83]

Coach Rundle got the phone call just before the team was about to board their flight. Bunch of parents and fans already in Minnesota.  Ouch.

And like clockwork ... another SAA school, Sewanee, loses a game because its opponent has COVID issues. 

https://sewaneetigers.com/news/2021/9/3/football-saturdays-game-at-st-scholastica-canceled.aspx

That also explains why St. Scholastica's women's volleyball opener against NE Wesleyan was cancelled.

[BSCpanthers]

Coach Rundle got the phone call just before the team was about to board their flight. Bunch of parents and fans already in Minnesota.  Ouch.

And like clockwork ... another SAA school, Sewanee, loses a game because its opponent has COVID issues. 

https://sewaneetigers.com/news/2021/9/3/football-saturdays-game-at-st-scholastica-canceled.aspx

Wow, at least got them before they boarded.  That is still a bad situation, a lot of money was spent by schools and parents for it to be a no go. 

[Hawks88]

I see back Shufford playing for BSC.