FB: Southern Athletic Association

[Ron Boerger]

The D3football.com All-Region teams have been announced and the SAA placed a number of representatives on the three Region 3 teams:

Coach of the Year:  Jerheme Urban, Trinity (Texas)

First Team Offense

Pos.	Player	School	Yr.	Hometown
QB	Tucker Horn	Trinity (Texas)	Jr.	Graham, Texas
RB	Chris Shufford	Birmingham-Southern	Sr.	McKenzie, Ala.
G	Wyatt Bush	Trinity (Texas)	Jr.	Hempstead, Texas
T	John Hughes	Trinity (Texas)	So.	Cypress, Texas

First Team Defense

Pos.	Player	School	Yr.	Hometown
DT	Oliver Hunter	Centre	Sr.	Franklin, Tenn.
DT	Matthew Willis	Trinity (Texas)	Sr.	Granbury, Texas
LB	Caleb Harmel	Trinity (Texas)	Jr.	Burton, Texas
LB	Court Coley	Birmingham-Southern	Sr.	Gadsden, Ala.
S	Jeremy Irving	Trinity (Texas)	Sr.	Dallas, Texas

           
Second Team Offense

Pos.	Player	School	Yr.	Hometown
T	Zach Reiners	Centre	So.	Mount Washington, Ky.
RET	Chris Stewart	Trinity (Texas)	Sr.	The Woodlands, Texas

                           
Second Team Defense   

Pos.	Player	School	Yr.	Hometown
DT	Campbell Miller	Trinity (Texas)	Sr.	Tyler, Texas
LB	Michael Jewett	Trinity (Texas)	Sr.	Houston, Texas
CB	Jordan Wilson	Berry	Sr.	Dallas, Ga.

                        
Third Team Offense        

Pos.	Player	School	Yr.	Hometown
QB	Trentin Dupper	Centre	Jr.	Decatur, Ala.
WR	Jordan Gunter	Centre	Sr.	Louisville, Ky.
WR	Chris Childress	Hendrix	Sr.	Gravette, Ark.
T	Brandon Armstrong	Birmingham-Southern	Jr.	Clarksville, Tenn.

                    
Third Team Defense           
(none)

Congratulations to all!

[albatross]

Really cool to see this. Well-deserved by all.

The D3football.com All-Region teams have been announced and the SAA placed a number of representatives on the three Region 3 teams:

Congratulations to all!

[D3Navy]

TU defense was stellar this year.  Just sayin'.

[BSCpanthers]

TU defense was stellar this year.  Just sayin'.

Seeing what they did to the Cru offense, I have to agree.

[D3Navy]

Survived BSC.  Barely...

[Cowboy2]

Survived BSC.  Barely...

BSC is a goooood team. They did amazing this season. Pretty stacked in all areas, just didn't match up well against UMHB. Elements may have been a factor, but I think lack of a stout passing game made them 1 dimensional against a team that can really stuff the run against anyone.

I think the BSC vs TU game is a better showing of the caliber the panthers displayed this year. I also think they matched up better against TU and know them a little better having played each year. Similar to how HSU and UMHB are every time they play. BSCs QB was a threat when he had the ball in his hands. UMHB didn't zone read with QB  like BSC did and just ran at Trinity with the RBs. I think That helped BSC in the Trinity game.

Trinity matched up better against UMHB than BSC did. Trinity was very balanced all season and UMHB had to honor the run and pass, even though Trinity didn't run the ball well that game. But Heck, if couple fumbles and possible forward pitch weren't reversed, it may have been 3-3 and gone into OT.

Would have been entertaining to see Trinity play either of those two games in San Antonio this past year.

Really good showing for R3 this year!

[albatross]

almost looks like Trinity-UMHB looked like a semifinal or championship game... and that BSC and HSU should have been in...guess we can leave the dreaming for another day!

[Cowboy2]

almost looks like Trinity-UMHB looked like a semifinal or championship game... and that BSC and HSU should have been in...guess we can leave the dreaming for another day!

Didn't realize HSU had a W over an NAIA team that actually hurt their scheduling. However, I wonder if HSU had lost to UMHB in their last game, as opposed to mid season, if they would have been higher in their regional rankings or maybe been a part of the conversation.

All of the pool C teams did well it seems, however I'd like to have seen HSU, now after the fact, get in over an 8-2 Bethal. I feel Bethal got a lot of praise for the last second loss to STJ. However they lost twice To the same team. Looking at that quadrant, hurt or not, makes me ponder if STJ could have played well enough to beat the other 3 R3 teams this year. Also, Linfield probably could have won any of the other 3 quadrants.

[Cowboy2]

Final rankings

https://www.d3football.com/top25/2021/final

[albatross]

Final rankings

https://www.d3football.com/top25/2021/final

Notable Southern-ish Team Finishes:
10. Hardin-Simmons (no change)
12. Trinity (up from 16)
18. Birmingham Southern (up from 19)
23. Randolph-Macon (down from 21)
RV. Huntingdon and Washington & Lee

Notable SAA Non-Conference Opponent Finishes (not mentioned above)
3. UW-Whitewater (no change, beat Berry 39-7)
20. UW-River Falls (up from 22, beat Hendrix 49-33)

[wildcat11]

See ya guys this September. 

[BSCpanthers]

I'm ready for spring practices.  Let's get this thing going!!!!

[Ron Boerger]

Dave Campbell (who passed away earlier this month, RIP) Texas Football is a statewide institution that has for decades covered high school and college football in the state of Texas.  They lump D1 FCS/D2/D3/NAIA into a "small college" category and name an annual all-small college team.  As you might expect this makes it pretty hard for D3 players to be recognized, but there were a few this year from the SAA, all from Trinity.

Jerheme Urban, Coach of the Year
Wyatt Bush, OL
Jeremy Irving, DB

Other Texas D3 honorees:
Jefferson Fritz, Defensive Player of the Year, UMHB
Jake Parker, WR, Howard Payne
Boomer Warren, OL, Hardin-Simmons
Jeffery Sims Jr., OL, UMHB
KJ Miller, PR, UMHB

The entire team can be found here:  https://www.texasfootball.com/article/2021/12/21/dctf-all-small-college-team

[D3Navy]

Dave Campbell (who passed away earlier this month, RIP) Texas Football is a statewide institution that has for decades covered high school and college football in the state of Texas.  They lump D1 FCS/D2/D3/NAIA into a "small college" category and name an annual all-small college team.  As you might expect this makes it pretty hard for D3 players to be recognized, but there were a few this year from the SAA, all from Trinity.

Jerheme Urban, Coach of the Year
Wyatt Bush, OL
Jeremy Irving, DB

Other Texas D3 honorees:
Jefferson Fritz, Defensive Player of the Year, UMHB
Jake Parker, WR, Howard Payne
Boomer Warren, OL, Hardin-Simmons
Jeffery Sims Jr., OL, UMHB
KJ Miller, PR, UMHB

The entire team can be found here:  https://www.texasfootball.com/article/2021/12/21/dctf-all-small-college-team

Thanks, Ron!

[D3Navy]

Is the TU Black Flag in a storeroom somewhere?