FB: Southern Athletic Association

[Hawks88]

They dropped BSC to play a club team? Come on, man.

https://www.lagrangepanthers.com/sports/fball/2022-23/schedule

Wow, ended a long time rival for that........ 

Is Middle Georgia about to jump into full sponsorship of football???

I don't find anything on their website about it.

[Ron Boerger]

Southwestern (in the last year of ASC associate membership before switching to the SAA next year) took out a half-page humblebrag in the local daily announcing they converted property donated in the 1930s into $28 million.  One of the things they will do with the funds is build a multi-purpose sports complex seating 5,000 which will host football, soccer, and lacrosse.  Other uses include two new residence halls and renovation of existing buildings.

Wonder where the complex will be? Right now I believe they essentially have 2 full sized football fields that are only for practice and then 2 full sized fields for Lacrosse and Soccer which includes some stands. I assume they will take some of that land and repurpose it for this complex but you would think they will need to add a good deal of parking on campus to take up to 5,000 additional people on any given day.

Yeah, they're going to have to add a considerable amount of parking.  I think they could squeeze a good bit between the practice fields and the creek.  The logistics might be strange, but I could see them replacing the practice field with the track around it.  It would be a pretty good location.

Southwestern has a good deal of property east and north of the current practice fields - used to be a golf course until around the turn of the century.  From the Williamson County Appraisal District maps they still seem to own all that land.  They also have a couple of plots across University Avenue which aren't large enough for much (one is 4+ acres, the other not quite one).   

And, of course, it's one thing to have a 5K facility, another to fill it.  The attendance listed for each of the last three home games this season was exactly 1500 which means it probably wasn't even that. 

What I find odd is there is nothing - nada, zip, zilch - on either the athletics or main Southwestern web site saying boo about this.  You would think that if you take out a huge ad in the Sunday paper that it would be part of a coordinated announcement.   It will certainly come soon, no doubt.

[crufootball]

Southwestern (in the last year of ASC associate membership before switching to the SAA next year) took out a half-page humblebrag in the local daily announcing they converted property donated in the 1930s into $28 million.  One of the things they will do with the funds is build a multi-purpose sports complex seating 5,000 which will host football, soccer, and lacrosse.  Other uses include two new residence halls and renovation of existing buildings.

Wonder where the complex will be? Right now I believe they essentially have 2 full sized football fields that are only for practice and then 2 full sized fields for Lacrosse and Soccer which includes some stands. I assume they will take some of that land and repurpose it for this complex but you would think they will need to add a good deal of parking on campus to take up to 5,000 additional people on any given day.

Yeah, they're going to have to add a considerable amount of parking.  I think they could squeeze a good bit between the practice fields and the creek.  The logistics might be strange, but I could see them replacing the practice field with the track around it.  It would be a pretty good location.

Southwestern has a good deal of property east and north of the current practice fields - used to be a golf course until around the turn of the century.  From the Williamson County Appraisal District maps they still seem to own all that land.  They also have a couple of plots across University Avenue which aren't large enough for much (one is 4+ acres, the other not quite one).   

And, of course, it's one thing to have a 5K facility, another to fill it.  The attendance listed for each of the last three home games this season was exactly 1500 which means it probably wasn't even that. 

What I find odd is there is nothing - nada, zip, zilch - on either the athletics or main Southwestern web site saying boo about this.  You would think that if you take out a huge ad in the Sunday paper that it would be part of a coordinated announcement.   It will certainly come soon, no doubt.

I stumbled across what appears to be the press release but have no clue how you would find this unless you were specifically looking for it as I had to goggle Southwestern 28 million which is not something I do on the regular haha

https://www.southwestern.edu/live/news/15201-a-message-from-southwestern-universitys-board-of

[Ron Boerger]

That's what they put in yesterday's paper.  But this kind of news warrants a splash on the main page, one on the athletic site, with some sort of details (like where does all this stuff go).  Building an all-expense paid stadium and two new residence halls (and the fact that the school brought in nearly $30M by selling that land) is big news for a school of 1500!

[Etchglow]

Southwestern (in the last year of ASC associate membership before switching to the SAA next year) took out a half-page humblebrag in the local daily announcing they converted property donated in the 1930s into $28 million.  One of the things they will do with the funds is build a multi-purpose sports complex seating 5,000 which will host football, soccer, and lacrosse.  Other uses include two new residence halls and renovation of existing buildings.

Wonder where the complex will be? Right now I believe they essentially have 2 full sized football fields that are only for practice and then 2 full sized fields for Lacrosse and Soccer which includes some stands. I assume they will take some of that land and repurpose it for this complex but you would think they will need to add a good deal of parking on campus to take up to 5,000 additional people on any given day.

Yeah, they're going to have to add a considerable amount of parking.  I think they could squeeze a good bit between the practice fields and the creek.  The logistics might be strange, but I could see them replacing the practice field with the track around it.  It would be a pretty good location.

Southwestern has a good deal of property east and north of the current practice fields - used to be a golf course until around the turn of the century.  From the Williamson County Appraisal District maps they still seem to own all that land.  They also have a couple of plots across University Avenue which aren't large enough for much (one is 4+ acres, the other not quite one).   

And, of course, it's one thing to have a 5K facility, another to fill it.  The attendance listed for each of the last three home games this season was exactly 1500 which means it probably wasn't even that. 

What I find odd is there is nothing - nada, zip, zilch - on either the athletics or main Southwestern web site saying boo about this.  You would think that if you take out a huge ad in the Sunday paper that it would be part of a coordinated announcement.   It will certainly come soon, no doubt.

Yeah, over there was kind of what I was thinking. If they're planning to break ground this year then they probably have a plan and are in the permitting process already. Too bad Georgetown doesn't have a map of all site plans in review/progress like they do over here in Hutto.

[crufootball]

That's what they put in yesterday's paper.  But this kind of news warrants a splash on the main page, one on the athletic site, with some sort of details (like where does all this stuff go).  Building an all-expense paid stadium and two new residence halls (and the fact that the school brought in nearly $30M by selling that land) is big news for a school of 1500!

Totally agreed, seems like most other schools would have shown some form of what the facility is going to look like. According to their twitter account they seem to be actively recruiting, what better than to show the new field to these later prospects.

[Pat Coleman]

They dropped BSC to play a club team? Come on, man.

https://www.lagrangepanthers.com/sports/fball/2022-23/schedule

Wow, ended a long time rival for that........ 

Is Middle Georgia about to jump into full sponsorship of football???

I don't find anything on their website about it.

LaGrange understands this to be a non-countable game.

[MRMIKESMITH]

They dropped BSC to play a club team? Come on, man.

https://www.lagrangepanthers.com/sports/fball/2022-23/schedule

Wow, ended a long time rival for that........ 

Is Middle Georgia about to jump into full sponsorship of football???

I don't find anything on their website about it.

LaGrange understands this to be a non-countable game.

But do they understand that an 8-1 (6-1) record probably won't get them into the playoffs. It's either 6-0 or bust in the USAC.

Also, Lagrange could play Ferrum on September 3rd and have Ferrum play Salisbury on 17th. Also, have the NAIA schools play each other. 

[Pat Coleman]

It's taken LaGrange since Jan. 1, 2018, to win its last eight games. I think LaGrange has a couple steps to go before worrying about that.

[BSCpanthers]

Still not sure why you would give up a home game against us to play Middle Georgia.  What do you gain out of that??? 

I could understand if they gave up us to play crosstown Point, but that is who we replaced Lagrange with.

[crufootball]

Still not sure why you would give up a home game against us to play Middle Georgia.  What do you gain out of that??? 

I could understand if they gave up us to play crosstown Point, but that is who we replaced Lagrange with.

Am I wrong, it looks like they are playing Middle Georgia at home?

Also could take it as a good sign for BSC, prehaps LaGrange thinks they have a better chance of beating or at least competing with Middle Georgia than you.

[Hawks88]

Still not sure why you would give up a home game against us to play Middle Georgia.  What do you gain out of that??? 

I could understand if they gave up us to play crosstown Point, but that is who we replaced Lagrange with.

Am I wrong, it looks like they are playing Middle Georgia at home?

Also could take it as a good sign for BSC, prehaps LaGrange thinks they have a better chance of beating or at least competing with Middle Georgia than you.

Middle Georgia is a club team. The game won't even count. That's why we don't understand what they are doing over there.
The only thing that might make sense is if they had someone else lined up for week 1, dropped BSC, then something happened with the other game and this is all they could come up with.

[awadelewis]

Middle Georgia is a club team. The game won't even count. That's why we don't understand what they are doing over there.
The only thing that might make sense is if they had someone else lined up for week 1, dropped BSC, then something happened with the other game and this is all they could come up with.

Middle Georgia State is a recent invention over in Georgia, dating from the 2013 merger of Macon State and Middle Georgia.     Middle Georgia did football for a bit in the NAIA's second division many moons ago but was better known for their baseball program.   Their club team plays in the ancient stadium at the far southern edge of the original Middle Georgia campus in Cochran.    It's a bit in the country and has been converted to a soccer field that gets remarked for football.

[crufootball]

Still not sure why you would give up a home game against us to play Middle Georgia.  What do you gain out of that??? 

I could understand if they gave up us to play crosstown Point, but that is who we replaced Lagrange with.

Am I wrong, it looks like they are playing Middle Georgia at home?

Also could take it as a good sign for BSC, prehaps LaGrange thinks they have a better chance of beating or at least competing with Middle Georgia than you.

Middle Georgia is a club team. The game won't even count. That's why we don't understand what they are doing over there.
The only thing that might make sense is if they had someone else lined up for week 1, dropped BSC, then something happened with the other game and this is all they could come up with.

But do they care if the game counts or not, really? They have not won more than 5 games in a season since 2008. I don't know the recruiting scene in Georgia but they may be losing recruits to this club team and they think if we show everyone that D3 is better than club football that is a win for us long term.

I fully understand why it upsets BSC since that is a lost D3 game but I would assume LaGrange has there reasons.

[Ralph Turner]

McMurry Versus B-SC at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock on 09/03/2022

https://mcmurrysports.com/sports/football/schedule