FB: Southern Athletic Association

[umhb2001]

Rivalry games are always tough. Please continue to doubt UMHB because they are not the same team that went 0-3. They will be ready in all facets of the game just like in years past.

Uh - wasn't this a quote from you earlier in the season: "I will not be surprised if we lose all NC games and lose to HSU later in the season." Not sure why you're slamming Cowboy for simply suggesting the same thing you did.

Well played!

I definitely was worried and wasn't sure what would happen. I've been encouraged by the growth over the last 4 weeks. Didn't know what I would see.

UMHB will obviously come in as the underdog and will be ranked lower than HSU. Just saying things have been changing.

[umhb2001]

Welp, Huntington didn't help Berry at all today - sheesh.

Yea that stinks. I thought Huntingdon was going claw back into it but kept shooting themselves in the foot....Would have been good for the SAA to have that OOC game over a conference champion. Still a lot of ball to play though.

The Pool C will be wild this year. WIAC teams still Have to beat each other. HSU just got a big boost as well with UWL beating UWW, but Neither has played UWRF yet as well. HSU also has to beat UMHB.

However, Berry still has a boost currently (I would think) with Trinity beating UMHB. If St John's, Trinity and Berry all finish 9-1 I think Berry will get discussed or at least a look. They need to keep winning by 40+ to stay in the spotlight for regional rankings.

Rivalry games are always tough. Please continue to doubt UMHB because they are not the same team that went 0-3. They will be ready in all facets of the game just like in years past.

Yea I know about rivalry games.

Never said I doubt UMHB, HSU Can't be the man until you beat the man, and if you look back I've actually voted for UMHB each week when half the pollsters wrote them off. They are a Top 25 team on talent alone no matter what their record is. Same with HSU. I was more so responding to the fact Berry had the best chance at a Pool C over anyone else in R3 at this point.

If HSU beats UMHB they'll have 4 Ls. If UMHB beats HSU then they have two. Berry has 1.

Doesn't look that good when HSU beat UWL who beat UWW who beat UMHB who you assume will beat HSU. They wouldn't take an 8-2 HSU team, if we finish that high, when most likely UWRF takes the WIAC and UWL has 2 Ls and UWW has 2 Ls as well.

Hand me the pencil.

Completely agree. The conference is still wide open.

HSU needs their 1QB back. They do, they come in heavily favored. Especially playing at home.

UMHB loses and they are out. They are already in playoff mode.

Berry is definitely in the drivers seat for that C bid.

[Ron Boerger]

BSC finally brought the offense to the game with them.  It was parents day on the mountain, they were having an inter squad baseball game, and football.  If all the parents tried to go into the stadium, it would have been double capacity, but most of them had no idea what was going on with football.  It was a beautiful weather day for football and thankfully BSC receivers learned how to catch this week.  The QB for Sewanee is a stud and has completely changed that program over last year.  What felt like a high school game experience last season on the mountain, this year had a great crowd and atmosphere.  Sewanee is always a nice trip, and of course is nicer when you bring home the win.

Helped to have your QB1 back; without him I don't think the Panthers win.  But Sewanee is definitely a team on the rise and may represent the toughest challenge remaining on Trinity's schedule.  Congrats on the win.

Trinity was a little jet-lagged from the Berry game; good enough to get the job done against a lesser opponent but have two weeks to rest up and get the offense back on track.  For whatever reason the running game simply did not work.   The wind was pretty stiff at times, which had an impact on both teams' passing games.  The punt return teams continued to do an excellent job of blocking, as they have done most of the season, and Lamont Nickelberry followed up last week's team record punt return yardage with what will hopefully be the first of a number of return TDs.  He has a very long stride but is plenty fast, on the replay you can just see him leaving people in his dust. 

[awadelewis]

BSC finally brought the offense to the game with them.  It was parents day on the mountain, they were having an inter squad baseball game, and football.  If all the parents tried to go into the stadium, it would have been double capacity, but most of them had no idea what was going on with football.  It was a beautiful weather day for football and thankfully BSC receivers learned how to catch this week.  The QB for Sewanee is a stud and has completely changed that program over last year.  What felt like a high school game experience last season on the mountain, this year had a great crowd and atmosphere.  Sewanee is always a nice trip, and of course is nicer when you bring home the win.

Helped to have your QB1 back; without him I don't think the Panthers win.  But Sewanee is definitely a team on the rise and may represent the toughest challenge remaining on Trinity's schedule.  Congrats on the win.

We're seeing a lot of younger players getting time on the field.   Talent level has gone up because of that and all of our guys are putting a lot more work on and off the field.   Means we're not getting out-talented on the field like we have been in the past.   The big rivalry game for us this year is upon us with the trip to Memphis to play those people by the Zoo. And word is the recruiting is looking well for next year.   

Family Weekend definitely influenced the turnout but success is attracting more people to games rather than having them to going off to the fraternities or drinking societies.  Tailgating hasn't been a thing on the Mountain until after people starting coming back after Covid.   The Trinity game occurs on Party Weekend (known to the non-Sewanee people as "Homecoming")  this year so I expect a crowd for that one.

[Ron Boerger]

I've been on the Berry bandwagon but after watching their pathetic display of unsportsmanlike conduct at the end of the first half against a very much overmanned Millsaps team you can take me off of it. 

Up 43-7 with about three minutes left in the half and Millsaps with the ball, Berry starts taking timeouts so they can put yet another score on the board.

On third and forever after stopping the Majors well short one player tries to rip the ball out of the Majors QB's hands after he is well down.  Flags fly everywhere (four of them, plus a hat).  Two of the penalties offset, the third is assessed against the Vikings player who was being a turd.

On the very next play, a pass interference call against the Vikings.

On the next, a Vikings player is ejected for targeting the Millsaps QB as he was sliding.

Berry gets the ball back a few plays later after forcing the Millsaps QB to fumble and on the very next play score off a well-executed reverse.  A Berry player shoves a Millsaps defender into the pole vault pit to pick up yet another unsportsmanlike penalty.

So yay, Berry, you have a 50-7 lead at the half and you're playing with absolutely no class.  Congratulations. 

[The Third Division]

I've been on the Berry bandwagon but after watching their pathetic display of unsportsmanlike conduct at the end of the first half against a very much overmanned Millsaps team you can take me off of it. 

Up 43-7 with about three minutes left in the half and Millsaps with the ball, Berry starts taking timeouts so they can put yet another score on the board.

On third and forever after stopping the Majors well short one player tries to rip the ball out of the Majors QB's hands after he is well down.  Flags fly everywhere (four of them, plus a hat).  Two of the penalties offset, the third is assessed against the Vikings player who was being a turd.

On the very next play, a pass interference call against the Vikings.

On the next, a Vikings player is ejected for targeting the Millsaps QB as he was sliding.

Berry gets the ball back a few plays later after forcing the Millsaps QB to fumble and on the very next play score off a well-executed reverse.  A Berry player shoves a Millsaps defender into the pole vault pit to pick up yet another unsportsmanlike penalty.

So yay, Berry, you have a 50-7 lead at the half and you're playing with absolutely no class.  Congratulations.

That's just dirty.

[tigerguy]

Pitiful. Terrible example from the coaching staff.

[BSCpanthers]

We brought home another conference win with a 16-15 victory over Hendrix.  We have a bye this week before finishing at Rhodes, home with Berry and at Centre.  Right now our goal is to win out and finish 6-4 and ruin Berry's opportunity at the Pool C bid. 

[Ron Boerger]

Unfortunately B-SC is having to sue the state of Alabama, whose treasurer suddenly decided not to offer the loan everyone thought was forthcoming.

https://www.al.com/educationlab/2023/10/alabama-denies-bailout-funds-to-birmingham-southern-college-files-suit.html

[Ralph Turner]

TUTX & SW just became more valuable to the SAA.

[BSCpanthers]

Unfortunately B-SC is having to sue the state of Alabama, whose treasurer suddenly decided not to offer the loan everyone thought was forthcoming.

https://www.al.com/educationlab/2023/10/alabama-denies-bailout-funds-to-birmingham-southern-college-files-suit.html

You guys are quick at getting this news out. Boozer, state treasurer was appointed to his position by Ivey, governor, who was also against BSC getting funding. There has been a lawsuit filed and hopefully this is just posturing that will end before the week does. The last thing the school needs is this dragging out another 6 months, at that point, it won't matter if they get the funding or not, they won't have any students left.

[Ralph Turner]

Unfortunately B-SC is having to sue the state of Alabama, whose treasurer suddenly decided not to offer the loan everyone thought was forthcoming.

https://www.al.com/educationlab/2023/10/alabama-denies-bailout-funds-to-birmingham-southern-college-files-suit.html

You guys are quick at getting this news out. Boozer, state treasurer was appointed to his position by Ivey, governor, who was also against BSC getting funding. There has been a lawsuit filed and hopefully this is just posturing that will end before the week does. The last thing the school needs is this dragging out another 6 months, at that point, it won't matter if they get the funding or not, they won't have any students left.

For a contrarian thought...

What if the state treasurer has assessed the property value, the quality of the leadership of B-SC in place to pay back the loan, the assets available beyond the market value of the university property, the demand for a campus in Birmingham where it is located and determined that it is a loan that he does not want to make? What if he does not want his name, his reputaton, and his legacy tied to a B-SC deal that went under?

[BSCpanthers]

The dude is 74 years younger or and a state treasurer, what kind of reputation does a state treasurer need to live off of?

[Ron Boerger]

From this AL.com article it seems more likely that the dude was dead set against the entire program from the get go, lobbied against it, and had to be forced to even make the program available by the state AG.

Expedited court hearing set for this afternoon.

[BSCpanthers]

From this AL.com article it seems more likely that the dude was dead set against the entire program from the get go, lobbied against it, and had to be forced to even make the program available by the state AG.

Expedited court hearing set for this afternoon.

The news reports makes it sound like this guy has an ax to grind for some reason and isn't working in the best interest of the state. But also that the school already has a loan from a private bank for $16.5 mil that is holding it up. Comes down to who is the first lender and gets priority in being paid back if the school defaults. I'm just ready for this financial nightmare to end.

Last weekend was homecoming and was supposed to be the launch of the next phase of fundraising and that got hijacked by this decision of the treasurer, further hindering the schools efforts and momentum. The treasurer is from BHM, wonder if he got jilted by a girlfriend when he was a kid and she choose a kid going to BSC???