FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Pat Coleman]

In many conferences, it's automatic, really -- once the conference has enough members that sponsor a sport, it's a conference sport. That number of members could vary from conference to conference but the mechanism is usually pretty standard.

[Ron Boerger]

I had a brief exchange with Steve Ulrich, the man behind d3playbook.com (an excellent daily summary of all things D3 sports, www.D3playbook.com if you're not familiar with it) who said the commish may have something to say in the very near future.

[tigerguy]

I had a brief exchange with Steve Ulrich, the man behind d3playbook.com (an excellent daily summary of all things D3 sports, www.D3playbook.com if you're not familiar with it) who said the commish may have something to say in the very near future.

You tease.

[TLU02SA]

I had a brief exchange with Steve Ulrich, the man behind d3playbook.com (an excellent daily summary of all things D3 sports, www.D3playbook.com if you're not familiar with it) who said the commish may have something to say in the very near future.

The title to McMurry's article on its athletic's webpage (emphasis is mine):

MCMURRY UNIVERSITY UNIFIES INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS JOINING SOUTHERN COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE IN FALL 2024

https://mcmurrysports.com/news/2022/11/1/general-mcmurry-university-unifies-intercollegiate-athletics-joining-southern-collegiate-athletic-conference-in-fall-2024.aspx

Seems the cat is out of the bag.

[jekelish]

https://scacsports.com/sports/fball/2022-23/releases/scac_announces_lyon_addition_football_return

[Pat Coleman]

With more context:
https://www.d3football.com/notables/2022/11/scac-announces-football-plans

[Ron Boerger]

Man, if I actually had the skills needed for this new position (Associate AD - Athletics Multimedia) I might apply and (if hired, LOL) retire from the grind today.   But on the very slim chance someone here knows someone who might have them and be in the market:   https://www.trinity.edu/human-resources/employment-opportunities/staff/41456

Assistant Athletic Director – Athletics Multimedia
Summary
Responsible for the conceptualization and production of creative content including: video, photos, graphics and other connecting experiences for the Athletic Department’s print and digital channels.  Oversees creative direction from concept to completion, developing thoughtful, engaging and cohesive materials.

[Pat Coleman]

Sports information and small college athletics is its own grind!

[jekelish]

Sports information and small college athletics is its own grind!

No lies detected.

[BSCpanthers]

Austin College has hired Birmingham Southern head coach Tony Joe White.

[Ron Boerger]

Update on Centenary's progress:  https://shreveportbossierjournal.com/2023/02/01/centenarys-return-to-gridiron-gathers-momentum-today/

• 48 players committed so far
• will play a slate of 'sub varsity' games in 2023
• opponents will be “local” or within “driving distance.”

[Ron Boerger]

SCAC affiliate-to-be Lyon announces its inaugural season - none of their future conference opponents are on the schedule, but two ASC teams are:

Sept. 2 – Grinnell College (Batesville)
Sept. 9 – Belhaven University (Batesville)
Sept. 16 – at Howard Payne University (Brownwood, Texas)
Sept. 23 – Westminster College (Batesville)
Sept. 30 – at Finlandia University (Hancock, Michigan)
Oct. 7 – at Alfred State (Alfred, New York)
Oct. 28 – at Hilbert College (Hamburg, New York)
Nov. 4 – at Luther College (Decorah, Iowa)
Nov. 11 – Iowa Wesleyan (Batesville)             

[Bmo]

An observation only.  Lyon has a 9-game schedule, with an open date on Oct 17th.  Trinity's bye week is the same.  Should the worst come to pass for BSC this fall, Lyon might be a fallback option to get to 10 games.

[jknezek]

Wow. Those three trips to Michigan and New York can't be cheap.

[Ron Boerger]

An observation only.  Lyon has a 9-game schedule, with an open date on Oct 17th.  Trinity's bye week is the same.  Should the worst come to pass for BSC this fall, Lyon might be a fallback option to get to 10 games.

With the obscenely difficult non-conference schedule almost certainly substantially boosting SOS it's hard to believe that a game against what will likely be a bottom-feeding Lyon (1-9 last year with some of the losses coming *before* the move to D3 was announced) would help in any way.  Can't see Lyon wanting to take another nearly 700-mile trip and Trinity's gotta be shooting the travel budget as it is going to Collegeville on top of their SAA travel.   Edit:  I guess it would be cheaper to go to Arkansas than to Birmingham.