Quote from: Crubacker on September 28, 2025, 02:39:40 PMGot to get the costly penalties and stupid personal fouls/UNS taken care of.  Those killed so many drives and kept so many opponents drives going.

Penalties were an issue but I have some serious questions about that ref crew. I am not saying they cost us the game, they absolutely didn't, but the amount of penalties called on both teams was not believable. All together, 31 flags were thrown for over 300 yards of penalties. Coming into the game Mars Hill average 6.6 penalties for 43 yards and we 7.5 for 70 yards, the odds that both of us completely forgot how to play within the rules to that degree is again unbelievable to me.

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Quote from: Ralph Turner on September 25, 2025, 12:32:15 AMWeek #3

1) UMHB        31 points 1,1,2,2,3
2) Trinity      29 points 1,1,1,2,6
3) HSU          27 points 2,2,3,3,3
4) Berry        18 points 4,4,4,5,5
5) RMC          13 points 3,5,6,6,7
6) H-SC        12 points 4,4,5,7,x
7) Maryville    6 points 6,6,7,7,x 

RV W&L          3 points 5,x,x,x,x
RV Centre        1 point  7,x,x,x,x

Thanks to Bornpowerindex, Cowboy, Hansen and Hawks88

6?  And Berry is a better team than UMHB.

For whatever it's worth, it seems like the #6 vote is the Born Power Index, so there is no one to yell at (haha) but that index was 1 correct selection away from winning the ASC/SCAC pick em last year and won the whole thing the year before. 

Quote from: Mavchamp on September 18, 2025, 07:25:14 PMLooking at Sul Ross so far this season..... two shut out blowout losses.... and the results of last season....

Makes you wonder if they would consider returning to D3 and the ASC.

It's been ugly for them....and the travel has got to be exponentially more expensive than it was in the ASC.

Just some food for thought.

It might be more expensive but I wouldn't be surprised if those beat downs paid for their entire season. Also its not like they were winning a lot of games in D3, they had 1 winning season since 1998.

But yeah it was a beat down they had NEGATIVE 38 yards for the game against SFA.

Come one, come all Ralph Turner and I are running the ASC Pick'em Contest? We will be including all ASC and SCAC games again this year.

Special note to look at the games early as there are multiple Thursday night kickoffs this first week.

Come one, come all Ralph Turner and I are running the ASC Pick'em Contest? We will be including all ASC and SCAC games again this year.

Special note to look at the games early as there are multiple Thursday night kickoffs this first week.

Quote from: Etchglow on August 24, 2025, 06:14:39 PMOne thing that hasn't been mentioned so far, and hopefully we don't need to see it much, but the punting game was on point.  #87 boomed a 46-51 yarder, and #36 hit one 48 yards to pin them on the 2.

Also, one thing that was really noticeable over the last few years is we were playing way more disciplined.  Even with all of the unsportsmanlike penalties on UANL our guys never really retaliated.  There were way fewer dumb penalties than we've had the last few years.

Very true, even on a play in the 4th that UANL was called for an unsportsmanlike penalty, our player didn't react very happily and Harmon immediately yelled for a new player to come on the field and you could hear him say its not what they do but how you react, player nodded and it was done.

All in all lots of positives to pull from the scrimmage, its going to be a hard season no matter what but I left the game thinking that like things felt more normal then they have the last few years.

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Quote from: BLynn on August 12, 2025, 10:36:34 PMI follow the ARC more than any other D3 league, but am curious about the future of the four football schools in the ASC. I haven't seen any info on potential additions nor where any of the four are looking to land. Can someone shed some light on this for me. Thanks

Back in March it was announced that McMurry and Schreiner entered into an agreement to join the ASC for at least 10 heads starting in 2026.

10 heads is pretty steep to join a conference haha

Good for McMurry, in a town with 3 very similar universities (McMurry, HSU and ACU) they have to do something to separate themselves, especially given in the world of football there is no doubt they are the 3rd option.

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Quote from: Ron Boerger on June 13, 2025, 01:19:48 PMUnfortunate news today as Cory Hogue announced that Dave Campbell's Texas Football cut him (and one other writer, Ishmael Johnson), effective immediately.  He was one of the few (possibly only) Texas-based sources for D3 and other non-FBS sports info in the state. 

For what it's worth, they emailed all subscribers today saying the magazine is coming soon. I took the opportunity to let them know that Cory was the reason I subscribed, and that I likely wouldn't renew if they dropped small college coverage. They responded saying they plan to continue covering small colleges both on the website and in the magazine, though it may look a little different moving forward and that telling those stories remains important to them.

We'll see, I guess, but I doubt any of their remaining writers will take the time to develop the knowledge and relationships Cory had with the non-FBS coaches, staff, and players.

Yeah I am not holding my breath

Quote from: Ron Boerger on June 13, 2025, 01:19:48 PMUnfortunate news today as Cory Hogue announced that Dave Campbell's Texas Football cut him (and one other writer, Ishmael Johnson), effective immediately.  He was one of the few (possibly only) Texas-based sources for D3 and other non-FBS sports info in the state. 

For what it's worth, they emailed all subscribers today saying the magazine is coming soon. I took the opportunity to let them know that Cory was the reason I subscribed, and that I likely wouldn't renew if they dropped small college coverage. They responded saying they plan to continue covering small colleges both on the website and in the magazine, though it may look a little different moving forward and that telling those stories remains important to them.

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Quote from: CruFrenzy on May 17, 2025, 02:16:08 PMI think our non con should be a great test, should tell us a lot about where our program is at right now.

Agree 100%. I don't want to hear any more talk about the Cru's weak non con schedule. One D2 opponent, One D3 national powerhouse,and two of the best NAIA teams in the country (one of whom beat us handily last year). Coach better have this team ready to play...

Who is the second NAIA team we are playing?

I must've missed that. Other than Bethel TN.

Announcement to drop soon.

I'll play and guess. Texas Wesleyan? They're the only NAIA Top 25 team within a two-state trip.

RANK   INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES]   RECORD   FINAL POINTS
1   Grand View (Iowa) [16]   14-0   350
2   Keiser (Fla.)   12-1   336
3   Morningside (Iowa)   12-2   315
3   Benedictine (Kan.)   11-3   315
5   Montana Western   10-2   287
6   Indiana Wesleyan   11-2   276
7   Northwestern   9-3   270
8   Georgetown (Ky.)   9-3   259
9   St. Thomas (Fla.)   9-2   224
10   Montana Tech   9-3   218
11   Texas Wesleyan   10-1   215
12   Friends (Kan.)   11-2   201
13   Southwestern (Kan.)   11-2   173
14   Dickinson State (N.D.)   10-2   160
15   MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)   9-2   154
16   OUAZ (Ariz.)   8-2   115
17   Baker (Kan.)   9-2   109
18   Concordia (Neb.)   8-2   99
18   Southeastern (Fla.)   7-2   99
20   Dordt (Iowa)   8-2   92
21   Campbellsville (Ky.)   9-2   57
22   Pikeville (Ky.)   6-6   54
23   Saint Francis (Ind.)   8-4   47
24   Southern Oregon   8-3   44
25   Taylor (Ind.)   9-2   25

And you win, Texas Wesleyan it is.

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

Not on their website but it's official according to Mars Hill, September 27th at 1 PM.

https://x.com/marshill_fb/status/1922683361539100907?s=46

Quote from: UMHB03 on May 07, 2025, 09:40:29 AM

Quote from: Crubacker on May 06, 2025, 10:38:27 PMStill can't believe the schedule is not out yet.  Wonder if they will only have 8 games??

An 8 game schedule would be unacceptable. Between D3, NAIA, and even D2 potentially, there's no excuse not to find 4 non-conference games.

On that note, as much as I hate the double round robin format, I hope they keep it even after adding the new schools. That would eliminate the need to find non-conference opponents.

I am now holding out hope again that the remaining memembers of the SCAC and the ASC can either do a scheduling agreement or like it used to be the the football playing members of the SCAC become affliate members of the ASC.

My renewed hope is based on the fact that if the SCAC doesn't want to do round robin either we all need a lot of games, lets all play 2-4 games against each other and lets put the Westgate Christian days behind us (since AC and Centenary are both playing them this year).

Quote from: TheChucker on April 17, 2025, 01:28:50 PMMight as well do what D1 fans figured out a couple years ago. Don't even fret over a roster until it's set and the players show up in August.

Most D3 players at some point dreamed about playing D1 or getting a football scholarship, but odds of that happening were small prior to the portal. Hoards of G5 and FCS players moving up and/or out via the portal are leaving roster spots to fill. There's more opportunity now for the best players. 

I really agree with this on both points.

With the resources and history that UMHB has, we are positioned well to gain more then we lose in terms of talent. It will make it harder to know the team going into the season and we will lose high quality freshmen and sophomores after a good season to higher divisions but as pointed out there is a lot of talent that enters the transfer portal that needs someplace to land when summer comes.

And as much as I will hate to lose players I can't blame them if they take a chance on themselves to seek greener pastures. 

Quote from: Riley Zayas on April 15, 2025, 01:00:24 PMFair points! I wouldn't mind seeing SRSU return to D3.

What I will say is that, as we all know, recruiting to SRSU is ridiculously hard. Let's be honest, building a winner in Alpine takes some recruiting ingenuity and a coach who builds a culture that makes players want to buy in. Winning conference championships just isn't the expectation there. Not from fans, administration, or those in the community. Winning is great and celebrated there, but there's real financial implications involved here that go beyond W/L records.

Going D2 as a public institution opens up your recruiting pool significantly more than in D3, and combined with shorter travel, saves money in the process. Now you have more interest from prospective student-athletes (because of the scholarships), which helps with retention. You don't have to drive to ETBU or LETU any longer, which cheapens the cost of bus fees and hotel stays. Getting non-conference games becomes easier because the LSC is so large, the majority of your games in all sports come in conference play.

If it was a private school, that'd be a different story. But the scholarship money is coming from the state. And the state will continue to fund those scholarships, whether they're having success or not. It's 1 trip per year (for football only) to the Pacific Northwest. Which is doable when you're basically staying on the western side of the state for the rest of your schedule.

I know this was discussed when Sul Ross made their decision but the travel thing seems to be a non factor at least with the current and future members of the ASC. Right now the average trip from Sul Ross to the LSC members is 334 miles but that is not counting the 2 schools that require a plane ticket. The trips to ASC members would be 389 but that average is highly influenced by the trip to ETBU.

As you implied Sul Ross is just far away from basically everybody so travel and recruitment are always going to be hard, at the end of the day they just have to see which set up helps them the best.