Since Depauw has two conference losses now, Rhodes controls its own destiny, in addition to Milsaps and Trinity.  If Rhodes wins out they would have at least a share of the SCAC title, and would win the head-to-head tie breaker with Trinity and/or Milsaps (lots of assumptions, I know).  I guess my point is that the last 3 weeks of SCAC play have the potential to be real exciting, because the top 3 teams in the conference all have a shot at the title, and all still have to play each other.

It should be an interesting game this week with Trinity.  Looks like they had a rough time against Centre.  Rhodes, however, has always had a tough time in San Antonio, hopefully they can break that habbit this weekend. 

The Rhodes-Depauw game should be a good one.  I agree with a lot of your thoughts, Frank.  Rhodes offense has been less then stellar this year.  The weather was absolutely horrible, though, in the Huntingdon game.  Still, the rushing attack seems to be near non-existent.  Rhodes passing game, though, has picked up a bit the last couple of games and it seems Oliver has gotten a bit more comfortable in the pocket.  Rhodes defense has play extremely well, and is currently ranked 3rd nationally in yards allowed/game. So, hopefully they can make some big plays, stuff Depauw, and play the field position game.

Should be a close, low scoring game.  My thoughts (or wish i should say):
Rhodes 13
Depauw 7

Pacman,

I actually do agree with you on a few points.  It looks like that I went to Rhodes around the same time you did because I am in fact aware of all the situations you speak of.

Things that I agree with you:
Coach White walks around the BCLC witha a scowl on his face - See HunterT's comments, also take into account that the Guys is from New York
Coach White hates x football players  - See HunterT's comments again: I'm not sure you could name a college football coach that doesn't hate football players that quit

I strongly disagree with your other statements in your post ,but most of them are not worth my time explaining and I'm sure the Trinity/Depauw posters do not want to read an entire page on Rhodes football, so I will keep them to myself.  I will defend my less talented players statement by saying that Rhodes has a bit higher academic standards then other schools that are not bent for football players.  And, in the event that the standards are bent, the player usually doesn't last past a semester because they fail out.  So Rhodes typically has to recruit from a smaller pool then most other teams in the SCAC. As far as your comment about Coach White getting football/baseball players to quit, from my experience that is not true.  One of my friends was a football/baseball player coming in, and after a couple weeks of baseball practice, he quit, and Coach White was extremely upset with him for a couple of months.

It is obvious that I am more of an insider to Rhodes football then you are, and, therefore, probably know a little bit more about what really goes on in the program.  I suggest you start a d3baseball.com website and start posting about Rhodes baseball, a sport that you are obviously more familiar with. I will not dog the baseball team like you do the football team, because a lot of my friends played baseball and i really did enjoy going to the games (hell, you might even be one of them).   

wabashcpa,

No, that game was a bit before my time . . . I think Rhodes does have a good chance this week, don't know if you can call them the sleeper of the conference, though.  I think they have a very good chance in being the 3rd best team in the conference, will probably have trouble with Depauw (although the game is in Memphis) and obviously down in San Antonio. . . This is the first time they have started 2-0 in quite sometime, '00 I believe (albeit they played Lagrange the first week, who just started their football program), so that is promising

Quote from: Pacman on September 22, 2006, 12:22:09 PM
He is one of the worst coaches in DIII football, period.  The fact that he has been at Rhodes for so long only proves that Mike Clary, the Rhodes AD, is THE WORST DIII AD in the country.

Huntingdon BIG over Rhodes this weekend, mark it down. 
Sorry HunterT, Lynx pride doesn't exist anymore.

Hey Pacman,

Awesome Post.  My guess is that you are either a) a disgruntled X Rhodes football player that quit because he was too much of a bi@tch and blamed his failure on the coaches, or b) an upset father who is living through his underachieving son who is not getting any playing time because he sucks.  I can't quite pinpoint which one you are, however, since you are hiding behind your screen name. 

The facts are that Coach White is a very capable coach (he was the SCAC's coach of the year 3 years ago) that leads teams that are competitive almost every year with less talented players then the elite teams in the SCAC such as Trinity and Depauw.  Your comments are embarrassing, immature, and completely false.  I don't know if the Lynx will win this week or any other week this season, but I know they will be well prepared and well coached.  The Rhodes staff has made some great adjustments this year, including slowing down their offensive pace due to their superior defense and thin offensive line.  My point is that they do the very best they can with the talent they have every year. 

I assume that you are trying to gain happiness through Rhodes failures because you or your son could not cut it at Rhodes, this is very sad and I am sorry you have such a horrible attitude.  I played 4 years at Rhodes and could not of had a better experience.  I highly respect the coaches, not only for their work ethic and knowledge of the game, but also just because they are simply good people and genuinely care about x-players' success post their football careers.  Perhaps if you/your son would have sold out during practice and given a little more effort, then you too would have the same respect for them as I do.

Roll Lynx