Quote from: Ron Boerger on September 19, 2026, 11:15:29 PMHorn went out with what looked like a leg injury, possibly a hamstring or tendon.  He went to the tent for a while, came out but did not return.

Was hoping this was just cramping but agree Horn appeared to pull up before end of the run so looking like he may be out a few weeks. Hondo hadn't played well the first two weeks in spot time, but it is handy to have a backup qb that has a full season of starts under his belt.

Trinity's air game is not great with 2/3 of its top receivers out. Hopefully Tavarez comes back soon.

And now Hancock goes down. WR core is thin with a young QB out there.

Is Tavarez hurt for Trinity? Have not seen him. Huge loss for the offense if he is out

Might be a down year for Trinity's OL but I was encouraged they were able to make successful adjustments that opened things up in the 2nd half.

Some bonehead throws for Horn that stalled things in 1H and showed his inexperience at this level. He is a capable runner which is a plus given his size makes him difficult to bring down on the run. It's a tool Urban should use, but he also needs to be comfortable letting the play develop because he has some good WRs.

I was very surprised Tavarez was not more involved but given the camera work I could not tell what the defense was doing to address him. Hondo Franklin still has a very good arm. I'm curious what ultimately separated Horn from him in camp.

Again, whoever is manning the main Trinity camera needs to be fired. Missed pretty much every big play downfield

Ball has twice slipped out of Horn's hands on takeaways. I hope it is just from sweat. Gotta use that towel if so.

First time in a long while I've had a complaint about Trinity's broadcast. What the heck is going on with the camera work and how does anyone on the crew think this is passable?

Was not expecting to see Trinity as a predicted semifinalist on any of the D3football panelist's selections: https://d3football.com/notables/2026/08/20-questions

Would be curious to hear Greg's thoughts on the team.

Quote from: Ron Boerger on August 11, 2026, 10:09:56 AMTrinity has some pretty sweet new locker room facilities for the team this season.

I messaged Urban about these because it is so unbelievable how much better they are since when I was there. I thought the prior locker room was also amazing in comparison to what we had! Safe to say Trinity finally gets that those sorts of things can really help move the needle for recruits.

Quote from: Ron Boerger on August 01, 2026, 09:50:12 PMChatGPT might have done a better job.

Is this any worse than what they came up with?  OK, it probably is, but I spent five minutes on this having never used the tool and it cost $0.00.  And the fact that this is so lackluster that it prodded me into using AI tools, which I detest, is annoying. 

There was a preview of the rebrand for stakeholders but it was like the week I had knee replacement and I was in no shape to attend.  Maybe I should have attended, under the influence of serious narcotics it could have been quite educational. 

Way to go, Ron. I now lay the blame for this entirely at your feet.

Have not seen anybody making positive comments about any portion of it. The comments sections on Trinity's social media posts are excellent. Never seen our alumni base so unanimous on an issue before.

Ron (or anyone else that is plugged in) - hearing any behind the scenes reactions from Trinity admin to the conference announcements?

Quote from: MCScots2013 on July 15, 2026, 03:37:26 PMTrinity, Berry and Centre (along with Maryville in our last USAC year) made the playoffs in 2024, so it's possible you could see a Trinity-added ASC getting 3 playoff teams due to NPI.  The SAA did it.

Trinity would only join ASC as an absolute last option, but it's become more plausible as a scenario faster than I expected it would. Funny enough, wouldn't Trinity joining the ASC finally resolve the Texas island gauntlet in the playoffs? At least for the first round - since (assuming all three top teams get bids) they'd trigger the NCAA's no first round matchup rule for same conference opponents? There might be an exception to that (something like they can't do it, unless economics aren't workable or some bs), but I can't remember and I'm too lazy to go look.

Quote from: awadelewis on July 08, 2026, 11:39:03 AMAdmit that it was an "out there" thought.  But the fact it's been broached in the past gives it some credence.  And would the travel costs in the UAA be made any worse given how geographically spread out the member schools are in that conference?    But... not to be.

The options left for Trinity aren't very good given how they've burned the bridges with the SCAC.  And I figure similar bad blood exists within the ASC schools towards Trinity as well.

ASC is hanging on by a thread so I suspect they'd welcome Trinity with open arms if that becomes Trinity's only option. But it is no secret that Trinity does not view the ASC schools (and in particular, UMHB) as peers, even though the annual athletic matchups would be fun. Trinity might end up not having a choice, though. I have no doubt Trinity would be willing to shell out money for travel costs to join a different conference as a football affiliate, but as others have pointed out, most schools do not have the financial resources to make regular travel to SA viable.