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.

Quote from: Ron Boerger on March 17, 2026, 08:06:28 PMTrinity announced their schedule for the upcoming season - basically a repeat of last year with McMurry replacing Belhaven in the second game - in San Antonio.  TLU and PLU will return 2025's visits; a week 5 contest with Berry marks the start of SAA competition in San Antonio after a bye the previous week.  The team's first "road" game will be at Southwestern the following week, after which Maryville will pay its first visit to San Antonio.  That means that other than the short bus trip to Georgetown, Trinity won't travel until week 8 (Oct 24) when they play at Millsaps.  That will begin a run of three away games in four weeks, interrupted by a home game Halloween against Sewanee.  The season closes at Centre and Rhodes.

Yawn. Trinity scheduling John's Hopkins for future play tells me Urban is not shying away from competition to cater to new playoff criteria, but still bummed to not have a shiny out of conference game to begin the year.

Quote from: Ron Boerger on March 05, 2026, 11:36:48 AMLong-timers (lol, not many of us still around) probably still remember the call by a Trinity student, Jonathan Wiener, of the "miracle" ending to the Trinity-Millsaps game way back in 2007.  At the time there was a lot of "this kid has a future in broadcasting" commentary - turns out he is a news anchor for the ABC station in Houston, KRTK, where he heads up the 4 and 6:30 pm broadcasts.  He goes by "Jonathan Bruce" as his professional name.

What always stood out to me was his ability to hit the names of almost everyone as the touched the ball. Without spotters that is hard to do in real time and it was very impressive, particularly for a student broadcaster.

The son of Trinity star WR Canaan Factor, who shares his dad's name, committed to play ball at Trinity. He is apparently a great athlete, and has the size (6'2) to make a great weapon outside in D3. His dad tore it up in the late 90s during Trinity's rise and is still top 5-6 in many of the receiving categories. Hope his son turns out to be a stud, too.

Quote from: Ron Boerger on January 15, 2026, 03:29:39 PMTrinity today announced a home-and-home with Johns Hopkins - '27 in SA (6 or 7pm start), '28 there (early afternoon start).

Hell yeah. Assume this will be first time the schools have matched up in FB?

Quote from: D3Navy on December 06, 2025, 05:21:03 PM10 yards rushing?  I wasn't able to watch the game.  Is that right?

10 yards rushing?!

They effectively abandoned run in second half and should have done it earlier. Disappointing to see the line unable to open much room after their success against Hardin Simmons. Berry has some very effective D-linemen.

Berry was also double covering or shifting safety to Tavarez' side the entire first half so Hondo wasn't able to open things up until they went to more receiver sets. Tavarez dominated the third, but starting the half down 22-0 was not ideal.

Glad our boys made it a game at the end. Fumbles in first half and horrific special teams is what ultimately did us in. Refs all over the place. Main announcer needs to quit (color guy was fine IMO).

Edit: oh, and the WR drops....brutal...

Tough way to end the season but they fought until the end. Hats off to Berry once again.

Would be amazing if Taverez stayed for his final year - he should not be in D3.

Quote from: D3Navy on December 03, 2025, 09:55:12 PMFor those interested, the Trinity and Berry women's volleyball teams are representing the SAA very well.  Both are in the final four of the NCAA championship and could meet in the final.

Well done, ladies!

I felt some judgment during lunch yesterday because I had my phone out watching TU's match...

Quote from: Ralph Turner on December 01, 2025, 03:36:18 PMI looked up Trinity's games against the ASC in post-season play.
2025 Update

Year........	Team......	Score....	W/L....
1999	HSU	40-33	Win
2000	at HSU	30-33	Loss
2001	UMHB	30-6	Win
2002	UMHB	48-38	Win
2003	at ETBU	41-42	Loss
2004	UMHB	13-32	Loss
2005	UMHB	6-35	Loss
2007	at UMHB	23-52	Loss
2011	McM	16-25	Loss
2021	at UMHB	3-13	Loss
2022	HSU	14-7	Win
2022	UMHB	17-24	Loss
2023	HSU	20-6	Win
2024	UMHB	22-29	Loss
2025	HSU	(27+pick six 7 = 34)-24	Win

How many other games were "closer than the final score"?

2021: Trinity's 13-3 loss to UMHB in first round. For 58 minutes Trinity held the national champs and #3 offense in the country to only two field goals (I think they missed a third). Down 6-3 with 2:13 left, Trinity held UMHB to what would have been an attempted field goal on 4th and 6 from Trinity's 22, which would have given Trinity one last drive to try and tie. Trinity's player jumped offsides attempting to block the field goal, making it 4th and 1, so UMHB went for it and scored on the ensuing play. I'm pretty sure Urban instructed them to let him score so they could get the ball back, but it made the final score look less close than the game was played. The entire game was a defense masterpiece by both squads.

That is probably the saltiest I have ever been when it comes to the unfair Texas-teams playoff matchups. Trinity's defense was probably the best in the program's history and #2 overall in D3 that year. Their offense was also very good, but it was Tucker Horn's first year as a starter and they couldn't get anything going against a great UMHB front.

After Trinity, UMHB steamrolled through the playoffs and put up 42 against #13 defense BSC, 49 against #12 defense Linfield, 24 against #22 defense UW-Whitewater, and 57 against Defending Champ North Central in the national championship. I know most people know all of this since the game was fairly recent, but I thank you for bringing up this painful topic to allow me to vent some more.

Quote from: tigerguy on October 18, 2025, 03:39:03 PMHondo has found confidence as a dual threat quarterback and he is a capable in both respects. I would like to see Urban give him more opportunities on the ground because I think it will ultimately help with Hondo's internal clock in the pocket. He has historically had an issue holding onto the ball too long, so trusting his legs will continue to add a needed element of unpredictability to this offense.

I love when Urban and his staff review the forums and implement our suggestions. Hondo's legs were the difference today. Also hats off to the defense.

Today, Lagrange was able to rebound from a 48-0 drubbing by Berry earlier in the season and played them incredibly close. Hopefully Trinity has also learned a lot since their loss to Berry.

Hardin Simmons' game notes helped answer that. Looks like HSU has 10 senior starters (majority on offense) and Trinity has 8 (I'm including grad students). I think Trinity would have 9 if you included kickers/punters.

Quote from: Ron Boerger on November 28, 2025, 10:24:17 AMSpotted a pic of Anson Mount (aka Captain Pike in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) wearing a pretty ratty Sewanee Tigers ball cap.  Is he an alumnus?

In other news, every member of the D3football.com panel picked HSU to win tomorrow's game, all by a TD or more.

Saw a post about Trinity having a tough matchup against a "senior-laden" Hardin Simmons team. Appears they have 21, but Trinity has 22. I am not sure how many are starters across either team, so maybe that is where the discrepancy is.