Quote from: Crubacker on Yesterday at 01:00:38 PMWell, the offense looked terrible in 1st half in last nights scrimmage against the Mexican team, defense looked as bad.  2nd half was a different story but I also believe the Mexican team had sat their starters after the first half.  First half score 23-8, final score was 28-23 UMHB.  Got to stop this slow starting crap and put the pedal down to start the game. 

Positives--------UMHB has some good running backs and they only played 2 of them.  QB's had some flashes but mixed reviews on them and they have some good receivers.

Negatives--------Defense needs to put more pressure on QB---they did in 2nd half but I think that was against backups.  Secondary seemed lost at times.  Gave up too many completions deep and across the middle.  Gave up too many yards against the run.

Standout players-----jersey they were wearing in the scrimmage........on offense(0,1,3,11)QB's--- showed some positive at times.  Defense........#40---dude was all over the place, #24(2 picks) #47, #99, #91.

Joey Johnson got hurt during scrimmage but seemed to be ok on sideline, they were icing his elbow.

0: BJ Stewart - Dude's still an all american
1: Isaiah Nesmith - Returning WR.  Good size
3: Jordan "Jet" Hayes - Blinn transfer 78 carries for 458 yards and 8 TD's last year.  Looked to be a smart and relentless runner.
11: Maurice Moore - Only person I can find with that name was at Navy in 2022.

40: Colin Craig - Sophomore who played in 3 games for us last year
24: Cody Chapman - WTAMU Transfer? 
47: Gaige Sanders - Junior returning DE
99: Alyric Brown - Junior

91: Never got his name, he was getting manhandled in the first half.  Big guy but slow.

Quote from: MCScots2013 on August 22, 2026, 01:24:05 PMI'm guessing you are tracking new transfers for 2026,  not total transfers (ie, a second year at guy at new school)?

That's correct, eventually I'll extend the data model back further than one year.  Basically if the new roster lists them as a transfer, if I can find their former school in my giant list of most universities/colleges, or I can name match them with at least one other identifying feature such as high school, home town, etc...

It still can't tell the difference between the bethels but I haven't felt like finding a way to have it differentiate that...

Quote from: MCScots2013 on August 22, 2026, 10:23:14 AMWould be interesting to know how many guys transferred (other than the above mentioned Wolfenbarger). Even in smaller levels you see guys leave when a coach is canned or takes a new job.

The new tracker Etchglow has put together says they lost 33 total including graduation. As the bugs are worked out this is going to be a fun tool to have.

I fixed the logic so it picked up John Wolfenbarger.  Looks like the old logic wasn't liking the different hometowns.  If yall see any other stuff that is wrong let me know.  I'm trying to find a better way then downloading ALL the division rosters to track transfers and am failing at the moment...

Well, there is a transfer portal page that is somewhat right... It still can't differentiate between the bethels.  But short of scraping ALL the university rosters it is gonna be a pain in the butt...

https://etchglow.github.io/transfer-portal.html

One day I'll fix the stupid straight outta claude UI layout...

Nevermind, logic for transfers is major borked.  I'll get it fixed eventually.

Quote from: Ron Boerger on August 13, 2026, 10:46:35 PM

Quote from: Etchglow on August 13, 2026, 08:39:29 PMLet's see who lurks in the realms of the ASC thread.  I've had a roster scraper for a couple of years and decided to throw some AI at it to see what kind of analytics it could generate.  I decided throw the data up onto a github site here: 

https://etchglow.github.io

It is still very much a work in progress and some of the analytics don't always work correctly.  I'm soliciting feedback for pretty much everything.  The QC isn't great and there are more bugs than I'd like to admit so I'm always working on making it better or pulling more current sets of rosters.

I like what I see so far - nice graphic design too!

I'd like it better if my alma mater would get off their *** and update their roster, but this seemingly is a problem for them every year in virtually every sport.

Heh, mine is the same exact way! I think 15 schools have updated rosters so far this week. HSU has a bumper crop of kids on their roster!

Also, the graphic design is all Claude haha. As a former software developer, I never had an artistic gene!

Eventually I want to expand it to show more than this and last year. Maybe show retention rate trends...

Let's see who lurks in the realms of the ASC thread.  I've had a roster scraper for a couple of years and decided to throw some AI at it to see what kind of analytics it could generate.  I decided throw the data up onto a github site here: 

https://etchglow.github.io

It is still very much a work in progress and some of the analytics don't always work correctly.  I'm soliciting feedback for pretty much everything.  The QC isn't great and there are more bugs than I'd like to admit so I'm always working on making it better or pulling more current sets of rosters.

Anyone heard details on the umhb scrimmages?

Brushed off the old roster tracker.  Still got a few bugs in it with pulling some schools that I'll fix eventually:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eN9lklGpWOGuFBTvMhG70a9tEiB2lb7VHrtsWM4IJp8/edit?usp=sharing

Edit: it shows last update.  I'll try and update it every few days.  Also, the links to the conferences open sheets with actual names tied to each school.

Edit 2:  61 schools seem to have new players on their roster, 25 have removed players from last year, and 151 don't have anything posted.  The rest, well there is something wrong with the program that I'm lazy and haven't fixed yet lol...

Quote from: Ron Boerger on August 01, 2026, 06:59:49 PM

Quote from: y_jack_lok on August 01, 2026, 09:58:13 AMDoes anyone know if any of these schools (Trinity, Maryville, Sewanee) used consulting firms when going through their rebranding process?

Trinity used not one but two, according to local media:  Massachusetts-based Mackey Strategies and Maryland-based E&A Collaborative.

are we sure they didn't just have chatgpt do it?  I'm not an alum and even I think that new re-branding is way off base.

Quote from: AndrewB on July 15, 2026, 02:03:49 AMQuestion for any UMHB fans.  Just checking last years roster and you had 108 freshman on the team.  How many are you expecting to still be on the team this year as sophomores?  What do you expect this upcoming freshman class to be for numbers?  Are they usually that high in number for a freshman class?  Thanks

There's a spreadsheet for that somewhere... I'll find it when I get back from the beach.

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Quote from: MCScots2013 on July 09, 2026, 07:50:27 PMI think the issue at hand is the total number for the SCAC when accounting for non-football schools. Unless they want to be the D3 SEC with 16 schools, the total number is  getting big. Someone needs to try to make that SCAC move asap because they shut that door. I think the ODAC has 14 schools (not checking their website), so I guess there is Region 3 precedence.

But, yeah...if ex-D3's came back it could help a lot.

Call me a pessimist....but I think the ASC on life support again when this 10 year "deal" is done.

All six members should be thinking long-term if they are wise.

The good news:  Necessity may force them together long term....even if they don't like it.

There's always a chance that the SCAC will have no interest in taking McMurry and Schreiner back in 10 years.  If that's the case...both could be stuck with the ASC unless they look else where.

Trinity may not want the ASC..... and the ASC may not want Trinity.  But.... they may have to live with each other.

HSU and UMHB may not want to move to D2...but if they ASC falls apart.... will they have any options?

And HPU and ETBU have got to decide if they remain faithful to the Baptist Four or if they decide to go every many for themselves and start looking at SCAC, D2 or NAIA.

And like mentioned....Sul Ross coming back could be huge....even if it's a long shot.

Recruiting the Sooner Conference

But it could be interesting..... all the talk of life support in 10 years (and it's still very real).... but the ASC could end up being an alliance of the unwanted and unwilling if the SCAC say thanks but no thanks to everyone.

Trinity
UMHB
HSU
ETBU
HPU
McMurry
Schreiner


A conference that hardly anyone would be happy about being in....but survives due to necessity. 

Recent history seems to scream that long-term in college football is 5 years at most so I would say that the ASC members will happily take a 10 year deal that hasn't even started yet. Now could something happen in that 10 years that makes the deal invalid, of course, but until then it would seem that all of the members have looked around and said this is the best option presented to them.

True.....I guess this is as good as it can get when you have two conferences that have absolutely no interest in working together to create some stability.

It'll be interesting to see if Trinity considers the ASC in the near future...and would the ASC even be interested.

After a season where one team is playing a 9-game schedule and another had to resort to playing Clutch City Prep, I can't imagine that the ASC wouldn't be interested. Trinity has an excellent athletics program and would be a great addition to the conference if they decide they're interested.

I'd love for more stability but that'd be a death row conference with 3 teams that have been in the playoffs more times than not in the last few years.

Quote from: Crubacker on July 06, 2026, 12:47:57 PMLol, no worries.  I know some of those guys you listed probably won't show up anyways.  Guess we will see when the roster comes out.

You did shame me to go back and update it, I didn't do a super deep dive but added a good number...

Quote from: Crubacker on July 05, 2026, 03:41:42 PMEtchglow, is there any up[date to the commitment tracker lately?

Not really, I've been lazy lol. 

Quote from: Ron Boerger on March 18, 2026, 09:25:52 AMConstruction is underway on Southwestern's new football / multi-sport complex, but they are still raising funds to pay for the $9.2M complex (which includes a field house) as a new challenge grant was announced in late January.

QuoteFormer Trustee Brent Austin, in honor of his wife, Joanne Powers Austin '74, has generously pledged a $500,000 Challenge Match for the multi-purpose sport complex. This powerful gift comes at a pivotal moment, propelling us toward the final stretch of our $9.2 million goal. Now is the time to stand together, invest in the future, and bring this dream across the goal line.

The YT vid attached to the announcement shows a somewhat more modest rendering for the new Dice Field than earlier presentations.  Stands will only be present on the press box side (which has been the case throughout). 

When I drove past towards the end of February, the only visible signs of progress were a scraped off area with a huge mound of dirt piled in the middle, so they have their work cut out for them for the facility to be ready by the start of the 2026 season (not yet published) as planned. 

I'll have to drive by and see lol.  At least it doesn't have a track around it!