FB: Southern Athletic Association

[jknezek]

Trinity to the SCAC could put the USA South in a pickle and give the CCS a reason to sponsor football.

Hear me out:

Football...
Maryville
Centre
Sewanee
Berry
Rhodes
Belhaven
Huntingdon
LaGrange

Non-football...
Oglethorpe
Asbury
Piedmont
Covenant
Agnes Scott (2027)

I guess. You could also do it this way and have a north/south division, since there aren't quite 12 without Rhodes and Centre, which I think would have better options. Play your division every year, 4 games, play 4 from the opposite division, leaving 1 OOC game at the start of the season and 1v1, 2v2, etc. to decide the championship and play out the last weekend. Very manageable for an area of the country that struggles to find reasonable OOC games.

North Football:
Brevard
Maryville
Greensboro
NC Wes
Southern Virginia

South Football:
Berry
Belhaven
Huntingdon
LaGrange
Sewanee

Once football is squared away, which is the hardest, just keep the CCS/USASAC split where needed for the other sports.

[MCScots2013]

I think one of the points earlier this summer from awadelewis was Rhodes and Sewanee sticking together.  Fair point, I guess.  And--as someone who loves the traditions and rivalries of college athletics--very much appreciated.  The last 10+ years of conference realignments in any division has me throwing in the towel somedays.

But, you are right.  Centre has options.  Just north enough and south enough to get attention and would be a good addition to any conference.

[MCScots2013]

I'm looking forward to getting Murvul back on our schedule. We always enjoy those trips to eastern Tennessee.

Have fond memories of my trip there last season.  Lovely campus, friendly people, some really good grub.

Here's to staying in the SAA so you can make the trip next year and enjoy another, new part of campus. New "Center for Appalachian Music" is now planned after a $3M gift from the Mike Curb Foundation as announced today.

Such is Homecoming week...lots of big news. Makes you wonder what's next!