Another Season Down

This past Saturday the football team completed another season. We played Austin College in our season finale in Sherman, Texas and came way with a victory of 44-10. We played one of our best games all season, and allowed the seniors to finish their college and football careers on a good note. The win brought our record to 7-3 and and 3-2 in conference, good enough for second place. It was a successful season for us but not good enough for our standards. Everyone was hoping to win conference and advance to the National Playoffs. We came close and should have accomplished this goal, but this was not our year. We go into next season with a two game winning streak and something to build on. Offensively we will lose four key players, one lineman, one receiver, and two running backs. Defensively we will graduate quite a bit of starters, but we also do return a good number of players who either started or who have received a good amount of playing time. We have a good core of players returning, which will give us a good opportunity to get back on top and win the conference for the first time in two years.

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End of Season Update

There are two games left in the season for the football team after losing two consecutive games. We lost to DePauw University 26-18, which eliminated us from the playoffs and the conference championship race. This past week we unfortunately lost to Azusa Pacific University 55-27, which is a scholarship team from California. We now are in the final two weeks of the season with one home game against Centre College, and the season finale against Austin College in Sherman, Texas. The loss to DePauw was especially disappointing. We did not play up to our potential, and some questionable penalties affected the team. If we beat Centre it will eliminate them from the Conference Championship and the playoffs. This game would be a little bit of a payback game for us because we lost to Centre last year, which eliminated us from the playoffs. We are Centre’s final game, so we are looking to end their season early. The final two games are important for us. If we win at least one game we will have a winning season. Winning both games will end our season on a good note, and will send us into the offseason and next year with something to build on.

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Mid Season Update

The football regular season is officially halfway finished. With a 40-0 win over the University of South, we improved our overall record to 5-1. Our only loss was against Millsaps College, who is also tied for first place in the conference. We are currently tied for first in the conference with a big game coming up on Saturday against DePauw University in Indiana. With a win on Saturday, we would be in very good position to win the conference and advance into the playoffs for the first time since 2006. We have two remaining home games against Azusa Pacific University and Centre College, then a final road trip to Sherman, Texas to play Austin College to finish out the season. The remaining schedule is set up for us to finish 9-1, but we have to come ready to play every Saturday afternoon. Centre will be an important game for us because we lost to them last year, which eliminated us form the playoffs. If we do end up advancing into the playoffs we would most likely play the University of Mary Hardin - Baylor. But, there is still a lot of football to play to see how the conference finishes up before we can even start to think about the playoffs.

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A Typical Week

Football season can be somewhat stressful, especially during the week. Finding time to budget between football and school can be somewhat hard. Usually this means staying up late at night to finish homework and to study. A typical week for me starts out with the first day of practice on Tuesday. I have to go to meetings the same days that I have practice. Tuesday meetings start at 3:15 in the afternoon. After the meeting, I then have practice from 4:15 to roughly 6:45. Wednesday’s are the same routine except I have to go to morning weights at 6:45. The workout usually takes about an hour to complete. Sometimes shorter or longer depending on how fast I go. On Thursday we do our meeting in the morning instead of the afternoon. Practice is usually somewhat lighter and shorter since we do not have to wear full pads. Friday is only an hour long practice where the coaches make sure everyone knows what they are doing. Saturday is of course our game day. Sunday we have film and weights from about three o’clock in the afternoon until around six. Monday we have the entire day off to catch up on school work and to relax. Monday’s can be busy with homework because I am trying to get caught up from the previous week, or trying to get ahead for the next week. This week we do not have a game, so this week is somewhat relaxing. I have more time to do work, and I get a chance to get away for the weekend and go home. Then, Sunday afternoon I get back into the football routine with practice.

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The Beginning of the 2009 Season

The 2009 Trinity Tiger Football season is well underway, and it should continue to be an exciting season. The Tigers started the 2009 season on August 14^th when players reported for two-a-days. We have been working hard throughout the weeks and are hoping the work will pay off in the end. This season we return many important starters on both on offense and defense, with many underclassmen playing, too. We are 3-0 and 1-0 in conference. We started the season on somewhat of an unusual schedule, with the first four games being away. The 2008 season was somewhat of a down year for the Tigers as we climbed up to number eight in the nation in the national polls and finished 8-2 (the two loses being against conference opponents, Millsaps and Centre) and missed the playoffs. This season we are looking forward to add another conference championship to our record and to erase a two year playoff drought. Millsaps College is predicted to win the conference for a second straight season. Trinity was picked as a close second. With conference just starting, it should be an exciting run to end the season with four or final six games being at home.

2009 Trinity Tigers

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