About this episode

The episode discusses recent changes in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference and features interviews with coaches from the conference.

The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference has made a lot of waves since last we talked, what with Millsaps and then Southwestern electing to rejoin the SCAC starting in 2027. So, at the risk of there perhaps being a third member of the Southern Athletic Association returning to the SCAC before we could get the podcast out, we sat down with Dwayne Hanberry, commissioner of the SCAC, to discuss the changes, the status of Gallaudet in the conference, and more. This edition of the D3football.com Podcast is sponsored by GameStrat, the most reliable & fastest in-game video replay system on the market . Find out more at GameStrat.com . In addition to that breaking news, we also discuss the recent announcement that the Monon Bell game will be played at Ball State University, in Muncie, Indiana, at a price of $50 a ticket plus Ticketmaster fees. There will be words, for sure. We also talk too early about the preseason Top 25 poll, which should come out within the next week. Our coach interviews in this edition of the podcast each represent opposite ends of the experience spectrum. That includes Tyler Hopperton, who has been the head coach at Mount St. Joseph going on a decade and…

People in this episode

Guests: Dwayne Hanberry, Tyler Hopperton

Topics covered

• SCAC changes
• college football
• preseason polls
• coaching experience
• Monon Bell game

Keywords

• SCAC
• Millsaps
• Southwestern
• Monon Bell game
• Tyler Hopperton
• Dwayne Hanberry
• college football
• preseason poll

Sponsors

GameStrat

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, Millsaps, Southwestern, Gallaudet, Mount St. Joseph, Skyline Chili

Places: Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

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