Practice Makes Perfect

Have you ever wondered what it is like to step on the football field for game day? The feeling is indescribable; heart racing, thinking about all the little things that relate to the game, anxious to finally hit someone on another team and not the same people you see every day at practice! Well in order to step on that field it all starts at practice. After the Howard Payne game we had a bye week which meant a full two weeks of practice before our next contest against Rhodes. Every practice is a challenge; you face ups and downs in each practice that essentially prepare you for the ups and downs of an actual game. Every drill, sprint and tackle during practice is designed to prepare you for Saturdays. Our two weeks of practice were full of exciting ups, chilling downs, and a heavy dose of inconsistency. We had moments were we looked like a championship team yet lost some key players due to injury during our two weeks off. After a full two weeks of intense practices it was game day! Little did we know, it would be game if extreme ups and downs.

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Consistency is what Coach Mohr preaches to us every day and unfortunately on Saturday we were the polar opposite of consistent. Another motto that coach always uses is "you practice how you play," On Saturday that statement was true. Coming in heavily favored against Rhodes we played inconsistent football and lost the game. Despite a late effort to lead us back in the game from Quarterback Pat Dickinson, it was too late and we had to face defeat.

One thing that can be guaranteed for our next game on Saturday afternoon against Millsap’s will be, the trinity football team had their best week of practice all season and were consistent. We have the potential to win the SCAC championship and we guarantee that we will work harder than ever before to make sure we do not lose another game this season!


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"We Do Not Lose at Home!"

Picture Taken by Presto Sports for Trinity University

The TU football team reported to campus on August 10th with one thing on their minds, September 4th. Why is this you ask? It was the date of our home opener against Howard Payne University underneath the lights of E.M Stevens Field. However, we faced a long road over those 3 weeks to get to that game. Going through long days of meetings, practice and workouts that kept us occupied with football from 8 A.M to 9 P.M pretty much every day! Going to practice in the 100+ degree heat, two a days, SUPER grinders and the dreaded 40 test. We worked our butts off as a team to prepare for the season and our first game. Although we worked hard during training camp there were a few things that we did as a team that helped us gel together and become more than just a bunch of people playing football, we became brothers. From singing a song on the singing chair in the cafeteria in front of the whole team, coaches and a few other people who happened to be on campus at the time to freshmen and senior skits, we grew as a family. The TU football team is the largest frat on the campus. After all the blood, sweat and tears that we put into our 26 practices prior to our first game, Game day finally came. Going into our first game of the season there were a few streaks and traditions that were brought up to the team, including 18 straight years that the Tigers have won their season opener, the fact that we have lost 1 game at home in the past 15 years and also our main goal for the season, to win the SCAC! The game on Saturday night was one of the most intense and overall most enjoyable games I have ever been a part of. After a hard fought 60 minutes that ended with a 31-31 tie it was off to overtime. One overtime however would prove not to be enough as the Tigers came away with the 40-34 victory in the second overtime following Pat Granchellis game winning Touchdown. Coach Mohr told the team at halftime that we would find out what kind of football team we were going to have this season, and this game clearly shows we have a team that will never quit. Our next game is September 18 at 6 P.M v Rhodes College!


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