SCAC Football Podcast

This week on the SCAC Football Podcast; Director of Communications Russell Kramer sat down with SCAC Offensive Player-of-the-Week Michael Engle of DePauw, Defensive Player-of-the-Week Matt Finke of Austin College and Special Teams Player-of-the-Week Jordan Albright of Centre.

Engle equaled a DePauw single-game school record with six touchdown passes as the Tigers' cruised to a 45-16 season-opening victory over Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

Engle completed 26-of-36 passes for 300 yards in just his second career start, and tied the school mark of six TD passes set by Spud Dick against Rhodes last year. The senior signal-caller tossed two TD each passes to all-American wideout Alex Koors (7 and 12 yards) and Nathan Evans (9 and 5 yards). Jon Ellis (12 yards) and Bobby Coburn (1 yard) each hauled in one scoring reception from Engle.

Finke tallied five tackles (two solo) while also intercepting two passes and returning one interception 68-yards to the Texas Lutheran one-yard line. Both interceptions led to Kangaroo touchdowns in a 20-14 home win over TLU.

Albright returned four punts for 119 yards for an average of 29.8 yards per punt in the Colonels’ 35-0 home-opening win over Maryville (Tenn.). Albright had a long return of 54 yards in the game.

To listen to Michael Engle of DePauw, click here.

To listen to Matt Finke of Austin College, click here.

To listen to Jordan Albright of Centre, click here.

2009 SCAC Football Media Days - Austin College

Austin College comes into the 2009 season after posting a record of 5-5 record a year ago, the best season in Sherman, Texas since 2000. Head coach Ronnie Gage enters his fourth season with a career record at Austin College of 13-18 (7-17).

For the third straight season Austin College led the SCAC in rushing offense as the ‘Roos averaged 216.7 yards826 yards and 6.3 yards per attempt and scored six touchdowns last year. He also led the SCAC in all purpose yards. The ‘Roos also return First Team All-SCAC senior cornerback Matt Finke, who tallied 41 tackles while recovering three fumbles and intercepting two passes. per game during the 2008 campaign. Returning again to lead the ground attack is senior running back Ross Hasten, a 1st Team All-SCAC selection a year ago. Hasten rushed for

To hear the thoughts and comments of Head Coach Ronnie Gage, click here.

To hear the thoughts and comments of Senior Running Back Ross Hasten, click here.

To hear the thoughts and comments of Senior Cornerback Matt Finke, click here.