Football's Improvement

Although there have not been large amounts of success in Trinity Football's past, the program has improved extensively throughout recent years, much like the rest of the country in regards to player training and preparation.  Because of these improvements, Trinity Football has produced fifteen winning seasons and eight conference championships in the twenty-first century, yet fan and student support is still a shortcoming. Throughout all levels of college and professional football, a majority of players usually carry the game as an identity over all else, but players at Trinity are historically forced to put much more importance and focus on school. This is also apparent in the rest of the students at Trinity, which could result in less involvement in on campus events, such as football. The team has seen little support from students, which may be due to the fact that Trinity’s administration has lessened its importance of athletics and campus involvement, and much more focused on academics.

A sign of positivity in Trinity’s athletics program comes from the use of the Trinitonian itself. Writers have attempted to create more of a story from football games, rather than just regurgitated scores and stats. An entire Trinitonian page from 1950 includes three articles that highlight this improvement. This page portrays how football coverage began to develop into much more than information about the game. They begin to tell a story and try to engage fans with their media coverage, including an article on one of Trinity’s star players and how he has to overcome a massive injury. This shows that Trinitonian writers have made strides towards improving the media coverage of football, much like the development of the NFL around this time period. Even though this source is from 1950, it still shows how some members of Trinity University have tried to go against the grain and support and highlight the football team.