Tag: Gardner-Webb

TweetConference play begins in earnest in the Big South this week.  After this week’s results, I’ll include the conference standings in next week’s review along with a brief look at what those standings mean.  It won’t be a power poll but, hopefully, something that provides a little context to the wins and losses.   (3-2) Charleston Southern    OPEN…again Due to... Read More

TweetHurricane Matthew caused a little drama this week but turned out to have only minor significance. (2-3) Liberty                       BYE Liberty had the weekend off which saved the Flames from playing in the steady rain that fell over most of Virginia and the southeast US last weekend.  It’s just as well.  Fire and water don’t mix.  Badum-bum.   (3-2) Charleston... Read More

Tweet(2-3) Liberty OPEN Liberty has a week off in really the ideal spot for an open date, the middle of the season and just before the start of conference play. What Liberty has to do in the bye week:  Get any injuries healed up and get new starting QB Buckshot Calvert – I’m not even calling him ‘Steven’ anymore; ‘Buckshot’... Read More

TweetAs bad as last week was in the Big South, it was that good this week. (1-3)  Presbyterian                           BYE Presbyterian had the weekend off which means no one got hurt.  No news is good news.   (3-2) Monmouth 42,  (2-2) Fordham 41    OT A week after getting... Read More

Tweet(1-3) Presbyterian    OPEN Presbyterian gets the week off to try and assess the damage.  Obvious areas of concern are the health of the quarterback position and the defensive line as well as rapid deterioration of the defensive unit as a whole.  On a couple of occasions in years past, PC head coach Harold Nichols has used the bye week to... Read More