Author: Marc Goold

Born and raised in New Jersey, but gravitated south to graduate from The Citadel in 1985. Served 23+ years in the USAF retiring in 2008 as a Field Grade Officer. Logged 4600+ flying hours as an Aircraft Commander and Instructor Pilot in the KC135. After retiring from active duty, worked as a Program Manager on various Air Force weapon systems. Retired completely as of May 2016. I have followed SOCON football since my days as a cadet. I like statistics, but also find value in looking at the intangibles as well, such as a team's emotions and motivation.

SOCON: Week 3 Review and Power Rankings

September 19, 2016 Marc Goold

TweetThe SOCON picked up 2 OOC FCS wins and the conference games did not disappoint as ETSU pulled off a huge upset over Western Carolina in the Battle at Bristol and the UTC at Furman game proved to be an entertaining defensive struggle for much of the game. #9 Chattanooga 21 at Furman 14 (recap) The Mocs started the season by... Read More

SOCON: Week 3 Preview

September 15, 2016September 15, 2016 Marc Goold

TweetThe SOCON slate for week 3 features a great conference matchup between Chattanooga and Furman, the return of ETSU to SOCON play, against WCU at Bristol Motor Speedway, OOC games against the Big South and OVC, and a Div II game. VMI and Samford are both idle. (SOCON Weekly Notes) #9 Chattanooga at Furman 7pm (ESPN3) (UTC Game Notes) UTC... Read More

SOCON: Week 2 Review and Power Rankings

September 12, 2016 Marc Goold

TweetIn the second week of the season the SOCON saw 2 FBS games, 4 FCS OOC games, and one conference game. Both Wofford and Mercer had respectable outings in their FBS games. The SOCON went 4-0 in the FCS OOC games including wins against the Southland, Pioneer, and two wins against the Big South. In the conference standings, The Citadel... Read More

SOCON: Week 2 Preview

September 7, 2016September 6, 2016 Marc Goold

TweetPresbyterian at #8 Chattanooga 2pm ET, (SOCON Network) The Blue Hose lost to the Mocs at home last year 21-0. Last week Presbyterian managed just 126 yards while giving up 492 against a pretty good Central Michigan squad and lost 49-3. UTC crushed Div II Shorter while putting on a defensive clinic, even with 5 new starters on D. UTC... Read More

SOCON Review: Week 1

September 4, 2016September 4, 2016 Marc Goold

TweetThe Citadel 24 Mercer 23 The #13 Bulldogs of The Citadel had great expectations following a successful 2015 campaign. Mercer did as well after coming oh so close to winning many SOCON games last year and actually knocking off SOCON co-champ UTC. Broadcast on Fox Sport SE, the game was the season and SOCON opener for both teams. After the... Read More