BIG SOUTH: Week 9 Preview

Tweet(3-4) Bucknell @ (4-2) Charleston Southern – Saturday, Oct 29th,  11:45am (Big South Network) After not playing a home game in nearly two months, this week Charleston Southern now gets their second home game in as many weeks.  In keeping with a season of firsts for CSU, this week the Bucs host first-time opponent Bucknell …

BIG SOUTH: Week 8 Review

Tweet(5-2) Kennesaw State 47,    (3-5) Gardner-Webb 37                          After coming up short at home last week against Liberty, Kennesaw State went up to Gardner-Webb last weekend intent on getting back on the right track.  In their short residence within the Big South conference, KSU had to date beaten only two Big South teams with one of …

BIG SOUTH: Week 8 Preview

TweetAfter three straight weeks of one program or another taking the week off, it’s a full slate of conference games this week in the Big South.     (4-2) Kennesaw St @ (3-4) Gardner-Webb – Saturday, Oct 22nd, 12:00pm (American Sports Network)  A week after hard-fought losses, both these teams come into this game looking …

BIG SOUTH: Week 7 Review

TweetFinally, every Big South team has played a conference game so the standings actually make some semblance of sense. Charleston Southern                                                   1-0       1.000               3-2 overall Liberty                                                       …

BIG SOUTH: Week 7 Preview

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 …

BIG SOUTH: Week 6 Review

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 …

Big South: Week 6 Preview

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 …

Big South: Week 5 Preview (10/1)

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 …