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SOCON: Week 8 Preview

October 19, 2016 Marc Goold

TweetIt’s week eight and the race for the Southern Conference title is still up for grabs. The Citadel is in the driver’s seat after knocking off Chattanooga last week, but there is a lot of football yet to play. The Citadel travels to Spartanburg to face Wofford who hopes to get a much needed win over a top 10 team to... Read More

SOCON: Week 7 Review and Power Rankings

October 17, 2016 Marc Goold

TweetIt was a exciting week in the Southern Conference. The Conference race became a little clearer, but there is still a lot of football to play and anything can happen still. The Citadel took the drivers seat for the title by knocking off Chattanooga. Samford is still rolling with another big win, this time over VMI. Mercer got another one in the win column... Read More

SOCON: Week 7 Preview

October 10, 2016October 11, 2016 Marc Goold

TweetWeek seven in the Southern Conference has some great matchups. First, two top ten teams will go at it as The Citadel hosts Chattanooga. There will also be an aerial showcase as two of the most talented passers in FCS will be going at it as VMI travels to Samford. Both Mercer and Western Carolina will try and get back to winning... Read More

SOCON: Week 6 Review and Power Rankings

October 9, 2016October 11, 2016 Marc Goold

TweetThere were no surprises in the race for the Southern Conference crown as Chattanooga rolled to remain unbeaten. Samford, VMI and Wofford all won as well to stay at one loss in the conference race. The Citadel continued to win in an out of conference game. # 7 The Citadel 38 North Greenville 14 (box score) With Hurricane Matthew headed for the... Read More

Must Watch Week 6

October 4, 2016October 4, 2016 Rob

TweetWeek 6 presents some unique challenges in picking the twelve best games to watch. Without further ado, here are the Must Watch games for Week 6 and a breakdown of why you need to be watching. Saturday, October 8th Time(CST) TV Colgate @ Lehigh 11:30am STREAM Cornell @ Harvard 12:00pm STREAM Tennessee Tech @ Jacksonville State 1:00pm ESPN3 North Dakota... Read More

SOCON: Week 6 Preview

October 3, 2016October 5, 2016 Marc Goold

TweetThe Southern Conference has 4 conference match ups and 1 out of conference game with Div II North Greenville traveling to Charleston to meet the # 7 Bulldogs of The Citadel. Furman is still looking for its first win of the season against #19 Samford, while Mercer travels to Chattanooga where it will try to repeat an upset performance against the... Read More

SOCON: Week 5 Review and Power Rankings

October 3, 2016October 5, 2016 Marc Goold

TweetIt was the first full week of conference games in the Southern Conference and the competition did not disappoint. But the biggest news was probably the continued meltdown of Furman as they fell in an out of conference game against Kennesaw State to now go 0-5 on the year. Chattanooga, The Citadel, and Samford all won to remain the current favorites for the... Read More

SOCON: Week 5 Preview

September 27, 2016 Marc Goold

TweetThe Southern Conference cranks up a full slate of conference play with 4 games scheduled this week. Furman plays Kennesaw St from the Big South in the lone out of conference game. The Paladins are looking for their first win after a cruel September schedule left them 0-4. One of the biggest games is Wofford at Samford where the Bulldogs... Read More

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