TweetETSU 24 VMI 6 In perhaps the only conference game of the season ETSU was favored to win, they did so with ease against VMI. Mistakes plagued the Keydets all day as they threw two interceptions, including a pick a six. The Keydets were held to less than 200 yards of offense and less than …
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SOCON Week 9 Review
TweetCitadel 21 VMI 3 The Citadel Bulldogs kept the Silver Shako for another year after a strong win against a still-winless VMI team. The Bulldogs won their second straight game of the season to improve their record to 5-3. The Citadel ran for over 400 yards against the Keydets and out-gained them 421 to 219. …
SOCON Week 8 Preview
TweetFollowing Wofford’s win over The Citadel last week, it looks like Wofford, 6-0, 4-0, controls its destiny at this point in the race for the Southern Conference title. Western Carolina and Furman are both sitting at sitting 3-1 in the conference, but have already fallen to the Terriers. Samford sits at 2-1 with the Terriers …
SOCON Week 7 Review
TweetFurman 42 VMI 10 Furman extended their winning streak to 4 games as they pummeled the struggling VMI Keydets in Greenville. Clay Hendrix’s high-powered offense led by Senior Quarterback P.J. Blazejowski scored 40 points for the fourth consecutive game this season, a school record. The Paladins finished the day with 523 yards off offense and …
SOCON: Week 6 Review and Power Rankings
TweetIt was another exciting week on the gridiron in the Southern Conference and the race for the crown became a little bit clearer. Wofford remains undefeated with a victory over Western Carolina in OT. They remain atop the standings now with WCU, Samford, and Furman all nipping at their heels. Samford easily handled VMI. Chattanooga loss …
SOCON: Week 6 Preview
TweetWeek 6 in the Southern Conference may prove to be as disruptive as the previous week. In what is obviously the game of the week in the conference, and maybe in all of FCS, the Western Carolina Catamounts travel to Spartanburg to meet the Wofford Terriers in a pivotal conference game. The Citadel hosts the …
SOCON: Week 5 Review and Power Ranking
TweetThe world just about turned upside down in the Southern Conference this week. Furman looked real good on offense in its victory over ETSU. Samford got up big, early, over The Citadel to hand the Cadets their first conference loss since 2015. Western Carolina took the Chattanooga Mocs to the woodshed in their first victory …
SOCON: Week 5 Preview
TweetIt’s the first full week of conference play and the race for Southern Conference should become a “little” clearer after this week. First off, the Bucs of ETSU meet Furman in Greenville. The Citadel travels to Samford in a battle of the Bulldogs. VMI travels to Mercer to take on the Bears in Macon. WCU goes to …
SOCON: Week 4 Review and Power Rankings
TweetIt was a wild week in the Southern Conference. A couple upsets spiced things up in the race for the conference crown. Both ETSU, with its victory over Mercer, and especially WCU’s victory over a ranked Samford team, showed just how competitive conference play can be in the SOCON. In the other conference match up, …
SOCON: Week 3 Review and Power Rankings
TweetWith three weeks now in the books, the race for the Southern Conference crown seems more open than ever. There are still lots of questions to be answered. While Wofford had the week off, The Citadel, the 2016 SOCON Champ, struggled a bit against ETSU. Furman, Samford and Mercer all went down as expected to …