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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

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

Must Watch: Week 2

September 6, 2016September 6, 2016 Rob

TweetWeek 1 of the season provided quite a bit of excitement and last week Chad let you know where to look for it. We saw four teams defeat an in-state FBS rival and some great games that went right down to the wire. Here are a dozen games that I believe are “must watch” games for the second weekend of... Read More

Week 1 AGS GOTW | The Citadel at Mercer

September 2, 2016September 2, 2016 Troy

TweetMarc Goold | SoCon Contributor | September 1, 2016 The AGS Game of the Week for Week 1 certainly met expectations, at least in regard to drama. With The Citadel on the road in Macon, Georgia, pitted against the scrappy Mercer Bears, it was destined for drama for many reasons. First off, it was an uncharacteristic SOCON opener, as well... Read More

Must Watch: Week 1

August 30, 2016August 30, 2016 Chad Lenz

TweetNow that we’ve all had a chance to get our first hit of the wonderful drug that is football, we get to settle in and enjoy a full weekend of college football. The problem with that, if you’re like me, is that there is something like 97 games featuring FCS teams between Thursday and Sunday this first week. As much... Read More