SoCon - Week 3

[FCS_pwns_FBS]

Newberry @ Samford
Sammy has no problem with Newberry and gets the win 34-14

North Carolina Central @ App. State.
ASU doesn't have much trouble with NCC. App 38-14

Eastern Kentucky @ Chatty
UTC rebounds after two tough losses and gets the win 27-24

Presbyterian @ The Citadel
The SoCon drops one to the Big South with The Citadel losing 28-21

Furman @ South Carolina
Furman will catch 'em off guard, but it won't be enough. USC wins 31-14

Elon @ Richmond
Elon finally gets the best of Richmond after losing the last two. Pheonix win it 21-17

Western Carolina @ Gardner-Webb
WCU rebounds but falls short losing 35-21

Union @ Wofford
Who? Wofford ... uh ... 42-7, that sounds good xchinscratchx

Georgia Southern @ Coastal Carolina
GSU stuffs Coastal but the offense still looks quite suspect. GSU wins 27-3.

[catamount man]

Samford
App
UTC
El Cid
S.Carolina
Richmond
G-WEBB
Wofford
GSU

[Mountaineer]

Newberry @ Samford
North Carolina Central @ Appalachian State
Eastern Kentucky @ Chattanooga
Presbyterian @ The Citadel
Furman @ South Carolina
Elon @ Richmond
Western Carolina @ Gardner-Webb
Union @ Wofford
Georgia Southern @ Coastal Carolina

[SU DOG]

Samford - This team is far better than last year, and the Dogs' defense is special.
App State - NO problem
The Citadel - Must beat the Blue Hose or face the likelihood of a terrible year.
USC - The Ole Ball Coach seems to have a good team in Columbia.
Richmond - Hopefully I'm wrong, but the Phoenix better be up for this one.
Gardner-Webb - Western seems to be in deep trouble. Hope the Cats bounce back!
Wofford - NO problem.
GSU - Swagger is BACK, and that defense looks awesome.

[SU DOG]

Opps Thought I edited in:
UTC - Playing at home and IF they remember that there IS a 4th quarter.

[The Cats]

A big day for the home teams......

Newberry @ Samford
North Carolina Central @ Appalachian State
Eastern Kentucky @ Chattanooga
Presbyterian @ The Citadel
Furman @ South Carolina
Elon @ Richmond
Western Carolina @ Gardner-Webb
Union @ Wofford
Georgia Southern @ Coastal Carolina

[OL FU]

Newberry @ Samford Samford by a lot.
North Carolina Central @ Appalachian State ASU by even more
Eastern Kentucky @ Chattanooga - Chattanooga gets their first win and certainly not their last
Presbyterian @ The Citadel - El Cid gets their next to last win of the season..
Furman @ South Carolina - If we keep it under 35 I will be a happy camper.
Elon @ Richmond - I may miss it a mile, but I am going with Elon
Western Carolina @ Gardner-Webb - Hoping for a rebound, but if they aren't WCU should be demoralized. GWU by more than a few
Union @ Wofford - Woof wins big
Georgia Southern @ Coastal Carolina - Apologies to any GSU fans I may have insulted last week. I am now officially concerned. GSU by 10 or more.

[biggie]

Samford
App
UTC
El Cid
S.Carolina
Richmond
G-WEBB
Wofford
GSU
Ditto

[apaladin]

What the h*** happened at WCU last night? Are you guys really that bad? That was ugly.

[PhoenixSupreme]

Newberry @ Samford
North Carolina Central @ Appalachian State
Eastern Kentucky @ Chattanooga
Presbyterian @ The Citadel
Furman @ South Carolina
Elon @ Richmond
Western Carolina @ Gardner-Webb
Union @ Wofford
Georgia Southern @ Coastal Carolina

I'm only picking against Elon because this is Richmond's home opener for the new stadium and I think that UR will come out with a bang. Hopefully I'm very wrong

[GaSouthern]

Newberry @ Samford
North Carolina Central @ Appalachian State
Eastern Kentucky @ Chattanooga
Presbyterian @ The Citadel
Furman @ South Carolina
Elon @ Richmond
Western Carolina @ Gardner-Webb
Union @ Wofford
Georgia Southern @ Coastal Carolina


Furman Shocks the FBS this weekend

[GunsAndGuitars]

Newberry @ Samford
North Carolina Central @ Appalachian State
Eastern Kentucky @ Chattanooga
Presbyterian @ The Citadel
Furman @ South Carolina
Elon @ Richmond
Western Carolina @ Gardner-Webb
Union @ Wofford
Georgia Southern @ Coastal Carolina

[BlackNGoldR3v0lut10n]

Furman @ South Carolina (Game of the Week) - Furman will rep the SoCon well, but Spurrier will ensure USC will not suffer the same fate as Ole Miss and Va Tech.
Eastern Kentucky @ Chattanooga - One of these teams will walk away with their first win, I like the home team.
Presbyterian @ The Citadel - This is a game that could go either way.
Elon @ Richmond - Elon gets a win on the road against good CAA team.
Western Carolina @ Gardner-Webb - Momentum is on G-W's side after shocking Akron.
Georgia Southern @ Coastal Carolina - GSU gets a win on the road.

Easy Ones
Newberry @ Samford
North Carolina Central @ Appalachian State
Union @ Wofford

[gophoenix]

Newberry @ Samford - Samford by a mile
North Carolina Central @ Appalachian State - App by two miles
Eastern Kentucky @ Chattanooga - UTC by a half mile
Presbyterian @ The Citadel - The Citadel by a good bit
Furman @ South Carolina - I want to say Furman, but, beating an FBS in week 3 seems to never happen
Elon @ Richmond - Toss up, the D better come for a whole game
Western Carolina @ Gardner-Webb - G-W by a mile
Union @ Wofford - Wofford by a mile
Georgia Southern @ Coastal Carolina - Think it will be close, lots aren't sold on Elon and I'm not exactly sold on GSU yet

[PaladinFan]

Newberry @ Samford
North Carolina Central @ Appalachian State
Eastern Kentucky @ Chattanooga
Presbyterian @ The Citadel
Furman @ South Carolina
Elon @ Richmond
Western Carolina @ Gardner-Webb
Union @ Wofford
Georgia Southern @ Coastal Carolina


Furman Shocks the FBS this weekend

I like your optimism.

USC has a good team. I think Furman is talented enough to hang around. In the end, I fear, USC is just going to be too big and strong and will wear our smaller defense down.

[appfan2008]

Newberry @ Samford
North Carolina Central @ Appalachian State
Eastern Kentucky @ Chattanooga
Presbyterian @ The Citadel
Furman @ South Carolina
Elon @ Richmond
Western Carolina @ Gardner-Webb
Union @ Wofford
Georgia Southern @ Coastal Carolina

[GoGSU]

Newberry @ Samford - Samford by a mile
North Carolina Central @ Appalachian State - App by two miles
Eastern Kentucky @ Chattanooga - UTC by a half mile
Presbyterian @ The Citadel - The Citadel by a good bit
Furman @ South Carolina - I want to say Furman, but, beating an FBS in week 3 seems to never happen
Elon @ Richmond - Toss up, the D better come for a whole game
Western Carolina @ Gardner-Webb - G-W by a mile
Union @ Wofford - Wofford by a mile
Georgia Southern @ Coastal Carolina - Think it will be close, lots aren't sold on Elon and I'm not exactly sold on GSU yet


Oh, but you will be.................

[Woof]

Newberry @ Samford-Indians pose no problem for Sammy

North Carolina Central @ Appalachian State- Mountainqueers roll again behind Pressly/Quick combo.

Eastern Kentucky @ Chattanooga- Mocs in a close one.

Presbyterian @ The Citadel- xcoffeex scoreless tie?

Furman @ South Carolina- Cocks pull away in 2nd half as Men in Furple Tights wither at Williams Brice.

Elon @ Richmond- Spiders win in new stadium but Flaming Pigeons keep it close

Western Carolina @ Gardner-Webb- Western's woes continue

Union @ Wofford- Terriers better get their act straight before we start conference play. Not encouraged by what I've seen so far. We win ugly again.

Georgia Southern @ Coastal Carolina - Eaglets TO too strong for Coastal Correctional.

[longtimemocfan]

Opps Thought I edited in:
UTC - Playing at home and IF they remember that there IS a 4th quarter.

Very true !!


Newberry @ Samford - Samford by plenty
North Carolina Central @ Appalachian State - App by even more
Eastern Kentucky @ Chattanooga - 4 qtrs of effort win for Mocs
Presbyterian @ The Citadel - Close call but dogs win
Furman @ South Carolina - SC just too good
Elon @ Richmond - Elon gets over hump with win
Western Carolina @ Gardner-Webb - GWU by 2 scores
Union @ Wofford - Wofford by a lot
Georgia Southern @ Coastal Carolina - Eagles should pull this one out

[UCMoc]

Newberry @ Samford
North Carolina Central @ Appalachian State
Eastern Kentucky @ Chattanooga Mocs lead by 30 going into the 4th and win by 7! Kidding...kinda.
Presbyterian @ The Citadel
Furman @ South Carolina It would be nice for Furman to make a decent showing, but there is no way they can stop SC from running the ball.
Elon @ Richmond This may be the best one all week. I could see it going either way.
Western Carolina @ Gardner-Webb Things are looking pretty bad.
Union @ Wofford
Georgia Southern @ Coastal Carolina

[SouthernEagle02]

Newberry (1-1) at Samford (1-1, 0-0)
Samford returns home to Birmingham welcoming Newberry. The Wolves come in having lost to D2 power Valdosta St. 45-17 allowing the Blazers to evenly attack the defense. Samford comes into Saturday’s contest having defeated Northwestern St. 19-7. The Bulldogs were led by quarterback Dustin Taliaferro, who tossed for 180 yards & a TD, and by a secondary that had three interceptions. Look for the Samford offense to continue to amass yardage as they take care of the Wolves in the Bulldogs home opener. Samford 45 Newberry 7

North Carolina Central (1-1) Center at App St. 2-0, 1-0)
The Eagles of NC Central go into Kidd Brewer having lost to Winston-Salem 34-27. In the loss, the Eagles managed a 50% conversion rate on 4th down, and had a balanced attack that netted 365 total yards. The Mountaineers took care of business defeating Jacksonville 45-14. In the victory, DeAndre Presley lit up the Dolphin secondary for 285 yards and 4 TD’s, while the defense forced 9 punts & kept the Dolphins under 100 rushing yards. If the Eagles are to win, they mustn’t allow the Mountaineer offense to get into any type of rhythm. But such as it is, I believe the Mountaineers will be too much for NC Central to handle. App St 54 NC Central 3

Eastern Kentucky (0-2) at Chattanooga (0-2, 0-1)
While it looked as though the Mocs were going to spoil the debut of the recently renovated Paul Snow Stadium, fate yet again snatched victory from them. UTC’s turnover on downs late in the fourth proved to be the deciding event that allowed Jacksonville St the ability to score with a minute left. Eastern Kentucky (whose mascot looks like Col. Sanders) comes into the contest having lost to Louisville 23-13. In the loss, the Colonels only managed 91 passing yards compared to 315 the prior week. Seeing as both teams haven’t won, I imagine a good game will be played. If the Moc’s can play an entire 60 minutes, look for them to finally get the victory. UTC 21 EKU 14

Presbyterian (0-2) at The Citadel (1-1, 0-0)
The Bulldogs returns home after a lopsided loss to Arizona 52-6 last week, where the Bulldogs only managed to produce 171 total offensive yards. In the contest with the Wildcats, nothing seemed to go the Citadels way as they coughed up the ball 6 times losing 3, and only managed a 37% 3rd down conversion rate. The Blue Hose come in having lost to Clemson 58-21. In the loss, Brandon Miley threw for 61 yards and a TD while Myron Gary rushed 53 yards on 7 attempts. Look for this game to a close one until the end. I can’t foresee either team putting up big offensive numbers, but I look for the Bulldogs to improve to 2-1. The Citadel 35 Presbyterian 14

Furman (1-0, 0-0) at South Carolina (2-0)
After beating Colgate 45-15, Furman heads to the South Carolina capital for a date with the University of South Carolina. In their defeat of Colgate, the Paladins produced over 500 yards, 377 of that rushing thanks to Chris Forcier & Tersoo Uhaa. While the Paladin D only gave up 51 passing yards, they struggled up front allowing the Raiders to rush for 260 yards. If the Paladins are to beat the Old Ball Coach, they must play a perfect game. Not a near perfect game, but a perfect game because Steve Spurrier will not allow the Gamecocks to get beat like Va Tech, Ole Miss, or Kansas. But anything can happen in 60 minutes. However I believe the SEC is on notice about FCS clubs. South Carolina 45 Furman 21

Elon (1-1, 0-0) at Richmond (0-1)
Richmond opens their new stadium by welcoming Elon. The Spiders have only played one game, which was a loss to Virginia 34-13. The biggest highlight for Richmond was Kendall Gaskins 70 yard TD run in the 1st quarter. The Phoenix look to continue their winning ways having destroyed the transfer heavy Shaw Bears 55-26. In the win, Scott Riddle had his way with the Bear secondary tossing 244 yards and 3 TD’s. The Elon defense did their job causing 2 fumbles and netting 2 interceptions and forcing 5 punts. Look for Elon to spoil the debut of the Spiders new digs as Riddle throws for more than 200 yards for the third consecutive game. Elon 45 Richmond 35

Western Carolina (0-2, 0-0) at Gardner-Webb (2-0)
Having lost to D2 Tusculum 54-30, Western heads to Boiling Springs to play Big South’s Gardner Webb. The Runnin Bulldogs come in having beaten the Zips of Akron 38-37 on a late TD. Let’s face it, with the Catamounts beginning SoCon play after this game, don’t be surprised if the Catamounts finish the 2010 campaign without a win. Gardner Webb 45 WCU 21

Union (1-1) at Wofford (1-1, 0-0)
Wofford returns home after defeating Charleston Southern 34-23. The game was relatively close going into the half with the Terriers clinging to a 3 point lead, but saw them come out in the second half and put 24 on the board. As with a majority of the SoCon teams, Eric Brietenstein led the option attack with 97 rushing yards & 2 TD’s. While they produced good offensive numbers, the Terriers struggled to convert 3rd downs, finishing with a 10% conversion rate. Union comes in having destroyed Kentucky Christian 48-0, posting 390 total offensive yards on 43 plays. I can’t say I’m a fan of an established FCS program scheduling an NAIA team, but might be a good boost to confidence before starting SoCon play next week. Wofford 66 Union 10

Georgia Southern (1-1, 0-0) at Coastal Carolina (0-2)
After a tough fought loss to Navy, Georgia Southern looks to rebound against the Chanticleers of Costal Carolina. In their loss to Navy, it was the Eagle D that seemingly kept this game close holding the Midshipman under 200 total offensive yards and Heisman hopeful Ricky Dobbs under 50 rushing yards. During halftime, Eagles HC Jeff Monken delivered a spectacular speech that seemed to spark the anemic Eagle offense for an early third quarter score. Coastal Carolina comes in having lost to Towson 47-45 in the fifth overtime. In the loss, the Chanticleers were 50% on third downs, and evenly produced 363 total offensive yards. Look for the Eagles to come out firing on all cylinders while the Eagle D continues to make statements and keep the team in the game. While Coastal won’t be a cake walk, look for the Eagles to return to Paulson with the W. Georgia Southern 45 Costal Carolina 17.

[jayhawkdaddy]

Samford beats Newberry
Appalachian State beats NC Central
UT-Chattanooga beats Eastern Kentucky
Presbyterian beats The Citadel
South Carolina beats Furman
Elon UPSETS Richmond
Gardner-Webb beats Western Carolina
Wofford beats Union (KY)
Coastal Carolina beats Georgia Southern

[GSUhooligan]

Samford- No brainer
Richmond- The better team wins
Western- Pissed off cats vs a team on cloud 9= upset potential
GSU- We're on the right track
Wofford- See Samford
Appy- See Wofford
UTC- Mocs take out their frustration, play a good 2nd half
El Cid- Close game but the hose are over matched
USC- Furman may have a lead at the half as USC may overlook FU after a big game last Saturday, but depth and talent lead the cocks over the pumped up purple.

[seantaylor]

Samford 23 Newberry 10
Appy 41 North Carolina Central 17
Eastern Kentucky 22 UTC 19
Presby 32 El Chit 21
South Carolina 45 Furman 7
Richmond 28 Eloan 21
GW 45 WCU 21
Woffie 43 Union 17
GSU 46 Coastal 0.

[T-Dog]

Samford vs Newberry - Sammy by many
Elon vs. Richmond - Richmond lost a lot in the off-season. Elon finally jumps that hurdle.
WCU vs. Gardner Webb - WCU plays a lot better, but G-W holds on for the close win.
Ga. Southern vs. Coastal Coastal - GSU opens it up late.
Union College vs. Wofford - Ankle biters by many.
NC Central vs. ASU - ASU wakes up in 2nd half, wins by many.
Eastern Kentucky vs. Chatty - Finally get that first win.
Presbyterian vs. The Citadel - Not a blowout, but not too close.
Furman vs. South Carolina - Furmies put up a fight, but fade late.