apaladin wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 1:52 am
Light slate this week as UTC, Wofford and Samfod are idle.
1:30 NORFOLK ST @ VMI Keydets have a chance for their first win and maybe only.
3:00 WESTERN CAROLINA @ MONTANA Most interesting game of the week.
6:00 ETSU @ ELON Can the bucs make it 2 in a row for the SoCon over Elon?
6:00 FURMAN @ WILLIAM & MARY FU must air it out to have a chance.
6:00 CITADEL @ MERCER Bears go to an early 2-0 lead in the SoCon.
I guess VMI has a chance to win. I thought Norfolk State looked good their first game and almost beat a seemingly pretty good FAMU team. I haven't seen how they've played since then, but are they any worse than Bucknell?
WCU at Montana, ETSU at Elon, and Furman at W&M are all good chances for the SoCon to make some noise in the national landscape. I did not realize that all three SoCon teams were on the road. That certainly makes it tougher. WCU hasn't looked as good as I think many people thought they would to this point, but they did beat what is supposed to be a pretty good Elon team so that's something. Winning in Montana is very difficult, so it will be interesting to see how they perform. ETSU at Elon is equally interesting to me. Can ETSU maintain that level of play from last week or was that a team getting up for a big game at home under the lights. ETSU certainly has looked better. Elon will be another good test.
I'm not going to comment on Furman and W&M based on some of the interactions on here this week. I tried to make some general observations in the W&M thread. I'll leave it at that.
The Citadel at Mercer could be another enlightening game. I definitely think Mercer is the better team and will likely win, but I feel like I always take a little more away from these SoCon games since we are generally more familiar with those teams. I don't believe in the transitive property as an absolute when it comes to football games because there is just so much different from week to week, but certainly every game gives you a little more to go off of when trying to assess how all these teams stack up each week.