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With a true freshman qb and many r/s freshmen and sophomores we beat a very good team.
Great job players and coaches. A lot of teams would have mailed it in after what has happened this season.
A lot to look forward to and great job today.

I know the team is not looking past Mercer, and I know our team is working to achieve an upset and in any case to perform at their highest level until the 4th quarter ends or the possible OT periods end.
I am not expecting a win against Mercer. Against Mercer, Furman needs to do the best it can.
I am, however, looking forward to 2025, when we have PC on 8/30, W&M on 9/6, and at NCA&TSU on 9/13. We need to get off to a good start in 2025.

You don’t expect a win against Mercer? Why are you akways so negative?

Way to go Furman !!!!!!!!!!!!??! Been in NC. Only saw our last drive. Beautiful EAT THE CLOCK. WIN!

Affirm wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:44 pm

I know the team is not looking past Mercer, and I know our team is working to achieve an upset and in any case to perform at their highest level until the 4th quarter ends or the possible OT periods end.
I am not expecting a win against Mercer. Against Mercer, Furman needs to do the best it can.
I am, however, looking forward to 2025, when we have PC on 8/30, W&M on 9/6, and at NCA&TSU on 9/13. We need to get off to a good start in 2025.

From what I've seen in the conference this year, Mercer doesn't need to be taking anything for granted.

apaladin wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 16, 2024 5:26 pm

You don’t expect a win against Mercer? Why are you akways so negative?

Appropriate and non-offensive sarcasm. Good response.

Teams have to learn how to win and yesterday was a Giant Step forward.

Agree and especially with a young team that’s had a ton of adversity.

I guarantee Mercer is worried about playing Furman after our win in Johnson City.

I realize I am probably more optimistic than most, but I'm pretty bullish on the next few years.

This season feels, to me, a bit like the spring 2020 and fall 2021 seasons. We were not particularly good those two campaigns, but it created the foundation for what would become strong 2022 and 2023 seasons.

We have three wins this season. It feels like we left two wins clearly on the table - VMI and Charleston Southern - in two games marred by turnovers and mistakes by young offensive skill players. I see us this season as roughly a .500 team. Depending on the outcome of the Mercer game, we should probably be 5-6 right now.

Ideally, we'd like to get out of the business of rebuilding every four years. One difference in Furman and some of the current FCS powers is they never seem to rebuild, they just seem to reload every season. I'm not sure if our coaches would have handled 2023 differently knowing just how many reserves we would have to rely on 2024. It would have been nice for those guys to have a few more snaps under their belt before this season started.

In any event, we are where we are. This has been a long tough season to watch, but hopefully we've gotten a lot of guys a lot of reps that will then start building towards another run in a season or two. Unlike this year, we are going to return a boatload of starters and lettermen next season.