SoCon/FCS Week 4

[apaladin]

Not a good look for WCU. Up 70-21 they threw a 17 yd TD pass with 4 seconds left. Don’t care who is playing you should be taking a knee then. Talking about rubbing it in.

[FUBeAR]

Take it FWIW - I still think Mercer is a top-25 team. Furman played a very good game today, but I think this game was at least a little closer than the final score suggests. Furman was clearly better, but it was more like a top-5 or 10 team wearing down and beating a team that is in the back half of the top-25. I lurk here as a former Paladin, so forgive me for posting. I try to only do it around SoCon threads or when you play WCU

Your always objective posting is welcomed - by FUBeAR (another extremely objective poster) - wherever and whenever you post!

[Dinforlife]

Take it FWIW - I still think Mercer is a top-25 team. Furman played a very good game today, but I think this game was at least a little closer than the final score suggests. Furman was clearly better, but it was more like a top-5 or 10 team wearing down and beating a team that is in the back half of the top-25. I lurk here as a former Paladin, so forgive me for posting. I try to only do it around SoCon threads or when you play WCU

I concur. It was definitely closer than a glance at the scoreboard would indicate. I couldn’t start to relax until about 4 minutes left in 4th. Mercer is a good team and, like Jackel said, I’m glad they’re in the rear-view mirror.

[FU3]

Lovely rendition of Purple Rain ( at high volume) after the game. Someone remembered our send off by the Mercer faithful after 2021 contest.

[MidlandsPaladin]

Lovely rendition of Purple Rain ( at high volume) after the game. Someone remembered our send off by the Mercer faithful after 2021 contest.

Should become tradition after every home victory.

[MidlandsPaladin]

Wofford is among the worst full scholarship programs in division 1 . . . Will be funny to see how long they can go without winning. Wonder what their message board says. Ah right that went away a couple rock bottoms ago.

Citadel amazingly enough is even worse.

Wofford lost to a non scholarship team.

Wofford right now might be the worst team in the FCS.

citadel is now a volleyball school.

[Jasper]

Not a good look for WCU. Up 70-21 they threw a 17 yd TD pass with 4 seconds left. Don’t care who is playing you should be taking a knee then. Talking about rubbing it in.

Not surprising. Classless coach apparently. CCH Hendrix closed the playbook for last 4-5 minutes of our game with the score much closer because he had respect for a beaten opponent and for the college football GAME. The WCU coach is reaching for recognition at an outmanned opponent's expense. Reminds me of the Georgia Southern coach (now at Army) calling timeouts and throwing with seconds left against FU when he was up 2 scores.

[AstroDin]

^^^ this — not a Monken fan!

[AstroDin]

Western has to play at Nooga (homecoming) on Oct. 7th. That will be an interesting game. They have the next week off before the DINS visit the Wee.

I didn't realize this until I looked at the MOC's schedule. They don't have a bye until after they play Furman on Nov. 4th.

There is a look of SoCon ball left to play for Western, Mercer, and UTC… I think Samford is already cooked.

[gman84]

Not a good look for WCU. Up 70-21 they threw a 17 yd TD pass with 4 seconds left. Don’t care who is playing you should be taking a knee then. Talking about rubbing it in.

That is definitely a head scratcher. My opinion… Kerwin Bell wants to move on from the Wee as fast as he can. Turn them from bottom dweller to contender and find a bigger gig.

[The Jackal]

Not a good look for WCU. Up 70-21 they threw a 17 yd TD pass with 4 seconds left. Don’t care who is playing you should be taking a knee then. Talking about rubbing it in.

Not surprising. Classless coach apparently. CCH Hendrix closed the playbook for last 4-5 minutes of our game with the score much closer because he had respect for a beaten opponent and for the college football GAME. The WCU coach is reaching for recognition at an outmanned opponent's expense. Reminds me of the Georgia Southern coach (now at Army) calling timeouts and throwing with seconds left against FU when he was up 2 scores.

My recollection is the next season (GSU's last in the SoCon), Furman took a knee inside the Eagle 5 when we could have put more points on the board.

[The Jackal]

Not a good look for WCU. Up 70-21 they threw a 17 yd TD pass with 4 seconds left. Don’t care who is playing you should be taking a knee then. Talking about rubbing it in.

That is definitely a head scratcher. My opinion… Kerwin Bell wants to move on from the Wee as fast as he can. Turn them from bottom dweller to contender and find a bigger gig.

Honestly, WCU trounced Samford and pollsters still had the Bulldogs ranked ahead of WCU. I don't even think WCU broke into the top 25 after beating a decent EKU team the next week.

Kerwin Bell may just be thinking that if the pollsters won't move WCU up by beating teams, he may have to annihilate them to get their attention.

[Jasper]

Not a good look for WCU. Up 70-21 they threw a 17 yd TD pass with 4 seconds left. Don’t care who is playing you should be taking a knee then. Talking about rubbing it in.

Not surprising. Classless coach apparently. CCH Hendrix closed the playbook for last 4-5 minutes of our game with the score much closer because he had respect for a beaten opponent and for the college football GAME. The WCU coach is reaching for recognition at an outmanned opponent's expense. Reminds me of the Georgia Southern coach (now at Army) calling timeouts and throwing with seconds left against FU when he was up 2 scores.

My recollection is the next season (GSU's last in the SoCon), Furman took a knee inside the Eagle 5 when we could have put more points on the board.

I recall that . Classy act. Stark difference in mind set by coaches.

[Jasper]

Not a good look for WCU. Up 70-21 they threw a 17 yd TD pass with 4 seconds left. Don’t care who is playing you should be taking a knee then. Talking about rubbing it in.

That is definitely a head scratcher. My opinion… Kerwin Bell wants to move on from the Wee as fast as he can. Turn them from bottom dweller to contender and find a bigger gig.

No doubt about it. Simply trying to impress the nitwit voters who only look at scores and reputations. WCU is being overlooked in the polls so he takes it out on a hapless and defeated foe. Gotta wonder what he does to an awful team like the Citadel this week.

[tya1]

Tenn Tech's first win. Kennesaw has been much better at home than away.

I glanced over game play for all the SoCon games. The weather was the true winner of the Wofford- VMI game. A lot of slipping, including a key play where Wofford was going for it on 4th and short but their RB slipped just as he was about to hit the line. Also a lot of dropped balls without contact on attempted handoffs and catches. Didn't look like it was raining that hard on TV but the field was looking muddy and the mishandled balls also said wet. Wofford looked bad and VMI was not much better.

Chattanooga had two INTs for TDs. Samford is dangerous but they got in the hole early. Chattanooga's QB was very sharp when he was making quick reads and quick passes for short and medium gains. He sliced Samford up when he was in rhythm.

The Citadel did not look good.

WCU score speaks for itself.