PreSeason Poll

[cavedweller2]

I would like to see the Patriot League play against the MEAC.

[AllTimeFU]

Anonymous SoCon Head Coaches Predict Conference Champ, FCS Champ, And Draft A SoCon Player

https://herosports.com/fcs-anonymous-so ... dict-bzbz/

[apaladin]

I would like to see the Patriot League play against the MEAC.

Why?

[Sad Din]

[gofurman]

Anonymous SoCon Head Coaches Predict Conference Champ, FCS Champ, And Draft A SoCon Player

https://herosports.com/fcs-anonymous-so ... dict-bzbz/

You have to give it to Chatt - they have the best run of freak singular DL in the SoCon. Now they may not have the best unit. And that’s what matters …but Dam they’ve had a long line of DL studs

[apaladin]

The new format is an improvement by taking out the bidding process for first round home games which was dumb and unfair.

[apaladin]

I like these guys, they are really FCS fans. One has FU at #12, one has them at #6. Hope Sean Anderson is correct. Interesting comments about FU at about 14:00 mark.

[AstroDin]

^^^^
I've listened to those guys for the last several years.
They've typically been unimpressed with Furman.
What you're seeing now is respect for Coach Hendrix.

I've not heard many people mention that Furman kept its coaching staff from last year to this year. I'll further say that these media folks now believe that, under Hendrix, Furman could build a team that competes nationally against SDSU, NDSU, and Montana.

[The Jackal]

^^^^
I've listened to those guys for the last several years.
They've typically been unimpressed with Furman.
What you're seeing now is respect for Coach Hendrix.

I've not heard many people mention that Furman kept its coaching staff from last year to this year. I'll further say that these media folks now believe that, under Hendrix, Furman could build a team that competes nationally against SDSU, NDSU, and Montana.

This will be an interesting season to test that theory.

Furman turned over a lot of players. I think we recruit well, and if we can sustain those losses and win 8 or 9 games again, then I feel pretty comfortable in saying there's staying power nationally.

[FUBeAR]

^^^^
I've listened to those guys for the last several years.
They've typically been unimpressed with Furman.
What you're seeing now is respect for Coach Hendrix.

I've not heard many people mention that Furman kept its coaching staff from last year to this year. I'll further say that these media folks now believe that, under Hendrix, Furman could build a team that competes nationally against SDSU, NDSU, and Montana.

Yeah - Former & relatively recent (2019) CAA / Rhode Island Long Snapper & Reserve OLman.

Jealous of Furman’s success. Probably thought they should have been recruited by FU & weren’t. FUBeAR prolly played as many ‘real’ plays for the Paladins last year as these 2 did for the Rams in their (combined) ‘careers,’ when URI won a grand total of 13 games over their 4 years in Kingston. Finishing last or next-to-last in the CAA every season except 1, it’s understandable why they mistakenly believe CAA Teams are so ooohy-oooohy good, but they wouldn’t know what an FCS Championship Team looks like and couldn’t spell it if you spotted ‘em the F and the C.

https://gorhody.com/sports/football/ro ... leone/5278
https://gorhody.com/sports/football/ro ... erson/5254

SEASON OVERALL CAA
W-L W L W L
2016 2 9 1 7
2017 3 8 2 6
2018 6 5 4 4
2019 2 10 0 8
Total 13 32 7 25

As CAA shills, they are required to dismiss the SoCon and, of course, their CAA ReachAround Partner, Craig Haley, has both of them voting in HIS STATS Perform poll as “National Representatives.”

And we wonder why FU & SoCon Teams are consistently ranked 6-10 spots lower than they should be every pre-season. Anderson’s claim of Ranking FU #6 is an absolute anomaly. He will drop Furman 6-8 slots if we lose to Ole Miss by more than 7. And, probably out of the Top 25 with a 1 point OT road loss to W&M, who he will have at #5.

Sorry Astro - FUBeAR is NOT a fan of these 2. They’ll need to demonstrate A LOT less AntiSoCon, and, specifically, Anti-Furman, bias over several seasons to have FUBeAR click ‘subscribe.’

[AstroDin]

Oh, I agree with you, FuBear.
Sadly, during football season, I listen to just about anything related to FCS football. These guys have always frustrated me with their lack of knowledge of SoCon football.

[FUBeAR]

Oh, I agree with you, FuBear.
Sadly, during football season, I listen to just about anything related to FCS football. These guys have always frustrated me with their lack of knowledge…

FYP

[The Jackal]

I think mentioning the continuity of the coaching staff is important too.

A number of years ago, after losing to Furman, Brent Thompson at the Citadel noted that Furman defended their option differently than they had the prior two seasons. It was unique to hear that - essentially the Citadel had gone through several years of tape on Furman and Duane Vaughn still did something they were not expecting.

In a league where every team plays every team every year, they know each other, their personnel, and their tendencies. Having smart coaches that are constantly willing to add, subtract, and try new things keeps the opponents guessing as to what they think you are going to do.

You can watch Furman the last several seasons and see a similar framework each year, but also see both sides of the ball are willing to do new and different things. You almost have to keep reinventing things in this league because the teams are so familiar with one another.

[FUBeAR]

Redshirt Sports - Our own Cole Neely is a voter in this one.
No <F> Top 10 vote from Cole though

FCS Top 25 College Football Rankings - 2024
Preseason
Rank School (1st Place Votes) Points
1 South Dakota State University (17) 425
2 North Dakota State University 397
3 University of Montana 395
4 Montana State University 375
5 Villanova University 344
6 University of South Dakota 317
7 University of Idaho 312
8 UT Chattanooga 299
9 Sacramento State 287
10 Southern Illinois University 237
11 University of Central Arkansas 235
12 Furman 204
13 University of Richmond 192
14 Western Carolina University 175
15 University of the Incarnate Word 174
16 UC Davis 171
17 University of Albany 133
18 Lafayette College 124
19 William & Mary 118
20 Illinois State 108
21 Tarleton State University 103
22 Youngstown State University 87
23 Nicholls State University 51
24 University of North Dakota 42
25 Elon University 40
26 UT Martin 30
27 Eastern Illinois 29
28 Weber State 27
29 Mercer 24
30 Harvard 20
31 Florida A&M 15
32 Yale 15
33 Samford 6
34 Northern Arizona 5
35 Howard 4
36 Alabama State 3
37 VMI 2

[apaladin]

With the boat load of losses and all the unknown I am happy to be anyones top 15 which is where most if not all have FU.