Furman & Samford are both undefeated in the SoCon.
Furman, with a young & developing Team, just lost a close hard-fought game on the road to what is quite possibly an FCS Top 10 Team.
The conjecture that either of these Teams don’t/didn’t really want to play this game is ludicrous … and stupid.
NCAA MANUAL
20.10.1 ...intercollegiate athletics...competition in amateur athletics…
20.10.1.2 …maintaining a line of demarcation between student-athletes who participate in the Collegiate Model and athletes competing in the professional model