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I have a confession. There were no power rankings last week. I wish I had some elaborate explanation. Family emergency. Internet outage. Investigative suspension. Nope. I forgot. Matthew Piras reminded me. So here we go. You get two weeks of Southern Conference football shoved into one article. As I write this, I realize how much…
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I’ve been hearing about Tennessee Tech since August. 4-0. Top 10. Respect the Golden Eagles. Western Carolina beat them 44-20. Hahaha Matthew Piras, this one’s for you! Meanwhile, ETSU welcomed Chattanooga to Johnson City and completely erased the offense that had been running through the SoCon. Three points. The Bucs are undefeated in conference play.…
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ETSU chose violence. Chattanooga still hates throwing the football. Tennessee Tech continues to inconvenience me. Conference football is officially here, and we’re finally learning some things. ETSU stopped making football complicated and absolutely hammered Western Carolina. Chattanooga continues to run the football like the forward pass hasn’t been invented. Mercer bounced back. Furman is changing…
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Four weeks into the season, and the Southern Conference is beginning to make sense. Just kidding. ETSU won but still needs to learn how to finish games. Chattanooga threw for 46 yards and beat Wofford by 34. Western Carolina remembered how offense works, and VMI completed more passes than Chattanooga despite running the triple option.…
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Three weeks of football, and things are beginning to make sense. Just kidding. Furman went to Macon and ended Mercer’s 12-game SoCon winning streak. The Citadel lost to Wofford by 28, beat an FBS team, then immediately lost to an FCS team. Western Carolina has spent the last two weeks conducting experiments with rushing statistics.…
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We have two weeks of football now, which is plenty of information to confidently determine that I understand nothing about the Southern Conference. The Citadel lost to Wofford by 28 and then beat an FBS team. Wofford is 2-0 despite being outgained 438-208 Saturday. Western Carolina rushed for one yard. Chattanooga threw for 37. Tennessee…
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College football is back, which means after approximately 60 minutes of evidence I am prepared to make several conclusions about the Southern Conference. Western Carolina may be very good. Wofford remembered how to play football. Chattanooga continues to be Chattanooga. ETSU may have found its quarterback while simultaneously misplacing its defense. Tennessee Tech also beat…
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What if I told you one of the most historic college golf programs in America wasn’t found in Austin, Stillwater, or Palo Alto? What if I told you it was tucked away in the mountains of Northeast Tennessee, where a school with fewer than 15,000 students built a program that would challenge the biggest names…
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The Southern Conference Championship ended last night. Furman beat ETSU 76–61, cut the nets, climbed the ladder, and celebrated the way teams do when they just punched a ticket to the NCAA Tournament. And roughly seven seconds later the real tournament began. Twitter. Because nothing activates the internet faster than a championship game loss. Within…
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Semifinal Sunday in Asheville delivered exactly what this tournament usually does. One comeback that makes the building shake and one player who catches absolute fire. By the end of the night the matchup for Monday’s Southern Conference Championship was set. ETSU vs Furman. But the paths they took to get there looked very different. ETSU’s…
