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The sad decline of SoCon football

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 12:07 am
by asu66
http://sports.yahoo.com/college-footbal ... d/?conf=21

GaTech 70, Elon 0
Charleston Southern 32, El Cid 29 (Are you kidding me?)
Gardner-Webb 28, Furman 21
Montana 30, ASU 6
UT-Martin 31, UTC 21
Baylor 69, Wofford 3
MTSU 45, WCU 24

On a somewhat brighter note...

GaSouth 77, Savannah State 9 (How did SSU even score against the stink?)
Samford 31, Ga State 21

Re: The sad decline of SoCon football

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:04 am
by Black Saturday
Looking like the Big South, definitely.

I never remember representation like this going way, way back.

Re: The sad decline of SoCon football

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:07 am
by happyappy84
The most amazing thing about that list is that the best showing came from Western Carolina and its not close. Keeping it within 21 of an 8 win FBS team is actually something for them to be proud of, I wouldn't even include that on the list of embarrassments. 2 years ago they lose that game 70-0

Re: The sad decline of SoCon football

Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 8:37 am
by Longrifle28
asu66 wrote:http://sports.yahoo.com/college-footbal ... d/?conf=21

GaTech 70, Elon 0
Charleston Southern 32, El Cid 29 (Are you kidding me?)
Gardner-Webb 28, Furman 21
Montana 30, ASU 6
UT-Martin 31, UTC 21
Baylor 69, Wofford 3
MTSU 45, WCU 24

On a somewhat brighter note...

GaSouth 77, Savannah State 9 (How did SSU even score against the stink?)
Samford 31, Ga State 21
Good post Chuck and totally true. The freaking BIG SKY should be FBS.......

Re: The sad decline of SoCon football

Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 8:50 am
by Maddog1956
asu66 wrote:http://sports.yahoo.com/college-footbal ... d/?conf=21

GaTech 70, Elon 0
Charleston Southern 32, El Cid 29 (Are you kidding me?)
Gardner-Webb 28, Furman 21
Montana 30, ASU 6
UT-Martin 31, UTC 21
Baylor 69, Wofford 3
MTSU 45, WCU 24

On a somewhat brighter note...

GaSouth 77, Savannah State 9 (How did SSU even score against the stink?)
Samford 31, Ga State 21
I think that has been part of our problem for years. The SoCon might field a couple teams a year that gave us a run but the rest of the time we zoned out, looking at a win before the game started. While we played other teams winning the SoCon was a prime goal which was kind of a sleeper. The ease of the SoCon hurt us in the playoffs. Which makes 2005,2006,2007 even more incredible!

I think that we may not win as much in the FBS, but every game should be a learning experience.

Re: The sad decline of SoCon football

Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 12:14 pm
by ASU-FTW
happyappy84 wrote:The most amazing thing about that list is that the best showing came from Western Carolina and its not close. Keeping it within 21 of an 8 win FBS team is actually something for them to be proud of, I wouldn't even include that on the list of embarrassments. 2 years ago they lose that game 70-0
Sounds just like a Western fan. They lose by three touchdowns to an overrated MTSU team. The only thing that kept them from losing by four touchdowns was a fourth quarter TD in garbage time to save them from getting shutout in the second half.

Re: The sad decline of SoCon football

Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 8:03 pm
by McLeansvilleAppFan
When was the last time there was no top-10 SoCon team and only one top 25.

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fcs

Re: The sad decline of SoCon football

Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 8:08 pm
by grizza
McLeansvilleAppFan wrote:When was the last time there was no top-10 SoCon team and only one top 25.

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fcs
Having you guys and Georgia Southern both leaving doesn't help any.