Pivotal FCS conference games in 2018

I think The Citadel is declining.  I could be wrong, but we beat them at their place last year.  I know we lost allot of good players but Coach has recruited well over the past 3 or 4 season, so we should have some talent to fill the holes.  The lack of game experience is the most worrisome thing, I think.  It could be another 3-8 season if things don't gel quickly.  Newberry will not be a pushover although they are DII especially since it is the first game of the season and with lack of game experience.  They will come to Cullowhee looking for a win so we best not overlook them. In years past they have given Furman fits.  

On another note, Furman worries me because they will not let us get into a rhythm on offense.  They faked over 40 injuries on defense last year when we played them in Cullowhee just to delay our no huddle offense and so they could sub in players.  If they do that again, we cannot beat them, because we don't do well if we can't get into a rhythm.  I am not surprised that the referees did not penalize them, because they are Socon officials, but there has to be a rule against that.  I think it shows allot about the lack of character of their coach for stooping to that level to have your players fake injuries.  What does that teach the young men at Furman about life?  If you can't win, fake it and lie to get ahead is what they are learning.  So sad that their athletes are associated with such a low life program.  I don't know their coach but that should tell us all allot about how sorry of a person he is.

Something that should be considered is that when a player gets injured in any NCAA sport, he or she should not be able to rejoin the game for a total of one quarter of the game.  In baseball it could be 2 innings, basketball 10 minutes, and in football the equivalent of 15 minutes of playing time so that if you get hurt at the end of the game, you cannot play again until 15 minutes into the next game or 1 quarter.  That would stop low life coaches like Furman has from pulling this play ground BS just to win a football game.  Without the fake injuries last year, we would have handily beaten Furman.  We could not get into a rhythm.

GO CATS!!!

I'm not sure I would agree about sitting out an entire quarter but only sitting out one play is far too lenient. I think the article in your link may have a good idea about sitting out the rest of that drive/possession or maybe or two. Something definitely needs to be done about the rash of fake injuries.

Great find, FL! The author has it right. Need to respect the game. But many coaches believe in winning at all costs.

If the player goes down and is on the ground, then they should have to sit for an entire 15 minutes in my opinion.  If it is a fake injury, it is only right and if it is a real injury then it is for the safety of the player.  If it is serious enough that you cannot get up and they have to come see about you, then it is serious enough to sit out and make sure the player is OK.  The worrisome thing is that you have lowlifes like Furman's coach that are leading young men.  What are they learning from a person with this kind of lack of character?  They are learning that it is OK to cheat in life to win and that the game should not be respected.  It is like Forest Gump said, "Stupid is as stupid does".  I would say in this case, "lowlife is as lowlife does".  We only have this coaches actions to evaluate his character.  How sad for the athletes of Furman's football team being coached by such a morally bankrupt loser.