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Post by The Cats on Sept 19, 2022 6:26:22 GMT -5
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Post by catamountalum04 on Sept 19, 2022 11:58:39 GMT -5
I am surprised you put us ahead of Furman and Samford. I feel that we have not won against anyone of substance. If we beat #22 Samford this week then i agree with us being #3
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Post by The Cats on Sept 19, 2022 12:10:44 GMT -5
I am surprised you put us ahead of Furman and Samford. I feel that we have not won against anyone of substance. If we beat #22 Samford this week then i agree with us being #3 Samford finished the season (2021) in last place in the FCS in total defense. There has not been a lot of improvement in 2022, as they currently reside in 9th place (last) in the SoCon in total defense after 3 games, giving up an average of 428 yards per game. I just think we have a better team than both Samford and Furman. |
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Post by wcugrad95 on Sept 19, 2022 17:17:15 GMT -5
Looking at the various polls, the SoCon has basically 4 teams in the top 26 (Furman seems to be right there as the highest ORV in multiple lists). Samford actually moved up a little in what I think most would say was not a great outing - they beat TTU 52-14 last year and I think they were 16-point favorites last Saturday.
That being said, it is hard to truly know how good or bad WCU is yet. We ended up blowing Presby’s doors off, but it was 7-7 at one point. We felt good about the play against GT, but they just got destroyed by Ole Miss and will probably be a 3 or 4 win team at best. All road wins are good wins, but I expect Furman to beat CSU badly this weekend and Campbell to do the same the following game. Our 14-point win will probably be the closest game CSU plays in what will be an 0-5 start.
The winner of the WCU/Samford game will in my opinion deserve to be ranked at 3-1. But at this stage they have a signature win and we don’t, so that is why they are getting love right now.
1- UTC - stays here until they lose
2 - Furman - I expected ETSU to play well coming off the loss and they couldn’t really do anything against the ‘Dins D
3 - Mercer - shutdown Citadel and look to be a physical team
t4 - Samford and WCU - we’ll find out Saturday who should be ranked higher
6 - ETSU - I know they lost to Citadel, but still think the Bucs are better
7 - Citadel - played Mercer tough but will struggle in games they fall behind
8 - VMI - surprised by the Cornell game, but expect them to play better
9 - Wofford - finally scored; they will sneak-up on somebody
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