Welcome to Week 2 of the college football season and the second SoConversation between The Citadel beat writer Jeff Hartsell of the Charleston Post and Courier, Elon beat writer Adam Smith of the Burlington Times News and UTC beat writer John Frierson of the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
Each week the three veteran Southern Conference writers will share their thoughts on what’s happening with the teams they cover and within the league.
Were the Week 1 results surprising, uninspiring or exactly what you expected?
JOHN: The two things that stood out to me were Appalachian State getting so thoroughly thumped by Virginia Tech and Wofford having to work so hard to beat Presbyterian.
I’m not as sold on Appalachian State this season as most folks seem to be, which only means I think the Mountaineers will be good, but perhaps not very good. Still, to see the Hokies jump all over App like that, and the way it happened, was definitely surprising.