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UTC tight end Faysal Shafaat (88) breaks through a tackle by Wofford cornerback Chris Armfield (2).Chaz Moore doesn’t have to dream about a Southern Conference championship ring anymore. He and his University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football teammates have earned their own.
“I almost couldn’t sleep last night,” Moore said after Saturday’s 20-10 home win over Wofford. “I told the boys this morning: Every day we work for a diamond. Now we’ve got it.”
While the 23rd-ranked Mocs were beating No. 15 Wofford at Finley Stadium, Furman was upsetting No. 22 Samford, giving UTC at least a share of its first SoCon championship since 1984.
The Mocs (8-2, 6-1) jumped to a 14-0 lead against Wofford (5-4, 4-2) in front of a crowd of 12,090, and then the defense preserved their sixth win in a row.
“I’m proud of our guys, man, unbelievable,” said fifth-year Mocs coach Russ Huesman, who played on two SoCon championship teams (1978 and ’79) at UTC. “So many guys made plays. … A bunch of people made a bunch of plays out there, and that’s the reason we won the game.”