Southern ConferenceWelcome to the SoConversation, featuring 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.
Week two of the college football season was another interesting one for Southern Conference teams. App State was stunned at home, Wofford beat a Citadel squad that’s struggling on offense, Samford put a scare into Arkansas, the Mocs won in an empty (OK, nearly empty) Georgia Dome, Elon beat a school none of us could find on a map and Furman fell to 0-2 in the Big South.
We will get to the specific teams you guys cover shortly, but what was your overall takeaway from the rest of the league?
JEFF: To put it mildly, the SoCon is So Bad So Far. App State – a preseason fave despite its asterisk – and The Citadel have to be the two biggest disappointments in the league. I thought the Bulldogs had a real chance in this Season of the *, but The Citadel’s offense has taken several steps backward since last season.
Wofford is still well-coached and plays solid defense, but this is the least talented Terriers team I’ve seen in a while. Samford seems the most solid of the eligibles, but the league title is there for the taking for any team that can get its act together.