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Southern Conference celebrates Mercer's upset of Duke



In their first year of football in 70 years, the Bears were picked 11th in the Pioneer League. They finished 10-2 overall, and 6-2 in league play with a roster dominated by redshirt freshmen.

The head coach of Mercer is Bobby Lamb. Yup -- He of the 67-40 record (.626) at Furman as head coach, leading the Paladins to winning records in eight of his nine seasons, while making four trips to the I-AA playoffs.

I smell Vermin meat on the grill.

Agreed. That was sweet. There have been some pretty good performances by FCS programs in the tourney. Hell, I even rooted for North Dakota State!

Mercer is in for a rough year of football this year.

Aho Old Guy wrote:
Southern Conference celebrates Mercer's upset of Duke



In their first year of football in 70 years, the Bears were picked 11th in the Pioneer League. They finished 10-2 overall, and 6-2 in league play with a roster dominated by redshirt freshmen.

The head coach of Mercer is Bobby Lamb. Yup -- He of the 67-40 record (.626) at Furman as head coach, leading the Paladins to winning records in eight of his nine seasons, while making four trips to the I-AA playoffs.

I smell Vermin meat on the grill.

I hope it's everything you ever dreamed the SoCon could be!

Well the one thing we know. Basketball will be better

and if 2013 was the new norm for ASU and GSU, football will be too

Mercer has a pretty strong baseball program too.

hell a fair to middling basketball program

im thinking avg 15 wins a season

would improve bball in the socon

OL FU wrote:Well the one thing we know. Basketball will be better

and if 2013 was the new norm for ASU and GSU, football will be too

buh buh buh but ... the Hillbillys were in transition, and that 4-8 record does not reflect the tremendous strides made in the football program.

There were only 3 convictions and 2 dismissals

That's OK Vermin....Mercer Bears can't wait to take you down.
Bobby Lamb will have a field day. Revenge for him will be sweet.

hey how cute an asu fan

Criticize me if you wish but is it too bold for me to think that, with the success we had this year and Elon + Davidson ditching, VMI and Mercer will dominate SoCon basketball for the next few years at least?

Mercer finished w/ a 74 RPI and VMI a 167; no other Socon team staying was under 200 except Wofford.

keydet21 wrote:Criticize me if you wish but is it too bold for me to think that, with the success we had this year and Elon + Davidson ditching, VMI and Mercer will dominate SoCon basketball for the next few years at least?

Mercer finished w/ a 74 RPI and VMI a 167; no other Socon team staying was under 200 except Wofford.

It is hard to imagine VMI dominating anything

I think Mercer had a team full of seniors. Not sure what they had behind them but honestly I think the three teams you mentioned will be at the top at least year one, if not longer.

OL FU wrote: It is hard to imagine VMI dominating anything

we're still here, holding on.........oh, how did furman hoops do this winter and last? same with baseball? Furman baseball and hoops kicked butt from the mid '70's into the 1980's.....

kdinva wrote:

OL FU wrote: It is hard to imagine VMI dominating anything

we're still here, holding on.........oh, how did furman hoops do this winter and last? same with baseball? Furman baseball and hoops kicked butt from the mid '70's into the 1980's.....

Hey we weren't talking about Furman, we were talking about VMI and I did agree, kinda sorta, with your fellow VMIer on basketball.

Besides, we are more than ready to win number 21 in row against the Keydets in football next year

kdinva wrote:

OL FU wrote: It is hard to imagine VMI dominating anything

we're still here, holding on.........oh, how did furman hoops do this winter and last? same with baseball? Furman baseball and hoops kicked butt from the mid '70's into the 1980's.....

and BTW, Welcome Back to the SoCon

keydet21 wrote:Criticize me if you wish but is it too bold for me to think that, with the success we had this year and Elon + Davidson ditching, VMI and Mercer will dominate SoCon basketball for the next few years at least?

Mercer finished w/ a 74 RPI and VMI a 167; no other Socon team staying was under 200 except Wofford.

Final RPI charts:

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Big south, in a rare season, finished ahead of the SoCon, by two slots.......I've seen seasons past where the SoCon finished 4-5 slots ahead of the Big South......

OL FU wrote:and BTW, Welcome Back to the SoCon

good to be back!!

The latest list of current SoCon schools transfers - I don't think it's looking good for any of the current SoCon Schools except maybe Wofford.


Ty Toney, 6-2, G, Fr., Appalachian State

Dylen Setzekorn, 6-7, SF, So., Citadel
Matt Van Scyoc, So., Citadel

Keith Belfield, 6-5, SG, RS So., Furman
Dominic Early, 6-5, SG, RS So., Furman

Athanee Doyle, 6-1, G, Fr., Chattanooga
Gee McGhee, 6-4, G, So., Chattanooga
T.J. Williams, 6-8, F, Fr., Chattanooga

Chris Daniels, 6-5, SG, Fr., Georgia Southern
Kameron Dunnican, 6-8, F, Jr., Georgia Southern

Tyrone Outlaw, 6-6, F, Fr., UNC Greensboro
Jordan Potts, 5-11, G, Soph., UNC Greensboro
Tevon Saddler, 6-4, G, Fr., UNC Greensboro

Raijon Kelly, 6-4, G, Jr., Samford
Chris Longoria, 6-4, G, So., Samford
Connor Miller, 6-4, G, Jr., Samford
Russell Wilson, 5-11, G, Soph., Samford

The Cats wrote:The latest list of current SoCon schools transfers - I don't think it's looking good for any of the current SoCon Schools except maybe Wofford.


Ty Toney, 6-2, G, Fr., Appalachian State

Dylen Setzekorn, 6-7, SF, So., Citadel
Matt Van Scyoc, So., Citadel

Keith Belfield, 6-5, SG, RS So., Furman
Dominic Early, 6-5, SG, RS So., Furman

Athanee Doyle, 6-1, G, Fr., Chattanooga
Gee McGhee, 6-4, G, So., Chattanooga
T.J. Williams, 6-8, F, Fr., Chattanooga

Chris Daniels, 6-5, SG, Fr., Georgia Southern
Kameron Dunnican, 6-8, F, Jr., Georgia Southern

Tyrone Outlaw, 6-6, F, Fr., UNC Greensboro
Jordan Potts, 5-11, G, Soph., UNC Greensboro
Tevon Saddler, 6-4, G, Fr., UNC Greensboro

Raijon Kelly, 6-4, G, Jr., Samford
Chris Longoria, 6-4, G, So., Samford
Connor Miller, 6-4, G, Jr., Samford
Russell Wilson, 5-11, G, Soph., Samford

Van Scyoc isnt a transfer. He was kicked fir an honor violation.

CID1990 wrote:

The Cats wrote:The latest list of current SoCon schools transfers - I don't think it's looking good for any of the current SoCon Schools except maybe Wofford.


Ty Toney, 6-2, G, Fr., Appalachian State

Dylen Setzekorn, 6-7, SF, So., Citadel
Matt Van Scyoc, So., Citadel

Keith Belfield, 6-5, SG, RS So., Furman
Dominic Early, 6-5, SG, RS So., Furman

Athanee Doyle, 6-1, G, Fr., Chattanooga
Gee McGhee, 6-4, G, So., Chattanooga
T.J. Williams, 6-8, F, Fr., Chattanooga

Chris Daniels, 6-5, SG, Fr., Georgia Southern
Kameron Dunnican, 6-8, F, Jr., Georgia Southern

Tyrone Outlaw, 6-6, F, Fr., UNC Greensboro
Jordan Potts, 5-11, G, Soph., UNC Greensboro
Tevon Saddler, 6-4, G, Fr., UNC Greensboro

Raijon Kelly, 6-4, G, Jr., Samford
Chris Longoria, 6-4, G, So., Samford
Connor Miller, 6-4, G, Jr., Samford
Russell Wilson, 5-11, G, Soph., Samford

Van Scyoc isnt a transfer. He was kicked fir an honor violation.

That may be the "reason" he will transfer, but he will still be a transfer.

Do you doubt for one second he won't be a member of another team next season? I don't know if he will sit out a year or move down to DII, but he WILL transfer.