SoCon picks for Week #1

[The Cats]

The 2011 Football season kicks off for the SoCon on Thursday, 9-1-11 with Western's game at Georgia Tech. Everyone else gets into action that Saturday, with the first conference game of the year, GSU at Samford.

Here's your chance to show everyone how much (or little) you know about the SoCon, go ahead an pick'em.


Thursday Sep 1st
Western Carolina at Georgia Tech

Saturday Sep 3rd
Georgia Southern at Samford (conference game)
Appalachian State at Virginia Tech
Chattanooga at Nebraska
Elon at Vanderbilt
Furman at Coastal Carolina
Wofford at Presbyterian
Jacksonville at The Citadel

[youngterrier]

GT big
GSU in a closer than expected game
VT big
Nebraska big
Vandy big
Furman somewhat close
Wofford by 20 or 30
El Cid by a TD

[The Cats]

My picks are underlined.

Thursday Sep 1st
Western Carolina at Georgia Tech (homer pick)

Saturday Sep 3rd
Georgia Southern at Samford
Appalachian State at Virginia Tech
Chattanooga at Nebraska
Elon at Vanderbilt
Furman at Coastal Carolina
Wofford at Presbyterian
Jacksonville at The Citadel

[Ivytalk]

GT big
GSU in a closer than expected game
VT big
Nebraska big
Vandy big
Furman somewhat close
Wofford by 20 or 30
El Cid by a TD

I agree with these results. GSU has to beat Samford sooner or later.

[ODUalum11]

Georgia Tech
Georgia Southern
Virginia Tech
Nebraska
Vanderbilt
Furman
Wofford
Jacksonville

[Tribal]

Western Carolina at Georgia Tech (Tech 48-6)
Georgia Southern at Samford (GSU 41-17)
Appalachian State at Virginia Tech (VT 38-27)
Chattanooga at Nebraska (Nebraska 30-16)
Elon at Vanderbilt (Vandy 27-12)
Furman at Coastal Carolina (Furman 45-16)
Wofford at Presbyterian (Wofford 33-6)
Jacksonville at The Citadel (Jax 24-21)

[ASUG8]

Thursday Sep 1st
Western Carolina at Georgia Tech 42-10

Saturday Sep 3rd
Georgia Southern at Samford (conference game) 35-14
Appalachian State at Virginia Tech 28-14
Chattanooga at Nebraska 35-7
Elon at Vanderbilt 28-10
Furman at Coastal Carolina 28-14
Wofford at Presbyterian 42-0
Jacksonville at The Citadel 17-14

[Aho Old Guy]

Georgia Southern at Samford - much closer than folks think / best chance for an upset

Appalachian State at Virginia Tech - Appalachian wins by 42! / Beamer is fired in middle of 3rd qtr

Chattanooga at Nebraska - will be close into the second half until Neb realizes it's a real football game

Elon at Vanderbilt - a snoozerfest / first to score 17 points wins

Furman at Coastal - The Vermin win this and they could be undefeated and top 20 going into The Stink

Wofford at Presbyterian - the Ankle-Biters get 'Hosed but win by 13

Jacksonville at The Citadel - could the Bellhops winning streak end at one? .... nahhhh, but it will be close

[blueballs]

GT big
GSU in a closer than expected game
VT big
Nebraska big
Vandy big
Furman somewhat close
Wofford by 20 or 30
El Cid by a TD

I imagine that's about right except I look for Wofford to run wild over Presby.

[alvin kayak]

Thursday Sep 1st
Western Carolina at Georgia Tech
Saturday Sep 3rd
Georgia Southern at Samford (conference game)
Appalachian State at Virginia Tech
Chattanooga at Nebraska
Elon at Vanderbilt
Furman at Coastal Carolina
Wofford at Presbyterian
Jacksonville at The Citadel

[alvin kayak]

Thursday Sep 1st
Western Carolina at Georgia Tech (10-49)
Saturday Sep 3rd
Georgia Southern at Samford (conference game) (38-13)
Appalachian State at Virginia Tech (17-42)
Chattanooga at Nebraska (14-63)
Elon at Vanderbilt (7-20)
Furman at Coastal Carolina (36-24)
Wofford at Presbyterian (30-13)
Jacksonville at The Citadel (24-28)

Sorry, I'll include scores this time

[youngterrier]

GT big
GSU in a closer than expected game
VT big
Nebraska big
Vandy big
Furman somewhat close
Wofford by 20 or 30
El Cid by a TD

I imagine that's about right except I look for Wofford to run wild over Presby.

How is by 20 or 30 not running wild?

[CID1990]

Some of you guys DO realize that you are picking The Citadel to beat a team that is a preseason top 20 pick, right?

We are optimistic about our chances against Jacksonville, but a win over them likely means that we are good enough to be better than 4 and possibly 5 teams in the SoCon.

Picking us to beat Jacksonville is not consistent with picking us to be ahead of just WCU and Samford (or worse).

[dbackjon]

Thursday Sep 1st
Western Carolina at Georgia Tech
Saturday Sep 3rd
Georgia Southern at Samford (conference game)
Appalachian State at Virginia Tech
Chattanooga at Nebraska
Elon at Vanderbilt
Furman at Coastal Carolina
Wofford at Presbyterian
Jacksonville at The Citadel

[dbackjon]

Some of you guys DO realize that you are picking The Citadel to beat a team that is a preseason top 20 pick, right?

We are optimistic about our chances against Jacksonville, but a win over them likely means that we are good enough to be better than 4 and possibly 5 teams in the SoCon.

Picking us to beat Jacksonville is not consistent with picking us to be ahead of just WCU and Samford (or worse).

Wrong Jacksonville...

[CID1990]

Some of you guys DO realize that you are picking The Citadel to beat a team that is a preseason top 20 pick, right?

We are optimistic about our chances against Jacksonville, but a win over them likely means that we are good enough to be better than 4 and possibly 5 teams in the SoCon.

Picking us to beat Jacksonville is not consistent with picking us to be ahead of just WCU and Samford (or worse).

Wrong Jacksonville...

No, I am in fact talking about the JU Dolphins, not JSU. There was some confusion over their preseason ranking on our message board earlier. However, JU has two All Americans and did receive votes in the preseason rankings. In fact, they received more votes in a couple polls than more than half of the SoCon teams. They are not ranked, though.

Our defense is going to be good this year, probably significantly better than last year's. Last year I do not think we would have beaten JU. This year I am reluctant to call it, but if we do win I think we will be better than more than just two teams in the conference.

[blueballs]

I imagine that's about right except I look for Wofford to run wild over Presby.

How is by 20 or 30 not running wild?

I think it will be worse than that. I look for Wofford to be really good this year and play with a chip on their shoulder. I can see them going undefeated in the conference.

If I was on that team I'd be carrying an attitude into this year that one bad half of football last year might have cost me a national title and have a purpose to correct that. I KNOW Ayers feels that way and that is a tough, seasoned, and talented group. IMO they are waaaaaaay underrated.

[OL FU]

Thursday Sep 1st
Western Carolina at Georgia Tech
Saturday Sep 3rd
Georgia Southern at Samford (conference game)
Appalachian State at Virginia Tech
Chattanooga at Nebraska
Elon at Vanderbilt
Furman at Coastal Carolina
Wofford at Presbyterian
Jacksonville at The Citadel

I think the toughest to call is Furman and CCU.
El Cid and Jacksonville might be, but if Jacksonville pulls it off, Goodbye Higgins.

[youngterrier]

How is by 20 or 30 not running wild?

I think it will be worse than that. I look for Wofford to be really good this year and play with a chip on their shoulder. I can see them going undefeated in the conference.

If I was on that team I'd be carrying an attitude into this year that one bad half of football last year might have cost me a national title and have a purpose to correct that. I KNOW Ayers feels that way and that is a tough, seasoned, and talented group. IMO they are waaaaaaay underrated.

I do too....Ayers is sandbagging like crazy though, or at least I hope he is (it makes me nervous). We have a good chance to be special but we can't be caught up in the hype, we've always had trouble with that

[Appaholic]

Thursday Sep 1st
Western Carolina at Georgia Tech (3-49)

Saturday Sep 3rd
Georgia Southern at Samford (conference game) (32-13)
Appalachian State at Virginia Tech (34-32)
Chattanooga at Nebraska (12-62)
Elon at Vanderbilt (7-31)
Furman at Coastal Carolina(27-31)
Wofford at Presbyterian (28-13)
Jacksonville at The Citadel (24-10)

[EWURanger]

Western Carolina 3 at Georgia Tech 38
Georgia Southern 38 at Samford 7
Appalachian State 17 at Virginia Tech 42
Chattanooga 7 at Nebraska 54
Elon 14 at Vanderbilt 31
Furman 21 at Coastal Carolina 14
Wofford 38 at Presbyterian 0
Jacksonville 14 at The Citadel 17

[catamount man]

Western Carolina
Appalachian State
Furman
Wofford
Nebraska
The Citadel
Vanderbilt
Georgia Southern

[Purple Reign]

Ga Tech
GSU
Va Tech
Nebraska
Vandy
Furman
Wofford
Jacksonville

[BullDog85]

Thursday Sep 1st
Western Carolina at Georgia Tech - BUGS

Saturday Sep 3rd
Georgia Southern at Samford (conference game) - GSU
Appalachian State at Virginia Tech - VTECH
Chattanooga at Nebraska - CORNHOLERS
Elon at Vanderbilt - VANDY
Furman at Coastal Carolina - VERMIN
Wofford at Presbyterian - RAT DOGS
Jacksonville at The Citadel - THE DOGS.