1968 SI college FB preview

[Franks Tanks]

http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/ ... /index.htm

Very interesting read and a barometer of how things have changed over the last 41 years. The article runs down all "major college" conferences including the Ivy, Southern, and Missouri Valley (which had what is pretty much now C-USA teams). Many current FCS teams are also mentioned in the Indy section including Nova, Holy Cross, Colgate, and Dayton. In fact many of these teams get more press than Penn State or Notre Dame in this article. Also mentions that Davidson will have a tough OOC schedule this year as they are playing Virginia and Vandy. Interesting stuff.

[dbackjon]

Great read - Richmond and ECU in the Southern?

[Franks Tanks]

Great read - Richmond and ECU in the Southern?

William and Mary was also in the Southern at that time. West Virginia has just left the conference a year or two earlier to go Indy as well.

[citdog]

Great read - Richmond and ECU in the Southern?

William and Mary was also in the Southern at that time. West Virginia has just left the conference a year or two earlier to go Indy as well.

that is why The Citadels all time record is a bit skewed......look who we had to freaking play every year.

[Franks Tanks]

William and Mary was also in the Southern at that time. West Virginia has just left the conference a year or two earlier to go Indy as well.

that is why The Citadels all time record is a bit skewed......look who we had to freaking play every year.

Here is the 1968 SoCon preview

"In 1953 seven of the best football schools in the Southern Conference packed up their helmets, hip pads and grants-in-aid and departed to form their own league, the Atlantic Coast Conference. In 1965 Virginia Tech, its football program blossoming, turned independent, followed last July 1 by West Virginia, the only real football power that had remained in the conference. What is left may not be the strongest league anywhere but it is the most evenly matched.

Anybody can win the SC title this year, but the race will probably be settled when Richmond visits East Carolina on October 26. Coach Frank Jones of Richmond lost much of his offensive line, but the Spiders are bigger and faster overall, and Buster O'Brien, the league's best quarterback, is back. East Carolina, like Princeton, still does quite well with the single wing, thank you, although the Pirates need a tailback to replace Neal Hughes. Fullback Butch Colson, who set an SC record last year with 1,135 yards, should pick up the slack, and seven returning starters make the defense strong. William and Mary, swifter and bigger than usual, is also a title threat. End Jim Cavanaugh, who caught 48 passes last year, returns.

The Citadel, with a number of good players in key places, is another dark horse. Tailback Jim McMillan is a proven runner, and the defense is headed by Linebacker John Small, who does things up big. VMI's main hope is that Murphy Sprinkel can step in for Russ Quay at quarterback. Furman has Quarterback Clyde Hewell, who threw for 1,873 yards last year, and Fullback Joe Street to lead its attack, but the defense is inexperienced. Davidson faces a tougher schedule—Virginia and Vanderbilt have been added—with a team weakened by the loss of Quarterback Jimmy Poole."

[Bostonspider]

Richmond ended up having a good year in 1968 after a tough start to the season.

1968 (8-3 • Southern Conf. Champions)
Coach: Frank Jones
Captains: B. O’Brien,M. Bixiones,T. Johnson
Sept. 14 at Toledo L 14-31
Sept. 21 at West Virginia L 0-17
Sept. 28 Davidson W 24-14
Oct. 12 at The Citadel W 21-16
Oct. 19 Furman W 34-0
Oct. 26 at East Carolina W 31-7
Nov. 2 VMI W 35-0
Nov. 9 at Virginia Tech L 18-31
Nov. 16 at Southern Mississippi W 33-7
Nov. 23 William & Mary W 31-6

TANGERINE BOWL (Orlando, Fla.)
Dec. 27 Ohio University W 49-42

Ohio was ranked 15th in the AP poll going into the Bowl and still finished up 20th.

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

Great read - Richmond and ECU in the Southern?

Yeah when we hosted Richmond in the playoffs a while back the were a member of the SoCon. I don't think they went to the A10/CAA until 2002 or somewhere in there.

[citdog]

Great read - Richmond and ECU in the Southern?

Yeah when we hosted Richmond in the playoffs a while back the were a member of the SoCon. I don't think they went to the A10/CAA until 2002 or somewhere in there.

not correct....Richmond, William and Mary, and VMI left the SoCon when the diploma mills Western Carolina, Marshall, Chattanooga, and App State were admitted......VMI returned before the next season at the urging of The Citadel.

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

Yeah when we hosted Richmond in the playoffs a while back the were a member of the SoCon. I don't think they went to the A10/CAA until 2002 or somewhere in there.

not correct....Richmond, William and Mary, and VMI left the SoCon when the diploma mills Western Carolina, Marshall, Chattanooga, and App State were admitted......VMI returned before the next season at the urging of The Citadel.

No shit? I thought Richmond was SoCon when we played them. I've been wrong for quite some time it would appear.

[dbackjon]

not correct....Richmond, William and Mary, and VMI left the SoCon when the diploma mills Western Carolina, Marshall, Chattanooga, and App State were admitted......VMI returned before the next season at the urging of The Citadel.

No shit? I thought Richmond was SoCon when we played them. I've been wrong for quite some time it would appear.

1881-1906 Independent
1907-1910 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1911-1931 Independent
1932-1935 Virginia Conference
1936-1976 Southern Conference
1977-1977 Division I Independent
1978-1981 Division I-A Independent
1982-1983 Division I-AA Independent
1984-20XX Colonial Athletic Association

[Bostonspider]

Correct, UR left the league after the 1975 Season. The Spiders continued as a I-A independent until the 1983 Season. The then moved to I-AA as an independent as well, making the playoffs in 1984. They stayed an independent until 1986 when they joined the Yankee Conference. They are still in the same conference, which has now changed names twice from Yankee to A10 to CAA.

[Ivytalk]

SI picked Harvard for 4th in the Ivies that year, but they ended up tying Yale for the title when they played that memorable 29-29 tie.

[Appaholic]

Yeah when we hosted Richmond in the playoffs a while back the were a member of the SoCon. I don't think they went to the A10/CAA until 2002 or somewhere in there.

not correct....Richmond, William and Mary, and VMI left the SoCon when the diploma mills Western Carolina, Marshall, Chattanooga, and App State were admitted......VMI returned before the next season at the urging of The Citadel.

El Cid wanted a guaranteed win.....well, at least in football....

[Appaholic]

William and Mary was also in the Southern at that time. West Virginia has just left the conference a year or two earlier to go Indy as well.

that is why The Citadels all time record is a bit skewed......look who we had to freaking play every year.

well, there's the schedule.....and the fact that ya'll typically suck on the gridiron as much as Citdog at a West Point Bukkake Fest....

[citdog]

that is why The Citadels all time record is a bit skewed......look who we had to freaking play every year.

well, there's the schedule.....and the fact that ya'll typically suck on the gridiron as much as Citdog at a West Point Bukkake Fest....

HATE TO ADMIT IT.......BUT THE ABOVE IS SOME OF APPA'S FINEST WORK.