#7 Furman @ #20 Wofford (Nov. 16)(SoCon Championship Game)

[DungeonRealm]

[DungeonRealm]

Vote here for the Furman @ Wofford game on AGS as the FCS game of the week:
https://www.anygivensaturday.com/showth ... TW-Week-12

[purplehorse]

I think Wofford has a better passing game than they have in the past based on me watching numerous of their games. They abandoned the big passing game after losses to South Carolina State and Sammy BUT I think that initial emphasis on passing has made them better at passing although they did ack to the typical running game.

[Jasper]

So are there never any bands at Wofford home games since they don't have a band? Pretty sad if you ask me as that's a big part of the college gameday atmosphere in my opinion.

I have been there for 3 or 4 games and they've had a local high school band there.

[Paul C]

Against the 6 common opponents we've both faced (UTC, VMI, Mer, Sam, WCU, ETSU)....interesting the 3 we played at home, Woff played away, and vice versa....

Furman outscored the by a combined 243 to 82 (40.5 to 13.6)
Wofford outscored them by a combined 235 to 122 (39.1 to 20.3)

Furman vs UTC W 35-20
Wofford vs UTC W 35-34 (OT)

Furman vs VMI W 60-21
Wofford vs VM W 51-36

Furman vs Mercer W 45-10
Wofford vs Mercer W 41-7

Furman vs Samford W 45-10
Wofford vs Samford L 14-21

Furman vs WCU W 28-7
Wofford vs WCU W 59-7

Furman vs ETSU W 17-10
Wofford vs ETSU W 35-17

Of course, lots of ifs, ands and but, but that's the data....sure the Samford loss for Woffy was before they went back to doing what they did best, and some of our lackluster performances were before our QB change....so both teams would have reason to discount a game or two above. But again, those are the FACTS (as gf would say)

[DungeonRealm]

[DungeonRealm]

Quote Clay Hendrix made from his press conference:

"This is the 'Leave No Doubt' week"

[apaladin]

Does the fact that FU is already in the playoffs have any effect on this game? If WC loses one of the next 2 they may not get a bid, lose both and they are out.

[DungeonRealm]

Ticket sales on the Furman side picking up pretty good today!

[Paul C]

Does the fact that FU is already in the playoffs have any effect on this game? If WC loses one of the next 2 they may not get a bid, lose both and they are out.

IMO absolutely positively NOT. This is the biggest reg season game this program has played in years. Outright SoCon championship at stake. It's grasping at straws to try to spin this the way you are trying to....

[Davemeister]

Saturday is all about teaching those insolent under-porch ankle-biters a lesson they won't soon forget in front of their home "crowd".

LEAVE NO DOUBT!

[The Jackal]

Does the fact that FU is already in the playoffs have any effect on this game? If WC loses one of the next 2 they may not get a bid, lose both and they are out.

Furman isn't "in" the playoffs until we win this game Saturday or they call our name out on the following Sunday.

There's a scenario (Wofford beats Furman, Wofford loses to the Citadel, the Citadel beats UTC) where Furman finishes with a share of the SoCon title with two teams that beat them.

That's the nightmare scenario.

[The Jackal]

Quote Clay Hendrix made from his press conference:

"This is the 'Leave No Doubt' week"

The culmination of "Leave No Doubt" year is "Leave No Doubt" week, which will ultimately end up with one game by which all doubt is left.

[apaladin]

Does the fact that FU is already in the playoffs have any effect on this game? If WC loses one of the next 2 they may not get a bid, lose both and they are out.

IMO absolutely positively NOT. This is the biggest reg season game this program has played in years. Outright SoCon championship at stake. It's grasping at straws to try to spin this the way you are trying to....

Not trying to "spin" anything. Just saying FU could play a little looser. Maybe they will, maybe they won't. I agree this is the biggest game because of what's on the line that FU has played prolly since 2005.

[apaladin]

Does the fact that FU is already in the playoffs have any effect on this game? If WC loses one of the next 2 they may not get a bid, lose both and they are out.

Furman isn't "in" the playoffs until we win this game Saturday or they call our name out on the following Sunday.

There's a scenario (Wofford beats Furman, Wofford loses to the Citadel, the Citadel beats UTC) where Furman finishes with a share of the SoCon title with two teams that beat them.

That's the nightmare scenario.

I get that but remember conference affiliation does not matter. The committee is not going to say we can only take 2 SoCon or they shouldn't. Their job is to take the best at-large teams. IF Citadel got the auto bid they would knock a bubble team out. Worst case scenario is FU would be #15 or so, prolly higher. Are they going to leave them out? Remember they have religiously used the coaches poll when determining at-large and seedings etc except on rare occasions. Let's just beat Wofford.