Post by FUBeAR on Sept 13, 2019 22:04:07 GMT -5
What y’all think?
FUBeAR had a few thoughts...
Oh my goodness...here we are at Week 3 & FUBeAR’s SoCon Teams are undefeated against FCS competition & sitting on top of the Conference. No other SoCon Team that has an FCS win doesn’t have an FCS loss with Samford & CIT having 2 FCS losses each. Despite the Paladins being upset by GaSt, FUBeAR is feelin’ pretty dang fat & happy right now. Things could change as soon as this week, but it’s been a nice, if brief, run.
Predictions
- Furman at Va Tech - The Paladins were shocked last week, but still played well. I expect them to have a bounce-back game this week & bring us home another ACC scalp. VPI is prepared for the vanilla, pedestrian offenses they see in the ACC, but they aren’t ready for the Tommy Hearns-like (he was a whip-thin & great boxer in the 70’s, for you youngsters, that was known to hit his opponents with powerful blows from all angles with both hands & seemed as if he had 4 or 5 hands doing it) Offense. Besides, they think they are playing GT this week. LOL! The FU D learned some lessons last week & they will shore up their game. Furman wins, 49-24.
- Chattanooga at Tennessee - The Mocs can do this. Really, they can. Look, the Team that squeaked by FU in an upset last week took these losers to the woodshed winning by 20 net points, using the FUBeAR scoring system. I ain’t countin’ the meaningless TD as the clock expired & they had a 3 point home field advantage, which GaSt also had last week. So 8 + 6 + 3 + 3 = 20. Savvy? We all know if FU was playing Chatt this week, the spread would be less than 20, so that means Chatt is favored to beat the Vols. Mocs get us an SEC scalp, 24-21.
- The Citadel at Ga Tech - Yep...you know it. The LAST thing those GT Players & Fans want to see on The Flats is CIT’s brand of option Football. Check that...seeing it is the 2nd to last thing. Losing to it is THE last thing. But, that’s what’s going to happen. It won’t be pretty, and I hate it for Former ‘Din, GT’s DC, Andrew by-God Thacker, but the bellhops pull out their sabers & get us the 2nd ACC scalp of the day, 31-28.
- North Greenville at WCU - Among other alarms & alerts, WCU has now been placed on “Double-Secret DEFCON1 VMI Warning.” Remember in 2017 when VMI lost to D2 Catawba? The score was 27-20 Indians (Yep, they are STILL the Indians). My friend, Jeff Farrington, takes his 2 Paladins on his Coaching Staff, Crusades up to Cullowhee, intent on cleaning up whatever unspoken transgressions are happening up in those hills & comes away with a win, 27-20.
- Samford at Wofford - Wofford opens the game in the Single Wang, tries the Wishbone (Terrier Fans go wild!) in the 2nd series, Mouse Davis’ FunGun in the 3rd, then goes to Jerry Claiborne’s Wide Tackle 6...ON OFFENSE! Once they settle into the Notre Dame Box for a couple of series, things get a little better; but then they start trying to play by All11 rules & things get completely out of hand. Meanwhile, Samford’s Backup QB demonstrates what a dual-threat QB really looks like & runs circles around the Terriers depleted D. BiggerDogs romp over littledogs 63-2.
- Austin Peay at Mercer - Tough one for the Bears, finally. This is NOT your older brothers’ APSU Team. They are big, fast, hyper-aggressive, and infinitely more well-coached than they were ‘14-‘16 when the Bears took 3 in a row from the Govs. They are stocked with SEC & JUCO Transfers & remind me a lot of the good JaxSt Teams in days gone by. They did (most likely) lose their starting QB last week, but the backup LIT UP Mercer in 2016, playing only sparingly ... because ... Coaching (or lack of it). He is really, really good. Still have questions about Mercer’s O-Line & am unsure if the Defense is that much better or the competition has just been THAT bad. Punting & Kicking is no better than my middle school Team in 2008, but that K/P is now the LA Chargers’ Starting Kicker & Punter, so...it’s OK...well, Punting has NOT been good. The Bears’ O & Return Teams are HIGHLY explosive though. So, shakily, I’m calling this one for the Bears, 28-27.
- VMI at ETSU - How has VMI’s PassPro been? If I knew that, I’d feel a lot better about picking this game. Since I don’t, I’ll go with the LandlockedJackSparrows, in 3 OT’s, 52-46.
Week 3 Power Ranking
1) Furman - CLEARLY, the head of the class. Depending on how bad they beat VPI, they could move into FUBeAR’s Top 3 in FCS this week.
2) Mercer - The Bears are in 2nd by default, really. They’ll solidify here with a good showing against the Gov’s & hopefully, play the SoCon Game of the Year in TR next week.
3) Chattanooga - I don’t know if the Mocs are good enough to stand alone at #3, they sure haven’t done enough to, but we’ll slot ‘em in here for now. I liked Coach Wright when he was at FU & Coaches Pizzo & Baker when they were at Mercer.
4) Samford - Things are starting to get yucky when we have a winless Team ranked 4th, but getting just a few more reps for their backup QB could change that win total PDQ. Man, you would think Coach Hatcher could hire someone to advise him on evaluating QB Talent. FUBeAR can be bought...just sayin’
5) ETSU - I don’t know if ETSU is better or CIT is better, but I was raised to hate bellhops, so the Bucs get the #5 nod.
6) CIT - This win over GT may help them, but I tried to tell y’all last week, RaineyRunRightRaineyRunLeft, as an Offensive Strategy, ain’t gonna fly in the SoCon (or the CAA). I haven’t seen the E*Loan game, but 150 yards rushing, 9 rushing 1st downs, and 2.2 ypc for Rainey tell me all I need to know.
7) VMI - Beat ETSU & FUBeAR may have y’all in the top half of the SoCon next week. How ‘bout dat?
8) WCU - With Adams DEFINITELY on INDEFINITE suspension, the Cats are probably in the SoCon basement, but Woffy, with their OMG hideous heinous hilarious performance @ SCSt earned another week in a dark, damp, musty place.
9) Wofford (#7 in the MEAC) - Down 2 Starting & EXCELLENT DLmen, nothing good has happened for the yardbarkers during their off-week. I did hear they had a couple of consultants in to help with their O. They brought in Pete Carril. Nope, not Pete Carroll, he’s a Defensive guy. Carril is Princeton’s legendary basketball Coach. Wofford’s back-door cuts to the basket against Samford this week will be things of beauty! And they brought in Jill Ellis, US Women’s World Cup wining Soccer Coach. If the PorchYapper midfielders can apply what she taught them about attacking in tandem with the forwards, Samford is in a heap of trouble & FUBear might change his prediction to 1-nil, anklebiters.
Read it & wipe it. The money am on the dresser.
(Hey old-Time UFFP’ers...Do I have that right?)
FUBeAR had a few thoughts...
Oh my goodness...here we are at Week 3 & FUBeAR’s SoCon Teams are undefeated against FCS competition & sitting on top of the Conference. No other SoCon Team that has an FCS win doesn’t have an FCS loss with Samford & CIT having 2 FCS losses each. Despite the Paladins being upset by GaSt, FUBeAR is feelin’ pretty dang fat & happy right now. Things could change as soon as this week, but it’s been a nice, if brief, run.
Predictions
- Furman at Va Tech - The Paladins were shocked last week, but still played well. I expect them to have a bounce-back game this week & bring us home another ACC scalp. VPI is prepared for the vanilla, pedestrian offenses they see in the ACC, but they aren’t ready for the Tommy Hearns-like (he was a whip-thin & great boxer in the 70’s, for you youngsters, that was known to hit his opponents with powerful blows from all angles with both hands & seemed as if he had 4 or 5 hands doing it) Offense. Besides, they think they are playing GT this week. LOL! The FU D learned some lessons last week & they will shore up their game. Furman wins, 49-24.
- Chattanooga at Tennessee - The Mocs can do this. Really, they can. Look, the Team that squeaked by FU in an upset last week took these losers to the woodshed winning by 20 net points, using the FUBeAR scoring system. I ain’t countin’ the meaningless TD as the clock expired & they had a 3 point home field advantage, which GaSt also had last week. So 8 + 6 + 3 + 3 = 20. Savvy? We all know if FU was playing Chatt this week, the spread would be less than 20, so that means Chatt is favored to beat the Vols. Mocs get us an SEC scalp, 24-21.
- The Citadel at Ga Tech - Yep...you know it. The LAST thing those GT Players & Fans want to see on The Flats is CIT’s brand of option Football. Check that...seeing it is the 2nd to last thing. Losing to it is THE last thing. But, that’s what’s going to happen. It won’t be pretty, and I hate it for Former ‘Din, GT’s DC, Andrew by-God Thacker, but the bellhops pull out their sabers & get us the 2nd ACC scalp of the day, 31-28.
- North Greenville at WCU - Among other alarms & alerts, WCU has now been placed on “Double-Secret DEFCON1 VMI Warning.” Remember in 2017 when VMI lost to D2 Catawba? The score was 27-20 Indians (Yep, they are STILL the Indians). My friend, Jeff Farrington, takes his 2 Paladins on his Coaching Staff, Crusades up to Cullowhee, intent on cleaning up whatever unspoken transgressions are happening up in those hills & comes away with a win, 27-20.
- Samford at Wofford - Wofford opens the game in the Single Wang, tries the Wishbone (Terrier Fans go wild!) in the 2nd series, Mouse Davis’ FunGun in the 3rd, then goes to Jerry Claiborne’s Wide Tackle 6...ON OFFENSE! Once they settle into the Notre Dame Box for a couple of series, things get a little better; but then they start trying to play by All11 rules & things get completely out of hand. Meanwhile, Samford’s Backup QB demonstrates what a dual-threat QB really looks like & runs circles around the Terriers depleted D. BiggerDogs romp over littledogs 63-2.
- Austin Peay at Mercer - Tough one for the Bears, finally. This is NOT your older brothers’ APSU Team. They are big, fast, hyper-aggressive, and infinitely more well-coached than they were ‘14-‘16 when the Bears took 3 in a row from the Govs. They are stocked with SEC & JUCO Transfers & remind me a lot of the good JaxSt Teams in days gone by. They did (most likely) lose their starting QB last week, but the backup LIT UP Mercer in 2016, playing only sparingly ... because ... Coaching (or lack of it). He is really, really good. Still have questions about Mercer’s O-Line & am unsure if the Defense is that much better or the competition has just been THAT bad. Punting & Kicking is no better than my middle school Team in 2008, but that K/P is now the LA Chargers’ Starting Kicker & Punter, so...it’s OK...well, Punting has NOT been good. The Bears’ O & Return Teams are HIGHLY explosive though. So, shakily, I’m calling this one for the Bears, 28-27.
- VMI at ETSU - How has VMI’s PassPro been? If I knew that, I’d feel a lot better about picking this game. Since I don’t, I’ll go with the LandlockedJackSparrows, in 3 OT’s, 52-46.
Week 3 Power Ranking
1) Furman - CLEARLY, the head of the class. Depending on how bad they beat VPI, they could move into FUBeAR’s Top 3 in FCS this week.
2) Mercer - The Bears are in 2nd by default, really. They’ll solidify here with a good showing against the Gov’s & hopefully, play the SoCon Game of the Year in TR next week.
3) Chattanooga - I don’t know if the Mocs are good enough to stand alone at #3, they sure haven’t done enough to, but we’ll slot ‘em in here for now. I liked Coach Wright when he was at FU & Coaches Pizzo & Baker when they were at Mercer.
4) Samford - Things are starting to get yucky when we have a winless Team ranked 4th, but getting just a few more reps for their backup QB could change that win total PDQ. Man, you would think Coach Hatcher could hire someone to advise him on evaluating QB Talent. FUBeAR can be bought...just sayin’
5) ETSU - I don’t know if ETSU is better or CIT is better, but I was raised to hate bellhops, so the Bucs get the #5 nod.
6) CIT - This win over GT may help them, but I tried to tell y’all last week, RaineyRunRightRaineyRunLeft, as an Offensive Strategy, ain’t gonna fly in the SoCon (or the CAA). I haven’t seen the E*Loan game, but 150 yards rushing, 9 rushing 1st downs, and 2.2 ypc for Rainey tell me all I need to know.
7) VMI - Beat ETSU & FUBeAR may have y’all in the top half of the SoCon next week. How ‘bout dat?
8) WCU - With Adams DEFINITELY on INDEFINITE suspension, the Cats are probably in the SoCon basement, but Woffy, with their OMG hideous heinous hilarious performance @ SCSt earned another week in a dark, damp, musty place.
9) Wofford (#7 in the MEAC) - Down 2 Starting & EXCELLENT DLmen, nothing good has happened for the yardbarkers during their off-week. I did hear they had a couple of consultants in to help with their O. They brought in Pete Carril. Nope, not Pete Carroll, he’s a Defensive guy. Carril is Princeton’s legendary basketball Coach. Wofford’s back-door cuts to the basket against Samford this week will be things of beauty! And they brought in Jill Ellis, US Women’s World Cup wining Soccer Coach. If the PorchYapper midfielders can apply what she taught them about attacking in tandem with the forwards, Samford is in a heap of trouble & FUBear might change his prediction to 1-nil, anklebiters.
Read it & wipe it. The money am on the dresser.
(Hey old-Time UFFP’ers...Do I have that right?)
