Wofford

Week 8 Southern Conference Game Breakdowns

With its important 17-9 victory over visiting No. 9 Wofford on Saturday, No. 6 Georgia Southern (5-1, 4-1) established itself as the likely team to beat for the Southern Conference title, but there’s still a long way to go — a long way. There are no unbeatens in the league, and four teams have one loss. But the Eagles are atop the standings because they’ve played more league contests than the other top ...

Week 7 Southern Conference Game Breakdowns

It’s 5-0 for the first time since 1991. It’s at No. 6 in the College Sports Madness national ranking and it’s outscored its five opponents by a combined 234-68, but ...

Wofford is good, but how good? Although it has won its first three conference games, its hot start might be a little deceptive. The Terriers have not played a team with a winning ...

Week 6 Southern Conference Game Breakdowns

It has been impressive so far, but now comes the real test for the No. 9 Wofford Terriers. They host rival Furman on Saturday, then have back-to-back road games against Georgia Southern and Appalachian State. After that, it’s a contest against The Citadel, but Wofford doesn’t want to get ahead of itself. “Furman is a dangerous team,” Wofford running back Eric Breitenstein told GoUpstate.com. “They ...

Week 5 Southern Conference Game Breakdowns

Don’t tell Western Carolina first-year coach Mark Speir about moral victories, but he has to feel good about the effort his Catamounts gave before a crowd of 10,112, the largest home crowd in nearly two years Saturday in a 25-21 loss to Samford.  “It was a tough loss. I am proud of the effort our guys put forth, but we didn't come here to just be competitive. We came to win," Speir said of the ...

Week 4 Southern Conference Game Breakdowns

Is there anything left in the tank?

That’s what The Citadel’s head coach Kevin Higgins has to wonder after the Bulldogs’ memorable September continues. On Saturday, The Citadel stunned Appalachian State 52-28 in Boone, N.C.; just one week after the Bulldogs had stunned Georgia Southern. Opponents just don’t go into Boone and do what The Citadel did ...

Week 3 Southern Conference Game Breakdowns 

For the second consecutive week, No. 6 Appalachian State will be in the spotlight game as it hosts The Citadel in a key conference matchup. The Mountaineers are coming off a thrilling 35-27 victory over Montana before 30,856 in Boone, N.C., on Saturday. The two perennial FCS powers showed why they’ll be part of any national championship discussion as they put on another classic in their series. Meanwhile, The ...

Week 2 Southern Conference Game Breakdowns

The opening week went according to script for many of the Southern Conference teams. Elon figured to have a tough time at Chapel Hill, N.C., and it did. Appalachian State knew it was in for a difficult battle at East Carolina, and it was. And Furman figured to be in a dogfight with Samford. On the other end, everyone expected Western Carolina to record a win against Mars Hill and Wofford had an easy ...

Week 1 SoCon Game Breakdowns

MARS HILL AT WESTERN CAROLINA (8 p.m. Thursday at E.J. Whitmire Stadium / Bob Waters Field at Cullowhee, NC)

Host Western Carolina (1-10, 0-8) looks for a new era as former Appalachian State assistant coach Mark Speir makes his debut as Catamounts’ head coach.  Speir, who got his start in coaching at WCU, has his work cut out for ...