Quote Originally Posted by cx500d View Post
East Tennessee state? Is that a thing?
Yep. Just became an ‘official’ SoCon Football Member in 2016 after re-booting Football in 2015. Bucs may have a breakout year this season with a new HC at the helm as they hired Florida State’s OC this off-season. If you want to take a look at ETSU, they’ll be squaring off against the Tennessee Vols on 9/8 @ 4 PM on the SEC Network. A couple of facts about those MountainPirates:

* They own a recent win (2016) over everyone’s new darlin’ - Kennesaw
* They also beat perennial near-Playoff-Team, WCU & Playoff-bound Samford, everyone’s other new darlin’, in 2016 - their 1st year in the SoCon.
* In 2017, they beat Mercer the week after Mercer almost took down, SEC West Champion, Auburn
* They also took SoCon Champion, Wofford, to the wire in 2017 - http://www.espn.com/college-football...meId=400951363
* They have NEVER lost a Playoff game to a Non-Scholarship Team

With their continued rise, the SoCon truly is 8 (of 9) Teams DEEP. Honestly, I would only truly be surprised if VMI were the SoCon Champion in 2018. All of the other 8 SoCon Teams all have a shot at the Title & are potential Playoff Teams.