The Bizarro World - Southern Conference style

[World]

Something funny is going on when you have Appalachian State and Georgia Southern at 2-4 in the Southern Conference, yet Chattanooga and Samford at 5-1 and 4-1, respectfully:

http://www.ncaa.com/standings/football/fcs

[chattownmocs]

Something funny is going on when you have Appalachian State and Georgia Southern at 2-4 in the Southern Conference, yet Chattanooga and Samford at 5-1 and 4-1, respectfully:

http://www.ncaa.com/standings/football/fcs

Like what? App State, Wofford, and GSU were 6-2 last year. Samford, Chattanooga, and the Citadel were 5-3. The Socon has been deep for awhile now.

[NoDak 4 Ever]

Like what? App State, Wofford, and GSU were 6-2 last year. Samford, Chattanooga, and the Citadel were 5-3. The Socon has been deep for awhile now.

http://www.imrcorp.com/Portals/11795/images/you_keep_using_that_word.jpg

[Bisonwinagn]

Question? Did App State and Georgia Southern quit this year knowing they had nothing to play for or are there other reasons? Injuries, loss of talent, etc.

[chattanoogamocs]

Question? Did App State and Georgia Southern quit this year knowing they had nothing to play for or are there other reasons? Injuries, loss of talent, etc.

Depends on who you ask.

(sorry I can't give a better answer)

[cmaxwellgsu]

Question? Did App State and Georgia Southern quit this year knowing they had nothing to play for or are there other reasons? Injuries, loss of talent, etc.

We're pretty depleted by injuries, and our coaches have been doing some crazy things offensively. I haven't seen any quit from the team. I'm sure App fans will be more detailed, but it seems they're having some growing pains dealing with a new staff.

[FCS_pwns_FBS]

Question? Did App State and Georgia Southern quit this year knowing they had nothing to play for or are there other reasons? Injuries, loss of talent, etc.

Sometimes you just get snake-bit. EWU had a team in 2011 that should've been very good but their team got ransacked with injuries and they struggled mightily.

[chattanoogamocs]

I don't think any team would intentionally quit...but I think any team can get beat down enough mentally (especially when there have been a bunch of injuries) when things are going well and when you don't have a true goal.

And I think you can get to the point where you just start playing for next year (getting young players experience, working on different looks)

But, in defense of Chattanooga...they were picked in the pre-season to be right there as a SoCon championship contender and, so far, they have done just that.

[walliver]

Question? Did App State and Georgia Southern quit this year knowing they had nothing to play for or are there other reasons? Injuries, loss of talent, etc.

Old Dominion has "nothing to play for" this year, but has won all the games they were supposed to (and lost all their BCS level games).
App State has off-seaon drama with the firing of Jerry Moore, issues with recruiting the last few years, and a coaching transition that has been quite rough.
GSU is just having one of those years.

Getting back to the "Bizarro World", there are a lot of SoCon teams playing RS and true freshmen. A number of SoCon teams will be much stronger next year. It will take a few OOC wins and playoff wins to put teams back in the Top 10 again, but it won't be long.

Sammy and Chatty's performances have not been particularly surprising to SoCon fans.
GSU has been surprising, and ASU has been shocking.