Friday, October 31, 2014

SoCon Football Picks - Week #10



It's week ten, and at the start of the season, few would have thought probably the biggest game of the Southern Conference season would take place in week ten.

Given the four games that are on tap this weekend, most would have thought this week would be a cake-walk week for the four teams expected to lead the conference in the preseason. With Samford playing Concordia, Furman at VMI, the Citadel at Mercer, and finally the preseason favorite, Chattanooga at lowly Western Carolina.   Yep, in preseason, this looked to be cup-cake week in the SoCon for the preseason top four.

Fortunately, those preseason predictions haven't held up very well.  As we now know, league leading Chattanooga visits, the other league leader, Western Carolina in week ten.  So, who would have dreamed it  in the preseason, Western Carolina playing for first place in the SoCon, in week 10.

Chattanooga at Western Carolina
2:00 pm ET - E.J. Whitmire Stadium (13,742) in Cullowhee, NC
Watch on SoCon Digital Network
Our pick - Catamounts win -  38-31

Furman at VMI
1:30 pm ET - Foster Stadium (10,000) in Lexington, VA
Watch on SoCon Digital Network
Our Pick - Keydets win,  35-24

Concordia College at Samford 
3 pm ET - Seibert Stadium (6,700) in Birmingham, AL
Watch on SoCon Digital Network
Our Pick - Bulldogs win, 42-7

The Citadel at Mercer
4 pm ET - Mercer University Stadium (10,200) in Macon, Ga
Watch on ESPN3
Out Pick - the Bulldogs win, 35-31   



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