[Sly Fox]

Here is the lineup for our 2006 opponents this Saturday:


South Carolina State
Coastal Carolina
12:30 pm
A budding rivalry between two schools off to disappointing starts


Glenville State
Shepherd
1:00 pm
GSC faces WVIAC favorite


#1 Appalachian State
Gardner-Webb
6:00 pm
A great opportunity for the Bulldogs & Big South despite overwhelming odds


St. Pauls
Fayetteville State
6:00 pm
The Tigers open CIAA play


Wake Forest
Ole Miss
6:00 pm
The Deacons head deep into the heart of SEC country


Towson
Hofstra
7:00 pm
The Tigers look to get their offense back on track in their CAA opener


VMI
William & Mary
7:00 pm
The game of most interest to LU fans with two opponents going head-to-head over in Williamsburg


Western Carolina
Furman
7:00 pm
A classic SoCon showdown and an opportunity to see just how good WCU really is


Charleston Southern is idle this week.

[Stevev]

I can sense a few blowouts here this week.

[Sly Fox]

I can sense them as well. But there are several key matchups (especially in Conway & BJU country) that I will be watching very closely.

[SuperJon]

Coastal's got some key defensive guys out and SCSU is looking for revenge. They're expecting a record number (more than the 8000 at JMU last year) for the game.


Western's ranked this week but Furman is just down right good and it's in Greenville. I think Furman takes it.



GW has no chance against App. They're expecting record numbers for that one too.

[Stevev]

This week will show just how bad the Big South really is.

[bigsmooth]

VMI will get whipped as will GW, but i feelcoastal will win a close one.....and of course LU wins too

[ATrain]

Unfortunately for the Big South VMI and GW get slaughtered, but CCU pulls one out in overtime and LU wins easily against SSU.

[BJWilliams]

Coastal slams SCSU 33-14

[Chris Lang]

It was close until Coastal scored 23 in the fourth.

[Schfourteenteen]

I noticed on ESPN they said the same thing until ... &confId=40

[jimflamesfan]

Appy State only leads Gardner Webb 6-3...I think there's 3 minutes left in the half...

[BJWilliams]

Looks like itll be a push today boys

Appy State up 41-3 in the 4th, Williams and Mary up 21-3 in the 3rd and CCU and LU both post wins on the day

[Sly Fox]

I would say the results are about what we would expect. Obviously Wake looked solid at Ole Miss and Towson had a big win on the road at Hofstra. Otherwise, I don't see any reason why we don't have a great shot at winning every game after next week.

South Carolina State - 14
Coastal Carolina - 33
Final


Glenville State - 6
Shepherd - 23
Final


#1 Appalachian State - 41
Gardner-Webb - 6
Final


St. Pauls - 24
Fayetteville State - 21
Final


Wake Forest - 27
Ole Miss - 3
Final


Towson - 33
Hofstra - 30
Final


VMI - 6
William & Mary - 38
Final


Western Carolina - 7
Furman - 42
Final

Charleston Southern is idle this week.

[SuperJon]

App is #2, not #1. UNH is #1. Western, despite the loss today, worries me more than any other team on the schedule.

[Sly Fox]

Duly noted, SJ.

BTW the Towson QB that we confounded last week went off atHofstra throwing for 458 yards and 3 TDs. Perhaps our defense is better than we are giving them credit for right now. I'm really curious to see how they stack up against the Deacs.

[Stevev]

There is no reason right now to complain about the defense even with the weak competition we have faced. The verdict is still out about the offense or the lack of a passing game as well as a quarterback that can lead the team. We have not had a real good quarterback since Ben Anderson and that has been quit a while ago. We will have to wait and see if something materializes with Brock Smith or Zach Terrill. If not the transfere route may be the best option or somehow can get that Blue Chip recruit to come to LU.

[Stevev]

Okay now to get back on subject. I think that the Big South showed this week that it is not too legit right now in football.

[krh44]

Rutger 56
Howard 7

Probably a good thing we dropped the Rutgers game!

[PAmedic]

Rutgers has been tough this year. Actually, the whole Big East has improved- though sometimes you have nowhere to go but up!

[bigsmooth]

GMTM and i watched the app st./GWU game, and boy was that a whoopin! GWU was just not even ready for this game.