Football Realignment: What is the Big South to do?
In the summer of 2021, the Southeastern Conference shocked the college sports world by adding Texas and Oklahoma to the current 14 teams. By the time, the game of musical chairs had ended, the changes had reached Wofford’s doorstep at the edge of the Southern Conference. James Madison was called up from FCS to take…
JamesKWofford’s Support for Football
There has been a great of recent discussion in these boards regarding Wofford’s support for its football program. Reviewing a number of financial factors from the 2019 Department of Education Equity in Athletics Data Analysis, it appears Wofford College has a high level of financial support for its Football program. (I used 2019 to avoid…
Football Scheduling
Wofford football won their first game over the weekend, ending a 16-game losing streak. The true story of the losing streak reflects much more on the team’s schedule than the team’s skill. In the combined computer rating, Wofford is 80th of 130 FCS teams this week (link); they were only a dozen places lower before…
What Should We Expect From Wofford Football This Year?
Hey folks, I realized in the last couple of days I hadn’t posted anything about Football season (We kick off the season today!). That’s because it’s been a weird offseason for reasons so obvious I don’t need to elaborate on. So I’m just going to give a few random thoughts, and all of them sound…
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