SouthAlabamaMocFan

Hey man, thanks to the most of you, I look forward to coming down to Tampa..One of my buddies from my hometown here in South Bama is a prominent lawyer in the Tampa area and I hope and plan to stay in his condo in Clearwater. I look forward to checking USF off of the bucket list of college football venues that I have been to across the country. I hope you guys have a great season. Looking forward to it .

I am a realist first of all. I am also a former player at UTC. And you can believe me or not believe me, but this is the first year in 10 or more years that I have felt good about this Chattanooga team. Chattanooga's program was destroyed because coach after coach kept leaving this program for bigger jobs and it finally caught up with us. For the first time, we have a coach, whom is a former player at Chattanooga and former defensive coordinator of the Div 1AA National Champions Richmond Spiders. They were so successful that not only Coach Huesman left but also head coach Mike London left to become head coach at Virginia. Russ also had a son that was solid Div 1 recruit at quarterback with offers on the table from many Div 1 programs but chose to attend Chattanooga and play under his dad and will be a freshman this year Jacob Huesman. Russ Huesman has now had 3 or 4 years to recruit and get the guys he wants and I am telling you, you will see a sound football team on the field. I am not sitting here proclaiming that this team will beat you guys, but I am warning you, this is a better football team that what shows on paper. They have a very dangerous threat at quarterback that will introduced to college football on the opener with you guys. This Robinson kid has wheels. I have not felt this good about a season in a long time, but I will guarantee you this, this Chattanooga team will fight you and will not lay down on you guys. They have some good players on this team, a few from SEC/ACC type programs. I expect Chattanooga to win 8 or 9 games this season and be in the playoffs for Div 1 FCS . And I will say this, after many disasterous years, it is nice to finally have a little hope going into the season. I played for Chattanooga in the late 80s and early 90s under Coach Buddy Nix who is now General Manager of the Buffalo Bills. This was the last years that this Chattanooga program had any fight to them, but I honestly think these guys will be better. Im sure you guys have the better and faster players, I just wanted to give you some honest feedback from a Moc fan about our team. I reside just above the Florida line in Dothan, Alabama. I am from SE Alabama originally. Just to give you a little information on the Southern Conference. For an FCS ( Football Championship Series Div. 1) conference, the Southern Conference is the cream of the crop. Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, Furman, Citadel ( have modern day wins over South Carolina and Arkansas) and Wofford has gotten very competitive of late. The teams listed have and will slip up on bigger teams every now and then. As for Chattanooga, it is a beautiful urban city with a very scenic and vigorous nightlife that is nestled at the foot of Lookout Mountain . The city is surrounded by mountains and the Tennessee River runs right through the Chattanooga campus. It was a great place to go to school and dont let this pics I saw on this forum fool you, there are lots of beautiful ladies at UTC. I am right above Panama City and Destin Florida, so trust me, I am qualified for my opinion on this. Sorry to bore you guys and gals, but from one moc fan I wish you guys the best of luck. I hope neither teams suffer any injuries. I will be attending the game and I look forward to it. May the better team win, Im out..take care..........