SAC Pick Em Week 8 and Standings

[canadarican]

Here are the standings through 7 weeks.

		WINS	MOV
1	jayhawkdaddy	47	106
2	cavsfan94	46	164
3	Tarheel42	46	150
4	canadarican	46	137
5	Mule	45	138
6	87Bear	45	138
7	BEARS	44	128
8	Eagle74	39	103
9	Hailscarlet&gray	38	124
10	LRBearsfan	34	98
11	ctrabs74	31	126
12	cneagle99	27	65
13	MarsHillU2022	11	31

And here are this week's matchups

Carson-Newman at Mars Hill
Emory & Henry at Tusculum
UVA Wise at Erskine
Newberry at Lenoir-Rhyne
Barton at Wingate
Limestone at Catawba

[canadarican]

And here are some matchup previews I put together for this week's games.


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Carson-Newman	at	Mars Hill
3-4, 2-3 SAC	Record	4-2, 4-1 SAC
W1	Streak	W2
Last Meeting
Mars Hill W, 49-23 (2021)
21.6 (8th)	Scoring Offense	27.5 (5th)
341.4 (7th)	Total YPG	381.0 (2nd)
110.1 (12th)	Passing Offense	179.3 (7th)
231.3 (1st)	Rushing Offense	201.7 (2nd)
23.7 (6th)	Scoring Defense	18.8 (4th)
330.6 (7th)	Total Defense	272.2 (3rd)
170.0 (7th)	Pass Defense	195.7 (9th)
160.6 (7th)	Run Defense	76.5 (2nd)
Massey
Mars Hill wins 30-17. 80% WP

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Emory & Henry	at	Tusculum
4-3, 3-2 SAC	Record	6-1, 4-1 SAC
L1	Streak	W4
Last Meeting
26.7 (6th)	Scoring Offense	30.1 (4th)
325.3 (8th)	Total YPG	377.0 (4th)
213.9 (2nd)	Passing Offense	196.6 (5th)
111.4 (10th)	Rushing Offense	180.4 (6th)
26.0 (8th)	Scoring Defense	15.1 (2nd)
317.7 (5th)	Total Defense	279.9 (4th)
194.4 (8th)	Pass Defense	156.1 (4th)
123.3 (4th)	Run Defense	123.7 (5th)
Massey
Pioneers win 31-17, 80 % WP

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UVA Wise	at	Erskine
1-6, 0-5 SAC	Record	2-5, 0-5 SAC
L6	Streak	L5
Last Meeting
First Meeting
17.7 (12th)	Scoring Offense	18.0 (T-10th)
343.3 (6th)	Total YPG	219.6 (12th)
197.9 (4th)	Passing Offense	162.7 (10th)
145.4 (8th)	Rushing Offense	56.9 (12th)
30.1 (10th)	Scoring Defense	28.0 (9th)
338.6 (8th)	Total Defense	360.9 (10th)
152.1 (3rd)	Pass Defense	160.0 (5th)
186.4 (8th)	Run Defense	200.9 (10th)
Massey
UVA Wise wins 27-20, 65% WP

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Newberry		Lenoir-Rhyne
6-1, 4-1 SAC	Record	6-1, 5-0 SAC
W2	Streak	W5
Last Meeting
Newberry W, 28-21 (2021)
31.0 (3rd)	Scoring Offense	35.1 (1st)
369.1 (5th)	Total YPG	377.7 (3rd)
175.7 (8th)	Passing Offense	213.9 (3rd)
193.4 (3rd)	Rushing Offense	163.9 (7th)
19.6 (5th)	Scoring Defense	17.0 (3rd)
324.9 (6th)	Total Defense	266.1 (2nd)
198.9 (10th)	Pass Defense	164.3 (6th)
126.0 (6th)	Run Defense	101.9 (3rd)
Massey
Bears win 31-21, 76% WP

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Barton	at	Wingate
2-5, 1-4 SAC	Record	6-1, 4-1 SAC
L4	Streak	W3
Last Meeting
Barton W, 26-20 in OT (2021)
18.0 (T-10th)	Scoring Offense	23.7 (7th)
313.0 (10th)	Total YPG	323.3 (9th)
125.9 (11th)	Passing Offense	183.4 (6th)
187.1 (5th)	Rushing Offense	139.9 (9th)
24.9 (7th)	Scoring Defense	9.3 (1st)
351.7 (9th)	Total Defense	202.7 (1st)
151.4 (2nd)	Pass Defense	130.1 (1st)
200.3 (9th)	Run Defense	72.4 (1st)
Massey
Wingate wins 24-13, 81% WP

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Limestone	at	Catawba
4-3, 3-2 SAC	Record	1-6, 0-5 SAC
L2	Streak	L6
Last Meeting
Limestone W, 52-24 (2019)
32.7 (2nd)	Scoring Offense	19.9 (9th)
429.4 (1st)	Total YPG	269.6 (11th)
237.0 (1st)	Passing Offense	172.7 (9th)
192.4 (4th)	Rushing Offense	96.8 (11th)
30.4 (11th)	Scoring Defense	34.4 (12th)
439.7 (11th)	Total Defense	450.6 (12th)
224.4 (12th)	Pass Defense	219.6 (11th)
215.3 (11th)	Run Defense	231.0 (12th)
Massey
Limestone wins 34-27, 67% WP

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[LRBearsfan]

Carson-Newman at Mars Hill by 14
Emory & Henry by 7 at Tusculum
UVA Wise at Erskine by 7
Newberry at Lenoir-Rhyne by 14
Barton at Wingate by 17
Limestone by 14 at Catawba

[BEARS]

Carson-Newman at Mars Hill - Don't see this one going any other way. Mars Hill impressed last week and I still believe them to be the favorites in the Mountain. Massey is probably right, Lions by 13 (30-17).
Emory & Henry at Tusculum - Tusculum are such a strange team this year. They could have (should have) lost to Wise last week, but also have shown signs of dominance this year against CN, Catawba, and St Augs. I'll say TU for now, but don't be surprised if the bad Pioneers show up. Neers by 3 (23-20)
UVA Wise at Erskine - Idk, probably Wise? What's the status on Redwine? Highland cavs by 7 (28-21)
Newberry at Lenoir-Rhyne - Two best teams in the conference and I'm not sure it's terribly close. If you asked me at the beginning of the year who the better team was I'd have said Newberry. But the Wolves have looked unimpressive the past few weeks while the Bears have really surged. This is the home stretch for both teams with Wingate barking down the pipeline. Think Dre Harris plays which should be a boost to the Wolves, but LR is too good at stopping the things Newberry wants to do (run the ball). McGee and co put the rest of the SAC rushers on high alert for who has the best running game (Bears by a good margin). It's homecoming, Moretz will be rocking. Newberry keeps it close but the Bears take this one by 8. (28-20)
Barton at Wingate - Barton are nothing without their running game. LR took that away from them last week and Wingate has the ability to do it again this week. Maybe the Bulldogs found the tonic for their offensive woes during a wild fourth quarter last week. Dawgs win by 13 in a game of field goals (19-6)
Limestone at Catawba - I say it every week, but poor CatU. Limestone all over the Indians by 21 (35-14)

[Tarheel42]

Mars Hill by 10
Tusculum by 6
Wise by 6
LR by 10
Wingate by 13
Limestone by 17

[jayhawkdaddy]

Carson-Newman at Mars Hill by 21
UVA Wise by 13 at Erskine
Newberry at Lenoir-Rhyne by 9
Barton at Wingate by 14
Limestone by 23 at Catawba
Emory & Henry at Tusculum by 9

[Eagle74]

Mars Hill by 28
Tusculum by 14
Erskine by 7
LR by 18
Barton by 13
Limestone by 14

[87Bear]

MH by 15
TU by 10
VA Wise by 4
LR by 7
WU by 24
Limestone by 14

[Hailscarlet&gray]

Okay, here it goes:

Carson Newman (3-4) vs. Mars Hill (4-2)- Mars Hill will win this with a really good defensive play Mars Hill by 10
Emory & Henry (4-3) vs. Tusculum (6-1)- I think this game will end up much closer than most think. Tusculum by 1
UVA Wise (1-6) vs. Erskine (2-5)- Erskine's Offense has struggled all year and I think they will continue to struggle here. UVA Wise by 10
NEWBERRY (6-1) vs. Lenior-Rhyne (6-1) As much as it pains me to say this, the LR defense will win this game by shutting down the NEWBERRY offense- Lenior-Rhyne by 10
Barton (2-5) vs. Wingate (6-1)- Wingate has a really good defense and Barton will struggle to move the ball. Wingate by 10
Limestone (4-3) vs. Catawba (1-6)- This will be a strange game. Limestone has looked really good this year on offense; however, their defense is nothing to write home about. On the other side, Catawba may be the weakest team in the SAC this year, struggling on both sides of the ball. I think Limestone will score and score often. Limestone by 17

[MarsHillU2022]

CN VS MHU- Im going to go with the Home team in this one and my early SAC champion prediction. The Lions may have one of the best defenses in not only the Sac but D2. Lions by 14( 28-14)
E&H vs Tusculum- I like Emory and to tough this game out and win by 7
Wise vs Erskine: Wise wins by 14
Newberry vs LR: if Dre Harris plays this could be a toss up but for now LR by 14
BC vs Wingate: Wingate by 13
Limestone vs Catawba: Limestone by 28

[Mule]

Mars Hill by 14
Tusculum by 10
Erskine by 7
Lenoir-Rhyne by 14
Wingate by 17
Limestone by 17

[cavsfan94]

Carson-Newman at Mars Hill (by 14)
Emory & Henry (by 7) at Tusculum
UVA-Wise (by 4) at Erskine
Newberry at Lenoir-Rhyne (by 7)
Barton at Wingate (by 17)
Limestone (by 10) at Catawba

[canadarican]

Mars Hill by 14
Tusculum by 10
Wise by 17
LR by 20
Wingate by 14
Limestone by 17

Looking forward to being at the Mars Hill/Carson-Newman game today.