{"id":118616,"date":"2024-09-10T22:10:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T05:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herosports.com\/?p=118616"},"modified":"2024-09-10T22:10:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T05:10:28","slug":"fcs-caa-socon-matchups-providing-gauge-bzbz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herosports.com\/fcs-caa-socon-matchups-providing-gauge-bzbz\/","title":{"rendered":"FCS Daily Dose: CAA-SoCon Matchups Providing Good Gauge Of Conferences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/herosports.com\/college-football\/fcs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FCS<\/a>&nbsp;Daily Dose is a blog-style article series featuring an assortment of news, rumblings, quick hitters, and commentary on various topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new Daily Dose will be published multiple times a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-black-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b673653d gb-headline-text\"><strong>New Customer Offers at BetMGM<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-text-color has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betmgm.com\/en\/mobileportal\/register?utm_source=herosports&amp;utm_medium=green_button&amp;utm_campaign=registration_page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>New Customers: Up to $1,500 in Bonus Bets<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-0cebdcd1 gb-headline-text\"><em>Bonus Bets Expire in 7 Days. 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Also, playing every team in your conference could be an advantage because the bottom of the standings might not be very good, and truly nationally elite teams shouldn&#8217;t be losing to bottom conference foes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, after making the league offices both happy and mad in those two paragraphs above, let&#8217;s make them happy again by giving kudos to the teams for scheduling several CAA-SoCon matchups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>FCS Top 25:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/herosports.com\/fcs-top-25-sam-herder-ballot-9-9-2024-bzbz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sam Herder\u2019s Ballot<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conference reputation goes a long way in playoff seed and at-large selections, even if it&#8217;s a subconscious thing for playoff committee members. 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