ETSU faces another rivalry week when Chattanooga comes to town on Saturday
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — For the second week in a row, the ETSU Buccaneer football team finds itself locked in a fierce rivalry game, this time welcoming the Chattanooga Mocs to William B. Greene, Jr. Stadium. The Bucs were riding high, still buzzing from an impressive win over Western Carolina just a week prior […]
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — For the second week in a row, the ETSU Buccaneer football team finds itself locked in a fierce rivalry game, this time welcoming the Chattanooga Mocs to William B. Greene, Jr. Stadium.The Bucs were riding high, still buzzing from an impressive win over Western Carolina just a week prior in the hard-fought Blue Ridge Border Battle. Now they host a league-unbeaten Chattanooga squad for the annual Rail Rivalry. The Mocs hold a 28-19-1 lead in the all-time series, including a heartbreaking 42-38 victory over ETSU last season at Finley Stadium.Only 217 miles separated the two campuses, creating a natural geographic hatred among the fanbases. Yet, Chattanooga head coach Rusty Wright, who remained unbeaten against ETSU in six tries, downplayed the emotional weight of the matchup during his weekly press conference."It's good for the fans. Great for the fans, the schools. You know what? We've never treated anybody any differently. And it didn't matter if it was Alabama or Austin Peay. We're just going to go play football. That's when we have to go. We got to go play football at the end of the day," Wright said.Safety Jaden Nelson offered his perspective on the ...