The Western Carolina Catamounts are a 7-5 team that lost to Gardner-Webb and Elon. They beat Wofford by two points. Compared to the Alabama Crimson Tide, the Catamounts might not be equal to Alabama's scout team.
Mercer beat Western Carolina by a score of 49-47. The Catamount quarterback, Taron Dickens, passed for 551 yards and seven touchdowns. Against Mercer, Auburn's freshman and sudden-phenom, Deuce Knight, passed for 239 yards and two touchdowns. A fair argument from Aubies would be that Knight could have passed for more yards, but didn't need to. He also rushed for 162 yards in the game.