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Week 1 brought a little bit of everything in the Southland: SFA stayed perfect, McNeese exploded offensively and several programs got an early reality check against FBS competition. Here’s everything that happened around the league.

Blowouts, an FBS upset, lightning and a nonconference game between league foes highlight Week 1. Week 1 of Southern Conference football had nearly everything. It was indeed almost all here, even if the tagline of the former commissioner for the league is looking for new employment. Even though everyone had already played a game, the first full week of the season saw the league go 5-5 (including the nonconference game between Chattanooga and Tennessee Tech as 1-1), which would