The top half of the Gulf South Conference used Week 6 to create separation from the bottom half, and the emphatic results make for a Week 7 with high stakes.

When a team rallies from a halftime deficit in college football, among the first questions a reporter asks of a head coach is invariably, What did you say to the guys in the locker room?

From unranked to start the season to the top 15 of the poll, both West Alabama and West Georgia have made emphatic statements to start the 2021 season.

Eight up, seven down: The Gulf South Conference could not have had a much better start than its opening week to the 2021 season.

Gulf South Conference football boasts six national championships and 10 title-game appearances since the beginning of the 21st century. With the last two NCAA Div. II national championships to its credit, as well, projecting a title contender to emerge from the GSC is a pretty safe preseason call.