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By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA — Here is a game-by-game synopsis of the previous 33 title games in the history of the NCAA Division I Football Championships, beginning with the first Football Championship Subdivision title clash in 1978, through the 2010 campaign.
By Kyle Roth Special To the College Sports Journal FARGO, N.D. — Within a few hours of Sam Houston State’s ticket-punching victory over Montana, Bearkat fans’ mandated allotment of 4,000 tickets to the game in Frisco, TX, were gone. Barely a day after the Bison dominated Georgia Southern 35-7 and sealed a chance to.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — In Fargo, North Dakota State is buzzing with excitement as they are headed to the Division I National Championship game after dominating six-time Division I NCAA National Champion Georgia Southern 35-7 this past weekend. And in Huntsville, Sam Houston State eagerly awaits, basically,.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota State did something even Alabama couldn’t accomplish Saturday in the NCAA Division I Football Championship semifinals. The Bison held Georgia Southern’s lethal triple option to just seven points and limited the Eagles to 186 yards rushing on the way.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal HUNTSVILLE, TX. — Tim Flanders was the main man when Sam Houston State built a 21-0 lead in the first quarter of its NCAA Division I Football Championship semifinal game Friday night against Montana at Bowers Stadium. And Flanders was there again at the end.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The last time that Montana ventured into Huntsville, TX. to take on Sam Houston State, the Grizzlies shocked the Football Championship Subdivision — by getting crushed by Sam Houston State, 41-29. On Friday, No. 4 seed Montana (11-2) will return to Bowers.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal STATESBORO, GA. — Five years ago, when Georgia Southern and North Dakota State met for the first time, then-GSU coach Brian VanGorder looked at NDSU after suffering a 34-14 loss at Paulson Stadium with admiration. “I look at North Dakota State and that’s where.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor’s note: This is another in the College Sports Journal Classic series. It was originally published in the College Sporting News on Sept. 8, 2006 after the death of legendary Georgia Southern coach Erk Russell. One interesting historical fact is that in the conclusion, the.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal HUNTSVILLE, TX. — It was billed as a shootout against Texas high school all-stars, but only one side’s guns were blazing. Sam Houston State bowled over Montana State’s front seven for an eye-popping 428 yards rushing, cruising to a 21-6 halftime lead and coasting.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal FARGO, N.D. — In the end, not having junior WR Ryan Spadola didn’t matter for Lehigh In front of more than 18,000 loud North Dakota State fans, and a fearsome Bison defense, the Mountain Hawks couldn’t overcome the injuries, the noise, and their own miscues in the 24-0.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal STATESBORO, GA. — Until a couple of weeks ago, Jerick McKinnon was a stalwart in the Georgia Southern triple-option attack. But with the Eagle secondary finding itself more depleted as the season went on, McKinnon was asked to make a difficult personal sacrifice before.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal MISSOULA, MT. — Jabin Sambrano was a genuine playoff hero at Washington-Grizzly Stadium before Montana’s 48-10 victory over Northern Iowa on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Football Championships. Quarterback Jordan Johnson wrote his name into that pantheon of stars.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal FARGO, N.D. — Let’s say you’re a Lehigh player right now. Today, you learned that your star receiver, junior WR Ryan Spadola, was suspended by the NCAA by making an offensive tweet. To call it a distraction would be the understatement of the.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal HUNTSVILLE, TX. — It comes as no surprise that a game at Sam Houston State would feature a lot of athletes who played their high school ball in Texas. It might come as a surprise, though, how many of those athletes are suiting up for.
David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Northern Iowa and Montana are no strangers to the NCAA Division I Football Championships, as two of the powerhouse programs in the Football Championship Subdivision. But when the No. 4-seeded Grizzlies (10-2) and the No. 5-seeded Panthers (10-2) square off Friday night.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — On Saturday, it was a head-scratching lead-in on head coach Andy Coen’s press conference on Lehigh’s historic 40-38 win over Towson in the playoffs. The consensus from the folks I talked to coming out of the room was: why would you lead the press.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal STATESBORO, GA — It was only a matter of minutes after his team had finished up its press conference following a 34-12 road victory over Appalachian State in an NCAA Division I Football Championship second-round game and Maine coach Jack Cosgrove was already thinking about.
By Donal Ware Boxtorow.com Special to College Sports Journal When Anthony Jones’ Alabama A&M Bulldogs, the representative of the Eastern Division, meet Doug Williams’ Grambling State Tigers the West champion, in the Southwest Conference Football Championship game at Legion Field in Birmingham on Saturday, it will mark the second time the two coaches have gone.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal TOWSON, MD. — It was billed as a shootout between two of the top offenses of the Football Championship Subdivision. And it was, indeed, a shootout between the the tough running game of Towson, and the precision passing game of Lehigh. But no one would have predicted.
A little rest and relaxation worked wonders for the Black Bears, who returned to form for a stunning 34-12 victory over Appalachian State Saturday in the second round of the NCAA Division I Football Championships before 15,291 fans at Kidd Brewer Stadium.
David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor’s note: CSJ Publisher/Managing Editor Chuck Burton contributed to the capsules for this column. BOONE, N.C. — Sam Houston State should beware. When you are the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Division I Football Championships, people are watching you and teams like Stony Brook.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — If past performance were indicative of how things are going to go this Saturday, Lehigh would have nothing to worry about in the second round of the NCAA Division I Football Championships. In 11 meetings with the Towson, Lehigh has gone 10-1.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal BOONE, N.C. — The last time Maine traveled to Appalachian State for an NCAA Division I Football Championship playoff game in 2002, it took two and a half days for game film from the two schools to make it between Orono, ME. and this mountain.
by Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — While doing research this week for the matchup between the Tigers and Mountain Hawks, I looked into the archives of my blog, as I often do, for special insight on the history of the team Lehigh is to face. You might think.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor’s note: This is the one in a series of three historical articles from the David Coulson archives that take readers back to the last time Maine traveled to Appalachian State for a first-round playoff game, in 2002. The two teams meet again on Saturday.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor’s note: This is the one in a series of three historical articles from the David Coulson archives that take readers back to the last time Maine traveled to Appalachian State for a first-round playoff game, in 2002. The two teams meet again on Saturday.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor’s note: This is the one in a series of three historical articles from the David Coulson archives that take readers back to the last time Maine traveled to Appalachian State for a first-round playoff game, in 2002. The two teams meet again on Saturday.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — At the conclusion of the Central Arkansas Bears’ 34-14 victory over Tennessee tech, Bears special teams player Rojae Jackson wrote on a coaches’ marker board, “See y’all in Montana.” Oddly enough, the fact that not enough people would potential be able to.
(Photo Credit:Karl Merton Ferron, the Baltimore Sun) It was a poorly-kept secret that U.S. President Barack Obama would be making the first-ever presidential visit of Towson. The first basketball fan, whose brother-in-law is Craig Robinson, the head basketball coach of visiting Oregon State. was there to see a Division I basketball game. But when the game was.
College Sports Journal News Reports COOKEVILLE, TN. — It may have been the first Division I Football postseason game for Central Arkansas, but the Bears looked anything like newcomers in a 34-14 thrashing of Tennessee Tech Saturday at Tucker Stadium. Led by the play of quarterback Nathan Dick on offense and a stingy.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal RICHMOND, KY. — You couldn’t blame place kicker Cameron Starke and his James Madison teammates for thinking they were experiencing a Deja Vu moment at the end of Saturday’s NCAA Division I Football first-round playoff game at Eastern Kentucky. Starke had drilled a 40-yard field.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal (Photo Credit: Old Dominion University players block a field goal attempt by Norfolk State University’s Ryan Estep on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011, Ross Taylor, The Virginian-Pilot) Full Viriginian-Pilot photo gallery here. NORFOLK, VA. — For a brief moment, the loud voices in Old Dominion’s vociferous.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal (Photo Credit: Albany’s Brian Parker (49) tries to tackle Stony Brook’s Dominick Reyes (24) after he makes the interception off a tipped pass for the win. (Nov. 26, 2011) Joseph D. Sullivan.) Full Newsday photo album here. STONY BROOK, N.Y. — When you know.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — James Madison and Eastern Kentucky are two teams with championship histories, but their routes to the NCAA Division I Football Playoffs have been more like postseason upstarts. James Madison won the 2004 national title and was top-seeded and reached the semifinals.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal STONY BROOK, N.Y. — One thing is certain when two playoff newcomers, Albany and Stony Brook, meet Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. at LaValle Stadium in the first round of the NCAA Division I Football Championships. Either the Big South, or Northeast Conference will.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal NORFOLK, VA. — Old Dominion’s and Norfolk State’s football stadiums are separated by a mere 4.2 miles, yet they have never played each other. But this Saturday, the Monarchs and Spartans will be playing in the perennially sold-out Foreman Field in the first round of the.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — To say that the folks at Tennessee Tech and Central Arkansas are excited about their first-round NCAA Division I Football Championship playoff game this weekend would be an understatement. For the Bears, it will be the first Division I postseason game ever for.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal In this special CSJ classic, Chuck Burton talks a little bit about the special upset that almost happened between Central Arkansas and Louisiana Tech earlier this season. PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Central Arkansas almost lived the dream this past Saturday night. Clint Conque’s Bears had their FBS.
College Sports Journal News Report MONTGOMERY, AL. — On the Alabama State football website, you can easily find a graphic that says “One Team, One Dream, Unfinished Business.” For the Hornets, the “unfinished business” portion has additional meaning as well. In this 98th meeting between the Hornets and Division II Tuskegee.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor’s Note: It is time to get back into the Wayback Machine with Mr. Peabody and his boy, Sherman (anybody remember the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show?) for a ride back to 2002 in what was then called I-AA. It is the final day of the.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — If I lived in the world of science fiction, how fun would it be to transform into a fly on the wall as the NCAA Division I Football Committee do their playoff deliberations each year in Indianapolis, IN? This weekend would have.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — At the FCS level, college football fans like to picture their pristine subdivision free of the political wrangling that seems to dominate the headlines in the BCS, with its crazy computer polls and politicking for position. They groan about the inordinate influence TV.
From the NCAA News Service College Sports Journal INDIANAPOLIS, IN. — The field of 20 teams competing for the 2011 NCAA Division I Football Championship was announced today by the NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee. Sam Houston State University (11-0) tops the bracket as the top seed after capturing the automatic qualifying berth from.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — This time of the year there are a lot of people who suddenly think of themselves as Football Championship Subdivision prognosticators. Everyone wants to pick the 20 teams that will be in the field and take their turn at making a dream.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — As if there wasn’t already enough on the line during the final weekend of the regular season for Football Championship Subdivision teams, as if fighting for playoff berths were not enough to get a fan jazzed about Saturday, consider this. It’s also.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal BETHLEHEM, PA. — It’s tempting, if you’re a Lehigh fan, to look ahead. After all, no matter what happens on Saturday, Lehigh will be playing football again after the 147th meeting between Lehigh and Lafayette at 12:30 p.m. at Goodman Stadium. There’s a school of thought.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Having completed the minefield of competition in the Southern Conference with their first football championship since 2004, the Georgia Southern Eagles are aiming a little higher this weekend. The Eagles are headed to historic Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, AL. to take.
Below the flip, see the latest FCS polls for the week of 11/12/2011. Any Given Saturday No. 1: Montana State The Sports Network No. 1: Montana State Coaches’ Poll No. 1: Montana State BoxToRow FCS HBCU Media Poll: Winston-Salem State BoxToRow FCS HBCU Coaches Poll: Norfolk State Sheridan Broadcasting Network FCS HBCU Poll: Winston-Salem State
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal BALTIMORE, MD. — The first time I ever cast eyes on the Norfolk State football team, it wasn’t a pretty sight. I wouldn’t have thought then that I’d be watching the Spartans win a MEAC championship in person just eight years later, with a.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal BETHLEHAM, PA. — It was billed as the Patriot League championship game — a winner-take-all contest between the two best teams in the Patriot League in 2011. In the end, though, the game ended up looking a lot like the last 11 times the Hoyas lined.
