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By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan’s NCAA FCS Week 5 Preview – the Eastern Washington Eagles vs. the Sam Houston State Bearkats – is presented by College Sports Journal.
By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan’s NCAA FCS Week 5 Preview – the Jackson State Tigers vs. the Southern Jaguars – is presented by College Sports Journal.
By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan’s NCAA FCS Week 5 Preview – the North Dakota State Bison vs. the South Dakota State Jackrabbits – is presented by College Sports Journal.
By Matt Markus Columnist College Sports Journal BETHLEHEM, PA. — The most-feared team in college football right now is not Alabama. It’s not North Dakota State, the two-time FCS National Champions. It is not even Texas A&M with its flashy Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel. The team everyone in football is.
Staff College Sports Journal Below the flip check out exclusive photos from Week 1 action in the world of FCS! Dennis Hubbard: South Dakota State vs. Nebraska, 9/21/2013
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — At halftime of last Saturday’s Fordham-Temple college football clash at Lincoln Financial Field, someone asked when the Rams had last one a game against a Bowl Championship Subdivision opponent. “Probably at the Cotton Bowl,” a voice echoed through the press box, harkening.
By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan’s NCAA FCS Week 4 Wraparound is presented by College Sports Journal.
By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan’s NCAA FCS Week 4 Preview – the Stony Brook Seawolves vs. the Villanova Wildcats – is presented by College Sports Journal.
Special To College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — The Week 4 Podcast of the FCS Gameday Report with Tony Williams is presented by College Sports Journal.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal NEW YORK CITY — Vin Scully, one of the proudest alums of Fordham University, remembered his Ram baseball coach, Jack Coffey in a Los Angeles Dodgers television broadcast as the Dodgers played the Arizona Diamondbacks this week. When a pair of Dodgers nearly collided before.
By Matt Markus Columnist College Sports Journal BETHLEHEM, PA. — Count Time Magazine among the ranks of entities that are lobbying for collegiate student-athletes to get paid. A September cover story uses Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel as an example of what is wrong with NCAA athletics. One could write an entire.
Special To College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — The Week 3 Podcast of the FCS Gameday Report with Tony Williams is presented by College Sports Journal.
By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan’s NCAA FCS Week 3 Preview – the Illinois State Redbirds vs. the Eastern Illinois Panthers – is presented by College Sports Journal.
By Alvin Hollins HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal TALLAHASSEE, FL. — Yes, HBCU sports fans it is still early in the 2013 football season but some early trends seem to be developing among the 22 Division FCS programs which portend a mixed bag of a season ahead. Thus far, 37 games have been.
By Donal Ware HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal BOONE, N.C. — Over the last few years, there has been much talk as to whether the MEAC and to a lesser degree the SWAC should opt out of playing in the national Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Playoffs. Should the leagues play each other for.
By Matt Markus Columnist College Sports Journal BETHLEHEM, PA. — By now most people understand that FCS stands for Football Championship Subdivision. After this past weekend, for half of the Patriot League, it could also stand for Football Comeback Subdivision. Fordham, Lehigh and Lafayette were all involved in games that needed a.
Staff College Sports Journal Below the flip check out exclusive photos from Week 1 action in the world of FCS! Dennis Hubbard: North Dakota State vs. Ferris State, 9/7/2013
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Lost by many in the midst of last week’s record haul of Football Bowl Subdivision scalps by Football Championship Subdivision teams was the fact that it could have been much worse for some of those Bowl Championship Series squads. “When you play.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It is hard to forget that little Wagner College turned into one of the feel-good stories of the 2012. The Seahawks nearly stunned the college football world in the opening weekend last season, coming within a play of beating a former.
Special To College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — The Podcast of the FCS Gameday Report with Tony Williams for Week 2 of the 2013 FCS college football season is presented by College Sports Journal.
By Donal Ware HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — It wasn’t a good opening week for HBCU football. At all. A total of 17 games involving HBCUs were played and where an HBCU played a non-HBCU, HBCUs were 0-13. Ouch. In some of those games, the expectation was that the.
By Alvin Hollins HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal TALLAHASSEE, FL. — The HBCU programs in FCS got off to a relatively rough start in the opening weekend of the 2013 college football season, as only five teams came up on the winning side. MEAC ROUNDUP (2-7): It wasn’t until the Sunday two-step involving.
By Donal Ware HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal NASHVILLE, TN. — The first marquee matchup of the 2013 HBCU football season lived up to its billing. Bethune-Cookman defeated Tennessee State 12-9 in Nashville and was a unanimous selection in the Boxtorow coaches’ poll. The game was a battle of defenses, without a touchdown.
College Sports Journal FWAA News Release DALLAS, TX. – The North Dakota State Bison headlined a banner weekend for teams from the Football Championship Subdivision by knocking off Kansas State on the road, 24-21. The two-time defending FCS champions are the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week for games of the weekend.
College Sports Journal News Release PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The crazy first week of the Football Championship Subdivision season had its impact on the College Sports Journal/Game Worn Uniforms.com Top-25 poll, with North Dakota State remaining at No. 1 and Eastern Washington vaulting to No. 2 after historical victories over ranked Football Bowl Subdivision teams..
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — It was at halftime of the Appalachian State-Michigan game in 2007 when renowned sports columnist Mitch Albom pulled up a chair next to me in the Michigan Stadium press box to pick my brain. After watching the Mountaineers dismantle the Wolverines for.
By Matt Markus Columnist College Sports Journal BETHLEHEM, PA. — When the Big Ten announced in February that they would no longer schedule FCS opponents, they made it sound like it was a move to strengthen their laughable non-conference scheduling. Wisconsin Athletic Director and former Hall of Fame Coach Barry Alvarez told the.
Staff College Sports Journal Below the flip check out exclusive photos from Week 1 action in the world of FCS! Keith Cline: Jacksonville vs. Delaware, 8/29/2013 Dennis Hubbard: North Dakota State vs. Kansas State, 8/30/2013 Mike Cawood: Coastal Carolina vs. South Carolina State, 8/31/2013 .
College Sports Journal News Release PHILADELPHIA — North Dakota State is attempting to become just the second team in Football Championship Subdivision history to win three consecutive national championships and the Bison are ranked No. 1 in the preseason College Sports Journal/Game Worn Uniforms.com Top-25 poll. The Bison were unanimously picked as the.
By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan’s NCAA FCS Week 1 Preview – the John Merritt Classic between the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats and the Tennessee State Tigers – is presented by College Sports Journal.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal NEWARK, DE. — In the midst of the flood of change that represented the Football Championship Subdivision, there is a sense of serenity in looking out over a vacant Delaware’s Tubby Raymond Field — one of the iconic venues in the the organization of college football.
By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan’s NCAA FCS Week 1 Preview – the Appalachian State Mountaineers vs. the Montana Grizzlies – is presented by College Sports Journal.
By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan’s NCAA FCS Week 1 Preview – the Villanova Wildcats vs. the Boston College Eagles – is presented by College Sports Journal.
By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan’s NCAA FCS Week 1 Preview – the North Dakota State Bison vs. the Kansas State Wildcats – is presented by College Sports Journal.
College Sports Journal News Release PHILADELPHIA—A pair of former freshman of the year, running back Terrance West of Towson and wide receiver Sean Price of Appalachian State, are among the headliners on the 2013 College Sports Journal Football Championship Subdivision Preseason All-America team. West, now heading into his junior year, was the CSJ.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal BETHLEHEM, PA. — Media Day season, in FCS as in FBS, has been all about dramatic change. It’s about a group of five conferences – the Big 10, Pac 12, Big XII, SEC and ACC – trying to start a conversation about changing how the NCAA.
By Dr. Andro Barnett Special to the Colllege Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA – In college sports, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students comprise a cultural and an identity minority in college and campuses. These students are discriminated against because of their sexual orientation while some experience discrimination due to their ethnic as well.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — It all started with a rather weird profile. Grantland, the artsy, high-brow sports Internet website had written a piece comparing the public perceptions of O.J. Simpson and Kareem Abdul Jabbar. (Here is the link to that article: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9367552/an-exclusive-excerpt-chuck-klosterman-new-book-wear-black-hat-kareem-oj) It got.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — One of the biggest complaints coming from the mouths of FCS football fans is the lack of “exposure” of their teams on TV. Frequently teams have their own local TV deals, like Lehigh with Service Electric 2 in the Lehigh Valley, national TV.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — CB Robert Alford, selected with the 28th pick in the second round by the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, was the first FCS player taken in the NFL Draft this season. The 5’10, 186 lb Alford, who was College Sports Journal’s FCS Defensive Player of.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Two years ago, the “end of days” was predicted in regards to one very big and very powerful FBS conference. The Big XII had just lost Nebraska and Texas A&M, and the conference was predicted by many so-called smart people to go the.
By Wayne Otto College Basketball Columnist College Sports Journal PORTSMOUTH, VA — The 61st annual Portsmouth Invitational Tournament is again the center of professional basketball for a four day run in the unlikely city of Portsmouth, Virginia, a neighbor of Norfolk. The April 10-13 event, which has 64 of the nation’s best collegiate.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. —Two seasons ago, UMass announced their intent to play football in the Mid-American Conference, or MAC, and a start to increase scholarship limit spending in order to play what they call Football Bowl Subdivision football. Last season, Georgia State and Old Dominion announced moves.
Welcome to the inaugural 2013 NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament FCS challenge, brought to you by the College Sports Journal! The object of the contest is simple – pick the winners of the NCAA tournament games which happen to involve schools that host an FCS football team. Each game is weighted differently with a maximum.
By Wayne Otto College Basketball Columnist College Sports Journal SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The South Dakota State Jackrabbits claimed the Summit League basketball championship for the second year in a row as Nate Wolters outdueled North Dakota State University and their star, Taylor Braun, in front of a sold out Sioux Falls Arena crowd of.
By Wayne Otto College Basketball Columnist College Sports Journal SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The South Dakota State University Lady Jackrabbits were just added to the dance card. The dance card known as March Madness, the NCAA basketball tournament, women’s style. The Lady Jacks defeated the University of South Dakota Lady Coyotes 56-53 in.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal ASHEVILLE, N.C. — It is interesting what hindsight does with one’s opinion. Back in 1996, I was the sports editor of the Watauga Democrat in Boone, N.C. when the Southern Conference decided it needed to look at expansion in the wake of Marshall’s move to.
By Wayne Otto College Basketball Columnist College Sports Journal Sioux Falls, S.D.—The Summit League is up to its old tricks again. The Summit League’s championship basketball tournaments are creating some fan friendly basketball contests. Flying just below the national basketball radar screen, the league has more than its fair share of quality.
By Wayne Otto College Basketball Columnist College Sports Journal Sioux Falls, S.D — The South Dakota State University men’s and women’s Jackrabbit basketball teams opened up defense of their 2012 Summit League basketball crowns at the sold out Sioux Falls Arena with two convincing wins. The Jack men won the regular season championship.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Normally when an FCS school schedules a game against an FBS school it’s not very controversial. But when Wagner announced they will be playing Syracuse in 2013, many fans looked at Wagner, and their NEC-mandated athletic scholarship level of 38, and saw some.
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