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Miller’s Missouri Valley Power Rankings: Week 10

By Mitchell Miller Special Report College Sports Journal   BROOKINGS, SD – In this week's Missouri Valley Power Rankings, a last-gasp Jackrabbit touchdown pass upended the power rankings once more as we get closer and closer to the FCS playoffs.    Read more at the MVFC Blog

Appalachian Outlasts the Top-Ranked Eagles in Statesboro

Mike Holloway Special Contributor College Sports Journal   STATESBORO, GA. — Despite being outgained by nearly 100 yards and losing the time of possession battle by more than 17 minutes, Appalachian State (7-3, 5-2 SoCon) clamped down defensively in the 4th quarter to hold on for a 31-28 win over Georgia Southern (7-2, 6-2 SoCon),.

Appalachian State Knocks Off No. 1 Georgia Southern Again, 31-28

By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal   STATESBORO, GA. — The question before the crowd at Paulson Stadium on Saturday afternoon as No. 1-ranked Georgia Southern hosted Appalachian State in a Southern Conference first-place showdown was if lightning could strike twice?   Considering the weather phenomena — Hurricane Sandy — that struck much.

Georgia Southern Vaults To No. 1 in CSJ Top-25 Poll

College Sports Journal News Release   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Georgia Southern survived a triple-overtime thriller to win 39-31 at Tennessee-Chattanooga on Saturday night in Southern Conference action and used that victory to vault into the top spot of the College Sports Journal Football Championship Subdivision Top-25 poll for week nine of the season.   It.

HBCU Preview: Title Races Reaching The Home Stretch

By Donal Ware HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Time certainly flies.   It seems like yesterday we were previewing the HBCU football season and now the season is coming down the home stretch.   A few matchups last week helped us get closer to determining… and well, still kept things up.

Game Breakdown, Lehigh at Holy Cross, 11/3/2012

  By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal   BETHLEHEM, PA. — We break down the Holy Cross game – and we give our fearless prediction, below the flip.   In my preview piece yesterday, I talked about the craziness of this series, featuring bad weather, power outages, and the like.  Adding to the.

CSJ Previews Week 10 of FCS Action

By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Enjoy this week's previews of Week 10 action, courtesy of the College Sports Journal!   Want to be listed with our gameday previews?  Contact us!

Liberty Plays for their Playoff Lives vs. Charleston Southern

By Jon Manson Special Contributor College Sports Journal   LYNCHBURG, VA. — The Flames will look to bounce back from a crushing defeat to Coastal this week, as they take on Charleston Southern in a Big South Conference match up.    The game kicks off at 3:30 Saturday from Williams Stadium.    While Liberty's playoff.

Bitter SoCon Rivals Play As Championship Hangs In Balance

Mike Holloway Special Contributor College Sports Journal   STATESBORO, GA. — Appalachian State (6-3, 4-2 SoCon) and Georgia Southern (7-1, 6-1 SoCon) prepare to renew their bitter rivalry once again on Saturday and as both fan bases have grown accustomed to, a Southern Conference title hangs in the balance.   This marks the third consecutive.

Game Preview: Lehigh at Holy Cross

By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal   BETHLEHEM, PA. — If there is just one thing you, dear Lehigh fan, take away from this Holy Cross preview, let it be this: Tom Gilmore-coached teams never give up, and morespecifically, never give up against Lehigh. In a series punctuated by power outages, snowstorms, close.

Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Picking the FCS Playoff Bracket, Week 10

By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — This past week, tropical megastorm Sandy hammered, in one way or another, the entire East coast, causing bad weather and damage all the way from Conway, South Carolina up to Orono, Maine.  But it was out West where the biggest ripples happened in the.

CSJ Honors Players of the Week/Freshmen of the Week 9

College Sports Journal New Release   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Linebacker Quinn Backus of Coastal Carolina, kicker Connor Loftus of Penn, quarterback Jeff Mathews of Cornell, running back Steven Miller of Appalachian State, quarterback Garret Safron of Sacramento State, and linebacker Ian Sluss have been selected as the College Sports Journal/ GameWorn Uniforms.com national players of.

Slight Changes In HBCU Power Rankings

By Donal Ware HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The top four teams remained the same in this week’s Boxtorow/BCSP HBCU football power rankings.   Tennessee State, Bethune-Cookman, Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Winston-Salem State – all winners last week – kept the Nos. 1–4 positions.   As they did in the respective BCPS.

Miller’s Missouri Valley Power Rankings: Week 9

By Mitchell Miller Special Report College Sports Journal   WATERLOO, IA – Illinois State got a much-needed win this weekend against Northern Iowa this weekend, thus boosting the Redbirds' standing in the all-important Missouri Valley Power Rankings this week.    Read more

Hurricane Sandy Slams One FCS Fan’s Weekend

By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal   BETHLEHEM, PA. — The bye weekend is always a weird weekend, mainly due to the fact that there's no Lehigh football game to recap, no Lehigh game to travel to, no undefeated record on the line. It was made weirder, too, by "Sandy". The epic "Frankenstorm".

An Unlikely Hero Leads Appalachian State Past Western Carolina

Mike Holloway Special Contributor College Sports Journal   CULLOWHWEE, N.C. — In a game where the Mountaineers outgained Western Carolina 579-316 and possessed the ball for nearly 37 minutes, back-up quarterback Logan Hallock stole the show after being unexpectedly forced into action.   Hallock lead Appalachian (6-3, 4-2 SoCon) to a 38-27 road victory over the.

Flames Soaked By Coastal Carolina, 36-12

By Jon Manson Special Contributor College Sports Journal   CONWAY, S.C. — Hurricane Sandy and the Chanticleers called the shots today, as Coastal Carolina (4-4, 2-1) knocked off Liberty (3-5, 2-1) 36-12. In a windy and rain-soaked rivalry contest, Coastal stays alive in the Big South Championship race. Liberty has now lost 5 games in.

Towson Focuses Past Distractions To Beat Villanova, 49-35

By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal   VILLANOVA, PA. — When Villanova coach Andy Talley heard of the turmoil surrounding the Towson football program early last week, he worried that the controversy would have a unifying effect on the defending Colonial Athletic Association champions.   Knowing that it was also a must win.

Penn, Brown Play For Ivy League Survival

By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Thoughts of most Philadelphians are not on the forlorn Eagles, Philly Cheese Steaks, or even the locked-out, strike-ridden Philadelphia Flyers on a cloudy and cool Saturday afternoon at historic Franklin Field.   Penn and Brown are more of a diversion for a Philadelphia crowd.

HBCU Preview: First Place In The MEAC Is Up For Grabs

By Donal Ware HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — After nine weeks of HBCU football, there are finally no winless teams.   The last three winless teams — Grambling, Savannah State and Benedict — each picked up wins at their respective homecomings last Saturday, Grambling 22-7 over Virginia University of Lynchburg, Savannah State 42-35 over.

Big Sky Roundup: Recaps, Rankings And Previews

By Lance Berndt FCS Columnist College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — There hasn't been a dull Football Championship Subdivision moment this season in the newly expanded Big Sky Conference.   Last weekend's games had plenty of down-to-the-wire excitement and this weekend's matchups should offer more of the same.   So here is the breakdown.

Tennessee State Still Atop HBCU Power Rankings

  By Donal Ware HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Despite its 31-28 overtime loss to Jacksonville State, Tennessee State remains No. 1 in the Boxtorow/BCSP HBCU football power rankings.   Tennessee State is No. 3 in the BCSP poll and No. 2 in the Boxtorow poll, which make up two thirds.

HBCU Poll: WSSU, Bethune-Cookman Ascend To The Top

By Donal Ware HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The Tennessee State Tigers dropped their first game of the season, a 31-28 overtime decision to Jacksonville State.   That loss opened the door for two new top teams in HBCU football.   The defending national champion Winston-Salem State Rams are the new.

Quarterback Elko Guiding Delaware State Resurrection, Playoff Push

By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal   BALTIMORE, MD. — Someone mentioned the name Tom Brady on Thursday night as they watched Delaware State quarterback Nick Elko complete pass after pass against the Morgan State defense, on the way to a nationally-televised 28-23 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference victory at Hughes Stadium.   There were.

CSJ Previews Week 9 of FCS Action

By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Enjoy this week's previews of Week 9 action, courtesy of the College Sports Journal!   Want to be listed with our gameday previews?  Contact us!

Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Picking the FCS Playoff Bracket, Week 9

By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The tagline that the soccer team FC Dallas uses to promote their Major League Soccer squad is "Dallas 'Til I Die". And it's FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco, Texas which is the ultimate goal of nearly all of the Division I football programs that.

Eastern Washington Holds On To Top Spot in CSJ Poll

College Sports Journal Press Release   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Eastern Washington remained the No. 1 team for the second week in the ninth week of the College Sports Journal's Football Championship Subdivision Top-25 poll, coming off a tough 31-28 victory at home against Sacramento State in a key Big Sky Conference game.   The Eagles.

Top Performers Honored As CSJ Players Of The Week, Top Freshmen

College Sports Journal News Release   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Linebacker Dorian Bell of Duquesne, wide receiver Greg Hardin of North Dakota, running back Rob Holloman of Central Connecticut State,  defensive back Laquan Lambert of Lehigh and quarterback Gavin McCarney of Colgate, have been selected as the College Sports Journal/ GameWornUniforms.com national players of the week.

Lehigh Heads Into Bye Week 8-0 After 42-19 Win Over Bucknell

By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal   BETHLEHEM, PA. — On a perfect homecoming afternoon, the South Mountain skyline something right out of a fall landscape painting, the stage was set for a perfect Lehigh victory – something that Mountain Hawk fans have been looking for all season. They didn't get that. But.

Miller’s Missouri Valley Power Rankings: Week 8

By Mitchell Miller Special Report College Sports Journal   VERMILLION, S.D. — Mitch Miller's Missouri Valley Football Conference power ratings are out again, and one Jackrabbit loss and one Bison win later, there's another change at the top of the Missouri Valley power rankings this week.    Read more