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Miller’s MVFC Power Rankings: Week 5

By Mitchell Miller Special Report College Sports Journal   CEDAR RAPIDS, IA – In Mitch Miller's Missouri Valley Power rankings, it will come as no surprise that North Dakota State remains as the No. 1 team, followed by Youngstown State.    Read more: Miller's Power Rankings: Week 5

MVFC: Week 4 Recap and Early Playoff Chat

By Mitchell Miller Special Report College Sports Journal   CEDAR RAPIDS, IA – Huge, huge win for North Dakota State on Saturday as the Bison finally answered the age-old question of "what have you done for me lately?" by handing Northern Iowa an ugly loss (uglier than the last-minute touchdown made it seem, as the.

Towson Loses At LSU, But Leaves With Much Respect

By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal   BATON ROUGE, LA. — For a period of time in the second and third quarters on Saturday night, Towson had reason to dream it could score an earth-shaking upset over LSU before an announced crowd of 92,154 fans at rainy Tiger Stadium.   But Towson (2-2).

Peery Splits The Uprights Against Fordham To Keep Lehigh Perfect

By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal   BETHLEHEM, PA. — In the game of football, it's not easy being the placekicker. Frequently, it comes all down to you – the guy with the relatively-clean uniform, who trots in from the sidelines, to attempt to deliver the game-winning points. He's the guy who could come.

Furman’s Williams Is Humble, Yet Hungry For Success

By Rudy Jones Special Report College Sports Journal   Editor's Note: This piece originally ran at FurmanPaladins.com was written by Rudy Jones, who wrote about hundreds of Furman University sporting events during his almost 40-year-career with The Greenville News and Greenville Piedmont. His coverage of the Paladins' 1988 football national championship earned him a first place writing award from the.

Towson Hopes The Next Great FCS/FBS Upset Will Happen At LSU

By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal   BATON ROUGE, LA. — Someday, it will happen again.    Perhaps the thunderclap will sound across the college football world tonight as Towson takes on the challenge of playing the Associated Press No. 3-ranked team LSU in Death Valley.   Maybe it will happen in a.

Big Sky Power Ratings – Sept. 28

By Lance Berndt FCS Columnist College Sports Jourmal   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — With the Big Sky Conference schedule taking a turn into some key matchups this weekend, including the much-anticipated Montana at Eastern Washington game, here is an updated look at where each team is at after four weeks of the season and what to.

Northern Iowa Faces Make-Or-Break Game Against No. 1 NDSU

By Kyle Roth Columnist College Sports Journal   FARGO, ND. — Northern Iowa redshirt freshman quarterback Sawyer Kollmorgen faces a tall task in this first half of the 2012 Football Championship Subdivision season.   Brought in from the state of Oklahoma and having to fill the shoes of UNI’s sensational Tirrell Rennie after the latter’s.

HBCU Preview: Tennessee State Deserves To Be Top

By Donal Ware HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal   The old saying goes to be the best you have to beat the best.   The Tennessee State Tigers did just that, defeating last week’s top HBCU football team Bethune-Cookman 21-14 in Nashville.   The Tigers are now the best.   The media and the coaches.

Week 5 Game Breakdown: Fordham at Lehigh

By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA – It's strange that this is a conference game – yet not a conference game – for Lehigh, which actually makes this a difficult game to analyze. Against, say, Bucknell, a loss would be devastating to Lehigh's Patriot League title chances (and autobid chances). .

Furman Coach Bruce Fowler Learned From Early Gridiron Lessons

By Abe Hardesty Special Report College Sports Journal   Editor's Note: This piece by a former longtime Furman beat writer originally appeared at FurmanPaladins.com and is used by permission   GREENVILLE, S.C. — In the fall of 1979, the confidence level of freshman wide receiver Gib McEachran was sinking faster than Furman's hopes of a winning.

Samford’s Bradberry Named CSJ Freshman Of The Week

College Sports Journal News Release   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Samford defensive back James Bradberry has been named as the College Sports Journal freshman of the week for the third week of the Football Championship Subdivision season.   The 6-1, 198-pound defender from Pleasant Grove, AL. intercepted two passes to help Samford preserve a 25-21, come-from-behind.

Week 5 Game Preview: Fordham at Lehigh

By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA – Everyone knew that Fordham would be a different team from the Rams that went 1-10 in 2011. The only question was: how different? They changed the helmets – a sort-of cross between the crimson, white-lined black letter of Harvard and the numbered helmet.

Taking A Trip Into History: Penn vs. Brown, 2008

  By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal     Editor’s Note: This is another in the College Sports Journal Classic series. This article dates to an October, 2008 encounter between Brown and Penn and takes a retrospective look at historic Franklin Field.   This story originally appeared on The Sports Network.   PHILADELPHIA,.

College Sports Journal Announces Players of the Week 4

College Sports Journal Release   PHILADELPHIA, PA. —  Running back Zac Bauman of Northern Arizona, quarterback Taylor Heinicke of Old Dominion, wide receiver Erik Lora of Eastern Illinois, linebacker Quinn Backus of Coastal Carolina, linebacker Billy Boyko of Lehigh, defensive back Cejay Ceniza of Eastern Kentucky, linebacker Brandon Greer of Appalachian State, and Riley Lyons.

Saturday Thoughts: Missouri Valley Football, Week 4

YSU's Kurt Hess powered through the rain as threw for 290 yards and 4 TD's against UNI (Photo: YSUSports.com) By Mitchell Miller Special Report College Sports Journal   YOUNGSTOWN, OH — Youngstown State affirmed its power on Saturday as they continued to knock down opponents as they come; on Saturday it was Northern Iowa who.

Lehigh Game At Liberty Is A Rodeo-Like Spectacle

By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal   LYNCHBURG, VA — A few years ago, I got to go to my first "rodeo". In our family trip to Yellowstone park, my wife, son, and I took a long side trip to Cody, Wyoming to experience something that everyone ought to experience at least once.

Lehigh Grabs Momentum From Liberty For Big Win

By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal   LYNCHBURG, VA — Down 20-14, and facing a critical 3rd-and-1 on the Liberty 38, Lehigh needed a big play. And in a big spot, senior QB Michael Colvin delivered. Fading back to pass, Colvin instead accelerated past the hole that senior C Tom Ruley and senior.

Shakir Bell of Indiana State Heads Up CSJ Players Of The Week

College Sports Journal Release   PHILADELPHIA, PA. —  Running back Shakir Bell of Indiana State, quarterback Matt Brown of Illinois State, linebacker Dan Sullivan of Monmouth linebacker Carson Smith of The Citadel and kicker Bobby Zalud of Cal Poly have been selected as the College Sports Journal/GameWornUniforms.com national players of the week for the second week.

Big Sky Power Ratings – Sept. 21

By Lance Berndt FCS Columnist College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — We have completed three weeks of play, with surprising and not so surprising wins and loses. So it is time to look at where each of the Big Sky Conference teams stand through the first quarter of play.

HBCU Preview: TSU Battles B-CU In Game Of The Week

By Donal Ware HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Week 4 in HBCU football saw better results than week 3. Only two teams were shut out and teams fared much better against Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) opponents as a whole.   Delaware State forced Cincinnati into six turnovers and hung around before.

Robertson, Lally Named Week Three CSJ Freshmen Of The Week

College Sports Journal News Release   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — John Robertson of Villanova and T.J. Lally of South Dakota State have been named as the College Sports Journal co-freshmen of the week for the third week of the Football Championship Subdivision season.   Robertson, making just his second career start at quarterback, piled up 234.

NDSU Still On Top As CSJ Releases Third Week FCS Top-25

College Sports Journal Release   PHILADELPHIA, PA.  — North Dakota State may have had a bye last weekend, but the Bison stayed on top of the College Sports Journal Football Championship Subdivision Top-25 for the third week of the season, again in unanimous fashion.   Sam Houston State stayed at No. 2, despite a hard-fought.

West Virginia Doesn’t Overlook James Madison

By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal   LANDOVER, MD. — Playing against Bowl Championship Series teams will never be the same for James Madison.   After scoring only the second win ever by a Football Championship Subdivision squad against a team ranked in the Associated Press Top-25, beating Virginia Tech 21-16 in 2010,.

FCS Preview: Southland vs. The Big Sky

By Lance Berndt FCS Columnist College Sports Journal Southland vs. Big Sky.  It seems this is a guarantee to at least happen once every year the time comes for the FCS playoffs.  In fact, only twice since 2001 has there been a playoffs without at least one Southland/Big Sky match-up.  One might think that these.

Norfolk State’s Riddick Named CSJ Freshman Of The Week

College Sports Journal News Release   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Brendon Riddick of Norfolk State has been named as the College Sports Journal freshman of the week for the second week of the Football Championship Subdivision season.   Riddick rushed 21 times for 150 yards and three touchdowns to help the No. 22-ranked Spartans grind out.

ASU-Montana Showdown Highlights CSJ National Players Of The Week

College Sports Journal Release   PHILADELPHIA, PA. —  Quarterback Kyle Frazier of Monmouth, running back Dan Moore of Montana, running back Zach Zenner of South Dakota State, safety Ben Ericksen of Illinois State, linebacker Brandon Grier of Appalachian State, kick returner Kevin Fogg of Liberty and kicker/punter Patrick Murray of Fordham have been selected as.

North Dakota State Unanimous No. 1 in CSJ Top-25 Poll

College Sports Journal News Release   PHILADELPHIA, PA.  — North Dakota State stayed on top of the College Sports Journal Football Championship Subdivision Top-25 for the second week of the season, this time in unanimous fashion after Saturday's 22-7 victory over Football Bowl Subdivision opponent Colorado State.   The defending-national-champion Bison improved to 2-0 with.

Appalachian State Outlasts Montana In Another FCS Classic

By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal   BOONE, N.C. — Someone had to win and someone had to lose when Appalachian State hosted Montana Saturday evening before 30,856 fans at Kidd Brewer Stadium — the third-largest crowd ever to see a game at this storied venue.   And No. 5-ranked Appalachian State made.

Appalachian State, Montana Can’t Wait For Showdown

By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal   BOONE, N.C. — New Montana coach Mick Delaney was like a child with unbridled Christmas-morning joy as he walked around Kidd Brewer Stadium during the Grizzlies' Friday walk-through practice.   "This is just cool," said Delaney, as he anticipated Saturday evening's hotly-awaited, non-conference Football Championship Subdivision.

CSJ Classic: Sambrano Sends Montana To Title Game

By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal   Editor’s note: This is an article from Dec. 12, 2009, describing the Foootball Championship Subdivision semifinal showdown between Appalachian State and Montana.   This story originally appeared on The Sports Network.   MISSOULA, MT. — Jimmy Farris just received some company Saturday afternoon in Missoula, MT..

FCS Teams Bask In The Exhilaration Of Those FBS Victories

By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal   WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Short of winning a real, earned-on-the-field national championship, there is almost nothing more exhilarating for a Football Championship Subdivision team than scoring a victory over one of their counterparts from a Football Bowl Subdivision squad, or better yet one of those Bowl Championship.