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College Sports Journal News Release PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Quarterback Sawyer Kollmorgen has been named as the College Sports Journal freshman of the week for the first week of the Football Championship Subdivision season. Kollmorgen, a redshirt freshman, made his first game a memorable one when he nearly led the Panthers to an upset.
College Sports Journal News Release PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Fullback Eric Breitenstein of Wofford, quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo of Eastern Illinois, defensive backs Brooklyn Fox of Eastern Kentucky and Dontavais Johnson of Coastal Carolina and defensive tackle Oceika Bakou of Albany have been selected as the College Sports Journal/Game Worn Uniforms.com national players of the week.
College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — North Dakota State retained its No. 1 spot from the preseason, narrowly holding off Georgia Southern in the first week of the College Sports Journal Football Championship Subdivision Top-25 poll. North Dakota State rolled to a 52-0 victory at home over Robert Morris in a rematch of.
Staff College Sports Journal Below the flip check out the best photos from Week 1 action in the world of FCS! Dennis Hubbard: South Dakota State vs. Kansas, 9/1/2012 Check back often to see even more pictures of Week One action!
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Hope spring eternal on Labor Day weekend in the Football Championship Subdivision. Every team from the Football Championship Subdivision dreams of becoming the next Appalachian State, or James Madison with an attention-getting victory over their Football Bowl Subdivision opponents as they play.
By Lance Berndt FCS Columnist College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — It has been just under 10 years since he packed up and left Missoula for Division I-A glory in Laramie, Wyoming. Joe Glenn, the Montana Grizzlies’ head coach from 2000-2002, is finally returning to Washington-Grizzly Stadium. However, he will be coaching.
By Josh Buchanan NFL Columnist College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — We’ve seen all of the official all-conference selections from each of the leagues in the Football Championship Subdivision. But now, here is our NFL columnist and draft expert’s take on who will be the players to watch for each conference as we.
By Chuck Burton & David Coulson College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Unlike the late Rodney Dangerfield, the Pioneer Football League didn't have to wait until death to finally earn some respect. The PFL finally received the news it had been awaiting for years when it was announced this month that the NCAA.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal NASHVILLE, TN. — The big question in the Ohio Valley Conference is when this once proud league will break through again with another win in the NCAA Division I Football playoffs? In a league that featured the first truly dominant program in Football Championship Subdivision.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal CHARLOTTE, N.C. — When Stony Brook first joined forces with the Big South Conference for football, it seemed like a strange marriage. And many wondered just how long this relationship would last. But unlike the acrimony you see when other schools leave leagues, there seemed.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — You have to admit it's a pretty good time to be the commissioner of the Southland Conference. In a world where conferences fear expansion, Southland commissioner Tom Burnett welcomes it. In a world where members of Football Championship Subdivision sometimes question their place,.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal BOONE, N.C. — For all of the talk about who has the best league in the Football Championship Subdivision and for every measuring devices that people come up with to build their cases, the ultimate goal of teams competing in FCS is to win national championships..
By Lance Berndt FCS Columnist College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Expansion is here, even in the Big Sky Conference. The past couple of years have been a period of change for the NCAA with conference realignment becoming the newest trend. Schools all over the FBS were jumping ship and joining other conferences. .
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — There were questions throughout the spring and summer about the stability of the Colonial Athletic Conference with the defection of new football members Georgia State and Old Dominion to the Football Bowl Subdivision ranks. There were also persistent rumors that Virginia Commonwealth.
College Sports Journal Special Report PHILADELPHIA, PA. — North Dakota State and Sam Houston State battled for the NCAA Division I Football Championship title, with NDSU winning its first Football Championship Subdivision title last season. And in 2012, the Bison edged out the Bearkats for the top spot in the first College Sports.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — Some of the media couldn't believe it. Neither could Albany head football coach Bob Ford. Neither could Marty Fine, Bryant's head coach. How could Wagner be picked seventh out of nine teams in the NEC coaches' poll to begin the season? It's not.
By Roscoe Nance Special to College Sports Journal Editor's note: This piece originally appeared on the website Boxtorow.com. The teams are placed in order of predicted finish. In the SWAC, Alabama State is picked to win the Eastern division, while Grambling State is picked to win the West for the second year running.
By Roscoe Nance Special to College Sports Journal Editor's note: This piece originally appeared on the website Boxtorow.com. The teams are placed in order of predicted finish. Norfolk State is predicted to finish first in the MEAC this year, followed by South Carolina State, Bethune Cookman, and North Carolina A&T.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — It seems like something happens every year as a new football season is set to begin to bring focus back to that age old problem in the Ancient Eight. When will the Ivy League join the rest of the Football Championship Subdivision.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — Winning one league championship is hard. Winning two, exceptional. But winning three in a row? That's the very large task of the Lehigh Mountain Hawks, who were virtually a unanimous pick to win the Patriot League in 2012. "Setting out to.
Staff Report College Sports Journal INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Women’s rowing is one of three Division I sports whose championship brackets will expand in 2013. In August, the NCAA Executive Committee approved a budget that included a recommendation from the Division I Championships/Sport Management Cabinet to expand championships in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision,.
College Sports Journal Special Report PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Towson sophomore running back Terrance West, the freshman of the year on the 2011 All-America team, heads up a star-studded group named to the first 2012 College Sports Journal preseason Football Championship Subdivision All-America squad. Other players who were honored on the 2011 All-America team.
By Donal Ware HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Howard linebacker Keith Pough, North Carolina A&T running back Mike Mayhew, Alabama State free safety Kejuan Riley, and Jackson State defensive end Joseph LeBeau are just four of the players who make up the 2012 Boxtorow Preseason HBCU All-America football team. The preseason team is.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — For Albany and Stony Brook, two prestigious universities in the SUNY system, it was supposed to be a banner day for their football programs. The Great Danes and Seawolves were announced yesterday as the newest members of the CAA football conference —.
By Kyle Roth Columnist College Sports Journal FARGO, ND. — After finishing atop most statistical rating services as the top FCS conference last year – not to mention the NCAA FCS National champions in North Dakota State – the Missouri Valley Football Conference enters the 2012-13 preseason expecting to once again contend as the.
Staff Report College Sports Journal SOMERSET, NJ – Defending champion UAlbany and Bryant each placed a league-high six players on the 25-member 2012 Preseason All-Northeast Conference Football Team, the composition of which the NEC announced on Thursday morning via both Twitter and a media teleconference. Duquesne, which shared the 2011 title with UAlbany.
Staff Report College Sports Journal SOMERSET, NJ – UAlbany became quite familiar with first place in the Northeast Conference Football Preseason Coaches’ Poll during the previous decade, having resided there for four consecutive years from 2006 through 2009. Now, after a two-year hiatus, Bob Ford’s Great Danes are once again the preseason favorite.
Staff Report College Sports Journal SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Georgia Southern Eagles have been selected the preseason favorite in the Southern Conference for 2012 in balloting conducted by the league's head football coaches. It is the first time the Eagles have been picked in the top spot of the coaches poll since 2003..
Staff Report College Sports Journal ST. LOUIS, MO. (Courtesy of the Missouri Sports Magazine) – Missouri State senior tight end Matt Thayer (Bellevue, Neb.) and sophomore linebacker Andrew Beisel (Fenton, Mo.) were part of the Missouri Valley Football Conference’s preseason all-conference teams announced Thursday (Aug. 2) by the 10-member conference. Two of the.
Staff Report College Sports Journal North Dakota State has been picked to win the Missouri Valley Football Conference crown in 2012. NDSU is the defending national champion and shared the league title with UNI last year. The Bison received the top spot, earning 37 of 38 first-place votes, in a poll.
Staff Report College Sports Journal SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Wofford senior running back Eric Breitenstein has been named the Southern Conference Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, while Georgia Southern senior defensive lineman Brent Russell has been named the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year in voting conducted by the league's head coaches. Breitenstein.
Staff Report College Sports Journal BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lehigh senior wide receiver Ryan Spadola and Georgetown senior linebacker Robert McCabe have been selected as the top returnees on each side of the ball entering the 2012 Patriot League football season, it was announced on Wednesday during the sport's Media Day at Green Pond.
Staff Report College Sports Journal BETHLEHEM, Pa. – On the heels of its second consecutive Patriot League championship and with a 14-game winning streak against League opponents, Lehigh has been selected as the preseason pick to win the title yet again, it was announced on Wednesday at Patriot League Football Media Day at.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The numbers on the Patriot League preseason poll were fairly resounding. On paper, with Lehigh garnering 11 out of a possible 12 first-place votes and a statistically perfect score of 60, the Mountain Hawks were essentially the unanimous choice to win.
Staff Report College Sports Journal NASHVILLE – Murray State senior quarterback Casey Brockman was named 2012 Ohio Valley Conference Preseason Offensive Player of the Year while Southeast Missouri State senior linebacker Blake Peiffer was tabbed OVC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year in a vote of by the league’s head football coaches and.
Staff Report College Sports Journal NASHVILLE – For the first time since the 2009 season Eastern Kentucky has been picked the favorite in the Ohio Valley Conference football race. The Colonels picked up 12 of the 18 first-place votes in the 2012 poll which is a vote of league head coaches and.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA – Most years at college football media days, past performance is almost always indicative of the results of the preseason polls. So you might be forgiven if Alabama A&M linebacker Vernon Marshall was surprised when his Bulldogs, who made it all the.
Staff Report College Sports Journal FRISCO, Texas – A total of 35 of the 52 Southland Conference football players who earned all-conference honors after the 2011 season return for the 2012 season and garner spots on the preseason all-conference teams, the league office announced Tuesday in advance of next week’s media day at.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The Freeh report has successfully showed that the four men that ran Penn State during the last decade not only knew about Gerald A. Sandusky's criminal activities but did their level best to cover it up. But about the only thing.
Staff Report College Sports Journal BIRMINGHAM, AL – The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced the 2012 Preseason All-Conference football team on Monday at the annual Media Day event at the Birmingham Marriott. Grambling State running back Dawarence Roberts was chosen as the preseason Offensive Player of the Year, while Jackson State defensive lineman Joseph.
Staff Report College Sports Journal NORFOLK, Va. -North Carolina A&T running back Mike Mayhew and linebacker Keith Pough received top honors as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) announced its 2012 preseason football team at the annual Football Press Luncheon Banquet on Friday afternoon at the Sheraton Waterside Hotel in Virginia. Mayhew was selected.
Staff Report College Sports Journal NORFOLK, Va. – Last season, the Norfolk State football team had the element of surprise on its side. Picked to finish fifth in the preseason Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference poll, the Spartans proceeded to win their first-ever MEAC title. The Spartans won’t have the luxury of surprise this season..
Staff Report College Sports Journal PARK CITY, UT (July 15, 2012) – Co-reigning Big Sky Conference champion Montana State placed six players on the preseason All-Conference Team. The squad was chosen by select media and sports information directors in the league, and released Sunday at the start of the Big Sky’s Summer Kickoff.
Staff Report College Sports Journal BIRMINGHAM, AL – At the SWAC media day this past Tuesday, Grambling was picked to finish in first place in the Western Division with the highest point total of all the other teams with 119 points. In the Eastern division, Alabama State was picked to finish first.
Staff Report College Sports Journal PARK CITY, UTAH (July 17, 2012) — Two-time defending Big Sky Conference football co-champion Montana State has been selected first by the media and the coaches in the 2012 preseason polls. The polls were released Tuesday at the Summer Kickoff in Park City, Utah. Rob Ash’s Montana State.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — With the release of the Freeh report, there's no longer any doubt as to what Joe Pa knew about sexual assault of boys in his facilities in his athletic department, and when he knew it. A portrait emerges of four men.
By David Coulson Executive Editor/Managing Partner College Sports Journal Editor’s note: This the first of a two-part series on the College Football Hall of Fame, which inducts its 2012 class this month in South Bend, IN. Somehow, for the second time in four years, no Football Championship Subdivision candidates were selected. In.
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By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — At first, it was polls, and then it was bowls. But in 2014, for the Football Bowl Subdivision, there will finally be a playoff. Of sorts. A host of coaches, fans and media members, predicatably, formed a throng of cheering supporters.
By Kyle Roth Columnist College Sports Journal FARGO, ND. — Here in North Dakota, folks learn to take pride in the simple things. We’re a state whose economy is founded on the fiscally-conservative agricultural field, we vote in the “go with the flow” mentality that’s pervaded our state for generations, and we’re taught.
