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2003: Delaware Crushes Colgate, 40-0, In Title Game

Editor’s Note: This is another article in a continuing series of articles from past FCS championship games. This is the game story from Delaware’s 2003 title victory over Colgate. By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal CHATTANOOGA, TN. — When the I-AA championship football game opened with snow showers blowing into Finley Stadium, it.

2004: JMU Grinds Out Championship Win Against Montana

Editor’s Note: This is another article in a continuing series of articles from past FCS championship games. This is the game story from James Madison’s 2004 title victory over Montana. By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal CHATTANOOGA, TN. — James Madison won the NCAA I-AA football championship the old-fashioned way Friday.

What If the FCS Were Bowls Instead of Playoffs?

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,.

Erk’s House

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.

Sam Houston State Overruns Montana State, 49-13

  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.

Montana Advances With 48-10 Thrashing Of UNI

  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.

Maine Prepares For Georgia Southern Option

  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.

Jones, Williams Teach Teams About Respect, Winning

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.

An FCS History Lesson For Sam Houston State

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.

FCS Preview: Lehigh Will Face Improved Towson

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.

CSJ Classic: The Year Of Living Dangerously

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.

ESPN, Don’t Mess With Our Playoff Games

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.

Towson Making A Believer of the Commander-In-Chief

(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.

Starke’s Kick Lifts JMU To Another Win

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.

JMU, EKU Bring History To Playoff Matchup

  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.

FCS Playoffs Create A New Battle of Norfolk

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.

Louisiana Tech Struggles To Survive A Bear Attack

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.

Alabama State Has Unfinished Business With Tuskegee

  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.

A Day In I-AA, 2002

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.

FCS Playoffs: The Grand Art Of Compromise

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.

NCAA Announces 2011 Division I Championship Field

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.