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By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal STONY BROOK, N.Y. — One thing is certain when two playoff newcomers, Albany and Stony Brook, meet Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. at LaValle Stadium in the first round of the NCAA Division I Football Championships. Either the Big South, or Northeast Conference will.
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.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — To say that the folks at Tennessee Tech and Central Arkansas are excited about their first-round NCAA Division I Football Championship playoff game this weekend would be an understatement. For the Bears, it will be the first Division I postseason game ever for.
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.
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.
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.
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.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — At the FCS level, college football fans like to picture their pristine subdivision free of the political wrangling that seems to dominate the headlines in the BCS, with its crazy computer polls and politicking for position. They groan about the inordinate influence TV.
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.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — This time of the year there are a lot of people who suddenly think of themselves as Football Championship Subdivision prognosticators. Everyone wants to pick the 20 teams that will be in the field and take their turn at making a dream.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — As if there wasn’t already enough on the line during the final weekend of the regular season for Football Championship Subdivision teams, as if fighting for playoff berths were not enough to get a fan jazzed about Saturday, consider this. It’s also.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal BETHLEHEM, PA. — It’s tempting, if you’re a Lehigh fan, to look ahead. After all, no matter what happens on Saturday, Lehigh will be playing football again after the 147th meeting between Lehigh and Lafayette at 12:30 p.m. at Goodman Stadium. There’s a school of thought.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Having completed the minefield of competition in the Southern Conference with their first football championship since 2004, the Georgia Southern Eagles are aiming a little higher this weekend. The Eagles are headed to historic Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, AL. to take.
Below the flip, see the latest FCS polls for the week of 11/12/2011. Any Given Saturday No. 1: Montana State The Sports Network No. 1: Montana State Coaches’ Poll No. 1: Montana State BoxToRow FCS HBCU Media Poll: Winston-Salem State BoxToRow FCS HBCU Coaches Poll: Norfolk State Sheridan Broadcasting Network FCS HBCU Poll: Winston-Salem State
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal BALTIMORE, MD. — The first time I ever cast eyes on the Norfolk State football team, it wasn’t a pretty sight. I wouldn’t have thought then that I’d be watching the Spartans win a MEAC championship in person just eight years later, with a.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal BETHLEHAM, PA. — It was billed as the Patriot League championship game — a winner-take-all contest between the two best teams in the Patriot League in 2011. In the end, though, the game ended up looking a lot like the last 11 times the Hoyas lined.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sporting News TOWSON, MD. — It might be hard to believe now, but Towson University actually trailed New Hampshire in the first quarter of its Colonial Athletic Association showdown before 8,366 fans Saturday at Johnny Unitas Stadium. But after spotting the Wildcats a 7-0 lead less than.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — I’ve always been a sucker for the old, slapstick comedy of the early years of motion pictures, whether it be stuff like the Three Stooges, the Marx Brothers, or Laurel and Hardy. I’m more in the mood for Laurel and Hardy.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — One of my favorite things about living in the greater Philadelphia area is that every Wednesday during the college football season, I get to to travel to either the University of Pennsylvania or Villanova University campus and have lunch with two of my.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal ORONO, ME. — There are no league championship trophies in Towson University’s football awards case. But after a 40-30 victory over Maine Saturday afternoon at Alfond Stadium in a first-place showdown, the Tigers control their own destiny and can clinch a share of the Colonial.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — I’ll never forget the first time I met Ron McBride, the veteran coach at Weber State. I was part of the media group attending the 2007 Big Sky Conference media event in Park City, Utah. We were eating lunch on a Monday.
Below the flip, see the latest FCS polls for the week of 11/12/2011. Any Given Saturday No. 1: North Dakota State The Sports Network No. 1: North Dakota State Coaches’ Poll No. 1: North Dakota State BoxToRow FCS HBCU Media Poll: Winston-Salem State BoxToRow FCS HBCU Coaches Poll: Alabama A&M Sheridan Broadcasting Network FCS HBCU.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Up by 24 points with 7:25 to go, Jacksonville State head coach Jack Crowe thought he had the win in hand. Who wouldn’t? But down by 24 with 7:25 to go, and a realistic chance at the OVC title and FCS.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor’s note: For the Colonial Athletic Association first-place battle between Towson University and the University of Maine, we are providing our readers with a special treat, an inside look at game preparations as the Towson Tigers travel on Friday to the Orono, ME campus and then.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — There was a time when North Dakota State coach Craig Bohl ruffled a few feathers around the Football Championship Subdivision by proclaiming that his Bison team could win a “poll” championship by finishing undefeated in the regular season and ending up on top.
Below the flip, see the latest FCS polls for the week of 11/5/2011. Any Given Saturday No. 1: North Dakota State The Sports Network No. 1: North Dakota State Coaches’ Poll No. 1: North Dakota State BoxToRow FCS HBCU Media Poll: Jackson State BoxToRow FCS HBCU Coaches Poll: Jackson State Sheridan Broadcasting Network FCS HBCU.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Before the season even started, Colgate senior running back Nate Eachus had to have looked at this home game at Andy Kerr stadium and thought it would be his best opportunity to put on a show. The preseason Patriot League favorite for the Payton.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal BOONE, N.C. — The news out of Kidd Brewer Stadium last Saturday as Appalachian State took the field to play Samford in an important Southern Conference football game couldn’t have been much more stunning. There in the starting lineup for the Mountaineer defense was.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor’s note: This column was originally published on Oct. 18, 2010 in the College Sporting News and is part of a feature that we hope will be a popular one with our new readers at College Sports Journal. It is called FCS Classic and will feature.
By David Coulson College Sports Journal Executive Editor BOONE, N.C. — It has been a decade since Jeff Monken has taken a football team up the mountain to Appalachian State and Kidd Brewer Stadium. “Boy, a lot of things have changed around here,” Monken said, as he watched his Georgia Southern Eagles go.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal BOONE, N.C. — Sometimes the best decisions are the ones you don’t make. Just ask Appalachian State sophomore quarterback Jamal Jackson. The lanky, 6-3, 200-pound Atlanta native will be starting his third college football game Saturday at ASU’s Kidd Brewer Stadium, when the No..
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I just wanted to let everyone know that it’s a beautiful, fresh new day today, with no mistakes in it. We’re all alive, the trees are starting to change colors, and there’s plenty of football in the air. Life is good; there are other times to worry about negativity. We all should.
