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By Wesley Sinor Courtesy of AL.com College Sports Journal AUBURN, Alabama — The Jacksonville State Gamecocks wanted to shock the world Saturday, and boy did they come close. The Gamecocks, members of the Ohio Valley Conference, led Auburn 20-13 on the road with less than two minutes to play Saturday. But with the.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal CLEMSON, S.C. — For the better part of three quarters, Appalachian State more than held its own against a Clemson squad that may have been the most physically talented group the Mountaineers have played in their 86-year football history. But a turnover-infested meltdown in the.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — In 1971, the seminal rock group The Who released one of the cutting edge albums of the decade, Who’s Next?, featuring such classic songs as Baba O’Riley, Behind Blue Eyes and Won’t Get Fooled Again. On the second full weekend of college.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal CLEMSON, S.C. — For years, Appalachian State served as a darling among college football upstarts — a byproduct of the Mountaineers’ 34-32 victory in 2007 against the Associated Press No. 5-ranked Michigan Wolverines. But as App State heads into Saturday’s 12:30 p.m. game at Clemson,.
Special to College Sports Journal MISSOULA, MT. — Jacksonville State survived for a 23-20 victory over Chattanooga in its opening game of the 2015 season and was rewarded by vaulting to first place in the Any Given Saturday Football Championship Subdivision Top-25 poll. Traditionally the most accurate poll in FCS since it was started over.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Photos by Charlotte Coulson Staff Photographer College Sports Journal JOHNSON CITY, TN. — Probably my most entrenched memory of a home football game at East Tennessee State was the night the lights went out at the Mini Dome. After a squirrel committed suicide at.
By JD Humberg Courtesy of The Oregonian College Sports Journal PULLMAN, Wash. — Bruce Barnum said the words way back in April: “I guarantee you we will win.” Still, few expected it to happen quite so soon. Steven Long scored on a one-yard run with just over 2 minutes left in the.
By Lucas Clark Courtesy of the San Luis Obispo Tribune College Sports Journal MISSOULA, Mont. — Freshman Alex Vega made a 49-yard field goal with four seconds remaining, and Cal Poly defeated Montana 20-19 in a nonconference football game Saturday night at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. The Gilroy native had not attempted a kick all.
By Matt Zimmer Courtesy of the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader College Sports Journal LAWRENCE, Kan. — For most of its existence as a football program, South Dakota State’s biggest wins came against regional foes, like in-state rivals at USD, and fellow Division II schools from North Dakota and Minnesota. There have been some big ones,.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal BOONE, N.C. — On a festive afternoon where Appalachian State honored some of its greatest players and its most prominent former coach, it was only appropriate that the Mountaineers showed the same enthusiasm on the field in a 49-0 season-opening football victory over Howard before 24,314.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal BOONE, N.C. — There is always something a little extra special about the opening game of the college football season and Saturday at 3:30 p.m., when Appalachian State takes the field at Kidd Brewer Stadium for its first contest against Howard, there will be some added.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — Author of the book The Rivalry: How Two Schools Started the Most Played College Football Series, Chuck Burton attended his first Rivalry game in 1988 as an undergraduate at Lehigh. In 2001, he became the founder and head writer of Lehigh Football Nation,.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Returning Walter Payton Award winner John Robertson of Villanova heads up the 2015 College Sports Journal Football Championship Subdivision Preseason All-American. A total of 105 players, representing 58 teams and all 13 FCS conferences were named to the three teams. The Colonial.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal BOONE, N.C. — For years, one of the biggest complaints that Football Championship Subdivision fans have made is how often television commentators covering FCS games make a big deal of players who transfer from the Football Bowl Subdivision ranks to FCS. On Saturday, in one.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — Coastal Carolina is nuts. The Sun Belt is crazy. These will not be among the official statements you will be reading today in regards to Coastal Carolina’s whirlwind acceptance of their athletic program into the Sun Belt. The Sun Belt.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal MISSOULA, MT. — Much like the national championship game less than eight months ago brilliantly showcased the Football Championship Subdivision brand, with North Dakota State coming from behind for a 29-27 victory over Illinois State, those who watched Saturday’s exhibition between the four-time champion Bison and.
By AJ Mazzolini Courtesy of the Missoulian College Sports Journal MISSOULA, MT — It takes a lot to leave Joey Counts speechless. The climactic touchdown in one of the biggest events in Missoula sporting history sure did the trick though. The beleaguered running back carried Montana into the end zone and past.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — North Dakota State has become like one of those horror-film villains — think Freddie Kruger from Nightmare on Elm Street, Jason from Friday the 13th, or Michael Myers from Halloween. Just when you think the Bison are dead, they come back to life.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal BOONE, N.C. — Scott Satterfield was reflective of a 19-year Mountaineer career that started as a freshman quarterback in 1991 as he watched Appalachian State open football practice Aug. 4 with high hopes for the 2015 season. Now in its second year as a Football.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State will be celebrating two significant commemorations this year of the accomplishments of its football program — the 20th anniversary of its undefeated and untied regular season squad of 1995 and the 10th anniversary its first national championship team in 2005. .
Editor’s Note: CSJ Classic takes a look back at a quarterback who may not have been around for long at the Football Championship Subdivision, but made a huge impact, Marshall’s Chad Pennington. By William Stanley Special Correspondent College Sports Journal LEXINGTON, KY. — I nervously fixed my mint green tie, and straightened my.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — For the second year in a row, ESPN will be ushering in the first FCS football game of the year on the flagship station. And for the second year in a row, the matchup will be worth your time. It’s hard.
Editor’s Note: This is a special remembrance of legendary University of North Carolina men’s basketball coach Dean Smith, who passed away February 7 at the age of 83. Waddell, currently the senior associate athletic director at the University of Illinois and the former athletic director at Towson University, wrote about his personal relationship with Smith,.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — On my first trip to historic Franklin Field, on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, I made a bit of a pilgrimage. I walked inside of the 10-yard line to the area of the field where Chuck Bednarik had made the.
Editor’s note: This piece originally appeared on The Sports Network website on Jan. 20, 2010 in David Coulson’s regular, nationally-syndicated column on the Football Championship Subdivision and is reprinted in honor of Chuck Bednarik, the legendary Philadelphia Eagles and Penn Quakers football star, who passed away March 21, 1915 at the age of 89. .
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal VILLANOVA, PA. — Playing without its emotional leader, John Robertson, when the junior quarterback and likely Walter Payton Award winner suffered a reoccurrence of concussion symptoms on Saturday morning, Villanova might have considered itself fortunate to be one final drive away from winning, or at least.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal VILLANOVA, Pa. — When you coach 30 seasons at the same school, win a national championship and spend 35 years overall as a head coach, panic doesn’t easily set in. The multitude of experiences logged by Andy Talley and his veteran staff translated into a.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State concocted the the perfect home remedy for what was ailing its football team with a 66-0 victory over Campbell before 25,861 fans Saturday night at Kidd Brewer Stadium. Coming off a 52-14 loss last weekend at Michigan, the Mountaineers (1-1).
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal BOONE, N.C. — It should surprise no one that North Dakota State claimed another Football Bowl Subdivision scalp with a rather routine, 34-14 victory at Iowa State on Saturday afternoon. The Bison, coming off a record-tying three consecutive NCAA Division I Football titles, even spotted.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal BOONE, N.C. — So when can a loss really be considered a win? In the case of Villanova’s season-opening, 27-26 double-overtime, football defeat at Syracuse last Friday night before 41,189 fans at the Carrier Dome, the Wildcats did everything but walk away with the “W.”.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal ANN ARBOR, Mich. — On a cloudy, hot Michigan Stadium afternoon, there were no bolts of lightening to bail Appalachian State’s football team out of trouble on Saturday in a 52-14 loss to Michigan before 106,811 spectators. Returning to the scene of one of college.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal BETHLEHEM, PA. — There are a lot of microphones, as well as media members, at the media days of the Big Ten, Big XII, Pac 12, SEC, and ACC. Judging by that alone, you might get the impression that the only voices that matter in regards.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — It’s been billed as the trial that might break up the NCAA. The O’Bannon trial, involving the former UCLA basketball standout Ed O’Bannon, asks questions of whether the name, image or likeness of college players when they played college ball is owned by.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The NCAA has released its list of APR penalties, and it should be no surprise that it’s the lowest-resource institutions of the FCS that have been disproportinately hit the hardest. Seven schools that compete in football championship subdivision, including six HBCUs, were hit.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor’s note: This column was originally published on Jun. 1, 2011 in the College Sporting News, when the announcement of then-OSU head coach Jim Tressel was dismissed over OSU players trading gear for tattoos. David Coulson looked into his career at Youngstown, and gave his thoughts..
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The College Football Playoff selection committee met last week at the Four Seasons Hotel Resort of Dallas to try to figure out a puzzle that has stumped college football writers for the past one hundred years. “How the heck are we going to determine.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The members of the College Football Playoff committee have been spending the last week in Dallas walking through hypothetical playoff selection scenarios, which makes it the perfect time to make a fantasy, hypothetical scenario for playoff selection and how it might play out in.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — “One, two, three – what are we fighting for?” Readers of a certain age might recognize these lyrics from a Vietnam War protest song from Country Joe and the Fish. (“Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn/Next stop is Vietnam,” the song.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — If there is one thing that the NCAA excels at, it’s the ability for it to be the straw man as to what’s wrong with intercollegiate athletics. Schools and programs can misbehave, and it’s the NCAA’s fault. Athletes misbehave, and it’s the NCAA’s.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — There’s been a lot of talk about the historic nature of the bid by Northwestern’s football players to be allowed to form a union for collective bargaining purposes. The first-ever attempt at a college football players’ union passed the first, and easiest, bar.
By Bloomberg View Editorial Staff Special Report College Sports Journal (Reprinted by special permission from Bloomberg View. The original article can be accessed here.) NEW YORK, NY. — At many American colleges and universities, the relationship between athletics and academics needs to be rebalanced. Over the weekend, as fans were watching their.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal BOONE, N.C. — It looked like Appalachian State’s 19-game, home winning streak in softball might be in jeopardy early on in the Lady Mountaineers’ home opener Friday against Syracuse. But sparked by a three-run homer from catcher Sarah Warnock in the fourth inning, ASU overcame.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal BOONE, N.C. — It was one of the unlikeliest of pairings. One girl was practically softball royalty at Hatboro-Horsham High School, the link between what would ultimately become the two Lady Hatter 4-A state championship squads, a player who was considered one of the top.
By Dave BartooNational CFB Attrition Expert and Analytics Consultantand Founder of the CFBMatrix Special to College Sports Journal PORTLAND, OR – I love assumptions about college football and finding new ways to look at data and information. The flavor of the year seems to be a focus on the Pace of Play (POP).
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal BOONE, N.C. — Kenneth Kluth chose to spend his 93rd birthday watching the final Southern Conference, regular-season, men’s basketball game between arch-rivals Appalachian State and Western Carolina Thursday night at the Holmes Convocation Center. And Kluth actually survived the experience as Western Carolina held on.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Have you ever wondered what a Football Championship Subdivision team would look like if you took the best 63 players and put them together on one squad? That’s what College Sports Journal has done again this year as it honored the top.
By Kavitha A. Davidson Special Report College Sports Journal (Reprinted by special permission from Bloomberg View. The original article can be accessed here.) NEW YORK, NY. — Notre Dame and Under Armour Inc. have signed a 10-year apparel deal worth $90 million that is reportedly the largest in college sports history. Remind me.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — One a cold, snowy Saturday afternoon, trying to stay warm in the cozy confines of my home office, a simple quote from a member of the Football Championship Subdivision alumni club sparked some thinking. The article I read on the Sports Illustrated.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Just as he raced past defenders in opposing team secondaries all season, Eastern Washington wide receiver Cooper Kupp stayed far ahead of the field during the 2013 Football Championship Subdivision season. Kupp was chosen on Thursday as the winner of the third-annual College Sports.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal FRISCO, TX. — Though the Football Championship Subdivision settles its winner on the field, it isn’t every year that the best two teams end up playing in the NCAA Division I Football Championship game. We are fortunate that North Dakota State and Towson have proven.
