FLASHBACK: In 2006, A Day Of Reflection Ends With A Rivalry Football Game Between Fordham and Columbia
In 2006, I wrote two pieces for the website I-AA.org about a Fordham/Columbia game I attended. The two crosstown Rivals competed for an actual...
CSJ Classic (2004) – NDSU, SDSU to ‘Mark’ their Territory With Dakota Marker
The rivalry between the two teams has been alive since 1903. However, this meeting will be the first time that the two will meet under...
CSJ Classic (2004) – With Division I Transition, Old Dakota Rivalries Are Dying
In the Dakotas, there is one fall Saturday every year when each of the states stands still to watch one football game. The two rivalries garnering...
CSJ Missouri Valley Football Conference Power Rankings — Week 7
The game of the week in the MVFC lived up to the billing this past week as NDSU beat Youngstown in overtime, 27-24, see below...
Trip to Neyland Stadium Evokes Memories
KNOXVILLE, TN. — With rain gently pelting the Field Turf a couple of hours before game time at the football season opener between Appalachian State...
App-Michigan: Looking Back at an Upset for the Ages
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — It was a gorgeous, sun-kissed day seven years ago on a Labor Day Saturday as I made a short trip from...
Tattoo U.
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,...
Plain and Simple, The FCS Ivy Playoff Ban Is Discrimination
Since the Ivy League chose to reclassify to I-AA back in the early 1980s, the Ancient Eight has chosen, for "traditional reasons", to decline participation...
CSJ Classic: The Miracle On The Mountain
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor's Note: On Saturday, Appalachian State and Furman resume one of the most competitive rivalries in...
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...
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...
CSJ Classic: SoCon Mismatch Becomes VMI’s Ultimate Upset
By David Coulson Executive Editor/Managing Partner College Sports Journal Editor’s Note: This is the latest offering in the CSJ Classic series. In this...
CSJ Classic: DeBerry Had Major Influence On FCS
By David Coulson Executive Editor/Managing Partner College Sporting News Editor's Note: College Sports Journal is celebrating the release earlier this month of...
CSJ Classic: Hall of Fame Misfires On FCS Players
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor’s Note: College Sports Journal is celebrating the release earlier this month of...
CSJ Classic: Looking At The 2011 College Football Hall Of Fame Ballot
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor’s Note: College Sports Journal is celebrating the release earlier this month of the ballot...
CSJ Classic: Dexter Coakley Brings FCS Legacy to the College Football Hall Of Fame
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor’s Note: This is another article in the College Sports Journal Classic series. This article...
CSN Classic: NCAA Misses The Whole Aircraft Carrier on North Dakota Nickname Issue
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor’s Note: This column was originally published on April 25, 2011 by the College Sporting News...
FCS Championship Game: An Unforgettable Bison Memory
By Kyle Roth Columnist College Sports Journal FRISCO, TX. — Almost four years ago, a younger, more uncertain version of myself was just a...
An FCS Championship That A Punter Could Love
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal FRISCO, TX. — In a dozen years of watching NCAA Division I Championship Football games, I’ve...
North Dakota State Makes The Plays for a 17-6 Championship Win Over SHSU
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sporting News FRISCO, TX. — North Dakota State took its place among some of the greatest defensive performers...
FCS Championship Preview: The Bearkat’s “Hogs” vs. the Bison’s “Dogs”
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal FRISCO, TX. — The FCS National Championship game between Sam Houston State and North Dakota State...
Ten Years Of Championship Memories In FCS
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Two years ago, I will never forget watching Villanova’s team buses pull into...
North Dakota State’s Motto: Victory Loves Preparation
By Kyle Roth Columnist College Sports Journal FRISCO, TX. —Amat Victoria Curam. “Victory Loves Preparation.” It’s one of the recurring motifs of...
2001: Montana Shuts Down Furman For NCAA Title Win
Editor’s Note: This is another article in a continuing series of articles from past FCS championship games. This is the game story from Montana’s 2001...
2002: Western Kentucky Tops McNeese State For NCAA Championship
Editor’s Note: This is another article in a continuing series of articles from past FCS championship games. This is the game story from Western Kentucky’s...
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...
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...
2005: Hunter’s Fumble Recovery, TD Lifts Appalachian State Over UNI
Editor’s Note: This is another article in a continuing series of articles from past FCS championship games. This is the game story from Appalachian State’s...
2006: Richardson, Appalachian State Run Past UMass For Title
Editor’s Note: This is another article in a continuing series of articles from past FCS championship games. This is the game story from Appalachian State’s...
2008: Richmond Reaches Mountaintop With Title Win Over 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 Richmond’s 2008...
2009: Talley, Villanova Find Heaven On Earth With Title Win Over Montana
Editor’s Note: This is another article in a continuing series of articles from past FCS championship games. This is the Dec. 18, 2009 game story...
2010-11: Eastern Washington Stuns Delaware For National Title
Editor’s Note: This is another article in a continuing series of articles from past FCS championship games. This is the Jan. 7, 2011 game story...
2010-11: EWU Takes Full Advantage Of Its Breaks To Win Again
Editor’s Note: This is one in a series of historical articles that look back at past FCS title games. This story was written on...
FCS Championship Games Through The Years: 1978-2010
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA — Here is a game-by-game synopsis of the previous 33 title games in the history...
Fans Wanting To Make It To Frisco “Get No Respect”
By Kyle Roth Special To the College Sports Journal FARGO, N.D. — Within a few hours of Sam Houston State’s ticket-punching victory over Montana, Bearkat...
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...
North Dakota State Stifles Georgia Southern’s Option In 35-7 Win
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota State did something even Alabama couldn’t accomplish Saturday in the...
Sam Houston State Holds Off Montana To Reach FCS Title Game
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal HUNTSVILLE, TX. — Tim Flanders was the main man when Sam Houston State built a 21-0...
Montana, Sam Houston State Meet Again In FCS Semifinals
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The last time that Montana ventured into Huntsville, TX. to take on Sam...
Georgia Southern, North Dakota State Ready To Meet Again
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal STATESBORO, GA. — Five years ago, when Georgia Southern and North Dakota State met for...
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...
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...
Defense Proves To Be The Difference in North Dakota State’s Win Over Lehigh
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal FARGO, N.D. — In the end, not having junior WR Ryan Spadola didn’t matter for Lehigh In front...
McKinnon’s Switch To Defense Leads Georgia Southern Past Maine
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal STATESBORO, GA. — Until a couple of weeks ago, Jerick McKinnon was a stalwart in...
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...
Lehigh Faces Uphill Challenge At North Dakota State
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal FARGO, N.D. — Let’s say you’re a Lehigh player right now. Today, you learned...
For Many Bobcat Players, A Homecoming at Sam Houston State in the Quarterfinals
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal HUNTSVILLE, TX. — It comes as no surprise that a game at Sam Houston State...
Powerhouse Programs From Montana, UNI Meet In Quarterfinals
David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Northern Iowa and Montana are no strangers to the NCAA Division I Football...
Lehigh’s Spadola Suspended For North Dakota State Game
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — On Saturday, it was a head-scratching lead-in on head coach Andy Coen’s press conference...
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...
