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A FCS Title Game Masterpiece: Montana State’s Win Over Illinois State One For the Ages

NASHVILLE, TN. — For four quarters and into overtime Montana State and Illinois State had created a masterpiece during the 2025-26 Football Championship Subdivision championship game Monday night before 24,105 spectators at Vanderbilt University’s FirstBank Stadium. And with one final, precision-brushstroke, MSU quarterback Justin Lamson completed a Monet-like classic. Lamson’s four-down, back-shoulder, 14-yard pass at.

GAME TWELVE, #Rivalry161, LEHIGH AT LAFAYETTE – One Rivalry Game For All The Marbles

Four years ago, these freshmen were recruited to Lehigh at least in part because they wanted to be a part of college football history, the Lehigh/Lafayette Rivalry. The 2022 game, played right after the COVID pandemic, essentially, was not a sellout. This Saturday, four years later, Lafayette’s Fisher Stadium sold out easily. It’s the product of two college football programs that picked themselves up and have earned the hype and sellout this game has created.

GAME FOUR, LEHIGH AT BUCKNELL: The Rivalry Nobody is Talking About.. But Should

Nationally, Lehigh/Bucknell might be considered a forgotten rivalry. The national pundits might not make it their Game of the Week, or even think of it as a Rivalry, or even think of it as a competitive game. But don’t tell that to the football players at Bucknell or Lehigh. To them, it most definitely not a lost Rivalry. And both sides know exactly how competitive this weekend’s game is going to be.