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By Alvin Hollins HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal TALLAHASSEE, FL. — Yes, HBCU sports fans it is still early in the 2013 football season but some early trends seem to be developing among the 22 Division FCS programs which portend a mixed bag of a season ahead. Thus far, 37 games have been.
By Donal Ware HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal BOONE, N.C. — Over the last few years, there has been much talk as to whether the MEAC and to a lesser degree the SWAC should opt out of playing in the national Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Playoffs. Should the leagues play each other for.
By Matt Markus Columnist College Sports Journal BETHLEHEM, PA. — By now most people understand that FCS stands for Football Championship Subdivision. After this past weekend, for half of the Patriot League, it could also stand for Football Comeback Subdivision. Fordham, Lehigh and Lafayette were all involved in games that needed a.
Staff College Sports Journal Below the flip check out exclusive photos from Week 1 action in the world of FCS! Dennis Hubbard: North Dakota State vs. Ferris State, 9/7/2013
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Lost by many in the midst of last week’s record haul of Football Bowl Subdivision scalps by Football Championship Subdivision teams was the fact that it could have been much worse for some of those Bowl Championship Series squads. “When you play.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It is hard to forget that little Wagner College turned into one of the feel-good stories of the 2012. The Seahawks nearly stunned the college football world in the opening weekend last season, coming within a play of beating a former.
Special To College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — The Podcast of the FCS Gameday Report with Tony Williams for Week 2 of the 2013 FCS college football season is presented by College Sports Journal.
By Donal Ware HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — It wasn’t a good opening week for HBCU football. At all. A total of 17 games involving HBCUs were played and where an HBCU played a non-HBCU, HBCUs were 0-13. Ouch. In some of those games, the expectation was that the.
By Alvin Hollins HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal TALLAHASSEE, FL. — The HBCU programs in FCS got off to a relatively rough start in the opening weekend of the 2013 college football season, as only five teams came up on the winning side. MEAC ROUNDUP (2-7): It wasn’t until the Sunday two-step involving.
By Donal Ware HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal NASHVILLE, TN. — The first marquee matchup of the 2013 HBCU football season lived up to its billing. Bethune-Cookman defeated Tennessee State 12-9 in Nashville and was a unanimous selection in the Boxtorow coaches’ poll. The game was a battle of defenses, without a touchdown.
College Sports Journal FWAA News Release DALLAS, TX. – The North Dakota State Bison headlined a banner weekend for teams from the Football Championship Subdivision by knocking off Kansas State on the road, 24-21. The two-time defending FCS champions are the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week for games of the weekend.
College Sports Journal News Release PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The crazy first week of the Football Championship Subdivision season had its impact on the College Sports Journal/Game Worn Uniforms.com Top-25 poll, with North Dakota State remaining at No. 1 and Eastern Washington vaulting to No. 2 after historical victories over ranked Football Bowl Subdivision teams..
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — It was at halftime of the Appalachian State-Michigan game in 2007 when renowned sports columnist Mitch Albom pulled up a chair next to me in the Michigan Stadium press box to pick my brain. After watching the Mountaineers dismantle the Wolverines for.
CBS Sports By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The 2013 Division I college football season started a little after 6:00 PM on Thursday, August 29th in Kent, Ohio. It was a matchup between an FCS team, Liberty, and an FBS team, Kent State. Kent State struggled with Liberty, with their.
By Matt Markus Columnist College Sports Journal BETHLEHEM, PA. — When the Big Ten announced in February that they would no longer schedule FCS opponents, they made it sound like it was a move to strengthen their laughable non-conference scheduling. Wisconsin Athletic Director and former Hall of Fame Coach Barry Alvarez told the.
Staff College Sports Journal Below the flip check out exclusive photos from Week 1 action in the world of FCS! Keith Cline: Jacksonville vs. Delaware, 8/29/2013 Dennis Hubbard: North Dakota State vs. Kansas State, 8/30/2013 Mike Cawood: Coastal Carolina vs. South Carolina State, 8/31/2013 .
University of Delaware By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal NEWARK, DE. — It was a few moments before Delaware’s opening kickoff with Jacksonville on Thursday night and suddenly, Dave Brock was the loneliest man on Tubby Raymond Field. It wasn’t like Daniel, heading into the Lion’s Den in some ancient, Medo-Persian prison, or.
College Sports Journal News Release PHILADELPHIA — North Dakota State is attempting to become just the second team in Football Championship Subdivision history to win three consecutive national championships and the Bison are ranked No. 1 in the preseason College Sports Journal/Game Worn Uniforms.com Top-25 poll. The Bison were unanimously picked as the.
By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan’s NCAA FCS Week 1 Preview – the John Merritt Classic between the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats and the Tennessee State Tigers – is presented by College Sports Journal.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal NEWARK, DE. — In the midst of the flood of change that represented the Football Championship Subdivision, there is a sense of serenity in looking out over a vacant Delaware’s Tubby Raymond Field — one of the iconic venues in the the organization of college football.
By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan’s NCAA FCS Week 1 Preview – the Appalachian State Mountaineers vs. the Montana Grizzlies – is presented by College Sports Journal.
By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan’s NCAA FCS Week 1 Preview – the Villanova Wildcats vs. the Boston College Eagles – is presented by College Sports Journal.
By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan’s NCAA FCS Week 1 Preview – the North Dakota State Bison vs. the Kansas State Wildcats – is presented by College Sports Journal.
College Sports Journal News Release PHILADELPHIA—A pair of former freshman of the year, running back Terrance West of Towson and wide receiver Sean Price of Appalachian State, are among the headliners on the 2013 College Sports Journal Football Championship Subdivision Preseason All-America team. West, now heading into his junior year, was the CSJ.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal BETHLEHEM, PA. — Media Day season, in FCS as in FBS, has been all about dramatic change. It’s about a group of five conferences – the Big 10, Pac 12, Big XII, SEC and ACC – trying to start a conversation about changing how the NCAA.
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 in the FCS playoffs. But let’s call the ban what it really is – discrimination.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — One of the biggest complaints coming from the mouths of FCS football fans is the lack of “exposure” of their teams on TV. Frequently teams have their own local TV deals, like Lehigh with Service Electric 2 in the Lehigh Valley, national TV.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — CB Robert Alford, selected with the 28th pick in the second round by the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, was the first FCS player taken in the NFL Draft this season. The 5’10, 186 lb Alford, who was College Sports Journal’s FCS Defensive Player of.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Two years ago, the “end of days” was predicted in regards to one very big and very powerful FBS conference. The Big XII had just lost Nebraska and Texas A&M, and the conference was predicted by many so-called smart people to go the.
Welcome to the inaugural 2013 NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament FCS challenge, brought to you by the College Sports Journal! The object of the contest is simple – pick the winners of the NCAA tournament games which happen to involve schools that host an FCS football team. Each game is weighted differently with a maximum.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Normally when an FCS school schedules a game against an FBS school it’s not very controversial. But when Wagner announced they will be playing Syracuse in 2013, many fans looked at Wagner, and their NEC-mandated athletic scholarship level of 38, and saw some.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — I'll make no bones about it: this Sunday, I'm going to be a huge Ravens fan. As an FCS football fan, it seems like I'm genetically predisposed to root for the little guys, the underdogs. And for fans of the Davids over the.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Stony Brook running back Miguel Maysonet heads up the 2012 College Sports Journal Football Championship Subdivision All-America Team. Maysonet, who finished as the runner up for the Walter Payton Award, was chosen as the offensive player of the year on the 63-player.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Wide receiver Sean Price of Appalachian State and quarterback John Robertson of Villanova shared top honors on the second annual College Sports Journal Football Championship Subdivision Freshman All-America team as national freshmen of the year. Price and Robertson head up a 63-man.
By Kyle Roth FCS Columnist College Sports Journal FRISCO, TX. — One of the most riveting stats of the 2012 season for North Dakota State is simply the number six — that being the number of games decided by a touchdown or less over the course of the team’s 14-1 record and that culminated.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal FRISCO, TX. — When you have a chance to slay a dragon, you better have all of your weapons ready. Sam Houston State had numerous opportunities to thrust defending champion North Dakota State onto the ropes in Saturday afternoon's NCAA Division I Football Championship game.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Here is a game-by-game synopsis of the previous 34 title games in the history of the NCAA Division I Football Championships, beginning with the first Football Championship Subdivision title clash in 1978, through the 2011 campaign. 1978 Florida A&M 35, Massachusetts 28.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal FRISCO, TX. — History is not North Dakota State's friend. On the eve of the NCAA Division I Football Championship, the Bison are trying to accomplish something no other team has managed — to win a rematch in the Football Championship Subdivision title game. .
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Everything you need to know about the FCS national championship game this weekend between the North Dakota State Bison and the Sam Houston State Bearkats is right here.
By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan's NCAA FCS National Championship preview is presented by College Sports Journal.
By Jim O'Day Special Report College Sports Journal Editor's Note: This column originally appeared on the Make It Missoula website. Here is the original link: http://www.makeitmissoula.com/2013/01/wish-we-were-headed-for-frisco-texas/ MISSOULA, MT. — On Saturday, the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision title game will be played in Frisco, TX. (1 p.m. EST on ESPN2). For.
College Sports Journal Special Report PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Montana State defensive end Caleb Schrebeis, Stony Brook quarterback Kyle Essington, South Dakota State running back Zach Zenner and Lehigh wide receiver Ryan Spadola headline College Sports Journal's inaugural All-Academic team. Schrebeis, a senior from Billings, MT., notched 59 tackles and 15 tackles for loss as the.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — In terms of tickets sold, the contrast couldn't be greater between the FCS and FBS postseasons. At the FBS level this week, a bevy of different news reports have been illustrating how difficult it has been for certain bowls to sell tickets to.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Overall, people in the Northeast are tough. Maybe it's the cold, New England winters, the thick atmosphere around the financial and media centers of the large cities, or maybe it's just something in the cold melted waters in the tiny hills we call.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The memories of a 20-point, fourth-quarter comeback that Sam Houston State had pulled against Eastern Washington in a 2004 NCAA Division I Football Championship quarterfinal game had long since faded at what was when called Woodward Field. But on Saturday on the.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — For an entire season, the kicking game had loomed as Georgia Southern's Achilles' heel. And on Friday night in Fargo, N.D., the ability to make a place kick stood between the No. 5-seeded Eagles extending their NCAA Division I Football Championship semifinal.
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Everything you need to know about the FCS semifinal game this weekend between the Sam Houston State Bearkats and the Eastern Washington Eagles is right here.
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Everything you need to know about the FCS playoff game this weekend between the Georgia Southern Eagles and the North Dakota State Bison is right here.
By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan's NCAA FCS Playoff Semifinal preview of the game between the Georgia Southern Eagles and the North Dakota State Bison is presented by College Sports Journal.
By Emory Hunt Special Report College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — Football Gameplan's NCAA FCS Playoff Semifinal preview of the game between the Sam Houston State Bearkats and the Eastern Washington Eagles is presented by College Sports Journal.
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