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FCS Playoffs: Some Teams Are More Equal Than Others

By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — After watching the brackets unfold for the NCAA Division I Football championship, I couldn't help but think of George Orwell's classic novel Animal Farm.   The phrase that stuck out was that all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others..

NCAA Announces 2012 Division I Football Championship Field

NCAA Release For College Sports Journal   INDIANAPOLIS, IN. — The field of 20 teams competing for the 2012 NCAA Division I Football Championship was announced today by the NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee.    North Dakota State (10-1) tops the bracket as the top seed after capturing the automatic qualifying berth from the.

Why Not Expand To 24 Playoff Teams? This Year

By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — You have to feel for NCAA Division I football committee chairman Charlie Cobb and his fellow committee members as they burn the midnight oil in Indianapolis, IN. to give us a 20-team, Football Championship Subdivision playoff bracket by early Sunday afternoon.   Sure,.

Villanova’s Closing Statement Earns Wildcats CAA Auto Bid

By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal   NEWARK, DE. — It was time for teams to make their closing statements to the jury on Saturday, with some teams making convincing arguments and others leaving a lot to be desired.   Sunday is judgement day for the Football Championship Subdivision as the 20-team NCAA.

Game Breakdown, The 148th, Lehigh at Lafayette, 11/17/2012

By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal   BETHLEHEM, PA. -We break down the Lafayette game – and we give our fearless prediction, below the flip. Checking Twitter and Facebook is not exactly an exact science when it comes to trying to gauge how fired up a team, or a fan base, is. After.

Game Preview: The 148th: Lehigh at Lafayette, 11/17/2012

By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal   BETHLEHEM, PA. – When you study "The Rivalry" as long as I have, the overall trends of Lehigh students, Lafayette students, the football players, and the citizens of Bethlehem and Easton break apart, and the individual stories from each specific instance come to the fore.  Specific.

NDSU Remains At No. 1 After A Week Of Upsets

College Sports Journal News Release   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — North Dakota State survived another challenge, beating South Dakota State 20-17 at home in Missouri Valley Football Conference play, to remain No. 1 the College Sports Journal Football Championship Subdivision Top-25 poll for week 12 of the season.   North Dakota State, No. 3 Montana State.

Bethune-Cookman Tops HBCU Football Power Rankings

By Donal Ware HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — After clinching the MEAC championship with a 49-7 victory over Savannah State, Bethune-Cookman remains atop the Boxtorow/BCSP HBCU football power rankings for the second-straight week.   Arkansas-Pine Bluff has won five-straight and has peaked at No. 3 in the Boxtorow poll and No..

Martin Kicks Appalachian State To Win Over Furman, SoCon Title

By Mike Holloway FCS Columnist College Sports Journal   Editor's Note: See more of Holloway's work and the original version of this column at http://appstatecentral.com/content/mountaineers-survive-furman-and-claim-12th-socon-title.   BOONE, N.C. — After surrendering a 13-point halftime lead early in the third quarter, Appalachian (8-3, 6-2 SoCon) escaped Kidd Brewer Stadium with a 33-28 win over Furman (3-7,.

CSJ Announces Players of the Week/Freshmen of the Week 11

College Sports Journal News Release   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Defensive back D'Vonte Graham of North Carolina A&T, linebacker Joey Harmon of Villanova, punter Scott Lopano of Penn, quarterback Jerick McKinnon of Georgia Southern, defensive end Caleb Schreibeis of Montana State, linebacker Nick Sigmon of Liberty, quarterback Darian Stone of Tennessee Tech and running back Dominique.

HBCU Poll: WSSU, Bethune-Cookman Clinch Titles, Remain No. 1

By Donal Ware HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — After their second-straight CIAA championship game victory 34-19 over Elizabeth City State, the Winston-Salem State Rams remain No. 1 in the Boxtorow national media poll.   The Bethune-Cookman Wildcats clinched the MEAC championship with a 49-7 victory over Savannah State and remain atop.

Miller’s Missouri Valley Power Rankings: Week 11

By Mitchell Miller Special Report College Sports Journal   FARGO, ND – North Dakota State retains the Dakota Marker, and thus also clinches at least a share of the Missouri Valley Football Conference Championship.  They also retain their top spot in the Missouri Valley Power Ratings this week. Read more At the MVFC Blog  

Colgate Runs Over Lehigh For Patriot League Title

By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal   BETHLEHEM, PA. — After the weatherman promised a mostly sunny day on November 10th, the day of the Patriot League championship game at Murray Goodman stadium, there was instead a gray, hazy fog that persisted throughout the football game. Like the weather, the game was also.

Villanova Stays Alive With 35-20 Drubbing Of James Madison

By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal   VILLANOVA, PA. — Coming off a two-win season in 2011, Villanova coach Andy Talley was hopeful his team would have a winning season in 2012 and, maybe if things broke right his Wildcats could win seven games and have an outside chance at a playoff berth..

It’s The Penultimate Weekend In FCS

  By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — From my days reading British professional tennis guides when I played competitively in the sports as prepster in the 1970s, I became familiar with a rather interesting word, not often used on this side of the Atlantic.   I couldn't help but.

New Football Complex Signals Renewed Commitment For Furman

By Abe Hardesty FurmanPaladins.com For College Sports Journal   GREENVILLE, S.C. — As Paladin Stadium arose in the southeast corner of the Furman University campus in the spring of 1980, third-year coach Dick Sheridan also observed changes on an individual scale.   “When you make a major addition to a program, it adds a lot.

HBCU Preview: It’s Time For Championship Saturday

By Donal Ware HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — It is championship Saturday.   For the second-straight year, the defending Boxtorow HBCU national champion Winston-Salem State Rams will take on Elizabeth City State in the CIAA football championship game in Durham, N.C.   Meanwhile, Tuskegee and Fort Valley State make their first.

Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Picking the FCS Playoff Bracket, Week 11

By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — With two weekends left before Selection Sunday, amazingly, only one conference's autobid has been determined beyond doubt.   Folks who want to fill out their FCS playoff brackets don't even know whom the autobids might be, let alone the riddle that is the at-large.

Miller’s Missouri Valley Power Rankings: Week 10

By Mitchell Miller Special Report College Sports Journal   BROOKINGS, SD – In this week's Missouri Valley Power Rankings, a last-gasp Jackrabbit touchdown pass upended the power rankings once more as we get closer and closer to the FCS playoffs.    Read more at the MVFC Blog

Appalachian Outlasts the Top-Ranked Eagles in Statesboro

Mike Holloway Special Contributor College Sports Journal   STATESBORO, GA. — Despite being outgained by nearly 100 yards and losing the time of possession battle by more than 17 minutes, Appalachian State (7-3, 5-2 SoCon) clamped down defensively in the 4th quarter to hold on for a 31-28 win over Georgia Southern (7-2, 6-2 SoCon),.

Appalachian State Knocks Off No. 1 Georgia Southern Again, 31-28

By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal   STATESBORO, GA. — The question before the crowd at Paulson Stadium on Saturday afternoon as No. 1-ranked Georgia Southern hosted Appalachian State in a Southern Conference first-place showdown was if lightning could strike twice?   Considering the weather phenomena — Hurricane Sandy — that struck much.

Georgia Southern Vaults To No. 1 in CSJ Top-25 Poll

College Sports Journal News Release   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Georgia Southern survived a triple-overtime thriller to win 39-31 at Tennessee-Chattanooga on Saturday night in Southern Conference action and used that victory to vault into the top spot of the College Sports Journal Football Championship Subdivision Top-25 poll for week nine of the season.   It.

HBCU Preview: Title Races Reaching The Home Stretch

By Donal Ware HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal   PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Time certainly flies.   It seems like yesterday we were previewing the HBCU football season and now the season is coming down the home stretch.   A few matchups last week helped us get closer to determining… and well, still kept things up.

Game Breakdown, Lehigh at Holy Cross, 11/3/2012

  By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal   BETHLEHEM, PA. — We break down the Holy Cross game – and we give our fearless prediction, below the flip.   In my preview piece yesterday, I talked about the craziness of this series, featuring bad weather, power outages, and the like.  Adding to the.

CSJ Previews Week 10 of FCS Action

By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Enjoy this week's previews of Week 10 action, courtesy of the College Sports Journal!   Want to be listed with our gameday previews?  Contact us!

Liberty Plays for their Playoff Lives vs. Charleston Southern

By Jon Manson Special Contributor College Sports Journal   LYNCHBURG, VA. — The Flames will look to bounce back from a crushing defeat to Coastal this week, as they take on Charleston Southern in a Big South Conference match up.    The game kicks off at 3:30 Saturday from Williams Stadium.    While Liberty's playoff.

Bitter SoCon Rivals Play As Championship Hangs In Balance

Mike Holloway Special Contributor College Sports Journal   STATESBORO, GA. — Appalachian State (6-3, 4-2 SoCon) and Georgia Southern (7-1, 6-1 SoCon) prepare to renew their bitter rivalry once again on Saturday and as both fan bases have grown accustomed to, a Southern Conference title hangs in the balance.   This marks the third consecutive.