College Sports Journal Sagarin FBS G5 Top 25 – Sept. 26
Here are the Top 25 FBS Group of Five (G5) rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Sept. 26, 2020. UCF remains...
Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 4
This week we got the news of the two previously called-off conferences of the Mountain West and Mid-American Conferences making a return to play this...
GAME PREVIEW: Army at Cincinnati
Army at CincinnatiWhen: Saturday, Sept. 26th, 3:30 PM EDTWhere: Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati, OHTV/Streaming: ESPN/WatchESPN (subscription req’d) Army and Cincinnati used to be Conference USA rivals but the two...
GAME PREVIEW: UAB at South Alabama
UAB at South AlabamaWhen: Thursday, Sept. 24th, 7:30 PM EDTWhere: Hancock Whitney Stadium, Mobile, ALTV/Streaming: ESPN/WatchESPN (subscription req’d) UAB will play its third Thursday game of the year...
College Sports Journal FBS Group of Five National Players of the Week-Sept. 21
Five players including Dillon Gabriel from UCF, Elijah Mitchell from Louisiana, Tavante Beckett from Marshall, Diego Fagot from Navy, and Chris Naggar from SMU have...
College Sports Journal Sagarin FBS G5 Top 25 – Sept. 19
Here are the Top 25 FBS Group of Five (G5) rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Sept. 19, 2020. Despite UCF...
Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 3
While there was a number of great match-ups in all of college football this weekend, the biggest news of the week was the return to...
College Sports Journal FBS Group of Five National Players of the Week-Sept. 14
Five players including Jonathan Adams, Jr. from Arkansas State, Sincere McCormick from UTSA, Grayson McCall from Coastal Carolina, Cameron Sample form Tulane, and Chris Smith...
Highlights And Recaps of ACC Games, Week of 9/13/2020
The 2020 college football season opened for eleven Atlantic Coast Conference teams last week. Miami opened the week with an impressive 31-14 win over UAB...
COULSON: Power Rushing Closes Out Appalachian State’s 35-20 Win Over Charlotte
As Clark manned the sidelines at Kidd Brewer Stadium Saturday for the first time as the Mountaineers’ head coach, he drew from his football DNA...
College Sports Journal Sagarin FBS G5 Top 25 – Sept. 12
Here are the Top 25 FBS Group of Five (G5) rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Sept. 12, 2020. Despite UCF...
Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 2
The Sun Belt is the Fun Belt definitely after Week 2!! And the Sun Belt Conference seems to own the Power Five Big 12 Conference...
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...
GAME PREVIEW: Charlotte at Appalachian State
Charlotte at Appalachian StateWhen: Saturday, Sept. 12th 12:00 PM EDTWhere: Kidd Brewer Stadium, Boone, N.C.TV/Streaming: ESPN2/WatchESPN (subscription req’d) Charlotte starts is gamut of non-Conference USA games with...
College Sports Journal Sagarin FBS G5 Top 25 – Sept. 7
Here are the Top 25 FBS Group of Five (G5) rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Nov. 30th, 2019. BYU with...
Preview of Big 12 Football Games, Week Of 9/12/2020
The 2020 college football season begins in earnest this week for most of the Big 12 Conference teams. ...
Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 1
Wow, what a showing by the BYU Cougars on Labor Day evening. In my preview of the game, I thought BYU was going to win...
GAME PREVIEW: UAB at Miami (FL)
The college football season continues to get underway as UAB travels to south Florida on Thursday to take on Miami. ...
GAME PREVIEW: BYU at Navy
BYU at NavyWhen: Monday, Sept. 7th 8:00 PM EDTWhere: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MDTV/Streaming: ESPN/WatchESPN (subscription req’d) The Labor Day tradition of a a night game...
GAME PREVIEW: Arkansas State at Memphis
Arkansas State at MemphisWhen: Saturday, Sept. 5th 8:00 PM EDTWhere: Liberty Bowl, Memphis, TNTV/Streaming: ESPN/WatchESPN (subscription req’d) Let the Paint Bucket Bowl Trophy Game be played again!...
2020 Division I Group of Five Independents Preview
The G5 Independents had a rocky August to say the least. Many of the Power Five conferences moved to conference only or possibly just...
Lehigh Football: In Fall Like No Other, Head Coach Tom Gilmore And Staff Use Time To “Fuel The Desire To Play”
For months, fans, players, and Lehigh football head coach Tom Gilmore knew that this game wasn't going to happen on this day. But Gilmore...
GAME PREVIEW: Middle Tennessee State at Army
Middle Tennessee State at ArmyWhen: Saturday, Sept. 5th 1:30 PM EDTWhere: Michie Stadium, West Point, N.Y.TV/Streaming: CBS Sports Network/Watch CBS Sports Network The Blue Raiders and Black...
2020 Division I Conference Preview: Sun Belt Conference
The Sun Belt has often been considered the lowest ranked conference in all of FBS but with the play of App State and Louisiana, as...
GAME PREVIEW: South Alabama at Southern Miss
Fearless Prediction: It is the first game for both teams after the most bizarre offseason. Both teams will likely be rusty and with last year’s...
College Sports Journal Sagarin FBS G5 Top 25–Preseason 2020
Below are the Top 25 Group of Five (G5) preseason rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the 2020 season. CSJ will show weekly rankings...
Five Burning Questions I Have About A Spring Football Season For the Patriot League
I have five burning questions on the issue that might help to give clarity on what a spring season for the Patriot League might look...
2020 Division I Conference Football Preview: Conference USA
Since 2016, in fact, no preseason divisional winner (predicted by the media poll by the conference) has finished atop of their division standings. ...
2020 Division I Conference Football Preview: American Athletic Conference
With all the uncertainty going into the 2020 college football season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Athletic Conference has decided to forge ahead...
GAME PREVIEW: GUARDIAN FCS KICKOFF CLASSIC
This game between Austin Peay and Central Arkansas was supposed to kick off another exciting season of FCS football. These are two teams who won...
OPINION: Despite The Risks, The FCS Kickoff Game Is Going To Happen This Saturday
On August 29th, 2020, the Guardian Credit Union FCS Kickoff will be kicking off in Montgomery, Alabama, despite the risks of doing so....
OPINION: NCAA Head Coaches Need to Replace Authority and Control with Trust and Support
As a long-overdue paradigm shift regarding the student-athlete voice envelops the most high-profile yet taboo culture in higher education, three outdated mantras within college athletics...
FLASHBACK: The Cal Bears Were Golden In 1920
1920 saw the game regain some of its stronghold across the nation as the game continued making its way back on college campuses across the...
Rethinking Division I Football: Making A Three Tiered System
How do we organize these programs in a way that is enticing for them, without breaking the proverbial bank while also creating a potentially better...
College Football Air Tragedies Remembered 50 Years Later
A black pall was cast over college football not once, but twice in 1970....
What does the MAC Canceling the Fall Football Schedule Mean to the Rest of the Group of Five?
While Division II and III and most Division I FCS programs, as well as one Group of Five team in Connecticut, are planning on calling...
The FCS Should Now Try To Play A Modified Season in the Spring. Here’s How You Do It.
Playing a radically shortened season of six "regular-season" games would allow for most teams to only have a season that is marginally longer than what...
OPINION: Requiem for the NCAA
On Wednesday, August 5th 2020, we were finally given the answer we have all been waiting for from the NCAA with regards to the continuation...
College Football in the Fall: Selfish or Perseverance?
Writers across the nation struggle with the fact that all their work may be all for naught. Athletes worry their off-season efforts and senior years...
A Wacky Idea for a Wacky Year of 2020 for Division I Football
It has been a wacky 2020, hasn’t it? The year started out like most years. The Group of Five played four bowl games in this...
OPINION: Please Stop This Madness, NCAA Board of Governors, And Cancel Fall Championships For 2020
Despite the bungling and mismanagement of the NCAA, President Mark Emmert and the Board of Governors, they still have one final chance to get on...
OPINION: Shutting Out FCS Schools from P5 Schedules? Here We Go Again
It seems like nationally, college football people really don't seem to have any idea about the talent, passion, and tradition that goes on at FCS...
Longtime Coach, Administrator Roy Kramer Among Hall of Fame Candidates
Roy Kramer’s career can best be summed up in segments of about 12 years, and each coincides with the growth of football at the high...
Women’s Basketball Pioneer to be Honored at Murray State
Jackie Mounts will soon take her rightful spot among the legends at Murray State University when she is inducted into the MSU Hall of Fame....
OPINION: Emmert’s FCS Ignorance Not Only Embarrasses Him, But Harms The Subdivision. He Should Be Thrown Out As President of the NCAA.
Emmert's long silence about the subject of FCS football was broken today, where he showed himself to be as equally ignorant as he is unable...
OPINION: No, David Pollack. FCS Football Is Right Where It Should Be.
On July 21st, 2020, when David Pollack went on air to suggest that FCS football should permanently become spring football, I cringed....
Tennessee State Defensive Coordinator Justin Roberts Has A Passion For Strength and Conditioning
CSJ’s David Mays caught up with Tennessee State defensive coordinator Justin Roberts to talk Tigers football, strength and conditioning, and coaching in Nashville....
OPINION: Patriot League Fall Sports Cancellation The Right Thing to Do, But A Terrible (Rivalry) Loss For the Community
Hope is not a strategy, and the truth is any form of national strategy has failed in an effort to have college football this fall....
What Will It Take For Teams Outside the “Big Three” FCS Conferences To Become Title Contenders?
How do teams outside the FCS "Big Three" conferences take that final step to become national championship contenders, and how do these conferences gain national...
Jacksonville State Director of Athletics Greg Seitz: “Our Situation is No Different than Most Schools Across the Country”
CSJ's David Mays caught up with Jacksonville State's Athletic Director Greg Seitz just before a very eventful week on college athletics....