An FCS History Lesson For Sam Houston State
David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor’s note: CSJ Publisher/Managing Editor Chuck Burton contributed to the capsules for this column. BOONE, N.C....
FCS Preview: Lehigh Will Face Improved Towson
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — If past performance were indicative of how things are going to go this...
FCS Preview: Maine, Appalachian State Rekindle Playoff Rivalry
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal BOONE, N.C. — The last time Maine traveled to Appalachian State for an NCAA Division...
The Amazing, Different, Powerbrokering Football History of Towson
by Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — While doing research this week for the matchup between the Tigers and Mountain...
CSJ Classic: Maine’s Big Plays Oust Appalachian State (2002)
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor’s note: This is the one in a series of three historical articles from the...
CSJ Classic: Mountaineers Prepare To Face Maine (2002)
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor’s note: This is the one in a series of three historical articles from the...
CSJ Classic: The Year Of Living Dangerously
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor’s note: This is the one in a series of three historical articles from the...
ESPN, Don’t Mess With Our Playoff Games
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — At the conclusion of the Central Arkansas Bears’ 34-14 victory over Tennessee tech,...
Towson Making A Believer of the Commander-In-Chief
(Photo Credit:Karl Merton Ferron, the Baltimore Sun) It was a poorly-kept secret that U.S. President Barack Obama would be making the first-ever presidential visit of Towson....
Central Arkansas Opens Playoffs With Crisp Win Over Tennessee Tech
College Sports Journal News Reports COOKEVILLE, TN. — It may have been the first Division I Football postseason game for Central Arkansas, but the...
Starke’s Kick Lifts JMU To Another Win
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal RICHMOND, KY. — You couldn’t blame place kicker Cameron Starke and his James Madison teammates for...
Old Dominion Dominates Crosstown Playoff Battle With Norfolk State
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal (Photo Credit: Old Dominion University players block a field goal attempt by Norfolk State University’s Ryan Estep...
Interception Gives Stony Brook A Win At The End Over Albany
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal (Photo Credit: Albany’s Brian Parker (49) tries to tackle Stony Brook’s Dominick Reyes (24) after he...
JMU, EKU Bring History To Playoff Matchup
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — James Madison and Eastern Kentucky are two teams with championship histories, but...
Albany, Stony Brook Bring Similarities To Playoff Encounter
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal STONY BROOK, N.Y. — One thing is certain when two playoff newcomers, Albany and Stony...
FCS Playoffs Create A New Battle of Norfolk
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal NORFOLK, VA. — Old Dominion’s and Norfolk State’s football stadiums are separated by a mere 4.2...
First-Time Playoff Participants Tennessee Tech, Central Arkansas Square Off
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — To say that the folks at Tennessee Tech and Central Arkansas are excited...
Louisiana Tech Struggles To Survive A Bear Attack
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal In this special CSJ classic, Chuck Burton talks a little bit about the special upset that...
Alabama State Has Unfinished Business With Tuskegee
College Sports Journal News Report MONTGOMERY, AL. — On the Alabama State football website, you can easily find a graphic that says “One...
A Day In I-AA, 2002
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor’s Note: It is time to get back into the Wayback Machine with Mr. Peabody...
FCS Playoffs: The Grand Art Of Compromise
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — If I lived in the world of science fiction, how fun would it...
Was it ESPN That Chose Eastern Kentucky for the FCS Playoffs?
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — At the FCS level, college football fans like to picture their pristine subdivision free...
NCAA Announces 2011 Division I Championship Field
From the NCAA News Service College Sports Journal INDIANAPOLIS, IN. — The field of 20 teams competing for the 2011 NCAA Division I Football Championship...
Back To The Future, FCS Edition
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — This time of the year there are a lot of people who suddenly...
Rivalries Abound In FCS On Saturday
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — As if there wasn’t already enough on the line during the final weekend...
It’s Game 147 For Lafayette, Lehigh In “The Rivalry”
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal BETHLEHEM, PA. — It’s tempting, if you’re a Lehigh fan, to look ahead. After all, no matter...
Georgia Southern Aims For Bigger Challenges After Stopping Wofford
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Having completed the minefield of competition in the Southern Conference with their...
FCS Polls, Week of 11/19/2011
Below the flip, see the latest FCS polls for the week of 11/12/2011. Any Given Saturday No. 1: Montana State The Sports Network No. 1:...
Pete Adrian Turns Things Around At Norfolk State
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal BALTIMORE, MD. — The first time I ever cast eyes on the Norfolk State football...
Lehigh Convincing In Patriot League Championship Game, 34-12
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal BETHLEHAM, PA. — It was billed as the Patriot League championship game — a winner-take-all contest...
Towson Wins CAA Shootout With New Hampshire
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sporting News TOWSON, MD. — It might be hard to believe now, but Towson University actually trailed New...
What A Fine Mess We Could Have In The SoCon
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — I’ve always been a sucker for the old, slapstick comedy of the...
Penn Sets Sight On Harvard, Ivy League Title
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — One of my favorite things about living in the greater Philadelphia area is...
Towson A Step Closer To First Football Championship Trophy After Beating Maine
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal ORONO, ME. — There are no league championship trophies in Towson University’s football awards case. ...
Ron McBride Will Be Missed at Weber State
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — I’ll never forget the first time I met Ron McBride, the veteran coach...
FCS Polls, Week of 11/12/2011
Below the flip, see the latest FCS polls for the week of 11/12/2011. Any Given Saturday No. 1: North Dakota State The Sports Network No....
Incredible Eastern Kentucky Comeback Turns OVC Championship on Its Head
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Up by 24 points with 7:25 to go, Jacksonville State head coach Jack...
Few Expected A Towson-Maine Showdown In The CAA
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor’s note: For the Colonial Athletic Association first-place battle between Towson University and the University of...
North Dakota State Looking For A Real FCS Title
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — There was a time when North Dakota State coach Craig Bohl ruffled a...
FCS Polls, Week of 11/5/2011
Below the flip, see the latest FCS polls for the week of 11/5/2011. Any Given Saturday No. 1: North Dakota State The Sports Network No....
Barket’s Breakout Day Lifts Lehigh, 45-25, Over Colgate
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Before the season even started, Colgate senior running back Nate Eachus had to have...
ASU Earns Revenge Against No. 1 Georgia Southern
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal BOONE, N.C. — A year ago, Appalachian State felt the sting of losing to Georgia Southern...
Presley Makes Huge Sacrifice For Appalachian State
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal BOONE, N.C. — The news out of Kidd Brewer Stadium last Saturday as Appalachian State...
There Is Nothing New Under The SoCon Sun
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor’s note: This column was originally published on Oct. 18, 2010 in the College Sporting News...
Monken Brings Georgia Southern Back To ASU
By David Coulson College Sports Journal Executive Editor BOONE, N.C. — It has been a decade since Jeff Monken has taken a football team...
Jamal Jackson’s Big Decision
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal BOONE, N.C. — Sometimes the best decisions are the ones you don’t make. Just ask...
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In 2011, David Coulson, a published author and veteran FCS columnist of 19 years and college football writer of 35 years, and Chuck Burton, who...
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It’s a Brand New Day
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