CSJ Spring 2021 Week 1 Roundtable: Can A Spring Season Be Pulled Off?
The CSJ writing staff answer the questions many of us have about the beginning of this unprecedented FCS season....
Historic Spring College Football Season Set to Begin
The National Football Foundation (NFF) highlighted today the more than 310 schools and 35 conferences playing college football this spring at the Football Championship Subdivision...
CSJ Big Sky Women’s Hoops Preview Week Ending 2/29/2020: History-Making Season Continues at Montana State
The confetti that rained down from the rafters of Worthington Arena on Feb. 22 may have been a harbinger of things to come for Montana...
CSJ Big Sky Women’s Hoops Preview Week Ending 2/9/2020: Tight Race Continues in Big Sky Conference
With just over one month remaining before the start of the Big Sky Conference tournament it appears to be a three-team race for the top...
CSJ Big Sky Men’s Hoops Preview Week Ending 2/9/2020: Eagles, Grizzlies Clash with Conference Lead at Stake
League leading Eastern Washington travels to Missoula to tangle with the Grizzlies with the top spot in the league standings going to the victor....
FCS Semifinal Round Playoffs: Dukes Use Big First Quarter to Cruise Past Weber State 30-14
James Madison powered their way to Frisco and the FCS National Championship Game with a decisive 30-14 win at Bridgeforth Stadium this past Saturday....
2019 CSJ FCS Playoff Semifinal Picks And Celebration Bowl
It's the next-to-last weekend of FCS football action, and it's going to be a jam-packed Saturday with three games to showcase the best of FCS...
CSJ Semifinal Roundtable: Weber State at James Madison, Ben vs. Jamie
The College Sports Journal staff thought it would be a good idea to get some perspective on the Weber St/James Madison game from the guys...
2019 FCS Playoffs Semi-Finals Matchup: Weber State at James Madison (The James Madison Edition)
The Dukes were not happy with their offensive production. Between penalties, turnovers and missed field goals, Coach Curt Cignetti felt the team left a lot...
FCS Quarterfinal Round Playoffs: Through Cold, Rain and Snow, Weber State Outlast Bitter Big Sky Rivals Montana 17-10
On a wet, snowy evening at Stewart Stadium, Weber State's defense and special teams were the main reason the Wildcats defeated their bitter rivals Montana...
FCS Quarterfinal Round Playoffs: Ifanse’s Fabulous Friday Helps Montana State Over Austin Peay 24-10
The irresistible force met the immovable object and on this night the force prevailed....
2019 FCS Playoffs: CSJ Playoff Picks, National Quarterfinals
We're down to the final eight teams in the FCS Playoffs, as an unprecedented six of those teams face off on Friday evening in an...
2019 FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal Matchup: Austin Peay at Montana State, How To Watch and Fearless Predictions
After winning the Ohio Valley Conference championship for just the second time in school history and the first since 1977, the Governors won their second...
2019 FCS Playoffs, Round 2 Review: CSJ Staff Gives Their Opinions
With the second round of the FCS Playoffs now complete, we give you links to all our recaps and our writers' impression of the games....
FCS Second Round Playoffs: Weber State Escapes Kennesaw State Upset Bid, Beat Owls 26-20
OGDEN, UT - Kennesaw State jumped to a 17-12 halftime lead over Weber State in their FCS Playoff matchup, but the host Wildcats used a...
FCS Second Round Playoffs: Austin Peay Writes Another Winning Chapter In 42-28 Win over Sacramento State
Another chapter was written in Austin Peay’s history-making season as the Governors rolled early and often on their way to a 42-28 win over Sacramento...
FCS Second Round Playoffs: Record-Setting Performance for Montana As They Smother Southeastern Louisiana 73-28
Hosting their first FCS Playoff games since 2015, the Grizzlies put on a show for their home fans, setting program and national records as they...
FCS Second Round Playoffs: Montana State Scores 47 Consecutive Points And Overwhelms Albany 47-21
Montana State used a balanced offense and solid defense to easily defeat Albany 47-21 in their second round matchup in the FCS playoffs. Even though...
2019 FCS Playoffs: CSJ Playoff Picks, Round 2
This weekend eight seeded teams join the FCS Playoff party, including North Dakota State, who has made December dome football a North Dakota tradition, and...
2019 FCS Second Round Playoff Matchup: Albany at Montana State, How To Watch and Fearless Predictions
Albany proved its eight win regular season was no fluke as they cruised to a 42-14 win over Central Connecticut State behind a huge second...
2019 FCS Second Round Playoff Matchup: Austin Peay at Sacramento State, How To Watch and Fearless Predictions
Austin Peay and Sacramento State are both in a position that few pundits imagined at the start of the season: in the second round of...
2019 FCS Playoffs: CSJ Playoff Picks
The FCS playoffs are finally here! Enjoy the picks of the staff of the College Sports Journal and find out who we think will win...
2019 FCS Playoff Bracket Announced: How To Watch, CSJ Staff Impressions
Two-time defending national champion North Dakota State (12-0) tops the bracket as the number one seed after winning the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The Bison...
College Sports Journal Sagarin FCS Playoff Predictions–FINAL 2019
Using the Sagarin ratings from this week alone to project the FCS playoffs, along with the automatic bid for the conferences that receive a bid,...
FCS Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Final Playoff Picks, 11/23/2019
The FCS Playoff Committee has a pretty unenviable job this time around in trying to determine the playoff seeds. With a crazy day of upsets...
College Sports Journal Top 25 11/19/19
Just like that, we are down to the last week of the regular season. Selection Sunday comes to your airwaves thus Sunday November 24th at...
FCS Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Finally, Finally! A Whole Heap of Clarity
I've been doing this FCS Playoff field predictions a very long time now, and it's been a very strange year. It's not customary for so...
FCS Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Two Weeks Til Selection Sunday, Zero Autobids Offered
Two weeks to go, and how many autobids have been clinched? How about... none?...
FCS Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Finally, Things Start To Come Into Focus
There are three more football weekends to go before FCS Playoff Selection Sunday, where FCS Nation hopes ESPN pronounces all the schools' names correctly and...
FCS Playoffs ‘Til I Die: When Last Week’s Bracket Goes Terribly Wrong
Remember when I had Villanova as a seed? Good times. Harken back to when I had Delaware in my field? Yes, way back when –...
Big Sky Conference Previews, How To Watch: Week of 10/19/2019
The Big Sky has been a game of boggle lately as each time you shake it something big changes. Montana and Sacramento State will duke...
FCS Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Who Will I Cast Out Of the Projected Bracket This Week? (By Picking Them)
Welcome, America, to the FCSP'TID Cover Photo Curse. Eastern Washington, UC Davis, Jacksonville State, and, last week, Montana State graced this space as rising teams that...
The Week That Was: Highlights of the Five Top FCS Games, Week Ending 10/13/2019
Call it "Conference Carnage Week". High-profile conference games ended upending conference championship races, and further cementing others on top of the standings....
FCS Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Your Modestly Improving 2019 FCS Playoff Projection, Week of 10/8/2019
Don’t bother looking at my previous editions of “Playoffs ‘Til I Die” to get a solid playoff bracket. Like the rest of America, I had...
Big Sky Conference Previews: Conference Week 2 Quick Picks
The Big Sky is a pendulum of normal games to chaotic endings many would not have suspected. What will we get Saturday? Despite the Northern...
FCS Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Your Somewhat More Relevant 2019 FCS Playoff Projection, Week of 9/21/2019
It would be nice if Eastern Washington would stop making my sample FCS Playoff brackets look so foolish. The first playoff bracket of the season,...
College Sports Journal Big Sky Conference Reviews: Week of 9/21/2019
The non-conference portion of the schedule is mostly over for the Big Sky with a few exceptions such as UNI vs, Weber this week, Idaho...
The Week That Was: Highlights of the Five Top FCS Games, Week Ending 9/21/2019
Without question the top FCS game of the week was the battle of FCS powerhouses in the Fargodome.Returning home after 47-22 victory the week before...
College Sports Journal Big Sky Conference Previews: Week of 9/21/2019
Week 4 is upon us and the last of the intriguing non-conference play will be wrapping up for the majority this week. The Big Sky...
FCS Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Your Modestly More Relevant 2019 FCS Playoff Projection, Week of 9/14/2019
Last week, we shook the dust off our first laughable attempt at picking an FCS Playoff field, and this week, we make another laughable attempt...
Maier Dissects Lehigh Defense En Route To a 41-13 Win For UC Davis
UC Davis QB Jake Maier had a tremendous evening in the Aggies’ home opener in UC Davis Health Stadium, going 38-for-49 passing for 389 yards...
College Sports Journal Big Sky Conference Previews: Week of 9/14/2019
The non-conference gauntlet continues in Week 3 with PAC 12 and Mountain West FBS matches, long distance FCS games, and one D-II game. Weber State...
For The First Time Since 1977, Lehigh Is Invited Back to UC Davis To Play a Football Game
The Lehigh Mountain Hawks (0-2) make a trip to Davis, California to take on the UC Davis Aggies (1-1). It's a game that promises to...
FCS Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Your Near-Meaningless 2019 FCS Playoff Projection, Week of 9/7/2019
There truly is a never-ending search for content, a fact I was reminded of when I was politely and earnestly asked this week about coming...
Big Sky Conference Week 2 Games Review – Week of 9/07/2019
Marquee: Montana State def. SEMO 38-17 The Redhawks gave their best effort, but the Bobcats prevailed dominant. A close halftime score did not define the...
College Sports Journal Big Sky Conference Game Previews: Week of 9/07/2019
The Big Sky schedule in general switches from an uphill FBS heavy schedule to a now D2 and interesting FCS matches week. With the schedule...
Big Sky Conference Week 1 Games Review, Week of 8/31/2019
A Dalton Sneed-led Montana team went on the offensive and never looked back. It took a Coyote field goal in the second quarter for the...
College Sports Journal Big Sky Conference Game Previews: Week of 8/31/2019
The Big Sky Conference is one of the Power 3 conferences in FCS football and will continue that tradition this year too. In our College...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Eastern Washington Eagles
EWU finished second in the nation just behind the perennial Bison champions. A fantastic season of 12-3 is something to celebrate, minus the title loss....
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: UC Davis
Dan Hawkins has brought the team from cellar to stellar. UC Davis is now a competitor not only in the Big Sky, but also in...