Tag: Big South

Entering the Big South conference as the 2 seed behind Radford, the Highlanders' stunning loss to Hampton in the semis meant the Eagles hosted the...

This is the 14th year of BOXTOROW’s Top 10 HBCU FCS Recruiting Class Rankings. Recruiting at HBCUs has really stepped up, to the point that...

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....

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...

The opening fifteen minutes and five seconds of the second round FCS playoff game between Monmouth and Jamses Madison featured six touchdowns, three by the...

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...

FCS Second Round Matchup: Monmouth (Big South) at James Madison (Colonial) When: Saturday December 7, 1:00 PM Where: Bridgeforth Stadium, Harrisonburg, Virginia Streaming: ESPN3 Monmouth...

With the first round of the FCS Playoffs now complete, we give you links to all our recaps and our writers’ impression of the games....

It's the nightmare scenario for any playoff team - seeing your starting quarterback go down midway through the second quarter with an injury.  That's exactly...

Monmouth piled up 502 yards of total offense as the Hawks beat Holy Cross 44-27 in the first-ever FCS Playoff appearance for the program and...

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...

FCS First Round Playoff Matchup: Kennesaw State (Big South) at Wofford (Southern) Where: Gibbs Stadium, Spartanburg, South Carolina Saturday, November 30th, 4:00 PM TV/Streaming: ESPN3...

Though they tripped up against 4-8 Lafayette, behind a strong, young defense the Crusaders pulled off an early upset of New Hampshire early and used...

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...

One team made a strong bid for a top seed and another did all it could to nail down a playoff berth of its own...

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,...

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...

KSU can ill afford a loss in the regular season finale against Gardner-Webb. If that happens, it could open the door to a realm of...

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...

The Big South is a misnomer. It’s footprint extends well past the confines of the southeastern United States. In fact, the celebratory foot-tapping is being...

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...

Monmouth, currently ranked No. 15 in the nation, and Campbell square off in a huge conference tilt that could go a long way in determining...

Two weeks to go, and how many autobids have been clinched?  How about... none?...

Monmouth entrenched itself into the driver’s seat in the race for the Big South Conference championship with a big win over North Alabama on Saturday...

The Owls, who lost to Monmouth last weekend, have a chance at redemption and can climb back into the hunt for another Big South Conference...

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...

The shockwaves are sure to be felt across the FCS landscape when the national rankings are released later this week after Monmouth handled Kennesaw State...

Drama promises to be the operative word as the race toward the Big South championship kicks into high gear. But even the drama will not...

Remember when I had Villanova as a seed?  Good times. Harken back to when I had Delaware in my field?  Yes, way back when –...

The big boys of the Big South did all they were supposed to do as the race for the conference championship prepares to shift into...

The logjam atop the Big South Conference standings should remain intact for at least one more week as the three undefeated teams are favored to...

As of right now, the FCS Playoff field feels like the show "Who's Line Is It Anyway", where the picks are just random improvisations of...

By Brian Mull Special to the College Sports Journal On a rainy Christmas Eve morning in 2012, then–Kennesaw State athletic director Vaughn Williams and Brian...

National power Kennesaw State delivered a statement to Big South foes and to anyone else who may have been doubting the No. 4-ranked Owls with...

It’s been a season of highs and lows for Hampton as the Pirates look to be a factor in the Big South race.  They will...

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...

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...

It was a week of thrilling conference rivalries, and it's the "Military Classic of the South" that yielded the best story of them all....

A week ago, UC Davis was being lauded for giving top-ranked North Dakota State a true run for their money at their place.  Last week,...

Campbell coach Mike Minter just wanted his kicker to have a fair chance to score the winning points. With an accurate snap and clean hold,...

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,...

Conference play is still a couple of weeks away, but the teams of the Big South take on some interesting challenges out-of-conference this week, including...

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...

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...

  The PFL starts their 2019 journeys this week with the most diverse out-of-conference slate in all fo the FCS.  Butler takes on the defending...

Kennesaw State again rolled through the Big South unbeaten and finished the season 11-2. The Owls nearly beat FBS Georgia State on opening weekend and...

Kennesaw State has dominated the Big South Conference for the last couple of years. After losing 17 OGs to graduation, 2019 will be interesting to...

Monmouth followed up a 9-3 playoff season in 2017 with an 8-3 record in 2018. Unfortunately for the Hawks and their fans, that record was...

2018 brought a 5-6 overall record, but a respectable 3-2 in conference play....

The Pirates played as an independent last year and after starting off the season at 1-3, finished it off with a 6 game winning streak....