App State Doesn’t Stumble, Delivers 31-7 Win over ODU
BOONE, N.C. — For anyone who considered Appalachian State’s home-opening football game against Old Dominion the prelude to next Saturday’s main event versus Miami, there...
The Citadel, Furman Renew One Of The Most Colorful FCS Rivalries
Special to College Sports Journal CHARLESTON, S.C. — Years ago, acclaimed author and former Citadel basketball player Pat Conroy wrote about how one of...
BOXTOROW Media Poll: North Carolina A&T begins the season No. 1
PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The defending BOXTOROW national champion North Carolina A&T Aggies received the majority of the first-place votes in the BOXTOROW Media poll and begins the...
Five Group Of Five Football Teams That Might Not Stay Alive In FCS Matchups This Weekend
Everyone knows about Eastern Washington, Northern Iowa and Richmond this past weekend. As so often happens seemingly every year, the best of the best in...
College Sports Journal Players of the Week, Sept. 4
Four players including Cooper Kupp from Eastern Washington, Steve McShane from Western Illinois, Jaheem Woods from Stony Brook, and Lorenzo Jerome from Saint Francis have...
Week 1 Roundup From Around FCS: Not-All-That-Surprising FCS over FBS Upsets
Richmond 37, Virginia (FBS) 20 Richmond TImes-Dispatch: Richmond outclasses Virginia in Bronco Mendenhall’s first game as Cavs’ coach Virginia’s new huddle-less offense bothered the Spiders not...
Who We Like And How To Watch: Week 1, 9/3/2016
Every link you need for Saturday’s Week 1 FCS games is right here – video streaming, audio feeds, national TV information, and live stats....
HBCU Coaches Poll: North Carolina A&T leads preseason rankings
PHILADELPHIA, PA. — After a 2015 season which saw the North Carolina A&T Aggies finish as BOXTOROW national champions and win the inaugural Celebration Bowl...
Who We Like And How To Watch: Week 1, Friday, 9/2/2016
Every link you need for Thursday’s Week 1 FCS games is right here – video streaming, audio feeds, national TV information, and live stats....
10 Under-The-Radar FCS Players And Fearless Predictions, Week 1
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see Eastern Washington’s star wideout Cooper Kupp as one of the best receivers at the FCS level, or...
Who We Like And How To Watch: Week 1, Thursday, 9/1/2016
Every link you need for Thursday’s Week 1 FCS games is right here – video streaming, audio feeds, national TV information, and live stats. FANS:...
Opening Weekend: Your FCS Team Is Awesome
Your Team is AWESOME. No, wait, YOUR team is AWESOME. It’s the best weekend of the year, where everyone’s team is awesome. Everyone’s undefeated*. Everyone...
Kupp and Hall Headline College Sports Journal FCS All-America Team
PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Last year’s Walter Payton Award winner Cooper Kupp and P.J. Hall of Sam Houston State are the centerpieces of the College Sports...
You Couldn’t Have Asked For A Better Showcase Than This Year’s FCS Kickoff
FARGO, N.D. — Most of the 18,881 fans attending Saturday night’s Football Championship Subdivision kickoff had their hearts in their throats in the final minutes...
NDSU Starts 2016 with a Thrilling Overtime Win over Charleston Southern
FARGO, ND—The North Dakota State Bison and Charleston Southern Buccaneers opened the 2016 season in the third annual FCS Kickoff on Saturday night in...
Who We Like And How to Watch: Charleston Southern at North Dakota State
As we kick off a new football season, we’d like to start up something new here at College Sports Journal: “Who We Like and How...
Big Excitement At Charleston Southern’s Time On the Big Stage
Don’t tell the folks at Charleston Southern that they can’t win this Saturday. Sure, everyone knows about the pressure the Buccaneers will face in the...
Why We Should Love NDSU and the Bison?
I felt compelled to write a rebuttal this after my colleague Charles Burton at College Sports Journal wrote why we hate the five time...
Secretly We All Hate North Dakota State
North Dakota State, it’s time we had a talk. We get it. At the FCS level, you’ve been a terrific success story. You’ve won Missouri...
Plenty Of FCS Schools Awaiting Big 12’s Expansion Move
The Big 12 has made some news this college football offseason as they have been publicly mulling expansion. They’ve been thinking about expanding by 2...
2016 Missouri Valley Football Conference Preview
College Sports Journal Missouri Valley Football Conference 2016 Preview By Kent Schmidt Predicted Order of Finish North Dakota State Northern Iowa Illinois State South Dakota...
Six Possible FCS Humiliupsets Over FBS Schools
There are few things more exciting in the kickoff of the college football season than a Jacksonville State putting The Fear Of The Big Guy...
2016 FCS Preview: Penn Quakers
Penn Quakers Head Coach: Ray Priore, 2nd season (7-3) Biggest Strength in 2016: Could there have been an unlikelier Ivy League championship candidate than Penn’s...
The Real Problem With The FCS Playoffs
FCS fans love the playoffs. So do I. Fans love the idea of organizing a bracket of the 24 best teams, having them play each...
2016 FCS Preview: Harvard Crimson
Harvard Crimson Head Coach: Tim Murphy, 22nd season (156-63-0) Biggest Strength in 2016: You could pencil in Harvard’s biggest strength every single year as “despite...
2016 FCS Preview: Colgate Raiders
Colgate Raiders Head Coach: Dan Hunt, 3rd season (14-12) Biggest Strength in 2016: Most teams break out in Year 3 of a new head coach,...
2016 FCS Preview: Fordham Rams
Fordham Rams Head Coach: Andrew Breiner, 1st season (0-0) Biggest Strength in 2016: When the “Battering Ram” offense of Joe Moorhead was firing on all...
2016 FCS Preview: Duquesne Dukes
Duquesne Dukes Head Coach: Jerry Schmitt, 11th season (68-51) Biggest strength in 2016: The Dukes, always close but never the ultimate victors of the NEC,...
2016 FCS Preview: St. Francis (PA) Red Flash
St. Francis (PA) Red Flash Head Coach: Chris Villareal, 6th season (24-41) Biggest strength in 2016: The theme of the 2015 Red Flash season had...
2016 FCS Preview: Yale Bulldogs
Yale Bulldogs Head Coach: Tony Reno, 4th season (21-19) Biggest strength in 2016: When the Bulldogs really buckled down and played clean football, they had...
2016 FCS Preview: Patriot League
Here at CSJ, we are previewing the upcoming 2016 season, and we are counting up from 7 to 1 as to who we think how...
2016 FCS Preview: Holy Cross Crusaders
Holy Cross Crusaders Head Coach: Tom Gilmore, 12th season (66-69) Biggest strength in 2016: Battlers until the end of the season, Holy Cross navigated a...
2016 FCS Preview: Sacred Heart Pioneers
Sacred Heart Pioneers Head Coach: Mark Nofri, 4th season (25-11) Biggest strength in 2016: Good teams stop the run well, and the Pioneers’ front seven...
2016 FCS Preview: Princeton Tigers
Princeton Tigers Head Coach: Bob Surace, 8th season (25-35) Biggest strength in 2016: The biggest strength of the Tigers last year was basically the way...
2016 FCS Preview: Lehigh Mountain Hawks
Lehigh Mountain Hawks Head Coach: Andy Coen, 10th season (68-46) Biggest strength in 2016: Last season, the Mountain Hawk offense went from an above-average unit...
2016 FCS Preview: The Ivy League
Here at CSJ, we are previewing the upcoming 2016 season, and we are counting up from 8 to 1 as to who we think how the...
2016 FCS Preview: Dartmouth Big Green
Dartmouth Big Green Head Coach: Buddy Teevens, 17th season (75-83-2, 109-160-2 overall) Biggest strength in 2016: It is difficult to narrow down one strength of...
2016 FCS Preview: Central Connecticut State Blue Devils
Central Connecticut State Blue Devils Head Coach: Pete Rossomando, 3rd season (7-16) Biggest strength in 2016: The stat sheet doesn’t necessarily reflect it, but the...
2016 FCS Preview: Lafayette Leopards
Lafayette Leopards Head Coach: Frank Tavani, 16th season (82-98) Biggest strength in 2016: After suffering through an immense number of injuries in 2015, the end...
2016 FCS Preview: Columbia Lions
Columbia Lions Head Coach: Al Bagnoli, 2nd season at Columbia (2-8), 232-91 overall Biggest strength in 2016: After a 2014 season that ended with morale...
Quick Sam Houston State Start, Record Offensive Day, Trips Up Colgate
Special to College Sports Journal Editor’s note: This story is courtesy of Sam Houston State and Colgate athletics. HUNTSVILLE, TX. — Quarterback Jeremiah Briscoe passed...
Colgate Starts Strong, Finishes With 44-38 Victory At No. 5 James Madison
By Matthew Dougherty Special to College Sports Journal Editor’s note: This story is courtesy of the Patriot League and Colgate athletics HARRISONBURG, VA. — Colgate...
William & Mary Hangs On For Wild 52-49 Postseason Win Over Duquesne
Special to College Sports Journal Editor’s note: This story is courtesy of William & Mary and Duquesne athletics. WILLIAMSBURG, VA. — The No. 13 William...
Colgate Stuns New Hampshire For Playoff Win In Cowell Stadium Finale
Special to College Sports Journal Editor’s note: This story is courtesy of the Patriot League and New Hampshire athletics. DURHAM, N.H. — Patriot League champion Colgate...
Pick Six Keys Chattanooga’s 50-20 First-Round Win Over Fordham
Special to College Sports Journal Editor’s Note: This story is courtesy of the Patriot League and UTC athletics. CHATTANOOGA, TN. — A turf...
App-Michigan: Looking Back at an Upset for the Ages
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — It was a gorgeous, sun-kissed day seven years ago on a Labor Day Saturday as I made a short trip from...
54 Hours Of Living Hell
CBS Sports By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The 2013 Division I college football season started a little after 6:00...
Dave Brock Not Alone After First Delaware Football Win
University of Delaware By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal NEWARK, DE. — It was a few moments before Delaware’s opening kickoff with Jacksonville...
Plain and Simple, The FCS Ivy Playoff Ban Is Discrimination
Since the Ivy League chose to reclassify to I-AA back in the early 1980s, the Ancient Eight has chosen, for "traditional reasons", to decline participation...
Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Picking the FCS Playoff Bracket, Week 12
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — In my 10 years of analyzing and picking FCS playoff brackets, I honestly have...