College Sports Journal FBS Group of Five National Players of the Week-Dec. 14
Five players including Grayson McCall from Coastal Carolina, Jaelon Darden from North Texas, Justin Hall from Ball State, Jordan Smith from UAB, and Shamar Garrett...
Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 15
In what was to be the last regular season weekend, there was a lot on the line in all conference races to determine the participants...
College Sports Journal FBS Group of Five National Players of the Week-Dec. 7
Six players including Israel Tucker from Louisiana Tech, Michael Pratt from Tulane, Carson Strong from Nevada, Blaze Alldredge from Rice, Jeffery Gunter from Coastal Carolina,...
Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 14
In a game that happened basically overnight, it turned out to be one that many are calling an instant classic. The game was BYU at...
GAME PREVIEW: Louisiana at Appalachian State
Louisiana at Appalachian StateWhen: Friday, Dec. 4th, 8:30 PM ESTWhere: Kidd Brewer Stadium, Boone, N.C.TV/Streaming: ESPN/WatchESPN (subscription req’d) This was the game that before the season started was...
College Sports Journal FBS Group of Five National Players of the Week-Nov. 29
Five players including Jaret Patterson from Buffalo, Holton Ahlers from East Carolina, Jalen Tolbert from South Alabama, Quindell Johnson from Memphis, and Julian Ross from...
Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 13
This was the week that the first College Football Playoff rankings came out and to say the least, I was surprised with the rankings. Below...
College Sports Journal FBS Group of Five National Players of the Week-Nov. 22
Six players including Sincere McCormick from UTSA, Davis Brin from Tulsa, Jaret Patterson from Buffalo, Dustin Crum from Kent State, Zaven Collins from Tulsa, and...
Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 12
One is down but did not go down with out a fight. That one team is Liberty, who looked as if it would again pull...
College Sports Journal FBS Group of Five National Players of the Week-Nov. 15
Five players including Desmond Ridder from Cincinnati, Caleb Huntley from Ball State, Jalen Cropper from Fresno State, Jarell White from Cincinnati, and Avery Williams from...
Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 11
The undefeated teams just stay that way in the Group of Five this week. Cincinnati, Liberty, and Marshall all picked up easy victories this week. ...
College Sports Journal FBS Group of Five National Players of the Week-Nov. 8
Six players including Brady White from Memphis, Cornelious Brown IV from Georgia State, Jaret Patterson from Buffalo, Ronnie Rivers from Fresno State, Tarron Jackson from...
Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 10
The Group of Five undefeated teams just stay undefeated. The five schools (that have played four games or more) coming into this week stayed that...
GAME PREVIEW: BYU at Boise State
BYU at Boise StateWhen: Friday, Nov. 6th, 9:45 PM ESTWhere: Albertson Stadium, Boise, IdahoTV/Streaming: FS1/Fox Sports App (subscription req’d) A couple of weeks ago, we saw two American...
College Sports Journal FBS Group of Five National Players of the Week-Nov. 1
Five players including Desmond Ridder from Cincinnati, Nick Starkel from San Jose State, Grayson McCall from Coastal Carolina, Bee Jay Williamson from Louisiana Tech, and...
Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 9
Cincinnati has made two statements in a row. Last week, the Bearcats blew out SMU on the road and followed that up with another...
GAME PREVIEW: Cincinnati at SMU
Cincinnati at SMUWhen: Saturday, Oct. 24th, 9:00 PM EDTWhere: Gerald J. Ford Stadium, Dallas, Tex.TV/Streaming: ESPN2/WatchESPN (subscription req’d) This American Athletic Conference clash may not have been the...
2020 Division I Conference Preview: Mountain West Conference
CSJ’s Predicted Order of Finish 1. Boise State 2. San Diego State 3. Air Force 4. Wyoming 5. Utah State 6. Fresno State 7. Nevada...
GAME PREVIEW: Louisiana at UAB
Louisiana at UABWhen: Friday, Oct. 23rd 8:00 PM EDTWhere: Legion Field, Birmingham, Ala.TV/Streaming: CBS Sports Network/Watch CBS Sports Network This late non-conference game pits to preseason favorites...
College Sports Journal FBS Group of Five National Players of the Week-Oct. 18
Six players including Brady White from Memphis, Zach Wilson from BYU, Johathan Adams, Jr. from Arkansas State, Jason Bean from North Texas, Arnold Ebiketie from...
Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 7
Wow, what a game in Memphis even if both American Athletic Conference teams were coming off of losses coming into this game. This is not...
GAME PREVIEW: UCF at Memphis
UCF at MemphisWhen: Saturday, Oct. 17th, 3:30 PM EDTWhere: Liberty Bowl Stadium, Memphis, Tenn.TV/Streaming: ABC/WatchESPN (subscription req’d) This game was one of my Group of Five games of...
GAME PREVIEW: Coastal Carolina at Louisiana
Coastal Carolina at LouisianaWhen: Wednesday, Oct. 14th, 7:30 PM EDTWhere: Cajun Stadium, Lafayette, La.TV/Streaming: ESPN/WatchESPN (subscription req’d) Two 3-0 undefeated Sun Belt squads meet in this Wednesday night...
Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 6
This week was the weekend of Hurricane Delta. The highly anticipated match-up of two undefeated Sun Belt teams in Louisiana and Coastal Carolina was to...
WEEKEND PREVIEW: New Faces Atop Big 12 Standings: Week of 10/10/2020
The usual cast of characters atop the Big 12 Conference leader board finds themselves looking up, not only to foes, but at foes not normally...
College Sports Journal FBS Group of Five National Players of the Week-Oct. 4
Five players including Shane Buechele from SMU, Zach Wilson from BYU, Grayson McCall from Coastal Carolina, Zaven Collins from Tulsa, and Chris Naggar from SMU...
Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 5
It was upset week in the American Athletic Conference this week with two of the predicted contenders going down. Both UCF and Memphis took losses...
GAME PREVIEW: Memphis at SMU
Memphis and SMU gave us quite the show last year towards the end of the season with Memphis edging SMU 54-48 last year. This game...
GAME PREVIEW: Louisiana Tech at BYU
Louisiana Tech at BYUWhen: Friday, Oct. 2nd, 9:00 PM EDTWhere: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, Utah TV/Streaming: ESPN2/WatchESPN (subscription req’d) Louisiana Tech and BYU meet for the first time...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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: 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...
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...
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....
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...
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....