FLASHBACK: The Cal Bears Were Golden In 1920
1920 saw the game regain some of its stronghold across the nation as the game continued making its way back on college campuses across the nation.
For the Group of Five in 2020, it is Still Game-On, but for How Long?
Its been a rollercoaster ride in the past three-to-four months when thinking about a college football season for the Group of Five and really all of college football amid the COVID-19 pandamic. As it is today our countries Independence Day and inching closer to the scheduled 2020 college football season, I poised the question what.
College Sports Journal 2020 Group of Five Preseason Top 25 Rankings
College Sports Journal announces the preseason Top 25 rankings in the Group of Five schools for the 2020 season.
College Sports Journal Group of Five 2020 NFL College Draft Top 50 Player Rankings
College Sports Journal 2020 NFL Draft Preview of Group of FIve Schools
Notre Dame Rolls Past Cyclones 33-9 in Camping World Bowl
Notre Dame turned two early miscues into 10 points that fueled a 33-9 win over the Cyclones on Dec. 28 in the Camping World Bowl in Orlando.
CSJ 2019 Camping World Bowl Preview: Iowa State vs. Notre Dame, How to Watch and Fearless Predictions
This year’s Camping World Bowl features a pair of teams with bowl resumes on opposite sides of the spectrum with Iowa State appearing in a bowl for just the 15th time in school history.
CSJ 2019 SoFi Hawaii Bowl Preview: BYU vs. Hawai’i, How To Watch and Fearless Predictions
BYU vs. Hawai’i (New Orleans Bowl) When: Tuesday, December 24th, 8:00 PM EST/3:00 PM HST Where: Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawai’i TV/Streaming: ESPN, WatchESPN (subscription req’d) Hawai’i Bowl History (Last 6) Dec. 22nd, 2018: Louisiana Tech 31, Hawai’i 14 Dec. 24th, 2017: Fresno State 33, Houston 27 Dec. 24th, 2016: Hawai’i 52, Middle Tennessee State 35 Dec. 24th,.
Liberty Defense Shines in Cure Bowl Triumph, 23-16 Over Georgia Southern
A history-making season at Liberty was capped in the most perfect of ways as the Flames shut down Georgia Southern’s vaunted rushing attack and defeated the Eagles 23-16 to capture the 2019 FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl on Saturday in front of 18,158 fans at Exploria Stadium.
CSJ 2019 FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl Preview: Georgia Southern vs. Liberty, How To Watch and Fearless Predictions
Georgia Southern, winners of six Football Championship Subdivision national titles before making the transition to the FBS in 2014, is appearing in a bowl game for the third time in school history.
Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 12
Four of the five Group of Five teams ranked teams won in Week 12. Cincinnati, who is currently is ranked as the highest ranked G5 team, had the toughest win this week over South Florida on the road. The Bearcats used a Sam Crosa field goal on the final play of the game, but Cincinnati.
Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 11
Wow, what a Week 11 we had in the Group of Five. Two late season Power 5 wins over the Southeastern Conference highlighted the week with Appalachian State hanging on to knock off South Carolina and Western Kentucky blowing out Arkansas. With the win, Appalachian State likely move itself again into the conversation for a.
Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 10
And then there was none. We came into Week 10 with two undefeated teams in Appalachian State and SMU and after Week 10 there are none left. Appalachian State lost at home to Georgia Southern Thursday night, while SMU lost at Memphis Saturday night. This leads to a lot of uncertainty in the Group of.
Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 9
After several weeks of at least one of the undefeated teams going down, Week 9 saw a little more normalcy in the Group of Five. The two remaining undefeated teams left in Appalachian State and SMU remained that way with each picking up wins this week. The Mountaineers won easily at South Alabama in Sun.
Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 8
Down goes #1. Just one week after capturing the top spot in the Sagarin rankings amongst the Group of Five teams, Boise State fell this week at BYU. That loss puts the list of undefeated Group of Five teams down to just two in SMU and Appalachian State. Both SMU and App State breezed to.
Group of Five Sagarin Top 25 Saturday Game Predictions 10/19/19
For the first time in over two years, UCF is not the top ranked team in the Group of Five. Boise State now sits in the driver’s seat for the top spot and the New Year’s Six Bowl bid. The Broncos travel to independent BYU this week in their hopes to stay atop of the.
Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 7
And we are down to three. Three undefeated teams in the Group of Five that is. That number is down from the four we had coming into Week 7. Memphis fell from the ranks of the undefeated teams with its narrow loss at Temple. Appalachian State and Boise State, however, remained unscathed and SMU had.
Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 6
Wow, what a game in Dallas!! SMU came back from a three touchdown deficite to win in three overtimes over Tulsa. The Mustangs remain undefeated with the come-from-behind victory. Memphis also in the AAC West remained undefeated with its win at the Sun Belt’s Louisiana-Monroe. UCF lost to Cincinnati to likely be out of the.
Group of Five Heavy Hitter Saturday Preview 9/14/19
This Saturday slate has many great contests again but I have two games that will be taking most of my attention. These two games are two strong Power Five Pac-12 teams traveling to two powerful Group of Five teams in Stanford visiting UCF and USC visiting BYU. I will go over these two games in.
Group of Five Opening Heavy Hitter Thursday Previews 8/29/19
The FBS Group of Five starts with a couple of heavy weights playing some Power Five squads that will go a long way towards which G5 team will be playing in a New Year’s Six Bowl game. This will be a preview of the two heavy hitter games that I will have my eyes on.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Army West Point Black Knights
Army lost two of its first four games but the Black Knights rolled off eight straight wins, including the third straight in its long-standing rivalry with Navy. Army capped the season in style with a win in its school-record third consecutive bowl game–a blowout win over Houston in the Arm Forces Bowl.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: BYU Cougars
BYU relied on a stingy defense and much-improved offense to win seven games last season, including a win over Western Michigan in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl to finish 7-6 overall.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Liberty Flames
In Coach Turner Gill’s final year before retiring and in its first season as a full, yet transitional FBS squad, Liberty finished with a 6-6 overall record.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: New Mexico State Aggies
The Aggies got off on a poor start in four blowout losses to begin the season but finished 3-5 to finish 3-9 overall–this was after NMSU’s first bowl season in 2017.
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Massachusetts Minutemen
UMass finished ranked near the bottom of the country in total defense, with the Minutemen allowing more than 485 yards and 43 points per game in 2018 and would be the last season for Coach Mark Whipple, who was let go after a 4-8 finish.
CSJ 2018 Armed Forces Bowl Preview: Houston vs. Army, Game Breakdown and Fearless Prediction
Army’s season has been one enjoyable weekend after another, riding a eight game winning streak going into Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl against Houston on December 22nd.
CSJ 2018 Potato Bowl Preview: BYU vs. Western Michigan, How To Watch and Fearless Predictions
While this is BYU’s first time in the Potato Bowl, it will not be the first time the Cougars play at Albertsons’ Stadium this season. They lost to Boise State 21-16 on the blue turf earlier this season.
College Sports Journal FBS Group of Five Power Poll Top 20 — Week 2
South Florida and Houston had big home wins over Power 5 squads and Navy had the upset win over previously Top 5 in the Power Poll Memphis to highlight Week 2 action in the FBS Group of Five schools. The biggest riser for a second straight week has to be Hawai’i, where a team we.
CSJ’s 2018 Week 2 Game Preview: Liberty at Army
Liberty at Army When: Saturday, September 8th, 12:00 PM EDT Where: Michie Stadium, West Point, NY TV/Streaming Coverage: CBS Sports Network/Army Video Liberty (1-0, last week W 52-10 over Old Dominion) Liberty will play its first road game as an FBS member, traveling to Army for its first-ever meeting with the Black Knights after playing for.
CSJ FBS Group of Five Power Poll Top 20 — Week 1
Here at College Sports Journal, we thought it would be best to see how the Group of Five stack up with our opinions and not so much the Sagarin rankings alone. We will still be sharing the Top 25 Sagarin rankings weekly but we will also now start a power poll that will take the.
2017 Season G5 FBS College Football Picks: Independents
CSJ’S PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH BYU Army Massachusetts To note, we will include these three schools and not the other FBS Independent of Notre Dame in our Group of Five coverage. Notre Dame has an affiliation with the Power 5 through the Atlantic Coast Conference. Also note that none of these schools are part of.
