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When: Saturday, October 6, 4:00 PM Where: Bragg Memorial Stadium, Tallahassee, FL TV/Streaming: ESPN3 Norfolk State Spartans Norfolk State (3-1) looks to extend its best start since 2011 when the Spartans play a key MEAC game at Florida A&M (2-2). Both teams are off to fast starts in MEAC play, with FAMU at 2-0 and NSU 1-0. Additionally,.
In Princeton’s game notes, their game with Lehigh is billed as a “local rivalry”. It is true that the campuses of Princeton University and Lehigh University are reasonably close to one another, separated by about an hour and a half by car. And though Princeton and Lehigh have never shared a conference, this will be.
This week we feature the number “3”, as in this is my third stab at trying to pick the the FCS Playoff field. They say three is a magic number, but unless your thinking about the best No. 3 in the FCS – that happens to be UC Davis’ Keelan Doss, pictured above – it’s.
Compared to previous weeks this week was much tamer. North Dakota State reclaimed the Dakota Marker in a hard fought game against rival South Dakota State. The second ranked James Madison Dukes easily handled the Richmond Spiders in a blowout win. A week after upsetting FBS Colorado State, Illinois State fell to Missouri State. Villanova.
Princeton QB John Lovett, Monmouth WR Reggie White, Jr., Jacksonville State QB Zerrick Cooper, Montana LB Dante Olson, and North Dakota State P Garret Wegner have been selected as the College Sports Journal FCS Football Players of the week ending Oct. 1st 2018. The honorees are listed here with their achievements and their school, position,.
Richmond, Virginia – The James Madison Dukes returned the opening kickoff 93 yards and never looked back in their dominant 63-10 win over in-state rival Richmond. As returner Juwon Hamilton cut left and hit the hole he went untouched to the end zone. The Spiders outplayed the Dukes for the rest of the first quarter,.
The biggest FCS Game of the Week was about a lot more than a piece of rock. North Dakota State’s hard-fought 21-17 win over South Dakota State in the Fargodome was a marker for a heck of a week in the FCS. Aside from the Bison win, Missouri State upset the apple cart in the.
When: Saturday, September 28, 3:00 PM CDT Where: Burgess-Snow Field, Jacksonville, AL TV/Streaming: ESPN3 (free) Austin Peay Governors The Governors (2-2, 0-1 OVC) hit the road for the third straight weekend when they travel to Jacksonville State to take on the Gamecocks. The Govs are 1-1 on the road trip, and will be looking for.
When: Saturday, September 28, 1:00 PM Where: Yale Bowl, New Haven, CT TV/Streaming: ESPN+(subscription required) Maine Black Bears The 2-1 (1-0, CAA) Black Bears are visiting the Yale Bowl for the first time since 1932, and Maine takes on the Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon. Maine and Yale last met in 2015 in Orono, marking the.
Villanova at Stony Brook When: Saturday, September 29, 6:00 PM Where: Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium, Stony Brook, NY TV/Streaming: Fox College Sports Atlantic/Fox Sports Go (subscription req’d) Villanova Wildcats Villanova enters this game 3-1 on the season after handily defeating Bucknell last week 49-7. The one loss, however, is a conference loss to Towson. Villanova.
James Madison at Richmond When: Saturday, September 29, 3:00PM Where: Robins Stadium, Richmond, VA TV/Streaming: NBC Sports Chicago/NBC Sports Philadelphia PLUS/NBC Sports Washington PLUS/SNY, College Sports Live James Madison Dukes James Madison has won three straight games after their opening weekend loss at NC State. In the three games against FCS opponents, the Dukes have.
Rhode Island at Harvard When: Friday, September 28, 7:00 PM Where: Harvard Stadium, Cambridge, MA TV/Streaming: ESPN+(subscription required) Rhode Island Rams The surprising 2-1 Rams have made a Friday night tilt against the 2-0 Harvard Crimson into surprising must-see TV. Last year was Rhody’s first win over Harvard. The Rams beat the Crimson 17-10 at Meade Stadium. .
Montana QB Dalton Sneed, Stony Brook RB Jordan Gowins, Sacred Heart QB Kevin Duke, Chattanooga LB Marshall Cooper, and Morgan State PK Alex Raya have been selected as the College Sports Journal FCS Football Players of the week ending Sept. 24th 2018. The honorees are listed here with their achievements and their school, position, class,.
The top two teams, North Dakota State and James Madison each won easily and continue to cement themselves as the top two teams in the nation. South Dakota State gets the opportunity to insert themselves into that discussion when they travel to Fargo this weekend. Week Four saw an FCS team easily beat an FBS.
Harrisonburg, VA – From the opening kickoff, the difference in talent between James Madison and William & Mary was apparent. Every time Shonn Mitchell dropped back to pass, there were white jerseys surrounding him. James Madison used a dominant defense and an efficient offense to overwhelm the William & Mary 51-0. The Dukes offense got.
This week, the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers unveiled their “mistaken on so many levels” mascot named “Gritty”. A bug-eyed, orange psycho Muppet that is named after America’s least-favorite sportswriter adjective, it’s not abundantly clear if it’s just a misfire on every conceivable level, or whether Philadelphia Flyers fans will embrace his unloveable demeanor in a “so.
“We’ll fix it.” That was the overriding message coming out of the Lehigh postgame press conference at Penn this Saturday. It came out of the mouth of head coach Andy Coen, and also, in so many words, from starting QB Brad Mayes and the current leader in tackles on defense, LB Mark Walker. And it.
It was a thrilling week in FCS football with some thrilling conference games, a couple of shocking conference upsets, and yet another FBS scalp taken by an FCS school. Nicholls gave Sam Houston State their second consecutive loss in a shocking 27-7 win, Montana won a back-and-forth thriller against conferencemate Sacramento State 41-34, Chattanooga remained.
Gardner-Webb probably couldn’t have picked a worse time to roll into Kidd Brewer Stadium than Saturday afternoon as the opponent in Appalachian State’s hurricane-delayed, football home opener. Coming off a cancelled contest last weekend, when Southern Mississippi used every excuse necessary to back out of a scheduled non-conference encounter, the Mountaineers were firing on all.
It was a battle in the first half between Lehigh and Penn. The Quakers were leading, 13-10, and senior QB Brad Mayes were getting the ball back after the second half kickoff. In most years, that’s when the Lehigh football team would be ready to engage in a shootout, perhaps dueling touchdown for touchdown. Instead,.
Monmouth at Princeton When: Saturday, September 22, 4:30 PM EDT Where: Powers Field at Princeton Stadium, Princeton, NJ TV/Streaming: ESPN+ (subscription required) Monmouth Hawks (2-1, 0-0 Big South) Today marks the first time that the only two New Jersey schools in FCS will meet on the gridiron. Monmouth comes into tonight’s game with Princeton looking to string together three.
William & Mary at James Madison When: Saturday, September 22, 3:30 PM Where: Bridgeforth Stadium, Harrisonburg, VA TV/Streaming: ESPN+ (subscription required) William & Mary Tribe Since 1980, Jimmye Laycock has patrolled the William & Mary sideline as the head football coach. In August, Laycock announced the 2018 season would be his last on the sideline. In his.
Samford at Chattanooga When: Saturday, September 22, 7:00 PM Where: Finley Stadium, Chattanooga, TN TV/Streaming: ESPN+ (subscription required) Samford Bulldogs Two weeks ago, Samford nearly pulled the biggest upset of the season at FBS Florida State. Last week, Samford was humbled on their own field by Mercer. So, which Samford Bulldogs will show up this week? .
Sam Houston State at Nicholls State When: Saturday, September 22, 4:00 PM Where: John L. Guidry Stadium, Thibodaux, LA TV/Streaming: ESPN+ (subscription required) Sam Houston State Bearkats Last week, Sam Houston had its 21 game home winning streak snapped by North Dakota. The Bearkats will need to put that loss behind them as they start.
Penn and Lehigh have a long history of playing each other in football. They’ve never been rivals in the truest sense of the word, but their football programs are almost the same age, they both have a big focus on academics, and they’ve faced each other on the gridiron often. It’s difficult to put into.
Richmond at Stony Brook When: Saturday, September 22, 6:00 PM Where: Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium, Stony Brook, NY TV/Streaming: College Sports Live Richmond Spiders Richmond is breaking in a new quarterback this season after the graduation of 2017 CAA player of the year, Kyle Lauletta. Through three games, Kevin Johnson has not looked out of.
Just as Chuck Burton has done his projections for the FCS playoff, the following are using the Sagarin rankings to fully project the field. Keep in mind that there are automatic bids to the following conference champions so the projects also keep this criteria in mind: Big Sky Conference Big South Conference Colonial Athletic Conference.
Rhode Island QB JaJuan Lawson, Southeast Missouri State RB Justin Terry, Mercer QB Robert Riddle, Weber State LB Landon Stice, and Holy Cross kicker Derek Ng have been selected as the College Sports Journal FCS Football Players of the week ending Sept. 17, 2018. The honorees are listed here with their achievements and their school,.
Week three was a wild week in the FCS. The top three teams, North Dakota State, James Madison and South Dakota State all solidified themselves with blowout wins. The rest of the division was carnage with 12 of last week’s FCS top 25 teams losing. 5 more teams in last week’s rankings did not play.
In years past, I would wait to try to figure out who might be in the FCS Playoffs in any given year. I would try to look at analytics, Top 25s, Sagarin ratings, the Massey ratings composite, and a ton of other things to try to project a sensible, common-sense FCS playoff projection that tried.
BOONE, N.C. — On North Carolina’s “Tobacco Road”, the start of college football always meant that college basketball is only two and a half months away. Duke, North Carolina, NC State, UNC-Charlotte, North Carolina A&T, Winston-Salem State, Guilford, among others, have always carried the athletic torch for the state’s colleges and universities by winning conference.
Here is my upset-laden take on the top 5 FCS football games of the week with video highlights from Week 3. Towson upended one of the early powers in the CAA, Villanova, by scoring 35 straight points against a team that only yielded 26 points in their first two games combined; Western Illinois knocked off.
The Lehigh football has been in some pretty big time FCS-level atmospheres before. In the FCS playoffs, Lehigh has been to Delaware, Northern Iowa, Towson, and North Dakota State. During the regular season, they’ve also played at Liberty, the Yale Bowl, and James Madison. They also routinely play their big Rivals Lafayette to sellout crowds.
Eastern Washington at Washington State When: Saturday, September 15, 8:00 PM EDT Where: Martin Stadium, Pullman, WA TV/Streaming: Pac 12 Networks / Pac 12 Live (subscription req’d) Eastern Washington (2-0, 0-0 Big Sky) – Week 2 – W, 31-26, at Northern Arizona The Eagles return to the scene of one of the program’s greatest triumphs as Eastern.
Harrisonburg, VA – James Madison got what he wanted this week: play 4 quarters and get experience for much of his young roster. The Dukes jumped ahead of Robert Morris early and often, rolling to a 73-7 win in the team’s home opener in Harrisonburg Thursday night. Less than three minutes into the game, Marcus.
Rhode Island at Connecticut When: Saturday, September 15, 12:00 PM Where: Pratt and Whitney Stadium, East Hartford, CT TV/Streaming: SNY/ESPN College Extra/ESPN3 (subject to blackout in much of New England area) Rhode Island Rams Rhode Island is the talk to the FCS so far with their strong 2-0 start. If they can go in to.
North Dakota at Sam Houston State When: Saturday, September 15, 7:00 PM Where: Bowers Stadium, Huntsville, TX TV/Streaming: ESPN3 North Dakota TV markets: Bismarck – KXMB CBS 12 Minot – KXMC CBS 13 Dickinson – KXMA CBS 2.2 Williston – KXMD CBS 11 Fargo/Moorhead – WDAY Xtra 6.3 Grand Forks/Devils Lake — WDAZ Xtra 8.3.
Nicholls State at McNeese State When: Saturday, September 15, 7:00 PM Where: Cowboy Stadium, Lake Charles, LA TV/Streaming: CST/ESPN3 Nicholls State Colonels Nicholls State failed I their bid to win back to back games against FBS competition, falling to Tulane 42-17. The Colonels will look to get back on track in a tough Southland Conference.
Towson at Villanova When: Saturday, September 15, 3:30 PM Where: Villanova Stadium, Villanova, PA TV/Streaming: Fox Sports Atlantic, Fox Sports Go (subscription req’d) Towson Tigers Towson is one of the forgotten teams in the CAA. The Tigers haven’t been to the playoffs since they appeared in the National Championship game in 2013. Despite being picked.
Florence vs. College Football When: Week, September 12th-September 15th Where: The Carolinas, Virginia, possibly Georgia, Florida, DC and/or Maryland TV/Streaming: The Weather Channel/Local News (check local listings) Florence Though a bit overhyped to start the hurricane season, Florence is still a hurricane, and one still able to pack deadly force against the North and South.
For much of FCS Nation, a game against an FBS opponent is an annual expectation. For a significant number of FCS schools, however, games against FBS opponents are not something that happens every year. Such is the case of Lehigh, who hasn’t scheduled a game against an FBS opponent in fifteen years. This weekend, the.
Five players including Gage Gubrud from Eastern Washington, Dawonya Tucker from Prairie View A&M, Austin Simmons from South Dakota, DeShaun Stevens from Maine, and Colin Gary from Campbell have been selected as the College Sports Journal All-Stars for the week ending Sept. 10, 2018 from the NCAA Division I FCS schools. The honorees are listed here.
After two weeks, many teams are starting to show the FCS nation who they are. Some teams are racing up the ranking, while some are plummeting down after starting 0-2. There was only one FCS over FBS win this weekend. Maine went down the Western Kentucky and defeated the Hilltoppers despite falling behind 21-0 early.
College Sports Journal announces their 2018 Fearless Prediction for the Order of finish of the Ivy League. Yale surged to the top of the Ivy League last year thanks to the efforts of RB Zane Dudek and and led the league in rushing yards with 1,133 last season. He returns to the Bulldogs, who.
Here is my take on the top 5 games of the week with video highlights from Week 2. Eastern Washington survived a test on the road against Northern Arizona, Maine blocked a field goal on the very last play to preserve FCS’s sixth upset over an FBS team in 2018, and South Dakota State defended.
Norfolk, Virginia – Weather was the story of the day for the James Madison Dukes in their matchup against Norfolk State Spartans. The start of the game was delayed an hour and a half due to a lightning delay. After kickoff, the teams got to play one full quarter before the lightning hit the area.
Everyone at Lehigh knew that the challenge of playing Villanova would be different. The Mountain Hawks had experienced a bit of a defensive resurgence in their 21-19 win over St. Francis (PA) last week, and there was no missing the No. 12 next to Villanova’s name on the scoreboard. Before the season even started, they.
The last two Villanova/Lehigh games featured a lot of offensive sparks. In a twist, the 2018 edition of this regional rivalry featured a lot of defense on both sides – until a back-breaking 3rd quarter from the perpective of the Mountain Hawks. Down 20-3, as Villanova’s defense stopped the Mountain Hawk offense drive after drive.
Colgate at New Hampshire When: Saturday, September 8th, 6:00 PM EDT Where: Wildcat Stadium, Durham, NH TV/Streaming Coverage: NBC Sports Boston (regional) (stream, subscription required) Colgate (1-0, 1-0 Patriot, last week W 24-17 vs. Holy Cross) Colgate plays away from home for the first time in 2018 with a renewal of the series against No. 20 New Hampshire. The.
Howard at Kent State When: Saturday, September 8th, 3:30 PM EDT Where: Dix Stadium, Kent, OH TV/Streaming Coverage:ESPN+ (subscription) Howard (0-1, 0-0 MEAC, last week L 32-38 at Ohio) Last week, head coach Mike London and the Bison came up just short as they were edged out by Ohio University, 38-32, despite putting up an impressive 645 total.
