OPINION: Lafayette And Lehigh’s Rivalry Put On Hold, As Athletes And Fans Wait in Agonizing Limbo
At the campuses at Lehigh and Lafayette, and the communities that surround them, there is a void in the third week in November, that most...
Lehigh Football: In Fall Like No Other, Head Coach Tom Gilmore And Staff Use Time To “Fuel The Desire To Play”
For months, fans, players, and Lehigh football head coach Tom Gilmore knew that this game wasn't going to happen on this day. But Gilmore...
Five Burning Questions I Have About A Spring Football Season For the Patriot League
I have five burning questions on the issue that might help to give clarity on what a spring season for the Patriot League might look...
GAME PREVIEW: GUARDIAN FCS KICKOFF CLASSIC
This game between Austin Peay and Central Arkansas was supposed to kick off another exciting season of FCS football. These are two teams who won...
OPINION: Despite The Risks, The FCS Kickoff Game Is Going To Happen This Saturday
On August 29th, 2020, the Guardian Credit Union FCS Kickoff will be kicking off in Montgomery, Alabama, despite the risks of doing so....
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...
The FCS Should Now Try To Play A Modified Season in the Spring. Here’s How You Do It.
Playing a radically shortened season of six "regular-season" games would allow for most teams to only have a season that is marginally longer than what...
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...
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....
Tennessee State Defensive Coordinator Justin Roberts Has A Passion For Strength and Conditioning
CSJ’s David Mays caught up with Tennessee State defensive coordinator Justin Roberts to talk Tigers football, strength and conditioning, and coaching in Nashville....
OPINION: Patriot League Fall Sports Cancellation The Right Thing to Do, But A Terrible (Rivalry) Loss For the Community
Hope is not a strategy, and the truth is any form of national strategy has failed in an effort to have college football this fall....
What Will It Take For Teams Outside the “Big Three” FCS Conferences To Become Title Contenders?
How do teams outside the FCS "Big Three" conferences take that final step to become national championship contenders, and how do these conferences gain national...
Jacksonville State Director of Athletics Greg Seitz: “Our Situation is No Different than Most Schools Across the Country”
CSJ's David Mays caught up with Jacksonville State's Athletic Director Greg Seitz just before a very eventful week on college athletics....
OPINION: Lack Of Leadership Everywhere Is Why We Won’t Have College Football In The Fall
Anyone who wants to know why we won't have college football this fall ought to sit in on their local school board meeting to understand...
ANALYSIS: As Ivy League Contemplates Moving to Spring, NCAA Needs to Clarify Whether An FCS Championship Will Happen
The Patriot League's dilemmas, whether the rest of FCS admits it or not, is the FCS' dilemmas. And as we inch closer to an...
Sam Houston State Offensive Coordinator Ryan Carty Reflects On Working With FCS Greats
CSJ's David Mays caught up with Sam Houston State offensive coordinator Ryan Carty to talk Bearcats football, CAA football, and a journey that took him...
It’s now or never for the MEAC
Bethune-Cookman announced late Thursday that it will join the SWAC beginning in 2021 in a unanimous vote by the B-CU board of trustees, ending the...
Incoming Gardner-Webb CB Christian Miller Has the “Dawg” In Him
Our David Mays caught up with Gardner-Webb CB Christian Miller to see what the incoming Runnin' Bulldog signee is all about....
OPINION: Let’s Stop Pretending College Football Will Start On Time
The writing has been on the wall for months, but many seem unable or unwilling to accept what is now reality. The college football...
Ivy League Football Plans Would Leave Huge Gaps In FCS Football Schedules
If these are the only two plans that are actively being considered by the Ivy League, it means that, effectively, all out-of-conference games involving Ivy...
Patriot League Executive Director Jennifer Heppel: “This is how we envision to be the best way to do it at this moment in time”
The challenges of reopening fall sports is still very considerable, to put it mildly, but the Patriot League president's statement seemed to move the conversation...
Patriot League Council of Presidents Announces Guidance On Fall Competition, Including Travel, Preseason Camp Restrictions
The Patriot League Office announced on Monday guidance regarding the 2020 fall competition, a list of principles to "guide the development of a Patriot...
Once You Start Believing In Pure Imagination, College Football’s Handling of Covid-19 Makes Perfect Sense
The only possible explanation as to why college football has undertaken such a fairy-tale response to this pandemic is that Willy Wonka is running this...
Weber State TE Logan Strom Hopes To Follow The Antonio Gates Path To Becoming A Starter
New Weber State TE Logan Strom has taken a very interesting route to the Wildcat football program. The former two-sport Norfolk High school (NE)...
Big Sky Commissioner Tom Wistrcill: “The Biggest Challenge Is The Unknown”
This week, CSJ’s David Mays got a hold of Big Sky commissioner Tom Wistrcill and talked to him about the future of the conference,...
Colgate Head Coach Dan Hunt gives an update on Raider Football and gets insightful about current events!
This week, CSJ's David Mays got a hold of Colgate head football coach Dan Hunt and got his opinion on the most important topic of...
2020 College Sports Journal FCS Preseason All-America Team Announced
Sixty student-athletes in the NCAA Division I Football’s Championship Subdivision have been named to the 2020 College Sports Journal Preseason FCS All-America Team. ...
2020 College Sports Journal FCS Preseason Top 25 Announced
Of our preseason poll last year, only 6 of the top 10 teams made the playoffs. 13 of the full 25 played past Thanksgiving. Its...
Hedberg’s Arrival Deepens Bison Lore
One aspect to the Bison’s recent domination has been the arrival of Randy Hedberg as the quarterback coach prior to the start of the 2014...
FCS: A Letter to the NFL
Dear NFL, Why? Why was there such a distrust of the FCS in this year’s NFL Draft? What was it that made the FCS so...
CSJ Roundtable: The Great Debate About Reopening College Sports In The Fall
During an ordinary offseason, during an ordinary May, the writers here at College Sports Journal would be in the middle of looking over 2020 fall...
Tennessee State’s Simmons Selected by Chicago Bears in NFL Draft, Leading OVC’s NFL Class
It was a nerve-wracking three days, but in the end the result was worth the wait....
OPINION: Opening College Sports Requires Knowing Too Much That We Don’t Know
In my opinion, there is a lot of recklessness out there, with plenty of blame to go around....
OPINION: Hey NFL, Draft HBCU Players (so they can get paid)
Once upon a time, HBCUs were the place to draft NFL talent. But that hasn’t been the case lately. ...
Big Sky Sees 11 Sign UDFA NFL Contracts
This year’s NFL draft did not go as well as expected for FCS players, but the Big Sky Conference still had 11 players earn undrafted...
The Best Active FCS Player on Each NFL Team
While our lives are put on hold by COVID let’s get a discussion piece going. FCS players are often discounted as a lower division athlete....
Lehigh Football: Technology Allows Team Navigate Unique Stay-At-Home Spring Season
Lehigh head coach Tom Gilmore will be the first person to tell you that he'd prefer to have a regular spring assessment season for his...
College Sports Journal FCS 2020 NFL College Draft Top 40 Player Rankings
With the COVID-19 shutting down the college and professional athletics world this spring of 2020, there is one sporting event upcoming that involves college football...
How Could A 2020 College Football Season Happen?
Though it might not be the time to make definitive plans to tailgate at Michigan/Ohio State this November, the latest news on mitigation strategies for...
Lehigh Football: Tom Gilmore: “These decisions are unprecedented in response to unprecedented circumstances.”
It was an historic week that nobody could have foreseen. ...
BOXTOROW: FAMU is No. 1 in BOXTOROW HBCU Recruiting Rankings
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...
OPINION: Watch Out, North Dakota State: The Big 10 Is Coming For Your Trey Lance With Their Proposed One Time Transfer Rule
If the Big 10 and the Power 5 have their way, however, the Trey Lance's of the world won't be sticking around at FCS schools...
CSJ’s Ranking of the Patriot League’s 2020 Football Recruiting Classes: The Patsy Ratings
I'm proud to unveil this year's edition of the Patsy Ratings....
Northern Colorado Signs 20 in Hopes of New Era
GREELEY, CO – The University of Northern Colorado Bears football team signed 20 players for the new season. In a town that once saw back-to-back...
NDSU Out-Executed JMU to Win National Championship
As a JMU fan and alum, it was tough to sit inside a cold Toyota Stadium this past Saturday and watch my team lose. What...