FLASHBACK: In 2006, A Day Of Reflection Ends With A Rivalry Football Game Between Fordham and Columbia
In 2006, I wrote two pieces for the website I-AA.org about a Fordham/Columbia game I attended. The two crosstown Rivals competed for an actual...
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...
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: 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....
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...
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...
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. ...
College Sports Journal Top 25 11/19/19
Just like that, we are down to the last week of the regular season. Selection Sunday comes to your airwaves thus Sunday November 24th at...
College Sports Journal Ivy League Previews, How To Watch: Week of 11/9/2019
It's somewhat serendipitous, according to John Feinstein of The Washington Post, that this week's battle of undefeated teams between Dartmouth and Princeton came to be....
College Sports Journal Ivy League Previews, How To Watch: Week of 11/2/2019
Undefeated Princeton and Dartmouth look to not slip up going into a potentially enormous matchup of undefeated teams in the Bronx....
College Sports Journal Ivy League Previews, How To Watch: Week of 10/26/2019
This week, two of the nation's unbeaten teams play tricky challengers: one in prime time on Friday night, and the other takes on a rival...
College Sports Journal Ivy League Previews, How To Watch: Week of 10/19/2019
Last week's battle of unbeatens ended up not much of a battle - 4-0 Dartmouth jumped all over Yale early and never looked back, crushing...
The Week That Was: Highlights of the Five Top FCS Games, Week Ending 10/13/2019
Call it "Conference Carnage Week". High-profile conference games ended upending conference championship races, and further cementing others on top of the standings....
College Sports Journal Ivy League Previews And Streaming Links: Week of 10/12/2019
After the Big Green took it to Penn last weekend on Friday night, Dartmouth returns home for Homecoming in a huge battle between undefeated teams...
The Week That Was: Highlights of the Five Top FCS Games, Week Ending 10/6/2019
It was a week of thrilling conference rivalries, and it's the "Military Classic of the South" that yielded the best story of them all....
College Sports Journal Ivy League Previews: Week of 10/5/2019
This week we see a primetime Ivy League matchup in actual prime time, as undefeated Dartmouth and undefeated Penn face off under Franklin Field's lights....
College Sports Journal Ivy League Previews: Week of 9/28/2019
The Ivy League had a hugely successful opening weekend, as many expected. As a whole the Ancient Eight went 6-2, the only losses coming from...
The Week That Was: Highlights of the Five Top FCS Games, Week Ending 9/21/2019
Without question the top FCS game of the week was the battle of FCS powerhouses in the Fargodome.Returning home after 47-22 victory the week before...
College Sports Journal Ivy League Previews: Week of 9/21/2019
Finally the wait is over - the Ivy League awakens from their annual football slumber and rejoins the college football universe almost a full month...
2019 College Sports Journal Conference Previews: Ivy League
Last season was one for the ages in the Ivy League, with Princeton going 10-0. It was the fourth outright Ivy League title in Princeton...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Princeton Tigers
10-0 Princeton had a year to remember in 2018, clinching the fourth outright Ivy League title in program history, and the first since 1995. It...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Yale Bulldogs
A wild 5-5 year saw Yale beat both Mercer of the SoCon and an FCS Playoff semifinalist in Maine, but lose a wild game in...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Harvard Crimson
A season that seemed like it was going off the rails in October was righted in November, with a three game winning streak and a...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Penn Quakers
The Quakers remained in the upper echelon of the Ivy League with a 6-4 record and a perfect 3-0 out-of-conference record. They couldn't get over...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Dartmouth Big Green
It was an epic battle of unbeatens when Dartmouth headed to play longtime rival Princeton in late October. The Big Green's 14-9 loss in that...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Columbia Lions
The good news was that head coach Al Bagnoli guided the Lions to their second consecutive winning season. The bad news is that they weren't...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Cornell Big Red
After a trip to Brown and securing a 3-3 record, things were looking bright for the Big Red to finally get back to .500 on...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Brown Bears
After a 1-9 season, longtime head football coach Phil Estes stepped down as Bears head football coach after an illustrious 21 year career....
Gauging The FCS Football Landscape For 2019 – In Which Tier Is Your Favorite Football Program?
It’s May. Spring football is over, and the preseason camps don’t start for a couple months. We are in the doldrums of the FCS offseason....
Physical Battle of FCS Unbeatens Ends With Princeton Topping Dartmouth 14-9
The word that stands out after watching Princeton out-grind Dartmouth here at Princeton Stadium is “meat”. It was a game a lineman could love –...
Unbeaten Dartmouth Faces Unbeaten Princeton In A Game That Should, But Doesn’t, Have FCS Playoff Implications
When 7-0 Dartmouth faces off against 7-0 Princeton in New Jersey this weekend, it will be the latest day that two undefeated Ivy League teams...
Lehigh Unable To Slow Down Princeton Football Machine, Lose 66-7
The Lehigh football team lost to the Princeton football team 66-7 at Powers Field in Princeton, New Jersey. The Mountain Hawk defense yielded 773 yards...
Lehigh And Princeton Football Engage This Saturday In Final Test Before League Play
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...
CSJ’s 2018 Week 5 Game Preview: Maine at Yale
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...
CSJ’s 2018 Week 5 Game Preview: Rhode Island at Harvard
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...
Going Into Bye Week, Lehigh Football Needs To Sort Itself Out
“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...
QUICK RECAP: Penn RB Karekin Brooks Kills Mountain Hawks Again in 30-10 Win over Lehigh
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...
CSJ’s 2018 Week 4 Game Preview: Monmouth at Princeton
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)...
College Sports Journal FCS Top 25 after Week 2 – September 11, 2018
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...
CSJ Conference Preview: Ivy League
College Sports Journal announces their 2018 Fearless Prediction for the Order of finish of the Ivy League. Yale surged to the top of the...
2018 College Football Team Previews: Yale Bulldogs
Yale Bulldogs Location: New Haven, CT Coach: Tony Reno (32-27) 7th Season at Yale Stadium: Yale Bowl (Capacity: 64,246) CSJ Projections: 1st: Ivy League 2nd:...
2018 College Football Team Previews: Dartmouth Big Green
Dartmouth Big Green Location: Hanover, NH Coach: Buddy Teevens (87-91-2) 19th Overall Season at Dartmouth Stadium: Memorial Field (Capacity: 15,600) CSJ Projections: 2nd: Ivy League...
2018 College Football Team Previews: Princeton Tigers
Princeton Tigers Location: Princeton, NJ Coach: Bob Surace (38-43) 9th Season at Princeton Stadium: Princeton University Stadium (Capacity: 27,773) CSJ Projections: 3rd: Ivy League 2nd:...
2018 College Football Team Previews: Columbia Lions
Columbia Lions Location: New York, NY Coach: Al Bagnoli (247-116) 3rd Season at Columbia (13-17) Stadium: Robert Kraft Field at Wien Stadium (Capacity: 17,000) CSJ...
2018 College Football Team Previews: Harvard Crimson
Harvard Crimson Location: Cambridge, MA Coach: Tim Murphy (168-71) 25th Season at Harvard Stadium: Harvard Stadium (Capacity: 30,323) CSJ Projections: 5th: Ivy League 3rd: Massachusetts...
2018 College Football Team Previews: Penn Quakers
Penn Quakers Location: Philadelphia, PA Coach: Ray Priore (20-10) 4th Season at Penn Stadium: Franklin Field (Capacity: 52,593) CSJ Projections: 6th: Ivy League 7th: Pennsylvania...
2018 College Football Team Previews: Cornell Big Red
Cornell Big Red Location: Ithaca, NY Coach: David Archer (12-38) 6th Season at Cornell Stadium: Schoellkopf Field (Capacity: 25,597) CSJ Projections: 7th: Ivy League 10th:...
2018 College Football Team Previews: Brown Bears
Brown Bears Location: Providence, RI Coach: Phil Estes (114-85) 20th Season at Brown Stadium: Brown Stadium (Capacity: 20,000) CSJ Projections: 8th: Ivy League 3rd: Rhode...
FCS Week 8 Top Ten Twitter Highlights, Week Of 10/21/2017
Top 10 Twitter Highlights No. 10. The No. 22/RV Northern Arizona football team scored 35 unanswered points after falling behind 7-0 to extend its current winning...
2017 Season FCS College Football Picks: Ivy League
CSJ’s Predicted Order of finish: 1. Harvard 2. Penn 3. Princeton 4. Dartmouth 5. Yale 6. Brown 7. Columbia 8. Cornell Harvard Fearless Prediction: How...