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Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 4

Kent Schmidt — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 14:34:28 +0000

Week Four had one of the biggest upsets yet in this college football season. Middle Tennessee knocked off Top 25 ranked Miami (FL) 45-31 in Miami. Blue Raider QB Chase Cunningham threw touchdown passes of 71, 69 and 98 yards while just completing 16 passes but those completions went for a whopping 408 yards. The.

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Group of Five 2021-22 Bowl First Weekend Recap & Highlights

Kent Schmidt — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 16:08:32 +0000

The first weekend is in the books for the Group of Five teams. Eight bowls were played Dec. 17th and 18th--all involving at least one G5 team in those games. The big story of the weekend was Western Kentucky's QB Bailey Zappe breaking former LSU QB Joe Burrow's record with 61st TD pass of season in WKU's 59-38 win over Appalachian State in the Boca Raton Bowl. Zappe also broke the pass yardage record with over 5,800 yards passing.

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CSJ 2021 Bahamas Bowl Preview: Toledo vs. Middle Tennessee

Kent Schmidt — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 23:33:12 +0000

The first college bowl game of the holiday season gets under way away from the United States. The lone bowl game to be played outside of the USA is this Bahamas Bowl. This game pits Toledo out of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) versus Middle Tennessee, out of Conference USA in the seventh game on the island nation (the 2020 Bahamas Bowl was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 6

Kent Schmidt — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 14:23:03 +0000

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 happen this Saturday but that game was moved to next week Wednesday. But the weekend was still full of great action with two American Athletic Conference teams finally getting on.

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Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 4

Kent Schmidt — Sun, 27 Sep 2020 13:57:40 +0000

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 fall. The Mountain West will follow what last week the Big 10 completed with a return to play on Oct. 24th and each school is intended to play eight games.

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Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 1

Kent Schmidt — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 16:34:13 +0000

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 but to blowout a 11-win Navy team on their home field. Never thought that would happen. The COVID 19 pandamic did make for little atmosphere at Navy. Even the Brigade.

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GAME PREVIEW: Middle Tennessee State at Army

Kent Schmidt — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 14:05:14 +0000

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 Knights have never met in football before this meeting and this game was quickly thrown together after both team’s schedules were thrown off-course due to concerns from the coronavirus. The.

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2020 Division I Conference Football Preview: Conference USA

Kent Schmidt — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 17:30:50 +0000

Since 2016, in fact, no preseason divisional winner (predicted by the media poll by the conference) has finished atop of their division standings.

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2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders

Kent Schmidt — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 16:04:59 +0000

The Blue Raiders won their first division title and came within a late score of the C-USA championship to UAB but were blown out by Appalachian State in the New Orleans Bowal to finish 8-6 overall, 7-1 C-USA.

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Group of Five 2018-19 Bowl Day 1 Recap & Highlights

Kent Schmidt — Sun, 16 Dec 2018 10:51:03 +0000

Five bowl games involving Group of Five schools kicked off the bowl season on Dec. 15. Mountain West champion Fresno State and Sun Belt champion Appalachian State were both in action and both won their games rather easily. Utah State and Tulane were big winners in their games. But the game of the day was.

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CSJ 2018 New Orleans Bowl Preview: Appalachian State vs. Middle Tennessee State, How To Watch and Fearless Predictions

Kent Schmidt — Sat, 15 Dec 2018 19:49:27 +0000

Appalachian State vs. Middle Tennessee State (New Orleans Bowl) When: Saturday, December 15, 9:00 PM EST Where: Superdome, New Orleans, La. TV/Streaming: ESPN, WatchESPN (subscription req’d) Appalachian State Mountaineers (1st Sun Belt East, 10-2, 7-1) App State lost to Penn State in overtime in Happy Valley to open the season before winning 10 of its.

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CSJ Conference USA Championship Game Preview — UAB at Middle Tennessee State, How To Watch and Fearless Predictions

Kent Schmidt — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 23:43:52 +0000

UAB at Middle Tennessee State When: Saturday, December 1, 12:30 PM CST Where: Floyd Stadium, Murfreesboro, Tenn. TV/Streaming: CBS Sports Network / CBS Sports App UAB Blazers (9-3, 7-1 C-USA) Conference USA West Division Champions Location: Birmingham, Ala. Enrollment: 21,923 Sagarin Rating: 80 (18 in G5) Season Recap: UAB clinched the West Division by two games over LA Tech, Southern.

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