All posts tagged "FCS football"

Countdown to Week 1

This is my last Saturday off until December I’m thinking, but wanted to get a couple things out; first an update on Billy Turner, sources tell WDAY 6 Sports, he’s going to have surgery on his injured thumb this week, but still intends to play next Saturday, we’ll hear officially from Craig...

App State can afford to furnish the house; not many others in FCS can

With a feasability committee approval, it appears it’s all but a formality for Appalachian State to bolt the Football Championship Subdivision and move up to its 85-scholarship big brother known as the Football Bowl Subdivision. Of all the schools that have been considering or have gone lately – Texas State, Massachusetts, Georgia...

Viverito pushing for expanded playoff field

The Bison were thankful last season that the Football Championship Subdivision playoff bracket was expanded to 20 teams from 16. Although it wasn’t made official, NDSU was regarded as the last team to make the field and it took advantage reaching the quarterfinals. Missouri Valley Football Conference commissioner Patty Viverito said in...

New Bison Video Blog

Part 2 of Jeff and I’s recent video blog, topics ranging from the pre-season polls and the lack of respect for the Missouri Valley to the fan-friendly improvements happening at the Fargodome over the next 2 years. UPDATED LINK: http://www.wday.com/event/article/id/49625/group/Sports/

In FCS recruiting, you need all your guns

Thanks to the North Dakota Legislature’s micromanaging an athletic department, we in the Red River Valley will have to put up with the UND nickname issue for at least another year. Here’s a story on how the Sioux football program is handling it: http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/319041/ Although I would agree it’s not a doomsday recruiting...

Money talks in FBS

Here is why the days of hot shot Division I FBS assistants being candidates for FCS head football coaching jobs are dwindling. These guys are making too much cash in the big markets. The following is from footballscoop.com in regards to the University of Florida.: Offensive coordinator Charlie Weis received a $100,000...

Final FCS coaches poll

FCS Coaches Final Poll Team (No. 1 Votes) Record Points Previous Ranking 1. Eastern Washington (25) 13-2 625 1 2. Delaware 12-3 600 5 3. Villanova 9-5 553 T11 4. Appalachian State 10-3 528 3 5. Wofford 10-3 489 6 6. Georgia Southern 10-5 465 22 7. New Hampshire 8-5 438 10...