All posts tagged "FCS football"

FCS Pick ‘Em – Week 1

Alrighty folks, we’re bringing back our FCS Pick Em segment that we did every Friday last season, Mr. Kolpack somehow got the better of me last season; full-scale investigation has been launched into that; but we’re back for a new season. Already two upsets last night on the FCS over FBS level;...

Around the Valley

Southern Illinois head coach Dale Lennon and Saluki defensive coordinator Kyle Schweigert have been a coaching team for a long time, dating back to their days at the University of North Dakota. The two built their 3-4 defense that was responsible for giving the Bison fits over a decade ago. But last year, it...

Heading Out

Back in New York for a quick vacation, before the craziness of fall camp begins, but wanted to throw out a couple things before going dark (or trying to) for a few days: The Sports Network put out its FCS Preseason All-American teams today, NDSU has just one representative on the 3...

Change benefits the Missouri Valley

It is becoming increasing clear that change in the FCS is almost a certainty, not just talk, and the beneficiary of it all stands to be the Missouri Valley Football Conference and to an extent, the Big Sky Conference. With Georgia Southern and possibly Appalachian State bolting for FBS and leaving the...

GPI talk

Here is the final Gridiron Power Index and a couple of comments: http://www.collegesportingnews.com/content.php?692-Sam-Houston-State-Tops-the-Final-2011-Regular-Season-Gridiron-Power-Index-%28GPI%29 UNI edged NDSU for second place most likely because of NDSU’s two non-conference games against Lafayette and Saint Francis. UNI’s non-conference opponents besides the FBS game with Iowa State were Stephen F. Austin and Southern Utah. Harvard finished 13th...

FCS Pick ‘Em Week 3!

Well we had fun last week, and for the record (since we are competitive) Jeff and I each had a 4-2 record, I lost out on Northern Iowa and Sacramento State, Jeff went askew with Eastern Washington and Cal Poly…that being said we’ve got some terrific games to pick even without NDSU,...

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/