FCS Football

Week 2 Missouri Valley Game Breakdowns

Allow this writer to puff out his chest for a minute. Sure, I missed the Youngstown State-Dayton game, but to correctly predict North Dakota State knocking off Kansas State and Northern Iowa beating Iowa State? Yes, even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while, but two nuts in one column? Okay, time to get serious here. Predicting these games is a 50-50 proposition. You either get it right or get ...

Week 2 “Other” Conferences Game Breakdowns

In this section each week we’ll look at key games across the FCS landscape between teams from the conferences besides the Big Sky, CAA, MVFC, and Southern. Last week saw the FCS make headlines when eight teams upset FBS schools. This week features a few of those kinds of matchups that have the potential to have the same results, and also looks at a few all-FCS games. Week one’s ...

Week 2 Southern Conference Breakdowns

Only two teams, Samford and Georgia Southern, started the season 1-0 as the conference looks for a better outcome in Week 2. The key contest this week is Wofford at The Citadel. It’s an early season matchup that could have a bearing on the ultimate league champion.

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 Week 2 CAA Game Breakdowns

Another 10 games are on this week’s Colonial Athletic Association schedule, but everyone is still talking about last week’s historic win for the Towson football team. Even though Connecticut has not had the best of luck in football, Towson’s big win still resonated in a lot of circles and showed that it is definitely possible for FCS schools to beat FBS powers. This week is highlighted ...

Week 2 Big Sky Game Breakdowns

And just like that, here we are at week two of the Big Sky football season. One team in particular is celebrating a great deal (see Eastern Washington below), but for 75 percent of the conference teams it was a successful weekend (9-3 overall record). There are only 11 games instead of 12 this week, highlighted by a chance for another FCS squad to make a strong showing against an FBS ...