2016 Preseason OVC Preview: Eastern Illinois

TweetEastern Illinois University 2015 Record: 7-5 (7-1 OVC) FCS Playoffs First Round Key Losses: DT Dino Fanti (Second Team All-American), DB Jourdan Wickliffe (First Team All-OVC) Key Returnees: RB Devin Church (Second Team All-OVC), OT Jimmy Lowery (Second Team All-OVC), LB Seth McDonald   Head Coach Kim Dameron is entering his third year at Eastern …

2016 Big Sky Preview: UC-Davis

Tweet2015 Record: 2-9 (2-6) Key Returners: Ben Scott, Manusamoa Luuga, Chris Martin Key Losses: Alex Cannon, Brady Stuart, Ramon Vargas The battle for last place last season was a three way battle and UC-Davis was one of those teams battling for a spot at the bottom of the pile. That’s not a terrific place to …

Must Watch: Week 1

TweetNow that we’ve all had a chance to get our first hit of the wonderful drug that is football, we get to settle in and enjoy a full weekend of college football. The problem with that, if you’re like me, is that there is something like 97 games featuring FCS teams between Thursday and Sunday …

2016 Preseason OVC Preview: Tennessee-Martin

Tweet2015 Record: 7-4 (6-2 OVC) Key Losses: QB Jarod Neal (Second Team All-OVC), WR Rod Wright (Second Team All-OVC) Key Returnees: OT Jackson Roberts (Second Team All-OVC), DL Damani Taylor (Second Team All-OVC),       In 2015, UTM’s strength was NOT their defense.  It was their passing game.  Jarod Neal captained an offense that …

2016 Big Sky Preview: Southern Utah

Tweet2015 Record: 8-4 (7-1) Key Returners: Kyle Hannemann, Mike Sharp, Keita Calhoun, Ty Rutledge, Steven Wroblewski Key Losses: Ammon Olson, Malik Brown, Justin Brown, James Cowser, LeShaun Sims, Miles Killebrew The Southern Utah Thunderbirds made some personal history last season by winning their first Big Sky Conference title. The reward for winning the conference? A …

The FCS Wedge 01/09/2016

TweetWe are in the process of adding a new podcast player to the site.  As such, here is a post to test our new capabilities.  This is last years National Championship preview show. -From 01/09/2016 Great interviews this week featuring an all NC show.  We have Coach Grass(JSU)  and Coach Klieman (NDSU) and then get …

2016 MVFC Preseason Preview: Youngstown State

Tweet2015 Results: 5-6 (3-5) Key Returnees: RB Jody Webb, RB Martin Ruiz, QB Hunter Wells, LB Lee Wright, SS Jameel Smith, DE Derek Rivers Key Losses: WR Andrew Stubbs, WR Andrew Williams, DE Terrell Williams, DT Steve Zaborksy, DT Emmanuel Kormah     Full disclosure, right from the start of this,  YSU has been off …

2016 Preseason OVC Preview: Eastern Kentucky

Tweet2015 Record: 6-5 (5-3 OVC) Key Losses: DE Noah Spence (First Team All-American), TE Ben Madon (First Team All-OVC) Key Returnees: QB Bennie Coney Well… Last season didn’t end they way the Colonels wanted.  Many forget that Jacksonville State wasn’t the only FCS team that put fear into an SEC team last year.  The Colonels …