August 2016 – The FCS Wedge

The FCS Wedge – 2016-0831 – LISTEN UP!

August 31, 2016 Troy

TweetLance Berndt & Kris Kallem kick of the 2016 season with a recap of the NDSU-CSU game. They have a great discussion about the pitfalls of scheduling for some FCS teams and go over the preseason AGS Top 25. Then they hit on the most enticing FCS vs.FCS as well as some possible FCS over FBS upsets. Plus, there is... Read More

2016 Preseason OVC Preview: Eastern Illinois

August 31, 2016August 16, 2016 Chad Lenz

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 Illinois. Last year he saw... Read More

2016 Big Sky Preview: UC-Davis

August 31, 2016August 27, 2016 Brad Reed

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 be, but unfortunately for the... Read More

Must Watch: Week 1

August 30, 2016August 30, 2016 Chad Lenz

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 this first week. As much... Read More

Big South: Week 0 Recap

August 29, 2016September 28, 2016 David Zazofsky

Tweet(1-0) North Dakota State 24, (0-1) Charleston Southern 17 (OT) I know a lot of the pundits are cheering today about what a great college football game the FCS Kickoff was and how this contest bears out the truth that “anyone can beat anyone on any given Saturday”. Initially, I watched it live on Saturday night and was genuinely... Read More

2016 Preseason OVC Preview: Tennessee-Martin

August 29, 2016August 16, 2016 Chad Lenz

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 averaged 294 passing yards per... Read More

2016 Big Sky Preview: Southern Utah

August 29, 2016August 27, 2016 Brad Reed

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 road trip to Sam Houston... Read More

The FCS Wedge 01/09/2016

August 27, 2016August 27, 2016 Troy

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 to talk with a couple... Read More

2016 MVFC Preseason Preview: Youngstown State

August 26, 2016August 27, 2016 Chad Lenz

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 of UNI’s schedule the last... Read More

2016 Preseason OVC Preview: Eastern Kentucky

August 26, 2016August 16, 2016 Chad Lenz

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 took Kentucky to overtime last... Read More