August 2016 – Page 4 – The FCS Wedge

2016 Preseason Patriot League Preview: Georgetown

August 12, 2016August 8, 2016 Chad Lenz

TweetThank you all who helped put this together, especially those from HoyaSaxa.com 2015 Results: Georgetown 4-7 (2-4) Returning starters: Offense: 4 Defense: 5 In a year when the Patriot League is fully stocked at 60 scholarships, the Georgetown Hoyas enter the 2016 season short on depth and facing questions on offense. The only FCS non-scholarship team playing in a scholarship conference,... Read More

2016 Big Sky Preview: Montana

August 12, 2016August 12, 2016 Brad Reed

Tweet2015 Record: 8-5 (6-2) Key Returners: Brady Gustafson, Caleb Kidder, John Nguyen, Yamen Sanders Key Losses: Daniel Sullivan, Jamaal Jones, Ellis Henderson, Ben Roberts, Tyrone Holmes The Montana Grizzlies got a new head coach last year and picked up right where they left off, back in the playoffs under new head coach Bob Stitt. The Griz, 8-5 last season, started... Read More

2016 MVFC Preview: South Dakota

August 11, 2016July 26, 2016 Chad Lenz

Tweet2015: 5-6 (3-5) Key Returnees: RB Michael Fredrick, RB Trevor Bouma, WR Brandt Van Roekel, DB Tyson Graham Key Losses: DL Andrew Van Ginkel, DL Drew Iddings, LB Keye Lage, WR Eric Shufford, LB Ryan Hillier, DB Micheal Lilly For the first time as a MVFC program the Coyotes are heading into the season without Joe Glenn at the helm.... Read More

2016 Preseason Big South Preview: Gardner-Webb

August 10, 2016August 15, 2016 Chad Lenz

Tweet*Preview courtesy Libertine on AGS Gardner-Webb’s 2015 campaign had a few bright spots – the brightest certainly being their upset win over a ranked Liberty team – but, on the whole, inconsistent play forced their season into a slow boring descent toward winter. Things started off reasonably well as G-W took a second-half lead in their opener against FBS South... Read More

2016 Big Sky Preview: Idaho State

August 10, 2016August 7, 2016 Brad Reed

Tweet2015 Record: 2-9 (1-7) Key Returners: Michael Sanders, Hayden Stout, Jakori Ford, KW Williams Key Losses: Xavier Finney, Madison Mangum, CJ Hatchett, Erik Collins, Kurt Karstetter The Idaho State Bengals had a pretty rough year last year. They finished the season at 2-9 last season and the media isn’t picking them to be much better than that this year, finishing... Read More

2016 Preseason OVC Preview: Austin Peay

August 9, 2016August 8, 2016 Chad Lenz

Tweet*Thank you to JSUSoutherner on AGS for putting together our OVC previews 2015 Record: 0-11 (0-8 OVC) Key Losses: QB Trey Taylor, LB Adam Nobel Key Returnees: RB Kendall Morris, WR Jared Beard, DB Roderick Owens Things haven’t been too great the last few years in Clarksville, Tennessee. The Governors are coming off another 0 win... Read More

2016 MVFC Preview: Northern Iowa

August 9, 2016August 26, 2016 Chad Lenz

Tweet2015: 9-5, Quarterfinals Key Returnees: QB Aaron Bailey, RB Tyvis Smith, DL Karter Schult, LB Jared Farley, OL Robert Rathje Key Losses: DB Deiondre’ Hall, DB Makinton Dorleant, DB Tim Kilfoy, LB Brett McMakin, OL Jacob Rathmacher Is this the year UNI finally gets a national title? National consensus heading into the season certainly seems to think UNI is one... Read More

2016 Preseason Big South Preview: Charleston Southern

August 8, 2016August 8, 2016 Chad Lenz

Tweet*Preview courtesy of Libertine on AGS. 2015 was, without question, the high water mark in the history of the football program at Charleston Southern University. CSU captured the conference crown outright, the first squad to do that since Stony Brook in 2011 and only the third team to do it since the Big South moved to a playoff-eligible six teams... Read More

2016 Preseason Patriot League Preview: Fordham

August 8, 2016August 8, 2016 Chad Lenz

Tweet*Thank you to the Patriot League posters who helped gather the information for this article 2015 Results: 9-3 (5-1); At-large bid, 1st round playoff loss Returning starters: Offense: 10 Defense: 8 The biggest hit Fordham faces from last seasons run to the playoffs is the loss of arguably the greatest coach in Fordham history, Joe Moorhead, who is now the offensive... Read More

2016 Big Sky Preview: Eastern Washington

August 6, 2016August 7, 2016 Brad Reed

Tweet2015 Record: 6-5 (5-3) Key Returners: Cooper Kupp, Gage Gubrud, Jordan West, Jabari Wilson, Kendrick Bourne Key Losses: Tyler McNannay, Todd Raynes, the offensive line The Eastern Washington Eagles are returning a good amount of talent on offense this year, but much like last year, will it translate to wins? The Eagles finished at 6-5 last year, which did not... Read More