August 2016 – Page 5 – The FCS Wedge

2016 Preseason Patriot League Preview: Colgate

August 5, 2016August 1, 2016 Chad Lenz

Tweet2015 Results: Colgate 9-5 (6-0); Patriot League Champions, Quafterfinals Returning starters: Offense: 9 Defense: 9 Coming into the season Raiders look to be the most balanced team in the Patriot League. Senior quarterback Jake Melville is the focus of the Raiders offense, and honestly, he’d be the focus of most offenses in the nation. Last... Read More

2016 MVFC Preview: North Dakota State

August 4, 2016August 5, 2016 Chad Lenz

Tweet2015: 13-2 (7-1): Shared MVFC Championship, National Championship Key Returnees: Everyone Key Losses: All of them and none of them Is there anything left to be said about the Bison at this point? I mean, seriously? Five straight NCAA titles. Five straight MVFC titles, though I feel obliged to point out that only two of them are outright titles for... Read More

2016 Big Sky Preview: Cal Poly Mustangs

August 2, 2016August 2, 2016 Brad Reed

Tweet2015 Record: 4-7 (3-5) Key Returners: Joe Protheroe, Kori Garcia, Kyle Lewis, Khaleel Jenkins Key Losses: Willie Tucker, Stephen Pyle, Kaulin Blair, Chris Brown The Cal Poly Mustangs finished 4-7 last year despite having the country’s leading rushing offense. Last season they checked in with 387 yards per game, 40 yards more than the next nearest team, The Citadel. The... Read More

2016 MVFC Preview: Missouri State

August 2, 2016July 26, 2016 Chad Lenz

Tweet2015 Record: 1-10 (0-8) Key Returnees: RB Calan Crowder, RB Jason Randall, WR Malik Earl, LB Dylan Cole Key Losses: WR Eric Christophel, LB Christian Hoffmann By the end of the 2015 season I actually started to feel a tad bit bad for the Bears. In Dave Steckel’s first season the Bears broke just about every MVFC record…that you wouldn’t... Read More

2016 Big Sky Conference Preview

August 1, 2016August 1, 2016 Brad Reed

TweetThe fall football season is nearly upon us, and even though it’s still summer and fall camp hasn’t yet begun that doesn’t mean we can’t talk some football! The Big Sky Conference just held their media days in Utah and they released their preseason poll. Here’s what the media had to say about this year’s preseason rankings: Northern Arizona... Read More

AGS Poll: 2016 Preseason Top 25

August 1, 2016September 29, 2016 Chad Lenz

Tweet Rank Team: Total Points First Place Votes Previous Wk. 1 North Dakota State Bison 2047 79 – 2 Northern Iowa Panthers 1836 1 – 3 Richmond Spiders 1789 – 4 Jacksonville State Gamecocks 1775 1 – 5 Sam Houston State Bearkats 1731 1 – 6 Chattanooga Mocs 1438 – 7 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 1436 – 8 Charleston Southern... Read More

2016 Patriot League Preview: Bucknell

August 1, 2016August 1, 2016 Chad Lenz

Tweet*Thank you to the Patriot League posters on AGS who helped put this together 2015 Results: 4-7 (1-5) Returning starters: Offense – 8 Defense – 10 Bucknell is a team defined by its defense which will need to find ways to score points and the man charged with that is quarterback R.J. Nitti. Nitti returns for his 3rd year... Read More

2016 Preseason OVC Preview: Tennessee Tech – empty

August 1, 2016August 15, 2016 Chad Lenz

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