2016 Preseason Patriot League Preview: Lehigh

Tweet2015 Results: 6-5 (4-2) Returning starters: Offense 8 Defense 8           Lehigh had its worst season in 22 years in 2014 when they bottomed out at 3-8. They responded last year by getting back to a winning season and competing for the Patriot League title despite a historically bad defense. There’s …

2016 Big Sky Preview: Northern Arizona

Tweet2015 Record: 7-4 (5-3) Key Returners: Case Cookus, Emmanual Butler Key Departures: Casey Jahn, Dejzon Walker, RJ Rickert, Alex Holmes The Lumberjacks are coming off of a pretty good season, finishing the year at 7-4 and just missing the FCS playoffs. A crushing season ending loss to conference champion Southern Utah ended their chance at …

2016 Preseason Patriot League Preview: Lafayette

Tweet2015 Results: 1-10 (0-6) Returning starters: Offense 10 Defense 7       The 2016 Leopards are one of the prime examples of “Good news, everyone returns. The bad news is, every one returns.” After 16 seasons some fans may be feeling the second part of that statement about the coaching staff. Frank Tavani took …

2016 Big Sky Preview: Northern Colorado

Tweet2015 Record: 6-5 (3-5) Key Returners: Hakeem Deggs, Trae Riek, Jacob Knipp Key Losses: Trevor Douglass, Jonathan Newsom, Sean Leslie Northern Colorado saw some success last year, more so than they’ve had over the last few years. Was it a sign of the program turning around, or was it the chips falling into place at …

2016 MVFC Preview: South Dakota State

TweetThe Jackrabbits may have been the unluckiest team the last few years, not because of bad breaks costing them games but because of the nature of how the FCS playoffs are structured. The Rabbits have had teams that, if they were out east, very well could have made a push to the semifinals or title …

2016 Preseason Big South Preview: Liberty

Tweet*Preview courtesy Libertine on AGS             Unequivocally, the biggest question mark in the Big South conference hovers over Liberty.  After finally getting the playoff monkey off their back in 2014, the Flames entered 2015 with four senior All-Americans on the roster, some high expectations and a general sense of promise. …

2016 Big Sky Preview: North Dakota

Tweet2015 Record: 7-4 (5-3) Key Returners: Cole Reyes, John Santiago, Keaton Studsrud Key Losses: Zach Adler (TE), Miguel Cerriteno (WR), Will Ratelle (LB), Sean Meehan (OG) Brandon Anderson (OG) Elijah Grady (OT) New year, new nickname for North Dakota. This year will be the maiden voyage of their new nickname after the university was forced …

2016 Preseason OVC Preview: Murray State

Tweet2015 Record: 3-8 (2-6 OVC) Key Losses: DB DeQuinten Spraggins (Second Team All-OVC), WR Jeremy Harness, WR Janawski Davis Key Returnees: QB KD Humphries (Second Team All-OVC), RB Roman Clay (Second Team All-OVC)       The Racers in 2015 led one of the fiercest air attacks in the FCS last year.  Quarterback KD Humphries …

2016 Preseason Big South Preview: Kennesaw State

Tweet*Preview courtesy Libertine on AGS           In only their first year of existence, head coach Brian Bohannon’s Owls turned out to be exactly who we thought they were.  Behind a triple-option attack run by The Citadel transfer, QB Trey White, KSU easily handled their early “starter” opponents and were 4-1 with …