September 2018 – The FCS Wedge

Patriot League Week 5: Only One Has A Chance To Reach Nirvana

September 29, 2018September 28, 2018 Kevin Hottle

TweetThe first month of the season went about as poorly as it possibly could have for the Patriot League. Last week saw the league bottom out with a 0-5 record in non-conference play. For the season, the Patriot League is an abysmal 4-19 overall in non-conference games. The only team in the league with a winning record, Colgate, has a... Read More

The FCS Wedge – 2018-0926 – Wk5 INTERVIEW (Dave Cook-EWU)

September 28, 2018September 27, 2018 Troy

TweetKris did an interview with Eastern Washington University’s Dave Cook (SID) this week. Great look into what an SID does and some of Dave’s thoughts and memories over his 29 year career thus far. Read More

MVFC Week 5 Preview

September 27, 2018September 27, 2018 Scott Lawson

TweetThe week’s slate of MVFC games kicks of a little early, with a matchup of Northern Iowa at Indiana State on Thursday evening. The rest of the games are all on Saturday starting between 2:30 and 6 PM. All times listed as Central time zone and ranking numbers based on the AGS Poll. Here’s the full list along with starting... Read More

The FCS Wedge – 2018-0926 – Wk5 PREVIEW

September 27, 2018September 27, 2018 Troy

TweetA quick preview of the upcoming week’s games by our esteemed voices on The FCS Wedge. South Dakota State @ North Dakota State Villanova @ Stony Brook Eastern Washington @ Montana State Rhode Island @ Harvard Maine @ Yale Samford @ Kennesaw State (AKA Georgia Northern) Citadel @ Towson UCA @ SHSU The boys discuss the redshirt rule and it’s... Read More

The FCS Wedge – 2018-0926 – Wk4 REVIEW

September 26, 2018September 27, 2018 Troy

TweetThis week Lance tells Kris it is getting cold out, Kris agrees with him. They move on to a discussion of these games to start the show. Morgan State Bears 16 North Carolina A&T Aggies 13 Nicholls State Colonels 27 Sam Houston State Bearkats 7 From here they analyze the AGS Poll for week four. 94 voters this week so... Read More

Missouri Valley OOC In-Review

September 25, 2018September 25, 2018 Scott Lawson

TweetMissouri Valley Conference football games begin this coming weekend, so I figure this is a good time to do a quick review of what happened during the out-of-conference (OOC) games for each team. WIth the exception of South Dakota State, who had their game against Iowa State cancelled due to weather, everyone in the conference has played three games. For... Read More

AGS Poll: Week 4 Top 25 Results

September 24, 2018September 24, 2018 Tim

TweetWhile this week wasn’t as crazy as last week there was still plenty of movement in the AGS poll, especially in the bottom half, as some surprising results over the weekend caused some major shifting amongst a few teams. The top 5, as it has all year, stayed very calm as the top 3, as they’ve been all year, remained North Dakota... Read More

Patriot League Week 4: Wins, We Need Wins!

September 21, 2018September 21, 2018 Kevin Hottle

TweetThe Patriot League’s non-league woes continued in week 3. Holy Cross’s come from behind win against preseason Ancient Eight favorite Yale prevented the dreaded Patriot League “O’fer”. It was the second week in a row the Patriot League could only manage a single out of conference “W”. Things don’t get any easier as the first weekend of fall dawns. The... Read More

The FCS Wedge – 2018-0919 – Week 4 PREVIEW

September 20, 2018September 20, 2018 Troy

TweetHere is the The FCS Wedge topic lineup for the Week 4 Preview. Samford @ Chattanooga The Bulldogs need this game more than the Mocs do, will that make a difference? Sacramento State @ Montana Montana is giving up less than 70 yards rushing per game but the Hornet’s Kevin Thompson is a very capable passer averaging around 300 yards... Read More

The FCS Wedge – 2018-0919 – Week 3 REVIEW

September 19, 2018September 19, 2018 Troy

TweetThis week’s review podcast goes a little something like this: TOPIC 1 Upsets in the T10 Towson 45 Villanova 35 North Dakota 24 Sam Houston State 23 Mercer 30 Samford 24 Topic 2 AGS Poll Topic 3 A few other recaps Weber State 27 South Dakota 10 McNeese State 20 Nicholls State 10 Western Illinois 31 Montana 27 Missouri State... Read More