2016 Preseason OVC Preview: Eastern Illinois

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 …

Must Watch: Week 1

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 …

2016 Preseason OVC Preview: Tennessee-Martin

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 …

2016 MVFC Preseason Preview: Youngstown State

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 …

2016 Preseason OVC Preview: Eastern Kentucky

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 …

2016 Preseason Big South Preview: Presbyterian

Tweet*Preview courtesy of Libertine on AGS             Harold Nichols’ squad was a consistently tough out for nearly everyone on their schedule in 2015.  The Blue Hose were competitive in nearly every game and were within one score in each of their conference losses.  They were particularly sturdy on defense, holding playoff teams …

2016 MVFC Preseason Preview: Western Illinois

Tweet2015 Record: 7-6 (5-3), 2nd Round Playoff loss Key Returnees: QB Trenton Norvell, QB Sean McGuire, WR Lance Lenoir, WR Joey Borsellino, LB Brett Taylor, LB Adam Brott, DB David Griffith Key Losses: RB Nikko Watson, DL Kris Harley, DL Eddy Holtschlag, DL Gavin Ricketts   Last season the Leathernecks became the first team in …

2016 Preseason OVC Preview: Southeast Missouri State

Tweet2015 Record: 4-7 (3-4 OVC) Key Losses: WR Paul McRoberts (First Team All-OVC) Key Returnees: RB Tremane McCullough (First Team All-OVC), LB Roper Garrett (Second Team All-OVC)     Believe or not, SEMO was close to being 8-3 team, being #2 in the OVC, and taking EIU’s spot in the playoffs last year. Four of …

Week 0 Big South Preview

TweetSubmitted by Libertine Charleston Southern @ North Dakota State  (Saturday, Aug. 27th – 7:30pm – ESPN)                      Well, college football is finally back as Charleston Southern travels to North Dakota State to kick off the first game in the country of the 2016 season.  Oddly enough, it will not be the first …

2016 Preseason Big South Preview: Monmouth

Tweet*Preview courtesy of Libertine on AGS           Based on 2015, Monmouth should have been the dark horse pick to make some noise in the Big South this year.  Having swapped out virtually their entire offensive personnel and schemes, the Hawks got off to a slow start losing to Holy Cross, Central …