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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 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 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 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

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