TweetFootball season is almost here and this year we are starting off right with an excellent match-up between the reigning HBCU National Champions, North Carolina A&T, and the four-time defending OVC Champions, Jacksonville State. Like last year’s kickoff match-up, where the Gamecocks beat Chattanooga 27-13, this year’s game will be played in Montgomery, Alabama at …
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Ohio Valley: Week 4 Preview and Power Rankings
TweetIt’s been a minute since we last looked at the Ohio Valley Conference but this weekend looks to be the biggest week of the season so far. In the past two weeks, we’ve seen Tennessee State stay undefeated on the season, Austin Peay finally ended a 29-game losing streak with a blowout 69-13 win over …
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Ohio Valley: Week 2 Preview
Tweet This weekend in the Ohio Valley features some great FCS match ups like Tennessee Tech at Kennesaw State, Southeast Missouri State at Dayton, and a chance for Murray State to test themselves with one of the best the Southland has to offer when #16 Central Arkansas comes to visit. #28 Tennessee State …
Ohio Valley: Week 1 Recap and Power Rankings
TweetWhile the majority of the OVC opened their seasons with either cupcakes or money games there were still several great games this past week. Including a few better than expected performances from Austin Peay and Tennessee State. The Tigers were the first FCS team of the year to get themselves an FBS scalp when they …
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2017 OVC Previews: Tennessee State
Tweet Tennessee State 2016 Record: 7-4 (4-3 OVC) Key Players: DL Ebenezer Ogundeko, QB Treon Harris, WR Patrick Smith The conference underachievers. It seems lately that Tennessee State has had the talent and the roster to make a serious run at the FCS playoffs but somehow always manages to drop games against teams …
2017 OVC Previews: Jacksonville State
Tweet 2016 Record: 10-2 (7-0 OVC) Key Players: DL Darius Jackson, S Marlon Bridges, RB Roc Thomas The Gamecocks are coming off a 2016 campaign that ended abruptly in the Second Round of the FCS playoffs at the hands of Championship Runner Up Youngstown State. The Gamecocks won their third straight OVC title …
OVC: Week 11 Preview
TweetEastern Kentucky (2-7, 1-5 OVC) @ Austin Peay (0-9, 0-7 OVC) 5PM EST (OVCDN) Well this is it for Austin Peay. Will they get a win before the end of the season? We will know tomorrow night (because they have zero chance of beating Kentucky next weekend). The Gov’s will host a Colonels team that …
OVC: Week 8 Review and Power Rankings
TweetTurnovers seemed to be the theme this weekend in the OVC as turnovers heavily affected 4 games in the conference. Austin Peay fell to Mercer after turning the ball over 4 times, Tennessee Tech took advantage of a pick six to save their Homecoming by a margin of one point over the Redhawks, six turnovers …
OVC: Week 7 Review and Power Rankings
TweetTwo of the OVC’s matchups this weekend came down to the wire with EIU and TSU holding on to their wins because of last second defensive stands. The OVC hierarchy looks to be laid out pretty clearly now but if this weekend taught us anything, nothing is for certain. Jacksonville State looked extremely vulnerable in …
OVC: Week 7 Preview
TweetOnly 6 more weeks until the end of the season and the OVC is starting to take shape as we see who each team really is. This weekend of matchups should give us an even better idea of how the conference standings will look by the end of November. Southeast Missouri State will take the …