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 …
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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 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 Big Sky Preview: Montana State
Tweet2015 Record: 5-6 (3-5) Key Returners: Ben Folsom, Chad Newell, Gunnar Brekke, Mitchell Herbert, Tyler Bruggman, Mac Bignell, JP Flynn Key Losses: Dakota Prukop, Beau Sandland, Luke Daly, Trace Timmer Montana State will enter the season with a new head coach, Jeff Choate, who comes to the Bobcats from Washington where he was an assistant …
2016 Big Sky Preview: Montana
Tweet2015 Record: 8-5 (6-2) Key Returners: Brady Gustafson, Caleb Kidder, John Nguyen, Yamen Sanders Key Losses: Daniel Sullivan, Jamaal Jones, Ellis Henderson, Ben Roberts, Tyrone Holmes The Montana Grizzlies got a new head coach last year and picked up right where they left off, back in the playoffs under new head coach Bob Stitt. The …
2016 Big Sky Preview: Idaho State
Tweet2015 Record: 2-9 (1-7) Key Returners: Michael Sanders, Hayden Stout, Jakori Ford, KW Williams Key Losses: Xavier Finney, Madison Mangum, CJ Hatchett, Erik Collins, Kurt Karstetter The Idaho State Bengals had a pretty rough year last year. They finished the season at 2-9 last season and the media isn’t picking them to be much better …
2016 Big Sky Preview: Eastern Washington
Tweet2015 Record: 6-5 (5-3) Key Returners: Cooper Kupp, Gage Gubrud, Jordan West, Jabari Wilson, Kendrick Bourne Key Losses: Tyler McNannay, Todd Raynes, the offensive line The Eastern Washington Eagles are returning a good amount of talent on offense this year, but much like last year, will it translate to wins? The Eagles finished at 6-5 …
2016 Big Sky Preview: Cal Poly Mustangs
Tweet2015 Record: 4-7 (3-5) Key Returners: Joe Protheroe, Kori Garcia, Kyle Lewis, Khaleel Jenkins Key Losses: Willie Tucker, Stephen Pyle, Kaulin Blair, Chris Brown The Cal Poly Mustangs finished 4-7 last year despite having the country’s leading rushing offense. Last season they checked in with 387 yards per game, 40 yards more than the next …
2016 Big Sky Conference Preview
TweetThe fall football season is nearly upon us, and even though it’s still summer and fall camp hasn’t yet begun that doesn’t mean we can’t talk some football! The Big Sky Conference just held their media days in Utah and they released their preseason poll. Here’s what the media had to say about this year’s …