Big South: Week 1 Review

Tweet(1-0)  Central Michigan 49, (0-1) Presbyterian 3 Presbyterian is, if nothing else, consistent.  Watching this opening contest of 2016 for the Blue Hose on Thursday night, this game could very easily have been mistaken for one straight out of the middle of the 2015 season.  That’s both a good thing and a bad thing if you’re …

Big South: Week 1 Preview (9/1 – 9/3)

TweetWith the FCS Kickoff out of the way, everyone else finally gets a turn and, frankly, we’ve waited long enough.  Let’s get right to it:   Presbyterian @ Central Michigan – Thursday, Sept 1st, 7:00pm (ESPN3) The Presbyterian College Blue Hose begin this season, as they do nearly every season, on the road.  On Saturday, …

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 …

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 …

2016 Preseason Big South Preview: Liberty

Tweet*Preview courtesy Libertine on AGS             Unequivocally, the biggest question mark in the Big South conference hovers over Liberty.  After finally getting the playoff monkey off their back in 2014, the Flames entered 2015 with four senior All-Americans on the roster, some high expectations and a general sense of promise. …

2016 Preseason Big South Preview: Kennesaw State

Tweet*Preview courtesy Libertine on AGS           In only their first year of existence, head coach Brian Bohannon’s Owls turned out to be exactly who we thought they were.  Behind a triple-option attack run by The Citadel transfer, QB Trey White, KSU easily handled their early “starter” opponents and were 4-1 with …

2016 Preseason Big South Preview: Gardner-Webb

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 …