Patriot League First Round Playoff Preview: Holy Cross at Monmouth

TweetHoly Cross (7-5) at Monmouth (10-2) When & Where: 12 P.M. Kessler Stadium (4,200); West Long Branch, NJ Live Streaming: ESPN3 What’s At Stake? The winner advances to play #2 James Madison in the 2nd Round of the FCS Playoffs. Series History: Monmouth 2-1; most recent meeting 2017 (Monmouth 48-36) Playoff History: Holy Cross – …

MVFC in the Quarterfinals – In Review

TweetThe Scores Colgate – 0 North Dakota State – 35 South Dakota State – 27 Kennesaw State – 17 #8 Colgate at #1 North Dakota State Colgate’s struggles in this game started early, with the Bison taking their first possession 96 yards in 4 plays with RB Ty Brooks running it into the end zone …

MVFC Postseason Week 3 Preview

TweetConsidering some of the discussion and analysis of playing schemes and stuff over on the game-related threads at AnyGivenSaturday.com, I kinda feel like these articles are a bit redundant this far into the playoffs. If you’ve been reading my articles for a while, you know I’m not really a guy who gets into things like …

BIG SOUTH: Week 12 Preview

Tweet(6-4) Liberty @ (8-2) Coastal Carolina – Thursday, November 17th 7:00pm (ESPNews) Liberty closes out the regular season by paying a Thursday night visit to old Big South rival Coastal Carolina. With Coastal’s departure for the green-ish pastures of the Sun Belt Conference, this game takes on an unfamiliar vibe.  For 13 years, this game …

Must Watch Week 12

TweetOne last weekend of games that showcase some old rivalries and decide the playoff picture. Here are the ones you should be watching: Saturday, November 19th Time(CST) TV Kennesaw State @ Charleston Southern 10:45am ESPN3 Yale @ Harvard 11:30am CNBC Lehigh @ Lafayette 11:30am STREAM New Hampshire @ Maine 12:00pm STREAM Stony Brook @ Albany …

BIG SOUTH: Week 11 Review

Tweet(8-2) Kennesaw State 45,    (2-8) Presbyterian 10                               Kennesaw avenged last year’s loss to Presbyterian in a big way. Early on, it was the Chaston Bennett Show for KSU and that’s all the show they would need.  Bennett scored twice in the first seven minutes of the game, once on a 47-yard run and then on …

BIG SOUTH: Week 11 Preview

Tweet(4-6) Gardner-Webb              OFF After ten straight weeks of games and after finally getting the marquee win the Runnin’ Bulldogs have been so close to fetching all season long, they finally get a week off. Unfortunately, it comes at nearly the worst possible time.  Gardner-Webb is playing really well right now, has just beaten the …

BIG SOUTH: Week 10 Review

TweetIf you’re looking for analysis of the Big South title race and autobid contention, just jump straight to the bottom.  The rest of us will join you there shortly. (4-6) Gardner-Webb 17,    (5-3)   #9  Charleston Southern 10                Finally, Gardner-Webb!  After nearly a full season of being just a play or three away from getting …

BIG SOUTH: Week 10 Preview

Tweet(3-6) Gardner-Webb @ (5-2) Charleston Southern – Saturday, Nov 5th, 12:00 (American Sports Network) CSU welcomes Gardner-Webb to Buccaneer Field in a game they must win in order to keep pace with Liberty in the Big South standings.  The last two games in this series have been largely non-competitive with CSU winning at home 44-14 …

BIG SOUTH: Week 9 Review

Tweet(5-2) Charleston Southern 49,    (3-5) Bucknell 28                              Ninth-ranked CSU got the day started off early with an 11:45am kickoff in a late non-conference date with visiting Bucknell out of the Patriot League.  On paper, this looked like an extreme mismatch but that’s not the way it started off. Bucknell has struggled on offense this season …