TweetThe last undefeated team in the league fell Saturday when #21 Eastern Illinois knocked off Tennessee State in Charleston. With Tennessee State suffering a loss in league play it means that Jax State (1-0 OVC) is now in the driver’s seat for the conference championship. In other news: EKU got their first Division-I win of …
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MVFC: Week 6 Review
TweetAnother week of MVFC action, games seemed to go mostly as expected in terms of the end results other than one of them. First up, here’s the “quick and dirty”…just the scores: #13 Youngstown State – 20 #25 Illinois State – 6 #1 North Dakota State – 27 #33 Missouri State – 3 #11 Northern …
OVC: Week 6 Preview
TweetThere are only 4 match ups in the OVC this week as Murray State is taking a week off before they host Tennessee-Martin. #28 Tennessee State is going to Charleston to take on the Panthers and looks to stay undefeated and claim their first win over a ranked team since 2013 when they knocked off …
OVC: Week 5 Review
TweetAnother week in the books and there’s only one thing that still certain: Austin Peay is still terrible. Tennessee State is still undefeated after coming back from a 16 point deficit against UT-Martin, #16 EIU was upset by SEMO, and the Colonels are apparently allergic to wins against D-I opponents. Austin Peay 17 Murray State …
MVFC: Week 5 Review
TweetFirst up, if you are just interested in the scores, here you go: #19 Illinois State – 10 #1 North Dakota State – 31 Missouri State – 45 #21 Indiana State – 24 South Dakota – 20 #15 Youngstown State – 30 #34 Southern Illinois – 21 #13 Northern Iowa – 42 And….ugh….do I have to …
MVFC: Week 5 Preview
Tweet(in my best John Facenda voice…that’s the NFL Films guy) Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the Missouri Valley Football Conference, where every Saturday is a battle. It doesn’t matter what the rankings are; it doesn’t matter if you’re the 5-time defending national champions or a team that only won one game last year, because in …
MVFC: Week 4 Review
TweetMaybe it’s just me, but this seemed like a weird weekend in the MVFC. There were 2 ½ games played this weekend, with two potentially considered “upsets” (depending on your own personal ranking system). Also, just for clarification, since only 4 of the 10 teams in the conference were in action this week, it was …
MVFC: Week 4 Preview
TweetHi Wedge Fans. Some of you may be familiar with me, some not so much. I’m Scott, also known as ST_Lawson on AnyGivenSaturday.com as well as on LeatherneckNation.com (where I’m the admin). I’ve been following Leatherneck, Gateway/MVFC, and FCS football since 1996 when I was a freshman at Western Illinois and a member of the …
OVC: Week 2 Preview
TweetMissouri State at Murray State – 10 Sept, 6PM CST (OVC Digital Network) One of two OVC vs MVFC match ups this week. The Missouri State Bears are looking to snap a 15-game Division-1 losing streak and it’s up to KD Humphries to extend it. After putting up 163 yards on a Big Ten defense …
SLC: Week 2 Preview
TweetIncarnate Word at Northwestern State Both teams are coming off of losses; UIW to Division 2 Texas A&M-Kingsville and Northwestern State taking the cash and the beatdown from Baylor. While UIW’s Trent Brittain looked good in their loss, the Cardinal defense is pretty suspect. I think the Demons take this at home by 14. Lamar …