MVFC Week 6 In Review

TweetThe Scores North Dakota State – 56 Northern Iowa – 31 Western Illinois – 16 Illinois State – 33 Missouri State – 28 South Dakota – 35 Southern Illinois – 14 Youngstown State – 17 Indiana State – 51 South Dakota State – 54 Overtime North Dakota State at Northern Iowa RECAP: The Bison rushed …

MVFC Week 6 Preview

TweetOne round of MVFC in the books and we’ve learned that Missouri State is good (?), Youngstown State is bad (also Youngstown’s not a state), and NDSU is….still NDSU. Shuffle up the teams and here’s what we’ve got for Week 6 of the football season. All times listed as Central time zone and ranking numbers …

MVFC Week 5 In Review

TweetThe Scores Northern Iowa – 33 Indiana State – 0 Illinois State – 21 Missouri State – 24 South Dakota State – 17 North Dakota State – 21 Youngstown State – 38 Western Illinois – 45 South Dakota – 31 Southern Illinois – 24 Northern Iowa at Indiana State Back-to-back shutouts for the first time …

MVFC Week 5 Preview

TweetThe week’s slate of MVFC games kicks of a little early, with a matchup of Northern Iowa at Indiana State on Thursday evening. The rest of the games are all on Saturday starting between 2:30 and 6 PM. All times listed as Central time zone and ranking numbers based on the AGS Poll. Here’s the …

Missouri Valley OOC In-Review

TweetMissouri Valley Conference football games begin this coming weekend, so I figure this is a good time to do a quick review of what happened during the out-of-conference (OOC) games for each team. WIth the exception of South Dakota State, who had their game against Iowa State cancelled due to weather, everyone in the conference …

2018 Preseason Conference Polls

Tweet***Updated (7/26) with Patriot League, (7/30) with MEAC and MVFC., and (8/20) with Ivy League   With the 2018 season just around the corner and FCS conferences around the country holding their media days here’s a rundown of the preseason conference polls as they are released.   Big Sky (media) Rank Team Total Points First …

FCS Championship Preview (the MVFC perspective)

TweetOh right…there’s still football. There’s one game left…the big one, the showdown in Frisco, the grandaddy of them…wait, sorry, that’s a different one. I’m pretty sure this is the matchup that the playoff committee had in their minds when they set up this year’s bracket. Defending FCS champion and currently undefeated #1 James Madison Dukes …

MVFC – Playoff Semifinals in Review

TweetAlright…semifinals time…heavy hitters turning things up a notch. Was NDSU going to be able to shut down Sam Houston State’s strong passing attack (spoiler alert…they did). Well, at least the SDSU at James Madison game had the potential to be a close, exciting…um….oh come on. Can’t we get some exciting football? At least the Celebration …

MVFC – Week 4 Preview (Semifinals)

TweetSemifinals…the penultimate weekend of football in the FCS…or as it would be known in the FBS…the entire playoff bracket. Thankfully we have a real playoff bracket to determine our champion. Whatever your disagreements are with which teams should have gotten the last few at-large spots, I think we can all agree that this is a …

MVFC – Playoff Week 3 in Review

TweetFour total games this week. Two were exciting…the MVFC games were, for the most part…not. Everyone reading this is probably pretty well aware already that both JMU’s win over Weber State on a last-second FG and SHSU’s defeat of Kennesaw State were pretty darn exciting games. Not going to bury the lede on this one, …