Category: FCS

  • Four FCS Victories Over FBS in the First Week of 2015 Season

    Four FCS Victories Over FBS in the First Week of 2015 Season

    A stunning first week of college football 2015 saw four FCS victories over FBS teams, including Portland State’s winning trip to Washington State. The amazing victimization of FBS teams achieved by FCS outfits in the first week of the season is put in proper perspective when noting there were two FCS victories over FBS teams…

  • North Carolina State’s Cupcake Football Schedule in 2015

    North Carolina State’s Cupcake Football Schedule in 2015

    There is absolutely no candy coating North Carolina State’s 2015 cupcake football schedule.  Wait, there is actual candy coating on this cupcake schedule. Look, I’m not trying to single the ACC out for attention here, but the sheer chutzpah some of the conference members have in foisting their 2015 non-conference schedules on the college football-loving…

  • North Carolina and Boston College: Cupcake Hogging in 2015

    North Carolina and Boston College:  Cupcake Hogging in 2015

    The evil eye of the weak sister bogus non-conference college football schedule witch hunt patrol is on two ACC teams for their cupcake hogging in 2015. In its annual attempt to ferret out the smoke and mirrors scofflaws of big-time college football, the evil eye casts its hungry gaze upon the  apparent shameless, and infamous,…

  • SMU Football Rolling the Dice on Homecoming Happiness

    SMU Football Rolling the Dice on Homecoming Happiness

    The SMU Mustangs are rolling the dice on homecoming happiness in 2015 with Football Championship Subdivision opponent James Madison University. Sometimes it is hard for a struggling team to  pick out a suitable homecoming opponent.  It would be nice if it was an attractive and  winnable game.  But, Southern Methodist University is coming off a…

  • There were Eight FCS Victories over FBS Teams in 2014

    There were Eight FCS Victories over FBS Teams in 2014

    There were eight FCS victories over FBS teams in 2014.  The Missouri Valley took honors with two of those victories, including the biggest of the year.  North Dakota State’s win at Iowa State, of the Big 12, is the biggest of the year because the Cyclones are in the Power Five.  Three FBS conferences, the…

  • Liberty Flames Football Wins at Appalachian State 55-48 in OT

    Liberty Flames Football Wins at Appalachian State 55-48 in OT

    The Liberty Flames knocked off regional rival Appalachian State for yet another FCS victory over an FBS team this season. Liberty, an FCS member with FBS aspirations, showed they have the fire to play with the big boys when they defeated Appalachian State on the Mountaineers’ home field 55-48 in overtime Saturday.  The Flames have…

  • Yale Bulldogs Football Tops Army in an Overtime Thriller

    Yale Bulldogs Football Tops Army in an Overtime Thriller

    Yale is added to the FCS Wall of Fame after their thrilling OT football victory at home against Army. The Ivy League Yale Bulldogs won a close one at home in New Haven, Connecticut, in a thriller over Army 49-43 in overtime Saturday.  I looked at this game with a lot of trepidation earlier in…