America’s insatiable hunger for football is the demand. There’s no shortage of supply, with 128 programs in the Football Bowl Subdivision, and another 125 in the Championship Subdivision. However, finding distribution for the product — vis a vis, live-game telecasts — can bit a struggle. Even with more channels dedicated to sports than at any […]
Boise State boasts the right combination of high-impact pass-rushers, run-pursuing ball-hawks and lock-down coverage men that the Broncos can claim college football’s best defense. And college football’s best defense has a pretty solid outlook for a perfect regular season, assuming it can carry Boise State to wins over Washington and BYU in Weeks 1 and […]
You are probably still catching your breath if you tuned into Saturday’s FCS Kickoff between four-time defending national champion North Dakota State, and the Bob Stitt-coached Montana Grizzlies. If you missed it, pity. Everything to come in the 2015 college football season has a high bar to meet thanks to this year’s installment of the […]
Remember when you were a kid and on Christmas Eve, your parents allowed you to open one gift early? ESPN’s Week 0 showcase of two, high-level teams from the Football Championship Subdivision is kinda like that. Saturday marks the second year the Worldwide Leader has kicked off a new season five days earlier than usual, […]
The regular season-concluding Liberty-Coastal Carolina is getting national broadcast treatment from ESPN. Coastal Carolina announced Wednesday via its official website that the finale, originally scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 21, is moving to Thursday, Nov. 19, to be showcased on ESPNNews. From the official statement: “We are thrilled to showcase one of the most important FCS […]
The first college football game of the 2015 season is a mere 17 days away, or two weeks from this Saturday. If you haven’t yet circled Aug. 29 on your calendar, the official Montana football hype video should change that. This year’s Week 0 Football Championship Subdivision showcase has four-time defending national champion North Dakota […]
Montana resident Brent Musburger will be on the call for the Aug. 29 Montana Grizzlies-North Dakota State Bison FCS showcase, a tremendous move for all parties involved. Just got off the phone with Brent Musburger and he confirmed that he'll be calling our NDSU game along with @JessePalmerABC! #varsity — Bob Stitt (@CoachBobStitt) August 3, […]
Alabama opens its 2015 college football season against Wisconsin, but Nick Saban and Co. are battling with another Big Ten West foe on the recruiting trail. Both Alabama and Nebraska are vying for running back Jordan Stevenson, per Sam McKewon of the Omaha World-Herald. Stevenson was originally committed to Wisconsin, but denied admission there. He’s […]
Coming off a 2014 season in which the national championship game featured two members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference — Illinois State and four-time reigning champion North Dakota State — small wonder the preseason STATS FCS All-American is heavy on MVFC representation. Five 1st Team FCS All-American nominees hail from the Missouri Valley: Illinois […]
Folks erroneously set the countdown clock to college football at 100 days last week. For those whose calendars are set thusly, I have some strong #WellActually for you: the 2015 FCS season starts Aug. 29 when North Dakota State visits Montana for what should be a tremendous matchup of two of the nation’s best teams. […]
North Dakota State’s pursuit of a remarkable fifth consecutive Football Championship Subdivision national title got the Game of Thrones treatment. Here’s the official NDSU athletic department’s positively Joker Phillips-quality Photoshop: 100 days until the epic fifth season! #NDSUvsMontana #GameOfThundar #ValarDohaeris #ESPN pic.twitter.com/xvffhCwA4r — NDSU Athletics (@NDSUathletics) May 21, 2015 Photoshop quality aside, there’s no doubt […]
Nick Saban is still at the pinnacle of his profession. But, as one of the oldest head coaches in the Football Bowl Subdivision, AL.com’s Kevin Scarbinsky posits an interesting thought: the Alabama head coach’s retirement could come sooner than some anticipate. Scarbinsky dips his toe in waters that surely bring plenty of Crimson Tide fans’ […]
Virginia Tech Fullback Takes Tips from Kobe Bryant Andy Bitter, The Roanoke Times While Virginia Tech fullback Sam Rogers is rehabbing an elbow injury he sustained in December’s Military Bowl, Hokies running back Shane Beamer gave Rogers some work. Andy Bitter details Rogers’ homework, which includes watching Kobe Bryant’s documentary, Kobe’s Muse. What can one […]
I have often heard and read this particular Thursday and Friday of March described as the best sports days of the year. I’m hard-pressed to disagree. But, as someone whose love of college football and college basketball are about on equal footing, I get the same joy from a stacked college football Saturday that I […]
You’ve probably heard the labels “Basketball School” and “Football School” applied to various college athletic programs. However, on the eve of March Madness 2015, an examination of the 68 teams in the NCAA Tournament and the performance of each university’s football counterparts reveals that success in one can coincide with success in the other. Twenty-seven […]
