Power Five programs schedule FCS opponents for one reason: pick up a confidence-building W. There's a reason so many such matchups dot the first weekend of the college football season -- or that the SEC loads up on them the week before Thanksgiving. Inevitably though, some of the sport's power brokers learn to #FearTheFCS. And…
Every March, the NCAA Tournament attracts casual fans whose sports interest typically resides elsewhere for the other 11 months of the year. For college football fans, some of the teams that made the 2016 NCAA Tournament might seem foreign. This year's Field of 68 featured 14 universities with Football Championship Subdivision programs, including 2015 FCS…
The Week 8 docket isn't particularly impressive on paper, but you know what that means. Buckle in for upsets and wild finishes galore. Paring down to the six best games for the Week 8 Saturday Six-Pack was no easy task. Pinpointing any clear upset candidates is challenging -- that's why they're upsets. To that end,…
The following is a profile of former Richmond Spiders wide receiver Kevin Grayson, written for NCAA.com in 2009. Articles on that site were wiped when its ownership changed hands from CBS to Turner a few years later. Grayson came out publicly in 2013, but before that, used his place of prominence on a national championship-winning…
FCS upsets of FBS opponents contribute to the annual drama that is college football season. FCS upsets of Power Five Conference foes are especially exciting. Appalachian State and Armanti Edwards vaulted into public consciousness in 2007, christening the Big Ten Network with their upset of Michigan. In seasons since, Jacksonville State has taken down Ole…
