It was a busy news day on Tuesday with a new coaching hire, a school opting out of the spring season, and some scheduling announcements. Austin Peay Hires New Head Coach The Austin Peay Governors have found their new head coach in Scotty Walden. Walden was the interim head coach at Southern Miss for four…
On the 26th try this fall, the FCS finally broke through against an FBS team courtesy of Jacksonville State’s 19-10 win at the Florida International Panthers. The Panthers tallied the first points of the game on a 37-yard field goal after five minutes of action. The Gamecocks responded in kind with a 30-yard field of…
The FCS Playoffs set to take place next spring, already a tough ticket for teams, got even tougher on Tuesday. The Division I Board of Directors approved the plan for fall championships to be played in the spring. The dates were originally revealed last week, but the finalized details today provided some additional insights. The…
The college football season has made it through three weeks of games. FCS teams played five games this past weekend with all five coming against FBS competition. One game originally scheduled for Saturday, September 19 but has been postponed to October 10 is Central Arkansas‘ visit to Arkansas State. Below is a look back on…
The 2020 college football season has started after a tumultuous offseason with Austin Peay and Central Arkansas meeting in the FCS Kickoff Classic. And what a way to start the season it was. The game started and ended in a similar fashion with offensive fireworks. What occurred between left a lot to be desired as…
The college football season begins on Saturday, August 29 and the FCS will have the entire nation watching on ESPN at 9 PM Eastern Time when the Austin Peay Governors and Central Arkansas Bears kickoff in Montgomery, Alabama. The matchup between Austin Peay and Central Arkansas is a rematch of last season’s game that the…
The Ohio Valley Conference is the latest and final FCS conference to postpone its conference schedule to the spring according to Pete Thamel. The OVC will allow up to four non-conference games followed by a seven game OVC schedule in the spring. The Ohio Valley Conference confirmed the postponement on Friday evening. The last week…
The Central Arkansas Bears, Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles, and Houston Baptist Huskies have all scheduled FBS opponents for the 2020 season as replacement games for previously canceled contests this week. Central Arkansas will take on Arkansas State on Saturday, September 19 in Jonesboro, Arkansas. This will be a replacement for the Missouri contest on September…
The home of the North Dakota Fight Hawks is seeing a replacement of its turf field this summer and is expected to be completed before the start of the upcoming season. North Dakota has played their home games at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks since its opening in 2001. The project will cost under…
The St. Thomas Tommies will become the newest member of the Pioneer Football League. The school announced on Wednesday it has officially joined as a Division I member. The NCAA approved a motion allowing St. Thomas to move directly from Division III to Division I starting with the 2021-22 academic year. The Tommies had a…
