A Statistical Look at the FCS Playoffs: Part 4 (2010 – 2023)

Welcome back to Fear The FCS, where a descent into FCS Playoff history has reached its lowest depth. Part one looked at the entirety of the FCS playoffs while the second part of a five-part series focused on the 1978 through 1992 era. Part three focused on the 1993 through 2009 season and the penultimate … Read more

A Statistical Look at the FCS Playoffs: Part 3 (1993 – 2009)

Welcome back to Fear The FCS, where a descent into FCS Playoff history is well underway. Part one looked at the entirety of the FCS playoffs while the second part of a five-part series focused on the 1978 through 1992 era. In this breakdown, the 1993 through 2009 era will be examined and subsequent entries … Read more

A Statistical Look at the FCS Playoffs: Part 2 (1978 – 1992)

Welcome back to Fear The FCS, where a descent into FCS Playoff history has begun. Part one looked at the entirety of the FCS playoffs and this second part of a five-part series will focus on a much narrower time frame of 1978 through 1992. Subsequent entries will dive into later eras with a conclusion … Read more

A Statistical Look at the FCS Playoffs: Part 1 (1978 – 2023)

Welcome back to Fear The FCS, where a descent into FCS Playoff history will begin in this first entry of a five-part series. This series will use numerous basic statistical categories to measure changes in the FCS playoffs over time. In subsequent parts, these same categories will be used to measure separate eras followed by … Read more

2023 FCS Versus FBS Matchups in Review: FCS Conference Comparison

Welcome to part two of the 2023 FCS Versus FBS Matchups in review. While the first part looked at all 118 games broken down by each statistical category, this review will look at each FCS conference using the same categories. The review only includes conferences that had at least one FCS-FBS matchup in 2023. The … Read more

2023 FCS Versus FBS Matchups in Review

The 2023 FCS season has finished so let’s take a look back at how the FCS teams performed against the FBS across all 118 matchups in 2023. The FCS finished the season with 4 victories against the FBS teams, which is the lowest amount since 2019 when the FCS won only 3 matchups. There will … Read more

South Dakota State Captures Second Straight FCS Title

South Dakota State opened the 2024 FCS National Championship with a touchdown drive and never looked back in a 23-3 win over Montana to win their second consecutive FCS Championship. SDSU used a suffocating defensive effort by holding Montana to 84 total yards in the second half to seal the title. The offense was far … Read more

2023 FCS-FBS Stats and Recap: Weeks 10 Through 12

Welcome back to the sixth edition of the FCS-FBS recap for the 2023 season with the previous editions located here. With the FCS versus FBS matchups slowing down drastically around this time of the season, we have combined the final three weeks (10, 11, and 12) into a single post. We will have additional recaps … Read more

2023 FCS-FBS Stats and Recap: Weeks 5 and 6

Welcome back to the fifth edition of the FCS-FBS recap for the 2023 season. The previous editions can be found here. With the FCS versus FBS matchups slowing down drastically around this time of the season, we have combined weeks five and six into one post. The same format will be applied for weeks 10, … Read more

2023 Week 4 FCS-FBS Stats and Recap

Welcome back to the fourth edition of the FCS-FBS recap for the 2023 season. It was a much quieter week compared to the first three weeks with only 4 games played between FCS and FBS teams. The previous weekly recaps for week 1, week 2, and week 3 are linked here. Any insights or nuggets … Read more