Northwestern State Cancels Remainder of 2023 Season and Brad Laird Resigns

Northwestern State has decided to cancel the remainder of its 2023 season following the death of junior safety Ronnie Caldwell on Thursday, October 12. Head coach Brad Laird has also resigned from his position as the team’s head coach. “Ronnie was a beloved member of our community, and we miss him dearly,” said Northwestern State … Read more

Merrimack and Sacred Heart Leaving NEC as Full Members; Future Football Conference TBD

Editor’s Note: On Thursday, January 25, 2024, it was reported that Sacred Heart would play the 2024 FCS season as an independent. On Tuesday, January 30, 2024, the Northeast Conference released its 2024 conference schedule, which confirmed that Sacred Heart and Merrimack will not be football-playing members in 2024. On March 7, 2024, it was … Read more

Xavier Decides Against Adding Football For Now

Xavier University will not be bringing back its football team “in the near term”, according to Director of Athletics Greg Christopher. The school will focus on other campus projects before returning to the idea of football. Xavier is focused on finding a location for the new College of Medicine facility, which impacts a potential stadium … 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

NCAA Approves New FBS Requirements

The NCAA has approved new requirements for FBS programs that will have a direct impact on current FCS schools looking to move up. The NCAA has increased the FBS application from $5,000 to $5 million, effective immediately. The NCAA also eliminated the attendance requirements for FBS schools effective immediately, which is a pyrrhic victory for … 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

Chicago State Eying Addition of FCS Football Team

The FCS may have another new team in the next few years. Chicago State is in an all-out fundraising blitz with the ultimate hope of adding a football team as soon as the 2025 season. In January 2023, Chicago State formed an exploratory committee to look at adding football. Fast forward eight months and the … Read more

2023 Week 3 FCS-FBS Stats and Recap

Welcome back to the third edition of the FCS-FBS recap for the 2023 season. The week 1 recap can be found here while the week 2 recap is here. We will provide numerous graphs and statistics for the 21 FCS versus FBS matchups played in week three of the college football season. Any insights or … Read more

2023 Week 2 FCS-FBS Stats and Recap

Welcome back to the second edition of the FCS-FBS recap for the 2023 season. We will provide numerous graphs and statistics for all FCS versus FBS matchups during the second full week of the college football season. In all, 38 FCS versus FBS games were played during week two. Any insights or nuggets of information … Read more

West Georgia Football to Join the United Athletic Conference

The University of West Georgia is moving up to the FCS ranks. The Georgia Board of Regents approved the move on Friday and the school will begin the four-year transition process to the ASUN beginning with the 2024-25 academic year. West Georgia’s football team will play in the United Athletic Conference, which is comprised of … Read more