Merrimack to Play 2024 Season as FCS Independent

Merrimack College will play an independent FCS schedule for the 2024 season alongside Sacred Heart. Both schools are leaving the Northeast Conference after the 2023-24 academic year and will join the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) in 2024-25. The MAAC discontinued football after the 2007 season and has not sponsored the sport since then. In…

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Five Future FCS-FBS Matchups Announced; Three Date Changes for 2024

It was another busy week for FCS versus FBS game announcements with five games added between 2024 and 2030 and three additional date changes for the 2024 season. A table is provided at the end of the article summarizing the changes. Delaware State announced its 2024 schedule, which includes a game at Hawaii in Week…

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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…

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Three FCS-FBS Matchups Added for 2024; Three Dates Changed

Two games involving FCS teams and Massachusetts were added and changed for the 2024 season. First, Central Connecticut State and UMass will play each other on Saturday, September 21. UMass’ game against Wagner originally scheduled for September 21 was moved to Saturday, October 26. Wagner also scheduled a game against Florida Atlantic to be played…

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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…

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