The Tarleton State Texans will not be playing FCS football this fall as the school announced it would seek to play a spring season. The Texans had three games officially canceled for its 2020 season. Those three games were against Texas-Permian Basin (9/19), Eastern New Mexico (10/3), and Bethune-Cookman (10/31). The remaining 8 games featured … Read more
The Missouri Valley Football Conference has decided against a fall football season as the conference will move its conference slate to the spring of 2021. The MVFC will attempt an 8 game conference schedule in the spring and hope that the FCS Championship will be moved to the spring as well. The non-conference games are … Read more
The Big Sky Conference and Pioneer Football League have both announced they will not be playing a conference schedule for the 2020 season. As a result, the 2020 FCS Playoffs are in serious jeopardy of not being contested as 50% of the eligible teams have to be playing in the fall for the championship to … Read more
The Missouri State Bears and Oklahoma Sooners will be playing the season opener on Saturday, August 29, a week earlier than previously planned. Both schools announced the news on Saturday in what will be the first meeting between the two programs. The NCAA granted the teams a waiver to move up the contest up a … Read more
Missouri State has made one addition and one change to its future schedules. The first news is that the Bears and Kansas Jayhawks are scheduled to meet on Saturday, September 4, 2027 in Lawrence, Kansas according to FBSchedules. Missouri State will receive a guarantee of $500,000 for the game. The Bears and Jayhawks met previously … Read more
The Big Sky and Missouri Valley Football Conference have announced the six games that will comprise this year’s edition of challenge series between the two conferences. The two conferences have participated in the Challenge Series since the 2017 seasons. The MVFC has won each of the three seasons going 5-3 in both 2017 and 2018 … Read more
Tarleton State continues to add to their future schedules. According to FBSchedules, they have added six FCS teams to future schedules through the 2025 season. The six teams that have been added are Bethune-Cookman, Houston Baptist, Kennesaw State, McNeese, Missouri State, and South Dakota State. Tarleton State had already scheduled Bethune-Cookman for October 31 of … Read more
Missouri State announced the hire of Bobby Petrino as head coach of the program. The news came less than a week after they agreed to buyout the contract of Dave Steckel. Bobby Petrino has coached at three different FBS schools: Louisville (two different tenures), Arkansas, and Western Kentucky. His overall career record is 119-56. He … Read more