The schedule makers were busy on Tuesday as ten games for the 2020 season were added, moved to a new date, or canceled. Added Four games were added involving FCS teams. Army added the FCS duo of Abilene Christian for Saturday, October 3 and Mercer for Saturday, October 10. The Black Knights have never faced…
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 Southern Conference has decided to push its conference football schedule to the spring on Thursday. The SoCon will still allow members to pursue non-conference games if they so choose. An additional 50 games could be canceled or postponed by the decision. 14 non-conference games, which are still eligible to be played, are marked with…
The Big South Conference has become the 10th at the FCS level to postpone or cancel its fall season. The Big South will attempt to play its conference schedule in the spring. The Big South will allow each member institution to pursue up to four non-conference games. Two Big South schools – Hampton and Monmouth…
The Eastern Kentucky Colonels will host the Western Carolina Catamounts on Thursday, September 3 instead of Saturday, September 5 to avoid a conflict with the Kentucky Derby. The Colonels are versed in playing the season opener on Thursday. 2020 is the third straight season to have done so and the fifth time in the last…
The Western Carolina Catamounts started the process of replacing the football field at E.J. Whitmire Stadium on Friday, May 30. The replacement is scheduled to be completed by August 1 in time for the football season. The Catamounts will continue to use synthetic turf for the football field. They previously installed an artificial turf surface…
