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With the
#NFLDraft
beginning just hours from now, we
@FCS_STATS
took a look at
#FCS
players recently taken in the "irrelevant" 7th round, and which ones turned out to be relevant NFL contributors
Who makes the list? Take a look:
STORY:
#FCSfootball
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To all you FCS players out there wondering what the hell is going to happen next ... feel for you.
Obviously there are big things going on in the world right now ... but none of us had to deal w.a once-a-century Pandemic in the middle of our college years.
Hang in there guys
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Since we have the natty platform ...
Why are FCS guys "overlooked"
I'll quote a few FBS coaches who've said this to me ...
'Cuz they become 6-4, 235 at age 19, not 17
'Cuz they play at a small HS
'Cuz "we screwed up"
This isn't chopped liver you're watching tnite, America
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To all of ya'll, the outpouring of support towards our family has frankly been mind-blowing.
Sadly, we lost my brother-in-law to CoVID in the past hour.
Please. just be safe. And thank you for all of the support. You're great people.
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FCS GANG: My brother-in-law is dying of CoVID ... and I'll admit I was (and my bro-in-law was) somewhat reluctant to believe everything about midstream (summer). I believe it now.
Don't mess with this snake. Don't. It is a miserable, horrific, shitty way to go.
BE SAFE
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FCS BREAKING (3:15 ET): Big Sky Conference is OUT, one source is telling me. More than two-third schools voted "no" today to playing this fall, source said.
Working to get a statement on this news as we speak.
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FCS BREAKING:
NCAA decision on FCS postseason will be announced Wednesday morning, per multiple sources.
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It's official now: James Madison finishes 11-0, undefeated for only the second time in school history (1975) and undoubtedly secures the No. 1 seed in tomorrow's FCS Selection Sunday announcement. Will now try to become the 5th FCS/I-AA team to ever go undefeated and win a title
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BREAKING: As it turns out, there will be key players not active tonight for Austin Peay, I'm hearing from a source.
Much of it, source says, "is because of the rule where if you live with someone and they test positive you have to self quarantine as well."
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It's time Brookings hosted
@CollegeGameDay
SDSU has taken down P5/FBS teams (2015), & nearly taken down others (Minnesota, TCU)
Coach Stig is a gentleman - & NDSU is coming to town
#fcsongameday
... let's get this rolling folks, best game of the FCS season this yr
Can we get
@KirkHerbstreit
@davidpollack47
&
@DesmondHoward
to Brookings, SD on Saturday
@BrianMacWriter
@CollegeGameDay
??? Any thoughts
@GoJacksFB
@NDSUfootball
???
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Illinois State's Davontae Harris (
@the24elite
) ran the fastest Combine 40 time of any FCS participant (4.43 seconds) and also led all cornerbacks at the combine with 22 reps on the bench. Making Redbird Nation proud. More drills to dominate coming up
#NFLCombine2018
#NFLDraft2018
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FCS FACT: No FBS team has beaten the
@NDSUfootball
dynasty since '09 ...
But
@GoJacksFB
have beaten NDSU twice since '16.
@JMUFootball
has the other win.
Folks, FCS is GOOD football. Ask the FBS teams who are scared to sked NDSU, SDSU & JMU
#FCSonGameDay
@CoIIegeGameDay
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To
@DaleJr
and
@Erik_Jones
... listening to your Podcast. The analogy about losing your Dad too young (same here) -- "They're your bumper in life, they keep you in your lane ... and now you've lost that". Thanks for ripping me up guys.
Appreciate this convo.
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Western Illinois' Brett Taylor made this weekend's mini-camp cut and will sign with the Minnesota Vikings, his agent informs
@HEROSportsFCS
. Reports the GM was very happy with Taylor's performance- 1 of only 2 camp invitees out of 60 to make it. READ MORE
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BREAKING: Austin Peay football announced it has accepted an invitation to play in the 2020 Guardian Credit Union FCS Kickoff.
The Governors will face Central Arkansas in the Saturday, Aug. 29 event at the historic Cramton Bowl in Montgomery.
Week "Zero" is set
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No longer a part of the FCS coverage as HERO Sports evolves! Will write more about this closer to when the season begins! Will miss this level immensely.
But definitely follow my buddy and colleague
@SamHerderFCS
!
More in August.
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For the past year, Weber State TE Andrew Vollert has been mentioned as a Day 3 pick. The Shrine Game invitee crushed his
#ProDay
today - a 4.54 forty (tied for No. 1 at NFL Combine for TEs), 6.76 in 3-cone (tied for No. 1) & would have had the fastest TE 20-yd shuttle too (4.09).
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FCS: Four FCS schools opted to play their full football schedules this fall.
A month "in" now, w/FBS conferences scurrying to get back on the gridiron, these 4 schools (& leadership) look like they did something right ... when many doubted them initially
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FCS RECRUITING: The 2020 FCS Team Top 50 ranking
**Criteria is in the story, please read! Especially with the Ivys**
The Top 300 recruits is also out, links in this story.
THE TOP 50:
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And PS ... since the FCS nation seems to be an FCS fam
Happy birthday to my Mom ...
She's 70 ... damn. I remember when she was 29 in Quantico.
Mom's not doing real well, folks. Been a brutal past 12mos.
I love my Mom, like all you all love yours.
We'll close with that.
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Austin Peay players voted as a team tonight to play non conference games .... including the FCS Kickoff Clasic vs Central Arkansas, source informs me
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FCS SEMIS: NDSU Wins In a Landslide, & It's Time We Redo Playoff Seedings. We need to find a way where Youngstown, Illinois St & others aren't excluded, when other conferences don't live up to the hype
#FCSPlayoffs
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I feel pretty certain that three years from now NDSU fans are going to be rooting for Jabril Cox in the NFL like they do Carson Wentz.
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Folks ... Been vetting FCS recruiting for several days ... with no break.
Honestly, do you care? I'm trying to gauge this ... but I'm wiped and there's a lot of "push" left.
Love? Hate? Lemme know in the next 48 hrs. Trying to figure out how to gauge all of it moving forward.
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Pollack is cool but no .... this wouldn’t be good for this level. For a ton of reasons
What if FCS football permanently moved to being played in the spring?
@davidpollack47
wouldn't mind the idea of more football to watch year round 🍿
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If Eastern Washington product
@CooperKupp
goes for 131 yards receiving in the final week, he'll be a 1,000-yard WR. Not too shabby for a "small school" product who held just two FCS offers coming out of HS
@EWUFootball
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FCS National Title game will be on ABC in January
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How about this Prairie View and HBCU fans?
Quinton Bell
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Hey gang ... been a tough couple of days in the Mac household. My wife lost her mother. Brutal way to go following a stroke.
Will be at the funeral Saturday and will miss being a part of the discussion of week one, but
@SamHerderFCS
will be mixing it up as always. Have fun
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All I can say is ... this guy (
@Keanu_Phwhatevs
) can put together a hype video.
Check this out ...
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Enjoying the Bowl Game in Frisco, because football is football.
Can't help but think that:
A) The FCS Natty will have more fans X 2
2) All 4 FCS semifinalists would beat these 2 FBS teams
III) FCS semifinal teams have/will beat out these teams for recruits between Dec/Feb NSDs
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FCS PROSPECTS: NDSU's Cody Mauch (
@CodyTud
) the No. 1 FCS guy, & his week at the
@seniorbowl
hasn't hurt.
A 2017 walk-on, a story told many times at
@NDSUfootball
, & turned himself into a legit 1st-2nd rd prospect.
He spoke to
@GridironHeroics
STORY:
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FCS Poll Voters -- If you drop SDSU out of the top five and slide another team up there because of the simple fact that SDSU lost and some other team had a blowout win, you should have your voting license revoked. Don't do it. Don't be tempted!
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Not publishing today ... but wanted all of you to know that a top FCS recruit who has P5 offers and G5 offers hit me up:
Said ... "I think I speak for most/all recruits when I say we really appreciate it! I read pretty much everything you put out!"
Well ... I appreciate that
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Folks, you won't believe this:
FCS Quarterfinals sked ....
FRIDAY
UNI at JMU at 7 ET on ESPN2
APSU at MontSt at 8 pm ET on ESPN3
Montana at Weber at 10 pm ET on ESPN2
SATURDAY
IllSt at NDSU at Noon ET on ESPN
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North Carolina A&T:
13 straight wins now, defending HBCU Nat. Champs
3 straight FBS wins (ECU today, Charlotte in 17, Kent St in 16)
Beat an FCS traditional power in Jacksonville St last week
What would this team do in the FCS Playoffs?
#NCATvsECU
#AggiePride
#FearTheFCS
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Well, I hate to brag but ...
I was 24 for 24 on teams making the FCS playoff field, and had the 8 seeds correct (not in correct order though)
Just sayin'
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Just received this statement from Tennessee State:
... Christion Abercrombie remains in critical condition at Vanderbilt Medical Center
STACI ABERCROMBIE – MOTHER OF CHRISTION ABERCROMBIE
“Christion is resting. He’s fighting. We’re trusting God and please continue to pray.”
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To our FCS brethren at Lamar, McNeese and all of the schools in East Texas and in Louisiana ...
We are thinking about YOU tonight as this storm from hell hits. Been in the middle of these, know what it's like.
Be safe. Please be safe and smart.
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FCS Walter Payton Award winners last few yrs:
2019 Trey Lance, North Dakota St.
2018 Devlin Hodges, Samford
2017 Briscoe, SHSU
2016 Jeremiah Briscoe, Sam Houston St.
2015 Cooper Kupp, East. Wash.
2014 John Robertson, Villanova
2013 Jimmy Garoppolo, EIU
2012 Taylor Heinicke, ODU
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Based on the responses tonight?
I think people are having a tough time accepting that the Big Sky is the best conference in the FCS in 2022.
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Proud to announce I'll be contributing to Athlon Sports, covering the FCS level of college football - starting this week.
Athlon and the FCS Fans Nation gang will be the two platforms this fall.
Mega thanks to
@CraigHaley
for helping set this up.
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I never thought I'd see the day when "Trending in the United States" would be an FCS team (Austin Peay) and it would say 3,158 Tweets.
Definitely have the stage tonight!
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FCS PRO DAY: Austin Peay Pro Day ...
2018 APSU leading WR D.J. Montgomery .... 37 catches, 714 yds, 8 TDs (20 YPC)
4.37 in the 40 (would be Top 10 at Combine) ...
127-inch vertical would Top 5 for WRs at combine
11.2 in long (60yd) shuttle
A strong Pro Day performance
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So, the FCS just won its 100th game over an FBS team -- and 27th over a P5 -- since 2008. ETSU did it.
Tnite, Montana got 5th FCS win over ranked FBS since '07.
FCS players & recruits ... don't let ANYBODY tell you this isn't "real ball" when you pick this level.
6 down ...
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Tnite ...
Austin Peay's 42-28 win over Big Sky co-champ Sac St (w/most of SacSt's points coming late?)
This was the biggest
@OVCSports
win since Jacksonville St destroyed Sam Houston in the 2015 FCS semis. HANDS DOWN.
PERIOD.
@austinpeay
impressed the FCS Nation today
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This week ... going into the 2nd RD of the FCS Playoffs?
I refuse to talk to any player aside from Offensive Linemen.
They're the best quotes, they're the most underappreciated weapons on any football team ...
And they're the reason these teams are in the 2nd RD.
So there.
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Bucknell D-lineman Abdullah Anderson benched 33 reps of 225 pounds this week at the Bison
#ProDay
. That's tops for any position in the FCS and would have tied for 8th for all positions at the
#NFLCombine2018
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Want to say this
Hey
@JMUFootball
.. back when I was trying to get HERO Sports to be an actual voice in the FCS in '15 (I'm not there now), you gave me access
THANK YOU. In '16 it went to another level & Houston also helped
Thank you to the JMU brass/fans. FCS will miss ya'll
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Come
@CollegeGameDay
you know you miss an entire city shutting down out of appreciation for your show, right?
#FCSonGameday
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Wanna wish a Happy 19th Anniversary to my lovely wife
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NDSU strikes again. Un real. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer young man, either. Three QBs taken since 2016. Wow
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Game Day is here. 9 pm ET on ESPN — Austin Peay Vs Central Arkansas
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Today, Western Illinois ILB & Buck Buchanan Award finalist Brett Taylor was actually allowed to finish
#ProDay
and hit 27 reps on the bench (would have been 3rd at NFL combine for LB/EDGE) & 4.21 in short shutt (4th at combine for LBs)
#NFLDraft2018
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First FCS over FBS win this year: Jacksonville State goes to Miami, Fla. and knocks off Florida International 19-10. First FBS win for JSU in 7 years. Held FIU to 156 total yards and 6 first downs
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Good morning FCS Nation ...
BIG day today for NCAA decision making. Will the FCS have a postseason this yr?
& what impact will that have on the schools/conferences that have decided (so far) not to postpone or cancel?
We're supposed to know a lot by day's end.
Stay tuned.
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FCS TITLE: Let's just call this what it was, the top FCS or I-AA matchup/game atmosphere/party in the 40 years they've been played. Here's why:
#FCSChampionship
#GoBison
#GoDukes
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'Back on the FCS beat! Stoked. Things change, Mox. Sam Herder and I are ready to document the 2017 FCS season in ... 3 ... 2 ... 1.
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Every year the FCS has hidden gems. Frank Stephens, who played wideout 1st in the JUCO ranks and last year at Northern Colorado, had an impressive pro day at Air Force -- 4.42 in 40, 6.82 in 3-cone, 4.08 in 20-shuttle, 10'2" in broad. Last year Sloter, this year Stephens from UNC
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FCS PRO DAY: Every year, news comes out of these FCS Pro Days. One big item of news came from Yale LB Foyesade Oluokun -- who if you saw what he did today, you'd think he should have been at the NFL Combine. And NFL teams are now calling ...
#NFLDraft2018
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Western Illinois WR
@Jaelon_Acklin
tells
@HEROSportsFCS
that a certain Texans receivers coach named Wes Welker has been in contact with him, along with the Vikings, Giants, Cowboys, Browns, Lions and Rams -- and he has met with the Jets. Things heating up
#NFLDraft2018
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FCS PLAYOFFS:
James Madison running backs room - Brothers In Prayer, starting with Percy Agyei-Obese & Jawon Hamilton
These RBs don't just pray when the cameras turn on
#GoDukes
@jawonhamilton
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Colgate's 6-foot-5 WR Thomas Ives, who had the fastest 10-second split of any FCS product, has signed a free agent contract with the Chicago Bears, the Colgate coaching staff informs
@HEROSportsFCS
4.48 in the 40 at Pro Day
@Bears__Nation
@dabears
@NBCSBears
#BEARDOWN
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A source close to the situation has told
@HEROSportsFCS
that Tennessee State player Christion Abercrombie's swelling of the brain has gone down since being taken to surgery yesterday, but he is still not verbally responsive.
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FCS TO THE NFL:
@kennesawstfb
FB Bronson Rechsteiner had the top Pro Day among FCS prospects, & may become KSU's 1st draft pick.
... and yes, his Dad is Rick Steiner, the Pro Wrestler
Thanks for the time Bronson
#GoldStandard
#GoKSUOwls
#LIMITEDEDI21ON
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FCS FOOTBALL STARTS NOW ... & HERO Sports will be all over previewing it
The Guardian
@FCSKickoff
featuring OVC champ Austin Peay & Southland co-champ Central Arkansas kicks off
@UCA_Football
vs.
@GovsFB
Saturday night, 9 pm ET on ESPN
ONLY game in the country!
#FCSKickoff
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Christion Abercrombie update from Tennessee St.
Tennessee St player Christion Abercrombie will be discharged from Vanderbilt Medical Center on We. and transported to the Shepherd Center in Atlanta -- which specializes in brain injury rehabilitation. Christion is in stable cond.
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BREAKING: ETSU's 4-year QB Austin Herink has signed to play professionally in Europe with the Dacia Vienna Vikings in Austria. Herink finished his collegiate career with 6,994 pass yds , 33 pass TDs in 41 career starts -- dating back to the restart of the program back in 2015
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We love to trash the FCS Selection Committee ... but guess what folks?
They were 8 for 8 when it came to seeds.
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Have talked to several NDSU fans in the airport on the way back to Tampa. Couldn’t be a nicer group of fans out there. Congrats to a classy program and fanbase
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NFL DRAFT 2019: James Madison fans have wondered why they haven't had a draft pick the past few years (though 6 JMU rookies from 2018 will be in NFL camps this month), but the trend will likely end in 2019, and 2020. See why
#GoDukes
#NFLDraft2019
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What’s this? A credential? A promo handout? Nope and Nope .... it’s my hotel key. Comfort Inn and Suites Frisco “gets it”
#FCSChampionship
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Remember, gang .... Three years ago right now? Austin Peay was on a 27-game losing streak (soon to be 29, albeit two good showings against FBS teams - Cincy and Miami Ohio)
24 wins later ...
Really one of the best program turnaround stories in D-1 in awhile
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Stud LB at Austin Peay is working the phone lines. Folks .... Austin Peay has earned the right to be in the FCS Playoffs. 24th team in? Who cares. Put them in the damned FCS Playoffs.
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ALL FCS SEEDS ARE IN ...
1. NDSU
2. JMU
3. Weber State
4. Sacramento State
5. Montana St.
6. Montana
7. SDSU
8. UCA
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Weber State proved all year, and this postseason, that it belonged in the FCS big-boy discussion. Just ask
@JMUFootball
It won't be the last we hear from the Big Sky champs
#WeAreWeber
#GoDukes
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This week, Alcorn State RB Delance Turner -- considered a Top 5 RB in the FCS ranks -- likely improved his stock at Southern Miss'
#ProDay
with 24 reps on the bench (would be 4th at NFL Combine for RBs) and his 4.55 in the 40 is also a solid #. Had 2,100 yd rushing career.
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I don't care who you love, & I couldn't give a tenth of a shit about being politically correct here:
Having
@PaladinFootball
go toe-to-toe like that (into OT) with
@MontanaGrizFB
is a positive for the FCS level of the real side of D-I football.
Gratz to them both. That was fun
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I want to say this to the FCS Nation, and to my compatriot at
@HEROSportsFCS
...
@SamHerderFCS
At 3:30 am ET on Aug 4, 2019 .... I finished my 67th and final FCS preview.
My mind is mush ... I don't recognize my kids, and my wife keeps shaking her head, but I ... am ... done!
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Colgate's 6-foot-4 WR Thomas Ives (
@thomasives_5
) has been invited to the Chicago Bears Local Pro Day on April 14, he tells
@HEROSportsFCS
Ives ran a 4.47 time in the 40 and had what would have been a Top 10
#NFLCombine
mark in the Broad Jump at 10 feet, 5.5 inches
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Thanks to a very strong mini-camp,
@StonyBrookFB
DB Tyrice Beverette has been offered a free agent deal & has signed with the Cincinnati Bengals, agent Matt Stankiewicz informs
@HEROSportsFCS
. Four FCS "invitees" with contracts out of mini-camp, by our count, with more to come.
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Man this is great!
For the first time ever ... WE'RE COMING TO SOUTH DAKOTA STATE!
NDSU Bison 🆚 SDSU Jackrabbits 🐰
(📍
@HomeDepot
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James Madison's Undefeated Season Will Mean Nothing, Thanks to NCAA's Dumb Rules
My take, with some key JMU alumni chiming in
COMMENTARY:
#CFB
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South Dakota State TE Dallas Goedert gets picked 49th by The Super Bowl champ Eagles in the second round in the town he was named after
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The logical statement for 2022:
We have two 6-5 teams in FCS (UC Davis & UNI) who are clearly better than most 8-win teams in FCS.
CLEARLY
If these two programs had scheduled one more cream puff instead of strong non-conf? In playoffs & dangerous -- but like won't get in
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The FCS athletes are training until someone tells them otherwise.
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Hottest team in the nation in FCS recruiting this week is
@ElonFootball
. Been able to confirm 5 quality pickups in just the past few days, four different states. May be even more tonight. Impressive work by Coach Cignetti and his staff.
#RE19NofFIRE
3 of the 5 hold FBS offers
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It is Oct. 1, so let's repeat: ESPN Gameday, it's time for a trip to James Madison and the FCS once again
#GoDukes
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Bunch of bowl games today but I think we all know where the top CFB game is being played today.
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Several FCS schools do this, but I have to get a shout out to
@MercerFootball
... they'll host a Pro Day on March 9 and have invited top players from Morehouse, Fort Valley and Valdosta St to also come.
So many schools don't do this anymore ...
Kudos to the Bears on this.
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If you're not paying attention to what the APSU Govs are doing right now, you're not paying attention. Story of the year as of Oct. 1 PERIOD
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Time for my weekly
#STATS_FCSTop25
bitch fest.
Jax. State 4 spots ahead of an Austin Peay team it lost to by 19 points.
Montana St. 3 spots ahead of a Sac. State team it lost to by 13, & Sac's only two losses are FBS
We're just flat out losing credibility here, poll voters.
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Just swapped messages with the No. 1 FCS player still out there, the FCS' rushing leader in 2019, Monmouth (NJ)'s Pete Guerriero.
More than 2K all-purp yds
If you're worried about him, don't be. He and his agent are just mulling over options (very normal at this stage).
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As always, I like to "show my work" ... so my math teachers from school don't hound me. So here:
BMac's vote
1 North Dakota State
2 Northern Iowa
3 South Dakota St.
4 James Madison
5 Villanova
6 Weber State
7 Sacramento State
8 Montana
9 Central Arkansas
10 Montana State
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FCS UPDATE: Key source confirms there is now a FCS championship committee call set for THIS afternoon to "talk about all the possibilities" of playoffs now that the NCAA has passed the decision on down to each level, along with criteria.
Decision deadline: Aug. 21
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Wow ... Youngstown State 👍
This is awesome 👏
Nathan Mays, who suffered a season-ending injury earlier this year, was carried onto the field for the final snap of his career.
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