Week 0 TV times, Network Designations, and News & Notes

[ThomasTomasz]

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[ericd7633]

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Not great if you can't beat out Orji, unless he has significantly improved. He hasn't been good at any point in his career. I feel like they are both better at running than passing too. So it's not like one will be able to do something the other isn't.

 

[ericd7633]

My top 10 week 0 FCS games. Rankings via @Digger 's FCS Power Ratings Thread - Lines via FanDuel:

#1. #43 Idaho (-2.5) at #49 Cal Poly
#2. #34 Eastern Washington at #25 Northern Arizona (-2.5)
#3. #52 Eastern Kentucky at #33 Western Carolina (-3.5)
#4. #20 Abilene Christian (-6.5) at #24 Lamar - 7:00
#5. #44 Stony Brook (-6.5) at #50 Delaware State
#6. #62 William and Mary at #5 Villanova (-11.5)
#7. #56 Gardner Webb at #23 Austin Peay (-14.5)
#8. #21 Southern Utah at #2 Montana (-17.5)
#9. #38 Prairie View at #5 Tarleton State (-21.5)
#10. #59 Central Connecticut State at #10 South Dakota (-23.5)

 

[ericd7633]

TCU and UNC both appear to be dumpster fires heading into this game. Intriguing!

 

[ThomasTomasz]

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[ericd7633]

Week 0 kicks off tonight with 22 total FCS games:

Thursday, August 27th:

Maine at Towson – 6:00 | MNMT
Stony Brook at Delaware State - 6:00 - MEAC Network
Mercyhurst at Youngstown State - 6:00 | ESPN+
Ohio Dominican at Morehead State - 6:00 | ESPN+

Glenville State at Elon - 7:00 | FloSports
Eastern Illinois at Murray State - 7:00 | ESPN+
Lafayette at Georgetown - 7:00 | ESPN+
Gardner Webb at Austin Peay - 7:00 | ESPN+
Charleston Southern at Lindenwood - 7:00 | ESPN+
Northwestern (IA) at Western Illinois - 7:00 | ESPN+
Chattanooga at West Georgia - 7:00 | ESPN+
UVA Wise at Presbyterian - 7:00 | ESPN+
Winona State at St. Thomas - 7:00 | MidcoSports+
Houston Christian at SELU - 7:00 | ESPN+
Anderson (SC) at Furman - 7:00 | ESPN+
Miss Valley State at Nicholls - 7:00 | ESPN+
SIU at West Florida - 7:00 | ESPN+
Concord at Davidson - 7:00 | ESPN+

Central Arkansas at UT-Martin - 7:30 | ESPN+
SD Mines at Drake - 7:30 | ESPN+

Long Island at North Dakota - 8:00 | ESPN+
Louisiana Christian at Northwestern State - 8:00 | ESPN+

 

[ericd7633]

Ohio Dominican #438 in SP+ is currently beating Morehead State #217 28-12.

 

[ericd7633]

D2 Concord #567 in SP+ beats Davidson #324
NAIA LA Christian beats Northwestern State.

Pretty huge upsets on night 1.

 

[Justin Tyme]

D2 Concord #567 in SP+ beats Davidson #324
NAIA LA Christian beats Northwestern State.

Pretty huge upsets on night 1.

Northwestern St. has been way down for a long time., but to lose to La. College is about as far down as a team can go. What I want to know is why a ncaa team is playing a naia team. I thought the ncaa forbid playing teams in a different organization

 

[speedfrk]

Happy Game Week fellas and gals!

The offseason seems to take longer each year and sadly the season blows by

 

[ericd7633]

Northwestern St. has been way down for a long time., but to lose to La. College is about as far down as a team can go. What I want to know is why a ncaa team is playing a naia team. I thought the ncaa forbid playing teams in a different organization

Fcs teams are still able to schedule D2 and NAIA schools, but, and not that this would matter for the fcs tournament purposes as they are quite bad, it is really frowned upon with the committee and greatly affects the seeding if teams do schedule them. At least from what I've read about the process.

 

[ericd7633]

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[Used 2 B Hu]

Anderson (SC) at Furman - 7:00 | ESPN+

Furman won, 20-3...Anderson is a DII school, that didn't even have a football program until 2024. Either that was a good showing by the Trojans or Furman just wasn't trying that hard on offense.

 

[ericd7633]

Tonight's FCS Week 0 Friday Schedule:

URI (-20.5) at Merrimack - 6:00 | ESPN+
Colgate (-10) at Fordham - 6:00 | ESPN+
William & Mary at Villanova (-11) - 6:00 | ESPN+
Marist (-1.5) at New Haven - 6:00 | NEC Front Row
New Hampshire (-11.5) at Albany - 7:00 | FloSports
Weber State at Northern Colorado (-3.5) - 9:00 | ESPN+
Idaho (-3.5) at Cal Poly - 10:00 | ESPN

All times ET

 

[ericd7633]

Furman won, 20-3...Anderson is a DII school, that didn't even have a football program until 2024. Either that was a good showing by the Trojans or Furman just wasn't trying that hard on offense.

Honestly not a bad showing then to only lose by 17.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Honestly not a bad showing then to only lose by 17.

I attended there back in the late 80's/early 90's, when it was still a junior college. Hard to believe they ever got to this point. They've converted into a full university and quadrupled the size of their campus, but they still have less than 5,000 students.