A 5-0 start featuring wins over Notre Dame (41-30) and at UConn (24-21) catapulted Michigan to No. 18 in the AP poll entering its highly anticipated Oct. 12 road bout with Penn State. However, the Nittany Lions pulled out that […]
The team got off to a promising 3-1 start, which included wins over Cincinnati (45-17) and Miami-Ohio (50-14) sandwiched around a 10-point loss to Washington. Illinois went on the road for the first time on Oct. 5 and was dealt […]
They opened the season with lopsided wins over Indiana State (73-35) and Bowling Green (42-10), and a tough, 41-35 setback to Navy. After falling to Missouri by a 45-28 final on Sept. 21, Indiana went into its first bye week […]
Iowa doubled its win total and earned a New Year’s Day bowl bid against 14th- ranked LSU. Certainly, there were doubters following a season-opening home loss to Northern Illinois. At that point, Iowa had lost seven in a row going […]
But before the Cougars could start considering their misstep as a damaging move, they had to remember that seven years earlier they were 1-2 after three games and ended up 11-2 after defeating Oregon in the Las Vegas Bowl. However, […]
It wasn’t easy by any stretch, but quarterback Keenan Reynolds set the tone for what would be a monumental season, a record-breaking campaign, as he ran for three touchdowns in the 41-35 victory against the Hoosiers, the first road win […]
But even before the Irish took the field for an official game, the team was hit with a damaging blow when starting quarterback Everett Golson was suspended due to what was being reported as an academic violation. Golson was allowed […]
It had been since 2010 that Army had managed to put together a winning record, and unfortunately the tide didn’t appear to be changing in the program’s favor for 2013. In fact, the Knights dropped three straight after the season-opening […]
Over half of the FCS conferences have at least 10 teams – seven of the 13 – so navigating the schedule is an arduous process that demands talent, execution and luck for the championship team. Bethune-Cookman and South Carolina State […]
Charleston, IL (SportsNetwork.com) – Names such as Tony Romo, Sean Payton, Mike Shanahan and Jimmy Garoppolo are familiar to football fans. How about Burl Ives? Yes, the American actor, writer and folk music singer was part of Eastern Illinois football […]