FCS (1AA) Spring Season: Sam Houston State wins 1st natty

[BMF]

For anyone needing a football fix:

FCS spring season kicks off Saturday night 2/13 @7pm:

McNeese State -2.5 @ Tarleton State

Only one game this week, but 21 games set for the week of 2/18 (including Friday & Sunday games):

https://fbschedules.com/spring-2021-...ball-schedule/

 

[Homer J]

I'll watch, if it's on tv. I won't pay for a special channel.

 

[BMF]

I'm not sure what the rules were for having a spring season - but Jacksonville State was able to play in the fall and in the spring. They only played 4 games in the fall and are playing 7 in the spring. I'm surprised some of the D1 schools didn't try this, especially the B10 and P12 who didn't play a 12 game season (the SEC only played a 10 game season). Mercer played 3 fall games and they have 8 spring games scheduled.

 

[BMF]

This weekend's games:

Feb. 26-28:

No. 18 Eastern Washington at Idaho, No. 3 Northern Iowa at Youngstown State, South Dakota at No. 9 Illinois State, No. 16 Wofford at Chattanooga, Prairie View A&M at Grambling State.


About three decades ago in 2019, North Dakota State's Trey Lance won the FCS' Walter Payton Award, given to the nation's most outstanding offensive player. The other finalists were Northern Arizona's Case Cookus, Monmouth's Pete Guerriero and Sacramento State's Kevin Thomson.

All four finalists are gone. Lance played a showcase game this past fall and entered the NFL draft, Thomson took a grad transfer to Washington in 2020, and both Cookus and Guerriero are attempting to carve out niches in the NFL. So that leaves EWU's Eric Barriere, the fifth-place finisher, as the Payton Award clubhouse leader. The senior from Inglewood, California, threw for 3,712 yards in 2019, and despite a pretty aggressive offense (he averaged 14.4 yards per completion), he managed a sterling 31-to-4 TD-to-INT ratio. EWU averaged over 40 points per game that year and always has an offense worth watching. So watch them.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

When does UCF play?

 

[MidwestChomp]

When does UCF play?

They can't get enough national championships can they?

 

[gardnerwebbgator]

Finally get to see the debut of our new HC, Tre Lamb, at 31, one of the youngest head coaches on any collegiate level of play. Chairman Cooper in Raleigh eased his restrictions effective at 5 pm Friday, thus the expanded attendance.

Spangler Stadium Open To 30 Percent Capacity Saturday For Spring Football Opener - Gardner-Webb University Athletics (gwusports.com)

 

[BMF]

Finally get to see the debut of our new HC, Tre Lamb, at 31, one of the youngest head coaches on any collegiate level of play. Chairman Cooper in Raleigh eased his restrictions effective at 5 pm Friday, thus the expanded attendance.

Spangler Stadium Open To 30 Percent Capacity Saturday For Spring Football Opener - Gardner-Webb University Athletics (gwusports.com)

 

[gardnerwebbgator]

Down 17-0 after gifting them 3 INT early, trailed 20-7, then ripped off 35 unanswered in the second half and won 42-20. Very encouraging day in the Springs of Boiling.

Another FCS side note, North Dakota State had their 39 game win steak snapped at Southern Illinois today 38-14.

 

[BMF]

Down 17-0 after gifting them 3 INT early, trailed 20-7, then ripped off 35 unanswered in the second half and won 42-20. Very encouraging day in the Springs of Boiling.

Another FCS side note, North Dakota State had their 39 game win steak snapped at Southern Illinois today 38-14.

Did you attend the game?

 

[gardnerwebbgator]

No, had too much stuff to do scheduled before Fuhrer Cooper relaxed restrictions on Friday afternoon. Playing a six game schedule with three more at home, definitely going to attend a couple.

 

[Jbossgator8]

Great comeback by GWebb today. They looked really good and fought hard. I see them being in the mix to win the NC easily.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Dafuq is this, Gardnerwebbchatter?

Did anyone else go to Juco and is real proud of it?

 

[rogdochar]

Artis Gilmore went to Gardner Webb when it was juco. He transferred to JU, played in the NC-game, and did well in the pros.

 

[aka]

Boss gonna boss.

 

[Jbossgator8]

Thanks for the shout out again!

 

[BMF]

Down 17-0 after gifting them 3 INT early, trailed 20-7, then ripped off 35 unanswered in the second half and won 42-20. Very encouraging day in the Springs of Boiling.

Another FCS side note, North Dakota State had their 39 game win steak snapped at Southern Illinois today 38-14.

 

[Jbossgator8]

I'm just trying to help pull for our boy GWebb and plug his team for him.

 

[BMF]

March 5-7: Coach Prime Week

Jackson State at Grambling State, No. 9 Illinois State at No. 3 Northern Iowa, No. 17 Albany at No. 20 New Hampshire, No. 2 James Madison at Elon, No. 4 Weber State at Cal Poly.


Jackson State's hire of Deion Sanders as its head coach made waves for any number of reasons. For one, he's Deion Sanders. For another, Coach Prime then went out and signed an army of FBS transfers -- 14 commits and counting, including former blue-chippers like Florida State receiver Isaiah Bolden, Auburn defensive tackle Coynis Miller and USC linebacker Abdul-Malik McClain.

Granted, most of the newbies aren't playing this spring, but star linebacker Keonte Hampton is, and we'll still get a chance to find out the playing style Sanders and an intriguing coaching staff -- which includes former Houston offensive coordinator Jason Phillips and former New York Jets and Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Dennis Thurman -- want to unleash on the SWAC. After tuneups against Edward Waters and Mississippi Valley State, the first big test will likely come against the G-Men on March 6. We'll pretty quickly learn if JSU is the de facto SWAC East favorite, or if those honors should go to Alabama A&M or Alabama State instead.