The FCS’ best, updated

The standings have been updated: Thanks to www.newspaperarchive.com, I’ve been able to track down most of the missing stats from my earlier post on top performances at the Division I Football National Championship. Without further ado, here they are. Missing were two more 400-yard passing performances  (Tracy Ham, Stan Humphries). I also filled in several [...]

Idle hands… do the NCAA’s work

So I’ve been wondering where Marc Mariani, the subject of my Wednesday column, ranked in the annals of FCS title games with his two 170-yard outings in 2008-09. The NCAA doesn’t do such a great job with its record books, so it seemed it was up to me to find out. So I found out. [...]

The 20-team FCS bracket is upon us

And it’s heavy. The NCAA approved expanding the Football Championship Subdivision playoff grid to 20 teams, and the new look has its good points and bad. As examples, Montana athletic director Jim O’Day provided me with mock 20-team brackets for the last two postseasons. Things to like: Montana would’ve had a first-round bye in each [...]