No, this isn’t about a blues song that goes, in part, “What’s the price? Thirty twice.” It’s not the version by Stevie Ray Vaughn, although he’s amazing enough to take me completely off task (so here’s something from Jimmy and Stevie Ray’s “Family Style” album). Where was I? Oh, yeah, this blog post links you [...]

I was perfect in my FCS playoff picks again last week, by which I mean a perfectly symmetrical 2-2. That brings me to 6-6 on the postseason. I got Georgia Southern over Wofford right, and Eastern Washington over North Dakota State. But for whatever reason I picked App State over a healthy Matt Szczur and [...]

So I went 4-4 in my second-round FCS playoff picks last week, including a 42-17 loss by the MSU Bobcats to North Dakota State. I thought the Bison would be tough, but when their starting QB went down, the Cats looked to be set. Then the hosts wore down in the fourth quarter, giving up [...]

Isn’t that (to the left) sweet? We just have the sweetest guys at the UM athletic department! I kid. Some Griz fans don’t appreciate that the University of Montana took out what looks to be a quarter-page ad in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, wishing the Bobcats luck in the 2010 FCS playoffs. I’m OK with [...]

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. [...]

From the Chattanooga Free Press comes this doomsday article on the economic impact of Montana’s 24-17 FCS semifinal win over Appalachian State Saturday. Here’s one snippet: The Football Championship Subdivision finalists are set for Friday night with Montana and Villanova, a combination that will travel the fewest fans since the title game came to Finley [...]