If you like your college football to end in a real championship, consider the Football Championship School (FCS) playoffs which continue tomorrow. The eight teams that won in the first round are matched:
Stephen F. Austin State Lumberjacks (10-2) @ Montana Grizzlies (12-0) 2PM ET
Appalachian State Mountaineers (10-2) @ Richmond Spiders (11-1) 7 ET
New Hampshire Wildcats (10-2) @ Villanova Wildcats (11-1) 3:30 ET
William & Mary Tribe (10-2) @ Southern Illinois Salukis (11-1) 12 ET
There are 125 FCS schools (and 120 Football Bowl Schools).
Richmond won the championship last year. Appalachian State won in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Four of the eight teams still contending are from the Colonial Athletic Association. Yet, meanwhile, two of the league’s 12 schools have just announced they are ending their football programs (Northeastern and Hofstra).
William and Mary Tribe ??
Funny, I thought that William and Mary were the Indians.
Not for 30 years, old man.
You still think it’s the Stanford Indians, too?
Back in 1958 I had a friend at UNM who was from Virginia. He left to attend William and Mary. That’s the last time I remember even thinking about William and Mary.
Who you calling old? I still have all my hair!
Hair gone yes, but I do still have most of my marbles, Ephraim. 🙂
Since you’re not using most of the marbles you have left you could take the unused ones to a place that makes glass wool and get them to make you a hairpiece. With all those marbles you could get a piece that would make you look like an aging Fabio. Don’t forget to have the glass wool dyed yellow.
🙂
The Tribe just won 24-3. Woo hoo!
William and Mary’s defense is just sick. They held Southern Illinois’ running back, who averaged 138 yards a game this season, to 27 yards.
It was the 200th win for W&M’s coach, Jimmye Laycock. He’s been at W&M for 30 seasons, third on the all-time NCAA list. (He’ll tie Bowden for second, next year.)