FCS Football Talk Network

On this episode, Sam is joined by Montana State Director of Athletics Leon Costello. They discuss:
-Reflecting on the 2024 football season
-National title chase
-Opting in to the House settlement
-Scholarship caps
-Brent Vigen
-Sac State's FBS move
-Realignment in the West
-College football landscape
-12-game FCS season
-And more

On this episode, Sam is joined by SoCon Commissioner Michael Cross. They discuss:
-The SoCon’s approach to the House settlement
-The vote to keep scholarship limits the same
-How many FCS schools could afford to go above 63 scholarships
-How many SoCon schools will opt in
-The SoCon keeping its in-conference transfer rule
-Governance changes in Division I
-And more

On this episode, Sam is joined by ETSU head coach Will Healy.
They discuss:
-Healy's FCS roots, from being a QB on Richmond's 2008 national championship team to an assistant coach at Chattanooga to being the HC at Austin Peay and now ETSU
-The differences and similarities between the G5 and FCS
-What attracted him to ETSU
-What he's learned as a younger head coach
-Positives and negatives he's learned from recruiting the transfer portal
-Landing FBS transfer QBs Cade McNamara and Jacolby Criswell
-2025 spring ball
 -And more

On this episode, Sam is joined by Idaho head coach Thomas Ford Jr.
They discuss:
-Taking over as Idaho’s head coach
-Ford’s rise in the coaching profession
-Navigating the transfer portal
-Idaho fans’ thirst for more success
-A look at the 2025 squad
-And more

On this episode, Sam chats 1-on-1 with North Dakota State head coach Tim Polasek.
They discuss:
-NDSU’s championship run
-Not losing any players to the transfer portal after the title game
-Former Bison players on the coaching staff
-FCS changes while he was in the FBS from 2017-2023
-Ever-changing CFB landscape
-2025 QB competition
-And more

FCS committee chair Matt Larsen (NDSU AD), vice chair Mark Wharton (Chattanooga AD), and NCAA Director of Championships Ty Halpin addressed the media in Frisco two days before the FCS national championship game.
They discussed the new bracket format, the future site of the FCS championship game, Nashville, TV windows, the Ivy League joining the FCS playoffs, and more.

North Dakota State head coach Tim Polasek addressed the media in Frisco two days before the FCS national championship game.

Montana State head coach Brent Vigen addresses the media in Frisco two days before the FCS national championship game.

On this episode, Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports and ESPN Montana discusses Montana State's run to the national championship game.
Discussion points include:
-What’s the vibe right now in Montana?
-This MSU squad's business-like attitude 
-Brent Vigen staying
-Tommy Mellott’s play
-Defensive improvements
-Senior class of Montana natives
-Biggest cause for confidence and biggest cause for concern for MSU going up against NDSU
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On this episode, The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead's Mike McFeely joins to discuss NDSU's return to the national championship game.
Discussion points include:
-Level of excitement after a 1-year Frisco hiatus
-Tim Polasek and the energy he’s brought
-Cam Miller’s play
-Brent Vigen's time at NDSU
-Will the game be back in Frisco
-Plus an unscripted segment about NDSU and the FBS
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