FCS Football Talk Network

There is plenty to dive into in this week’s episode. Sam recaps Week 6 with the 3 Game Balls and a Flag segment, plus some other takeaways.
The pod then touches on a couple of news items. Sam shares his thoughts on the FCS media poll being added to the list of criteria playoff committee members can utilize to help evaluate teams. He also touches on the FCS-to-FBS transition fee increasing from $5K to $5M.
Lastly, a huge weekend of games coming up on Saturday.
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South Dakota State All-American OL Mason McCormick joins the podcast for an interview, discussing SDSU’s season so far and his decision to return for a sixth year.
Sam and Mason also talk about a couple of other standout SDSU offensive linemen, the Jackrabbits playing with a target on their backs, new head coach Jimmy Rogers, paying attention to other Top 25 teams, and the buzz around SDSU football on campus and in the region.

Eight ranked FCS teams lost last weekend, and six of them lost to unranked opponents. Sam reacts to the crazy week of action and then looks ahead to the best Week 6 games.
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Sam is back from his Ireland trip to go through a long list of results from this last weekend.
He touches on the impressive performances of Delaware, UT Martin, and Montana State. And a year after having Montana as high as No. 2, Sam questions why the Griz are still being ranked.
Other performances talked about are Furman, Villanova, WCU, Chattanooga, Idaho, EKU, UCA, HCU, and EWU. The podcast ends with a look at some of the top matchups this weekend.
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Sam gives his takeaways from Week 2 with the 3 Game Balls and a Flag segment, including looking at the three FCS over FBS wins and wondering why Samford is still ranked ahead of WCU.
Other Week 2 thoughts include close FCS-FBS losses, Weber beating UNI, and SDSU beating Montana State.
The episode ends with a look at some of the best Week 3 matchups.
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Sam gives his takeaways from Week 1 with the 3 Game Balls and a Flag segment.
He then dives into false narratives about FCS-FBS games. Are FCS over FBS wins really getting less likely? The decade-to-decade numbers actually say otherwise. Although the year-to-year numbers show there are no trends. Is all the talent really trickling up in college football? Again, numbers say otherwise.
The podcast ends with a look at some of the best Week 2 matchups.
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Sam briefly talks about the Week 0 results before discussing four under-the-radar teams who may end up being better than their preseason expectations. The show ends with a look at the most intriguing Week 1 games.
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Sam breaks down the best FCS non-conference games and also every week’s biggest game with playoff implications.
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Sam predicts the conference champion for all 13 FCS leagues.
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