By Kent Schmidt, CSN West Columnist Normally, I write about a playoff-caliber type team or go into the top teams within one of the “West” conferences, especially in late October. This week, however, I dive into a team that has just a single victory… more »

By Kent Schmidt, CSN West Columnist South Dakota State never has been part of the DII playoff party in my memory. And the Jackrabbits never will play in the DII playoffs. Just to clarify, they did participate once in the DII playoff prior to my mem… more »

By Kent Schmidt, CSN West Columnist All the preseason publications. All the hype. All the bragging rights. All the playoff and league title implications. They all come to the UNI-Dome field in Cedar Falls, Iowa this Saturday. Like seen in th… more »

By Kent Schmidt, CSN West Columnist It is easy to forget that Montana has a second FCS team in the state. The University of Montana gets most of the national headlines after playing in a record setting 17 straight seasons in the postseason. Som… more »

By Kent Schmidt, CSN West Columnist Most years since I have been covering FCS football, there always seems to be a surprise team that either starts the season unexpectedly good or unexpectedly bad. This season, however, there are few teams that fit… more »

By Kent Schmidt, CSN West Columnist Just when the North Dakota Fighting Sioux football squad had one of the team's top victories in its short Division I history — a 27-20 victory over the Southland’s Northwestern State — the school will be fighting a… more »

By Kent Schmidt, CSN West Columnist When I saw the schedule last spring for Big Sky teams, I saw two winnable FBS games in the first two weeks of the season. It happened that those two games were against two lower-division FBS Mountain West Conferen… more »