By Kent Schmidt, CSN West Columnist The Pioneer Football League crowned a new champion in 2008 in the Jacksonville Dolphins after Dayton and San Diego dominated the top of the standings the last few years. While the PFL champion lost the GridIron Cla… more »

By Kent Schmidt, CSN West Columnist The Missouri Valley Football Conference not only changed their name before this 2008 season (was the Gateway Football Conference) but also added two teams to become a nine-school league. And those two new schools… more »

By Kent Schmidt, CSN West Columnist Well, my dream of an all "West" championship game is not a reality this year but at least one "West" team will be in Chattanooga. Montana, the No. 4 seed, won impressively for just the second time in its playoff h… more »

By Kent Schmidt, CSN West Columnist My dream of two teams west of the Mississippi River meeting in the Division I national championship game is a real possibility. Both Montana and Northern Iowa, with wins this weekend, will advance to Chattanooga.… more »

By Kent Schmidt, CSN West Columnist CEDAR FALL, Iowa—Northern Iowa quarterback Pat Grace ran for two touchdowns and cornerback Terrell McMoore returned an interception 36 yards for what proved to be the decisive TD, giving the Panthers a 36-34 victor… more »

By Kent Schmidt, CSN West Columnist As many of the FBS conferences line up their two divisional champions Saturday, the Big Sky Conference in the FCS ranks can boast a similar type of “For all the Marbles” type of contest. You'll see the Big 12… more »

By Kent Schmidt, CSN West Columnist Northern Iowa quarterback Pat Grace threw two long touchdown passes to wide receiver Jarred Herring to spark a second-quarter burst that carried the Panthers to a 40-15 victory over Maine in front of 8,477 in atten… more »