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[ursus arctos horribilis]

Look for articles forthcoming from that site this season.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

2015 Record: 10-3 (7-1): Shared MVFC Champion, Playoffs (2nd Round)

Key Returnees: WR Anthony Warrum, CB Davontae Harris, DE Brannon Barry

Key Losses: QB Tre Roberson, RB Marshaun Coprich, DE Teddy Corwin, DE David Perkins, LB Pat Meehan, LB Alex Donnelly

Illinois State is coming off of back-to-back co-conference championships and over those two years they are a combined 23-5 with a trip to a national title game. A program coming off of a run like that you’d think there is no way there’s a significant drop the next year. There is a reason for optimism, if you’re a Redbird fan, that the regression won’t be too far

http://thefcswedge.com/conference-previews/illinois-state/

[clenz]

Those of you who have been on AGS for a while are familiar with The FCS Wedge. In previous years it's been a radio show/podcast form of media. Don't fret, that will still be around as time goes on. Going into this year, though, we wanted to focus on getting the community involved.

Starting today TheFCSWedge.com will be posting conference/team previews leading into the season. So far we have the MVFC, Big Sky, Patriot, Big South, and OVC getting ready to roll out. If your conference isn't listed jump in and help us out! I am looking for people to represent every conference to get preseason previews done, and weekly articles focused around each conference. The depth of knowledge here is vast but it sometimes gets locked into conference specific threads. Let's share the knowledge through the community through The Wedge!

The first article that came out was the Illinois State season preview found here

http://thefcswedge.com/conference-previews/illinois-state/


We will post links here as they get posted to the site.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Those of you who have been on AGS for a while are familiar with The FCS Wedge. In previous years it's been a radio show/podcast form of media. Don't fret, that will still be around as time goes on. Going into this year, though, we wanted to focus on getting the community involved.

Starting today TheFCSWedge.com will be posting conference/team previews leading into the season. So far we have the MVFC, Big Sky, Patriot, Big South, and OVC getting ready to roll out. If your conference isn't listed jump in and help us out! I am looking for people to represent every conference to get preseason previews done, and weekly articles focused around each conference. The depth of knowledge here is vast but it sometimes gets locked into conference specific threads. Let's share the knowledge through the community through The Wedge!

The first article that came out was the Illinois State season preview found here

http://thefcswedge.com/conference-previews/illinois-state/


We will post links here as they get posted to the site.

Please pay particular attention to this post if you have some chops and want to give this a try peoples.

[Bisonator]

Great article and breakdown on ISUr clenz! Spot on IMO.xnodx

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Great article and breakdown on ISUr clenz! Spot on IMO.xnodx

Yes, he has done a really superlative job on all the teams in the conference. Excellent work clenzy.

[clenz]

MVFC Preview # 2 is up. Focus of this one is Indiana State

http://thefcswedge.com/conference-previews/indiana-state/


Coming into his [Matt Adam] red-shirt junior year, along with the amount of returning players around him on offense, there was a real reason to believe the offense could keep the Sycs in games. Then, in May, the bombshell that he would be sitting the 2016 season out to get his grades in order. That is a tremendous loss for Indiana State, but a great decision by Adam to prioritize academics that we don’t normally get to see from athletes.

So who takes over at QB for Indiana State? The only returning QB on the roster, or even listed on the roster as of writing this, is red-shirt sophomore Isaac Harker. That sentence, on it’s own is depressing to read on it’s own, then you add in the fact that Harker completed 2 passes for 16 yards last season and it gets real depressing, real quick.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

HEY! That looks great! Love what ya did with the front page!

[clenz]

HEY! That looks great! Love what ya did with the front page!
Still a work in progress but over the next week it should really take shape. As you know, trial and error after trial and error while praying you don't crash it.

[melloware13]

To contribute a non-assigned conference, should I register on the wedge site first?

[clenz]

To contribute a non-assigned conference, should I register on the wedge site first?
check your rep points

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Still a work in progress but over the next week it should really take shape. As you know, trial and error after trial and error while praying you don't crash it.

Eh, cross your fingers and forge on. At least, that's what I do. xlolx

I think you could talk with Brad and probably back it up each day and then it would relieve of some worry.

[clenz]

Guys, I'm testing a slightly different look to the Wedge for a bit.

Please head to the page and let me know what you think about the format being tested.

[Thumper 76]

Guys, I'm testing a slightly different look to the Wedge for a bit.

Please head to the page and let me know what you think about the format being tested.

I like it, at least from my phone


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[ST_Lawson]

...trial and error after trial and error while praying you don't crash it.

Pretty sure you just described my 9-5 job.


Guys, I'm testing a slightly different look to the Wedge for a bit.

Please head to the page and let me know what you think about the format being tested.

Is good....I likey.

[clenz]

Our first look at the Patriot League comes from the Bison of Bucknell

http://thefcswedge.com/conference-previews/2016-patriot-league-preview-bucknell/


Bucknell is a team defined by its defense which will need to find ways to score points and the man charged with that is quarterback R.J. Nitti. Nitti returns for his 3rd year as the starting quarterback and is coming off a year with 2,477 passing yards with 13 touchdowns but a concerning 10 interceptions.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Well, that is a real nice job on that there article. Very cool guys.

[clenz]

Keep an eye out on the Big South articles. Libertine nailed it....I mean, nailed it.

[dewey]

Keep an eye out on the Big South articles. Libertine nailed it....I mean, nailed it.

Great stuff Clenz! I have enoyed reading them all so far. Keep up the good work. Missouri State is intriguing to me because they bring back so many young players and they are now entering their second season. Does the player experience and being a year older become trumped by the fact that they were beaten rented mules. Are they more competitive this season?

Dewey

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Clenz, check your PM....

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Keep an eye out on the Big South articles. Libertine nailed it....I mean, nailed it.

Are we bringing links back to cross promote? I mean I got your siggy so I can get there easily I was just wondering. Also, might be a good thing to look into on that might be RSS feed?

[IBleedYellow]

"Actual photo of the NDSU Running game"

Lmfao.

Nice write up, Chad!

I believe that the safeties is a bigger concern for NDSU than what is being lead on to us at this time - but we'll see.

[Bisonator]

"Actual photo of the NDSU Running game"

Lmfao.

Nice write up, Chad!

I believe that the safeties is a bigger concern for NDSU than what is being lead on to us at this time - but we'll see.
Don't think the safeties are a huge concern. Grimsley and Dempsey should be solid.


The only thing left to ponder is if there is one for the thumb. I see no reason there couldn’t be.
Are you talking the other thumb here clenzy? :D

[Mayville Bison]

Are we bringing links back to cross promote? I mean I got your siggy so I can get there easily I was just wondering. Also, might be a good thing to look into on that might be RSS feed?

I was kind of wondering why all the delay, so I went and saw there were quite a few I hadn't read yet. Great write ups by clenz and some other guest writers!

[clenz]

I published a bunch of links just now.

I've been super swamped at work and just brain farted on getting links to it tweeted out.

OVC articles start rolling out next week!

[ursus arctos horribilis]

I published a bunch of links just now.

I've been super swamped at work and just brain farted on getting links to it tweeted out.

OVC articles start rolling out next week!

That's why I'm thinking an rss feed might help clenzy. Automate.

[BisonTru]

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WE ARE NOT LOSING IN THE STATE OF IOWA. xtroublex

[JSUSoutherner]

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WE ARE NOT LOSING IN THE STATE OF IOWA. xtroublex

Just the state of Texas. xnodx

[BisonTru]

Just the state of Texas. xnodx

Better get your tickets. A lot less seats this year. I'm not sure they'll have enough for the band. :)

Oh what will we do for the 30 seconds of halftime I didn't spend in line to pee. xlolx

[JSUSoutherner]

Better get your tickets. A lot less seats this year. I'm not sure they'll have enough for the band. :)

Oh what will we do for the 30 seconds of halftime I didn't spend in line to pee. xlolx
Don't worry. The band has already been guarenteed we will go. Courtesy of LSU and their fat check.

[BisonTru]

Don't worry. The band has already been guarenteed we will go. Courtesy of LSU and their fat check.

Goodie, I'm going to guarantee my seats, by buying them as soon as the go on sale. I missed last year, only one I have missed, so I missed out on your band performance. Maybe I'll drink whiskey instead of beer and I won't have to pee. xdrunkyx

[dewey]

Great write up on NDSU Clenz! I really liked the photo of the NDSU run game.

Dewey

[clenz]

Here's a schedule of what we've got planned for the rest of the month

Big South
8/8 - CSU
8/10 - G-W
8/15 - KSU
8/17 - LU
8/22 - Mon
8/24 - Presby

Big Sky
8/10 - ISU
8/12 - Mon
8/15 - MSU
8/17 - UND
8/19 - UNC
8/22 - NAU
8/24 - PSU
8/26 - SSU
8/29 - SUU


CAA
8/9 - Albany
8/10-Delaware
8/12 - Elon
8/15 - JMU
8/17 - Maine
8/19 - UNH
8/22 - URI
8/24 - UR
8/26 - SBU
8/29 - Towson
8/31 - Nova
9/2 - WM

MVFC
8/9 - UNI
8/11 - USD
8/16 - SDSU
8/18 - SIU
8/23 - WIU
8/25 - YSU

OVC
8/9 - APSU
8/12 - TSU
8/16 - MSU
8/19 - TTU
8/23 - SEMO
8/26 - EKU
8/29 - UTM
8/31 - EIU
9/2 - JSU

Patriot
8/8 - Fordham
8/12 - Georgetown
8/15 - Holy Cross
8/19 - Lafayette
8/22 - Lehigh



Don't see your conference listed? E-mail me at [email protected] to become an FCS Wedge contributor and get your conference published!

[Thumper 76]

Wow there's gonna be a helluva lot of great reading there! Great work everyone who does these!

[JSUSoutherner]

Here's a schedule of what we've got planned for the rest of the month

Big South
8/8 - CSU
8/10 - G-W
8/15 - KSU
8/17 - LU
8/22 - Mon
8/24 - Presby

Big Sky
8/10 - ISU
8/12 - Mon
8/15 - MSU
8/17 - UND
8/19 - UNC
8/22 - NAU
8/24 - PSU
8/26 - SSU
8/29 - SUU


CAA
8/9 - Albany
8/10-Delaware
8/12 - Elon
8/15 - JMU
8/17 - Maine
8/19 - UNH
8/22 - URI
8/24 - UR
8/26 - SBU
8/29 - Towson
8/31 - Nova
9/2 - WM

MVFC
8/9 - UNI
8/11 - USD
8/16 - SDSU
8/18 - SIU
8/23 - WIU
8/25 - YSU

OVC
8/9 - APSU
8/12 - TSU
8/16 - MSU
8/19 - TTU
8/23 - SEMO
8/26 - EKU
8/29 - UTM
8/31 - EIU
9/2 - JSU

Patriot
8/8 - Fordham
8/12 - Georgetown
8/15 - Holy Cross
8/19 - Lafayette
8/22 - Lehigh



Don't see your conference listed? E-mail me at [email protected] to become an FCS Wedge contributor and get your conference published!
Might want to do the OVC a little quicker. JSU's first game is 9/1. Kind of odd having a season preview after the first game is over.

[clenz]

I'll swap JSU with TSU. Just uploaded in the order you gave them to me...so...you're fault.

[JSUSoutherner]

I'll swap JSU with TSU. Just uploaded in the order you gave them to me...so...you're fault.
Whateverrrrrrr.

[IBleedYellow]

Typical band geeks.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Here's a schedule of what we've got planned for the rest of the month

Big South
8/8 - CSU
8/10 - G-W
8/15 - KSU
8/17 - LU
8/22 - Mon
8/24 - Presby

Big Sky
8/10 - ISU
8/12 - Mon
8/15 - MSU
8/17 - UND
8/19 - UNC
8/22 - NAU
8/24 - PSU
8/26 - SSU
8/29 - SUU


CAA
8/9 - Albany
8/10-Delaware
8/12 - Elon
8/15 - JMU
8/17 - Maine
8/19 - UNH
8/22 - URI
8/24 - UR
8/26 - SBU
8/29 - Towson
8/31 - Nova
9/2 - WM

MVFC
8/9 - UNI
8/11 - USD
8/16 - SDSU
8/18 - SIU
8/23 - WIU
8/25 - YSU

OVC
8/9 - APSU
8/12 - TSU
8/16 - MSU
8/19 - TTU
8/23 - SEMO
8/26 - EKU
8/29 - UTM
8/31 - EIU
9/2 - JSU

Patriot
8/8 - Fordham
8/12 - Georgetown
8/15 - Holy Cross
8/19 - Lafayette
8/22 - Lehigh



Don't see your conference listed? E-mail me at [email protected] to become an FCS Wedge contributor and get your conference published!

That is quite an impressive lineup.

[kalm]

Wow do I need to check in more. Looking forward to catching up. Nice work boys!

[clenz]

UNI's article
http://thefcswedge.com/conference-previews/2016-mvfc-preview-northern-iowa/

Austin Peay State
http://thefcswedge.com/conference-previews/2016-preseason-ovc-preview-austin-peay/

- - - Updated - - -

UNI's article
http://thefcswedge.com/conference-previews/2016-mvfc-preview-northern-iowa/

Austin Peay State
http://thefcswedge.com/conference-previews/2016-preseason-ovc-preview-austin-peay/

[BisonTru]

UNI's article
http://thefcswedge.com/conference-previews/2016-mvfc-preview-northern-iowa/

Austin Peay State
http://thefcswedge.com/conference-previews/2016-preseason-ovc-preview-austin-peay/

- - - Updated - - -

UNI's article
http://thefcswedge.com/conference-previews/2016-mvfc-preview-northern-iowa/

Austin Peay State
http://thefcswedge.com/conference-previews/2016-preseason-ovc-preview-austin-peay/

Are the bolded games your predicted wins, and the non bolded games the predicted losses?

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=23156&stc=1

[clenz]

Bold are home games

[clenz]

No, I didn't put a record to UNI....I tried too and got a record I wasn't comfortable publishing....let's put it that way.

The toughest conference games are at home, big advantage for UNI.
No Illinois State
EWU's lack of an OL makes me feel pretty good about that game

As I said at the end of the UNI article " I think 11-0 is possible, though likely not realistic. I see 9-2 being the most likely situation and anything worse than 8-3 is, from a preseason view, a complete let down."

I'm not sure what the 2 losses are yet, but given the schedule I have to assume there is 2 in there somewhere.

[BisonTru]

Bold are home games

You have @YSU bolded. That's what threw me off.

[clenz]

Piss


updated

[clenz]

All MVFC articles are posted

Illinois State: http://thefcswedge.com/conference-previews/illinois-state/
Indiana State: http://thefcswedge.com/conference-previews/indiana-state/
Missouri State: http://thefcswedge.com/conference-previews/missouri-state/
North Dakota State: http://thefcswedge.com/conference-previews/north-dakota-state/
Northern Iowa: http://thefcswedge.com/conference-previews/2016-mvfc-preview-northern-iowa/
South Dakota: http://thefcswedge.com/conference-previews/2016-mvfc-preview-south-dakota/
Southern Illinois: http://thefcswedge.com/conference-previews/mvfc/2016-mvfc-preview-southern-illinois/
South Dakota State: http://thefcswedge.com/conference-previews/2016-mvfc-preview-south-dakota-state/
Western Illinois: http://thefcswedge.com/conference-previews/2016-mvfc-preseason-preview-western-illinois/
Youngstown State: http://thefcswedge.com/conference-previews/2016-mvfc-preseason-preview-youngstown-state/