FCS over FBS Scalp Watch 2024

[bonarae]

One hundred and twenty-one games. Some FCS are playing 2 FBS this season.

About time to discuss this... do you there will be less than 10 scalps again this season?

https://herosports.com/fcs-football-...mes-2024-bzbz/

No games in Weeks 6-8, and Week 11.

Week 0

Montana State at New Mexico

Delaware State at Hawaii

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Week 1

SEMO at New Mexico State
Fordham at Bowling Green
Southern Utah at Utah
Lafayette at Buffalo
Alabama State at UAB
North Carolina A&T at Wake Forest
New Hampshire at UCF
Elon at Duke
Abilene Christian at Texas Tech
Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Arkansas
Eastern Kentucky at Mississippi State
ETSU at Appalachian State
Furman at Ole Miss
Illinois State at Iowa
Murray State at Missouri
North Dakota at Iowa State
North Dakota State at Colorado
Portland State at Washington State
Richmond at Virginia
Southeastern Louisiana at Tulane
UC Davis at Cal
Weber State at Washington
Western Carolina at NC State
Sacramento State at San Jose State
Lamar at Texas State
Idaho State at Oregon State
UT Martin at Kansas State
Western Illinois at NIU
Duquesne at Toledo
Tarleton State at Baylor
Jackson State at ULM
Idaho at Oregon
Bucknell at Navy
Central Arkansas at Arkansas State
North Alabama at Memphis
Nicholls at Louisiana Tech
Northwestern State at Tulsa
South Dakota State at Oklahoma State
Stony Brook at Marshall
Grambling State at Louisiana
Houston Christian at SMU
Southern Illinois at BYU
Lindenwood at Kansas
Norfolk State at East Carolina
Towson at Cincinnati
Campbell at Liberty
Bethune-Cookman at USF
Austin Peay at Louisville
Chattanooga at Tennessee
Robert Morris at Utah State
Tennessee Tech at Middle Tennessee
Merrimack at Air Force
CCSU at Central Michigan
Howard at Rutgers
Lehigh at Army
Texas A&M-Commerce at San Diego State
Alabama A&M at Auburn
Eastern Illinois at Illinois
Indiana State at Purdue

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Week 2

Duquesne at Boston College
Florida A&M at Miami
UAlbany at West Virginia
Northern Colorado at Colorado State
Eastern Kentucky at WKU
Tennessee Tech at Georgia
South Dakota at Wisconsin
McNeese at Texas A&M
Samford at Florida
Rhode Island at Minnesota
Chattanooga at Georgia State
Idaho at Wyoming
Cal Poly at Stanford
Southeastern Louisiana at Southern Miss
Northern Arizona at Arizona
Missouri State at Ball State
William & Mary at Coastal Carolina
Southern Utah at UTEP
Utah Tech at UNLV
Sacramento State at Fresno State
Gardner-Webb at James Madison
Saint Francis at Kent State
Nicholls at LSU
Stephen F. Austin at North Texas
Western Illinois at Indiana
Alcorn State at Vanderbilt
Texas Southern at Rice
Merrimack at UConn
LIU at TCU

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Week 3

Prairie View A&M at Michigan State
Morgan State at Ohio
Eastern Illinois at Northwestern
Northwestern State at South Alabama
Gardner-Webb at Charlotte
SC State at Georgia Southern
NC Central at North Carolina
Northern Iowa at Nebraska
Colgate at Akron
VMI at Georgia Tech
Bethune-Cookman at Western Michigan

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Week 4

Saint Francis at Eastern Michigan
Northern Iowa at Hawaii
Eastern Washington at Nevada
Youngstown State at Pitt
Houston Christian at UTSA
Villanova at Maryland
Portland State at Boise State
Florida A&M at Troy
Monmouth at FIU
CCSU at UMass

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Week 5

UT Martin at Kennesaw State
Holy Cross at Syracuse
Wagner at FAU

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Week 9

Wagner at UMass

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Week 10

Maine at Oklahoma

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Week 12

Murray State at Kentucky
Mercer at Alabama

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Week 13

The Citadel at Clemson
Charleston Southern at Florida State
Wofford at South Carolina

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

A quick glance...the Patriot League has 3 very winnable FBS games imo...

- Lafayette at Buffalo...this has to be one FCS's best opportunities to get a scalp. The PL has a winning record against the Buffalo since the Bulls moved to FBS in the early 2000s.
- Fordham at Bowling Green...the Rams nearly beat a good Ohio team in Athens two years ago then knocked off Buffalo last year. This figures to be a 4 quarter battle...
- Elon at Duke....the Blue Devils lost A LOT! I give the Phoenix a legit chance...
- North Dakota State at Colorado...this will be fun!
- Illinois State at Iowa...I favor the Hawkeyes but given their inept offense the Redbirds figure to have a punchers chance if they can get to 20 points...
- SELA at Tulane....Green Wave suffered massive losses...
- Sacramento State at San Jose State...Hornets should give the Spartans a 60 minute fight...
- South Dakota State at Oklahoma State...Like NDSU vs CU, I'll be locked into this one!
- W&M at Coastal Carolina...CCU is a program in transition, not sold on the Tribe, even so this should be one worth keeping an eye on...
- Colgate at Akron...Raiders have Top 25 potential, Akron has been a dumpster fire for a decade...

Potential Stunner?
South Dakota over Wisconsin?

[Mike296]

Ones to keep an eye out for me:

Merrimack vs UCONN- UCONN is awful normally. Though they have improved over the last couple years to my understanding.
Colgate vs Akron - I know very little about Colgate but I know Akron was very bad last year.
Montana St vs UNM - This to me seems like prime picking but I’m holding my breath.

[wapiti]

SEMO @ New Mexico State has a chance to be a scalp
as does Idaho @ Wyoming

[ElCid]

Surprised nobody spotted Northern Iowa at Hawaii yet. Hawaii has escaped a few scalps recently. They are primed to be scalped by a decent team. Hawaii's twelfth man, the time change, is the biggest hurdle.

[MR. CHICKEN]

Surprised nobody spotted Northern Iowa at Hawaii yet. Hawaii has escaped a few scalps recently. They are primed to be scalped by a decent team. Hawaii's twelfth man, the time change, is the biggest hurdle.

....N. [email protected] WEEK B/4......HAWAII.............BRAWK!

[UAalum72]

Surprised nobody spotted Northern Iowa at Hawaii yet. Hawaii has escaped a few scalps recently. They are primed to be scalped by a decent team. Hawaii's twelfth man, the time change, is the biggest hurdle.

Last year Albany spent four nights at a resort before the game. Assuming that's included in the travel expenses that Hawai'i pays, the time zone change shouldn't be a problem.

[NY Crusader 2010]

Ones to keep an eye out for me:

Merrimack vs UCONN- UCONN is awful normally. Though they have improved over the last couple years to my understanding.
Colgate vs Akron - I know very little about Colgate but I know Akron was very bad last year.
Montana St vs UNM - This to me seems like prime picking but I’m holding my breath.

My understanding is that UConn is slowly getting a little bit better year over year. This matchup does remind me of Fall 2021 though. Holy Cross beats UConn 38-28 to to open the season in Storrs. A week later, Merrimack absolutely runs all over us to the tune of a 35-21 final score that honestly looks closer than the actual game was. We were absolutely dominated at the point of attack that day.

Also Merrimack loses their head coach this year....to Holy Cross.

[ElCid]

Last year Albany spent four nights at a resort before the game. Assuming that's included in the travel expenses that Hawai'i pays, the time zone change shouldn't be a problem.

Yeah but having traveled across too many times zones for years, you never really feel 100% even after 4 days. I got used to it, but most of these youngsters won't.

[ST_Lawson]

Surprised nobody spotted Northern Iowa at Hawaii yet. Hawaii has escaped a few scalps recently. They are primed to be scalped by a decent team. Hawaii's twelfth man, the time change, is the biggest hurdle.

Interesting connection between the two schools (that was probably mentioned the last time they played)...Stan Sheriff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Sheriff

He was the UNI head football coach from 1960-1982 and AD from 1970-1983, and was instrumental in the construction of the UNI-Dome (https://unipanthers.com/honors/hall-...tan-sheriff/16). The field in the UNI-Dome is named Stan Sheriff Field.

He then returned home (he was born in Honolulu before Hawaii was a state) to become the AD at Hawaii from 1983 until his death in 1993. Although he didn't live to see it open, he lobbied for the construction of a new basketball/volleyball arena at the school which broke ground in 1992 and opened in 1994. In 1998 it was named the "Stan Sheriff Center": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Sheriff_Center