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October 2nd, 2009, 02:52 PM
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By Chuck Burton, The CSN Way Columnist
Football players are no stranger to the razor. Many of them know what it’s like to get a close shave - whether getting a buzz cut, shaving their heads, or even getting a mohawk.
As the FCS season goes from out-of-conference tune-ups and money games with FBS schools to key games in conference play, the stakes get even higher. Games that may have seemed like speed bumps on the way to the conference championship end up being tests of a team’s grit and character. Conversely, beating a conference opponent ranked in the Top 25 is a perfect way to ruin a rivals’ season - or a great way to get on the national radar screen.
So far in this young season, we’ve seen some classic “close shaves” already in conference play. This week, we’ll take a closer look at eight of them - and two huge conference upsets in the early going - to get a taste of the types of “close shaves” and big upsets that conference play is all about. It could be a preview of what to expect in the weeks to come.
Read more ... (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/index.php/2009/10/02/the-csn-way-close-conference-shaves?blog=5#more5642)
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00872/02_rooport_380x529_872075a.jpg
By Chuck Burton, The CSN Way Columnist
Football players are no stranger to the razor. Many of them know what it’s like to get a close shave - whether getting a buzz cut, shaving their heads, or even getting a mohawk.
As the FCS season goes from out-of-conference tune-ups and money games with FBS schools to key games in conference play, the stakes get even higher. Games that may have seemed like speed bumps on the way to the conference championship end up being tests of a team’s grit and character. Conversely, beating a conference opponent ranked in the Top 25 is a perfect way to ruin a rivals’ season - or a great way to get on the national radar screen.
So far in this young season, we’ve seen some classic “close shaves” already in conference play. This week, we’ll take a closer look at eight of them - and two huge conference upsets in the early going - to get a taste of the types of “close shaves” and big upsets that conference play is all about. It could be a preview of what to expect in the weeks to come.
Read more ... (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/index.php/2009/10/02/the-csn-way-close-conference-shaves?blog=5#more5642)