Editor's Note: Welcome to the 2011 edition of the "Lightning Round", on RFC. Each week during the small college football season, the "Lightning Round" will make predictions on small college football games of interest across the United States, as well as one institution in Canada.
Before proceeding, here are a few ground rules. The following games are eligible for inclusion in each week's installment of TLR:
*--FCS vs. FCS (formerly NCAA Division I-AA)
*--FCS vs. NCAA Division II
*--NCAA Division II vs. NCAA Division III
*--NCAA Division II vs. NAIA
*--Any other game that features teams currently in the four lower or small college divisions of the NCAA, as well as the entire NAIA.
The following games are ineligible for inclusion on TLR:
*--FCS vs. FBS (formerly NCAA Division I-A)
(Example: Eastern Washington [FCS] at Washington [FBS])
Key: Featured games are listed in BOLD type.
Projected winners are marked in RED.
Other games of interest are listed in normal type.
FCS
Schedule of games for week of September 3, 2011
Thursday, September 1
Tennessee-Martin at Jacksonville State
(Season opener for the Sports Network No. 9 Gamecocks!)
Western Illinois at Sam Houston State
(Leathernecks head to Texas for a battle with the Bearkats!)
Illinois State at Eastern Illinois
NCAA Division II
Schedule for week of September 3, 2011
Thursday, September 1
St. Cloud State at California (Pa.)
(Vulcans play host to the Huskies in non-conference battle between Super Region 1 and Super Region 3!)
Colorado State-Pueblo at West Texas A&M
(Thunderwolves travel to Texas to take on the AFCA No. 19 Buffaloes!)
Washburn at Sioux Falls
(Cougars make their "transitional" D-II debut against the Ichabods!)
Western Oregon at Grand Valley State
Friday, September 2
Texas A&M-Kingsville at Central Washington
4 years ago
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