Friday, September 20, 2024

RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of September 21, 2024-Part 3 (FOUR BONUS PREDICTIONS)

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.


Featured games in BOLD type.


FCS vs. FCS


Saturday, September 21


Jackson State (2-1) at Grambling State (2-1)

(The Tigers from Mississippi travel west to take on the Tigers from Louisiana in the SWAC opener for both teams!!!!!)


Southern (1-2) at Prairie View A&M (1-2)


Texas Southern (1-1) at Lamar (2-1)


Alcorn State (1-2) at McNeese State (2-2)



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Thursday, September 19, 2024

RFC Throwback Thursday: South Carolina State Football-1973


(Video #1 courtesy of South Carolina State University.)



(Video #2 courtesy of South Carolina State University.)


This week's installment of "RFC Throwback Thursday" features the then-South Carolina State College-now University-football team from 1973. After a slow start, the Bulldogs from Orangeburg, South Carolina won seven straight games to finish the regular season at 7-2-1. S.C. State finished the season at 7-3-1 season after losing to Florida A&M in the Orange Blossom Classic on December 8. 


The first video listed above is the film documentary of the 1973 South Carolina State squad and its' story, while the second video found below features the 50th anniversary banquet for the team from 2023, which was led by then-first year head coach Willie Jeffries


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Wednesday, September 18, 2024

RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of September 21, 2024-Part 2

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.


Featured games in BOLD type.

FBS Group Of Five vs. FBS Group Of Five


Saturday, September 21

Rice (1-2) at Army (2-0)

Ball State (1-1) at Central Michigan (1-2)

Utah State (1-2) at Temple (0-3)

UTEP (0-3) at Colorado State (1-2)

Tulsa (1-2) at Louisiana Tech (1-1)

New Mexico State (1-2) at Sam Houston State (2-1)

Wyoming (0-3) at North Texas (2-1)


FBS Group Of Five vs. FCS

Saturday, September 21

Central Connecticut State (2-1) at Massachusetts (0-3)

Houston Christian (1-2) at UTSA (1-2)

Monmouth (N.J.)-(1-2) at Florida International (1-2)

Portland State (0-2) at Boise State (1-1)

Northern Iowa (2-1) at Hawai'i (1-2)


FCS vs. FCS


Saturday, September 21

Maine (1-2) at Merrimack (1-2)

Brown at Georgetown (D.C.)-(2-1)

Norfolk State (1-3) at VMI (0-3)

Drake (1-0) at South Dakota (1-1)

Yale at Holy Cross (1-2)

St. Thomas (Minn.)-(1-2) at Lindenwood (0-3)

Bryant (1-2) at New Hampshire (2-1)

Western Carolina (1-2) at Montana (2-1)

Howard (2-1) at Hampton (2-1)

East Tennessee State (1-2) at Elon (1-2)

NCAA Division II

Thursday, September 19

Harding (2-0) at Arkansas-Monticello (2-0)

(The defending national champion Bisons battle the Boll Weevils in a big Great American Conference contest!!!!!)

Glenville State (0-2) at Fairmont State (1-1)

Edward Waters (1-2) at Benedict (0-2)

Friday, September 20

Southern Connecticut State (1-1) at Bentley (2-0)

Saturday, September 21

Wingate (2-0) at Carson-Newman (2-0)

(The Eagles play host to the Bulldogs in the South Atlantic Conference opener for both teams!!!!!)

Minot State (3-0) at Minnesota State (3-0)

(The Mavericks match up against the upstart Beavers in this unlikely battle of unbeaten teams in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference!!!!!)

Arkansas Tech (2-0) at Henderson State (2-0)

(In another showdown between undefeated teams, it's the Reddies squaring off against the Wonder Boys in another critical GAC clash!!!!!)

West Alabama (3-0) at West Florida (1-0)

(The Argonauts return from a more than two-week layoff when they open Gulf South Conference action against the Tigers this weekend!!!!!)


Central Missouri (1-1) at Davenport (2-0)

Clarion (2-1) at Shepherd (1-1)

Winston-Salem State (2-1) at Virginia State (1-1)

Missouri Western State (2-1) at Emporia State (3-0)

Bemidji State (2-1) at Sioux Falls (3-0)

Virginia Union (1-1) at Johnson C. Smith (3-0)

Fort Valley State (1-1) at Delta State (2-1)

Central Oklahoma (2-0) at Nebraska-Kearney (2-0)


NCAA Division III

Friday, September 20

Worcester Tech (2-0) at RPI (1-1)

Union (N.Y.)-(1-1) at Springfield (2-0)

Western New England (1-1) at St. Lawrence (1-1)

Saturday, September 21

Cortland (2-0) at Susquehanna (2-0)

(The defending national champion Red Dragons hope to stay undefeated against another unbeaten team in the River Hawks!!!!!)

Salisbury (2-0) at Johns Hopkins (2-0)

(The Blue Jays square off against the Sea Gulls in this battle of unbeaten teams from Maryland!!!!!)

Berry (1-1) at Randolph-Macon (2-0)

Wartburg (1-1) at Central (2-0)

Carroll (Wis.)-(1-0) at Washington-St. Louis (1-0)

Rockford (2-0) at Benedictine (Ill.)-(2-0)

Mary Hardin-Baylor (0-1) at Wisconsin-Whitewater (2-0)

Western Connecticut State (1-1) at Westfield State (1-1)

Greenville (Ill.)-(2-0) at Wisconsin-River Falls (1-0)

Redlands (0-1) at Linfield (1-1)

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (1-0) at George Fox (2-0)

Chapman (1-0) at Whitworth (2-0)

Texas Lutheran (2-0) at McMurry (1-1)

Ohio Northern (1-0) at Heidelberg (1-0)

Rowan (2-0) at Ursinus (2-0)

NAIA

Saturday, September 21


Florida Memorial (1-0-1) at Cumberland (Tenn.)-(3-0)

(The Phoenix face off against a Lions that's coming off a rare tie against NCAA Division II Clark Atlanta from last weekend, in a key early-season, non-conference clash!!!!!)

College of Idaho (2-1) at Southern Oregon (2-0)

(Coming off an upset loss to Montana Western last weekend, the 'Yotes will look to bounce back against an unbeaten Raiders team in a critical Frontier Conference contest!!!!!)

Kansas Wesleyan (1-2) at Friends (3-0) 

Siena Heights (0-3) at St. Francis (Ind.)-(1-1)

Missouri Valley (2-0) at Grand View (2-0)

Pikeville (0-3) at Faulkner (0-2)

Bluefield (Va.)-(1-2) at Campbellsville (3-0)


INTERDIVISIONAL GAMES


Saturday, September 21


Wisconsin-La Crosse (NCAA Division III)-(2-0) at Grand Valley State (NCAA Division II)-(2-0)

(The #2 NCAA Division II Lakers face the #5 NCAA Division III Eagles in a rare battle between two perennial small college powers from separate divisions!!!!!)


Michigan Tech (NCAA Division II)-(2-1) at Wisconsin-Oshkosh (NCAA Division III)-(2-0)


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Tuesday, September 17, 2024

RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of September 21, 2024-Part 1

Last Week: 59-26 (.694)

This Year: 192-76 (.716)

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

FBS Group Of Five vs. FBS Group Of Five

Thursday, September 19

South Alabama (1-2) at Appalachian State (2-1)

Friday, September 20

San Jose State (3-0) at Washington State (3-0)

(The Pac-12 Cougars clash with the Mountain West Conference Spartans in an unlikely battle of unbeaten teams on the West Coast!!!!!)

Saturday, September 21

Memphis (3-0) at Navy (2-0)

(Fresh off a huge win at Florida State last weekend, the Tigers hope to stay unbeaten when they open American Athletic Conference action against the Midshipmen on the road this weekend!!!!!)

Buffalo (2-1) at Northern Illinois (2-0)

(Also coming off an upset win over then-No. 5 Notre Dame on September 7, the Huskies host the Bulls in the Mid-American Conference opener for both teams!!!!!) 

East Carolina (2-1) at Liberty (3-0)

(The Flames play host to a Pirates team that lost a heartbreaker at home to Appalachian State last weekend!!!!!)

Toledo (3-0) at Western Kentucky (2-1)

(As another team that came off a big win over a "power conference" opponent [Mississippi State], the Rockets hope to continue winning against the Hilltoppers in a Mid-American Conference vs. Conference USA clash!!!!!)

Tulane (1-2) at Louisiana (2-0)

Southern Mississippi (1-2) at Jacksonville State (0-3)

Florida Atlantic (1-2) at UConn (1-2)

Fresno State (2-1) at New Mexico (0-3)


FBS Group Of Five vs. FCS

Saturday, September 21

St. Francis (Pa.)-(1-2) at Eastern Michigan (2-1)

Eastern Washington (1-2) at Nevada (1-3)

Florida A&M (2-1) at Troy (0-3)


FCS vs. FCS


Saturday, September 21

The Citadel (2-1) at Mercer (3-0)

(The Bears battle the Bulldogs in a key early-season Southern Conference contest!!!!!)


San Diego (2-0) at North Dakota (2-1)

(The Fighting Hawks from the Missouri Valley Football Conference play host to the Pioneer Football League Toreros in a non-conference clash that could impact the FCS playoff picture!!!!!)


Southeast Missouri State (2-1) at Southern Illinois (2-1)

(The Salukis square off against the Redhawks in their annual "War For The Wheel"!!!!!)


Furman (1-2) at William & Mary (2-1)

South Dakota State (2-1) at Southeastern Louisiana (1-2)

Towson (1-2) at North Dakota State (2-1)

Fordham (0-3) at Dartmouth

Penn at Delaware (2-0)

Idaho (2-1) at Abilene Christian (2-1)

Morehead State (2-1) at Eastern Kentucky (1-2)



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Thursday, September 12, 2024

RFC Throwback Thursday: Northern Illinois Football's Biggest Wins-1988 & 1990


(Video #1 courtesy of Northern Illinois University)



(Video #2 courtesy of Northern Illinois University)



This week's installment of "RFC Throwback Thursday" takes a special look back at some of Northern Illinois University's biggest wins on the gridiron over the years.


The first video features a brief clip of the Huskies pulling off the upset over Wisconsin in the closing seconds of a 1988 contest, while the second video has selected excerpts from a television broadcast of NIU's game against a then-undefeated Fresno State squad on October 6, 1990. NIU crushed the then-#24 Bulldogs 73-18 en route to a final overall record of 6-5 that season. 


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