Tag: College Football 2025 previews
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State of the Program: Northern Illinois Huskies
Head Coach: Thomas Hammock is entering his 7th season as the head coach of the Huskies with a 32-38 record. It was a very up and down early going but he steadied the ship. Hammock has a MAC championship on his resume, 2 bowl wins and he has some big time wins on his resume.…
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State of the Program: Eastern Michigan Eagles
Head Coach: Chris Creighton is entering his 12th season as the head coach of the Eagles with a 57-75 record. That record does not pop out at you but when you add context, it becomes impressive. Before Creighton arrived in 2014, the program’s last winning season was in 1995 and their last bowl appearance was…
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State of the Program: Bowling Green Falcons
Head Coach: Eddie George is entering his 1st season as the head coach of the Falcons. He comes over after compiling a 24-22 record after taking over a challenging situation at Tennessee State, he led the Tigers to a 5 way tie for their conference title and a FCS playoff appearance last season. He’s also…
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State of the Program: UTEP Miners
Head Coach: Scotty Walden is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Miners with a 3-9 record. His impact is already being felt for the program, he brought a lot of energy to a program that needed it. Now there’s a lot of excitement for what he can do in year 2.…
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State of the Program: Sam Houston Bearkats
Head Coach: Phil Longo is entering his first season as the head coach of the Bearkats. He’s been an offensive coordinator at a variety of locations including Sam Houston. His previous stop was at Wisconsin where he aimed to install the “Dairy Raid” offense, but it was a great concept that never panned out. That’s…
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State of the Program: New Mexico State Aggies
Head Coach: Tony Sanchez is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Aggies with a 3-9 record. This is his 2nd head coaching job, previously he was at UNLV for 5 seasons going 20-40 but this was before that program broke through. Sanchez has a lot of ties to the Vegas area…
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State of the Program: Missouri State Bears
Head Coach: Ryan Beard is entering his 3rd season as the head coach of the Beard with a 12-11 record. He took over for Bobby Petrino as the head coach and it took only until his 2nd season to find success, the 8 win season last year was the Bears best record since 1990. Program…
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State of the Program: Mid Tenn State Blue Raiders
Head Coach: Derek Mason is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Blue Raiders with a 3-9 record. He also has previous experience as the head coach of Vanderbilt. Derek Mason’s first year wasn’t what they hoped, all 3 wins were by 9 or less points so it was tough sledding. Program…
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State of the Program: Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
Head Coach: Sonny Cumbie is entering his 4th season with the Bulldogs with a 11-26 record. It’s been tough sledding in Ruston so far for the former Red Raider Quarterback who is known for exciting offenses. He enters 2025 needing some positive momentum. Program Outlook: Louisiana Tech is a program that has a good history…
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State of the Program: Liberty Flames
Head Coach: Jamey Chadwell is entering his 3rd season with the Flames with a 21-5 record. He’s off to a great start winning a conference championship and reaching the Fiesta Bowl in his first year. Last year represented a step back but he’s still one of the top coaches in this conference and he has…
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