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State of the Program: Florida Atlantic Owls
Head Coach: Zach Kittley is entering his first season as the head coach of the Owls. Kittley is well known for his ability to craft high flying offenses. The most notable instance was his tenure as the OC at Western Kentucky where they imported Kittley, Bailey Zappe, and other members of a successful offense at…
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College Football Roundup Week 1
Welcome! This is a new weekly article where I’ll break down some interesting results from each conference and break down what it means, without attempting to make any crazy “hot takes” (we’ll see how that goes.) I opened this year differently, most of the time I watch from home to begin the season or if…
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State of the Program: Florida Atlantic Owls
Head Coach: Tom Herman is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Owls with a 4-8 record. It was a building season along with them joining a new conference. Herman had lots of success in his career, he led Ohio State to a national title in 2014 as their Offensive coordinator. Herman…
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State of the Program: UAB Blazers
Head Coach: Trent Dilfer is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Blazers with a 4-8 record. He’s a former Super Bowl winning QB for the Baltimore Ravens, overall NFL Journeyman and spent a long time as an NFL media member. This job is the first thing he’s done related to college…
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State of the Program: Rice Owls
Head Coach: Mike Bloomgren is entering his 7th year as the head coach of the Rice Owls with a 22-46 record. It’s been a bit of a long build for Bloomgren and he’s yet to have a winning record but they’ve been steadily improving since 2020. Last year was his best work yet they improved…
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State of the Program: Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Head Coach: Kevin Wilson is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Golden Hurricane with a 4-8 record. It was a mostly up and down first year. Wilson is most known for long stints as the offensive coordinator for Oklahoma and Ohio State, he was also the head coach for Indiana which…
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State of the Program: North Texas Mean Green
Head Coach: Eric Morris is entering his 2nd year as the head coach of the Mean Green. Before his stop at North Texas his previous head coach experience involved when he turned Incarnate Word into a consistent FCS playoff contender. So there’s promise for what he can do here. Program Outlook: North Texas is getting…
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State of the Program: Charlotte 49ers
Head Coach: Biff Poggi is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Charlotte 49ers with a 3-9 record. He’s a one of a kind personality who never wears sleeves and he’s developed a following as a result. His path is unorthodox too, he spent most of his career as a high school…
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State of the Program: East Carolina Pirates
Head Coach: Mike Houston is entering his 6th year as the head coach of the Pirates with a 24-34 record. Houston has a history of success, most notably slaying the North Dakota State beast to win a FCS national title at James Madison. He took this program over when it was in need of a…
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State of the Program: Army Black Knights
Head Coach: Jeff Monken is entering his 11th season as the head coach of Army with a 70-55 record. He’s done an incredible job here, before he took the job in 2014 Army had just 2 winning seasons in the last 2 decades. Now winning is a regular thing and most importantly he’s shifted the…
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