The 12th-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks are
loaded for what should be a memorable season, and they will attempt to avoid
an upset at the hands of the East Carolina Pirates in this non-conference
opener.

Frank Beamer's 25th season at the helm in
Blacksburg begins this weekend, as the 13th-ranked Virginia Tech Hokies open
up the 2011 campaign with a matchup against FCS foe Appalachian State at Lane
Stadium.

The Big East Conference is expected to make
official a move that was widely reported last month by adding Temple as its
newest member.

Before the season started, Towson was picked
to finish last in CAA Football.

It sounds almost sacrilegious to say CAA
Football is not the best conference in the FCS.

Georgia State announced on Thursday a 2012
football schedule highlighted by the Panthers' first season in CAA Football
and a non-conference game at the University of Tennessee.

Old Dominion defensive tackle Ronnie
Cameron has been added to the Players All-Star Classic on Saturday.

The axiom for college recruiting is for a
particular university to keep the top high school players from its state at
home in its signing class.

Big Ten action with conference title
implications is on tap this weekend in Madison, as the seventh-ranked
Wisconsin Badgers play host to the eighth-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Former James Madison All-America linebacker
Charles Haley, the only NFL player to win five Super Bowls, has been named
the FCS ambassador for the 2012 NCAA Division I Football Championship.

James Madison's nationally ranked football
team is reeling from the indefinite suspension of starting quarterback Justin
Thorpe.

CAA Football is taking its show on the
road this weekend. But, the four teams from the FCS' toughest conference are
more than prepared for the challenge.

Old Dominion football will play six home games
in 2012, kicking off the season against Duquesne on Sept. 1.

The Big Ten opener certainly didn't go
according to plan for the Cornhuskers. It did for the Badgers.

The Sports Network/Fathead.com FCS Top 25
looks a lot different at the midway point of the regular season from the
preseason poll back in August.