CSN Columnists

This week’s countdown is similar to last week’s poll ranking with the exception of a few teams moving around the bottom of the countdown and a big jump by the Jackson State Tigers. ...

This week the shift of interest moves to the SWAC with two ranked programs facing off from Dr. Cavil’s HBCU Football Poll Rankings. With the No. 5 Alabama A&M Bulldogs facing the No. 8 Jackson State Tigers.
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When my wife was pregnant with our first child, I referred to the impending arrival as "Sandy". Whether it was a reference to golfer Sandy Lyle or the head greenskeeper from "Caddyshack", it always sounded best with a heavy Scottish accent. Ultimately, I even pushed for Sandy as the kid's middle name, but my wife wasn't buying it. Still, I had a soft spot for the name, that was, at least until this past Monday. Whether it was the 90 mph winds that lashed CAA Today headquarters for 6 hours or the downed trees and power lines that littered the surrounding neighborhood, the name Sandy will never be the same. ...

Next week, our country will go to the polling booths to either retain a president or elect a new one. In the Football Championship Subdivision of NCAA Division I this year, especially in the FCS West, there are plenty of incumbents and newcomers at the top of the standings of their respective conferences. ...

As teams rise and fall in the weekly top ten countdowns, the Tennessee State Tigers continue to dominate the competition by remaining on top. The Tigers have defeated the No. 2 and No. 3 teams in the poll, Bethune-Cookman Wildcats and the Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions, respectively. ...

The CAA again has its share of teams that have played as predicted, others that have fizzled out and then a couple that ended up as big surprises. Let's do a quick recap and look towards the outlook for the rest of the season. ...

At this point in season, three weeks into the current year's Gridiron Power Index (GPI) we usually notice how the human opinion polls (FCS Coaches Poll - FCP and The Sports Network Poll - SNW) start to become near replicas of each other and how the GPI dramatically differs from them both. ...