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Get the edge on everything FCS football with The FCS Edge. Join expert national FCS writers Craig Haley and Zach McKinnell each week as they break down the biggest stories, standout performances and rising programs from across FCS college football.From in-depth analysis of the Top 25 to game-changing matchups and players making noise, The FCS Edge gives you the insight and perspective you won’t find anywhere else.Subscribe now so you never miss an episode — and be sure to visit https://theanalyst.com/competition/fcs-football/articles for even more coverage and data-driven stories from the world of FCS college football.
Opta Analyst hosts The FCS Edge, a sports show with 70 episodes published.
The boys are back in town … The offseason is over, kickoff is nearing and The FCS Edge has returned with co-hosts Craig Haley and Zach McKinnell. Not only do they review the Top 25 preseason poll and begin to set you up
National championship-winning programs tend to move up to the FBS, not across the FCS, but the Villanova Wildcats – 2009 national champions and semifinalists last season – have moved into Patriot League football – with t
The Jerry Rice Award has a strong history of recipients since its inception in 2011, but during the 2020s decade, five of the first six standouts to be named FCS national freshman player of the year have made a transfer
After Youngstown State’s Beau Brungard became just the third FCS quarterback to have both 3,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards in the same season, he seeks to become just the third to win the Walter Payton Award f
NFL Draft expert Eric Galko is on the clock. Our guest on The FCS Edge – from the East-West Shrine Bowl and Optimum Scouting – gives host Craig Haley an inside look at top FCS prospects for the 2026 NFL Draft. Eric also
Sometimes fantasy football is real life. Just ask Chicago State football coach Bobby Rome II, who’s been building his FCS start-up program from the ground up and toward an inaugural season in 2026. Taking a break from th
FCS football is coming of a successful championship game in Nashville, Tennessee, but key decisions are on the way. The date for the final game of the 2026 season may change, and the host city beyond then is still to be
Montana State’s overtime win over Illinois State in the FCS championship game was off-the-charts thrilling, and Craig Haley and Zach McKinnell break it down in The FCS Edge, episode 20. As part of the 2025 season’s final
FCS fans, take a bow, we’ve arrived in FCS championship week. The Montana State vs. Illinois State matchup is incredible, and Craig Haley and Zach McKinnell will get you ready for it in The FCS Edge, episode 19. From key
Tighten your seat belt even more - FCS football is not for the faint of heart. One of its biggest rivalries and two party crashers fill the playoff semifinals just one week after the Celebration Bowl had its wildest fini
FCS college football is giving you a chance to sleep after Friday night’s quarterfinal, but set the alarm because this weekend’s schedule is can’t-miss with one big game after another. In The FCS Edge, episode 17, co-hos
You’re not still eating turkey leftovers, are you? No, no, no, throw it away and take a bite out of The FCS Edge, episode 16, where co-hosts Craig Haley and Zach McKinnell are serving up the fresh menu of the FCS postsea
Archimedes, Pythagoras and all the great mathematicians took a pass on trying to figure out the FCS postseason tiebreakers and chaos, but the good doctors are in the house to decipher it for you. In The FCS Edge, episode
Before all the chaos on Saturday, relax, take a deep breath and embrace the playoff possibilities with The FCS Edge. No wait, In episode 14, co-hosts Craig Haley and Zach McKinnell are bursting bubbles, discussing the wi
With Selection Sunday fast approaching, The FCS Edge has gone right to the source. In episode 13, co-hosts Craig Haley and Zach McKinnell welcome in special guests Mark Wharton, the chair of the FCS playoff selection com
Even the Bison – OK, Bizon! – want to be the GOAT. On episode 12 of The FCS Edge, living legend Jerry Rice – the GOAT – joins co-hosts Craig Haley and Zach McKinnell for a lively conservation on his FCS roots and nationa
The 2025 FCS season’s biggest regular-season showdown is here – No. 1 North Dakota State vs. No. 2 South Dakota State, the Dakota Marker Game – and The FCS Edge is all over it in episode 11. Co-hosts Craig Haley and Zach
Have you caught your breath yet from Jackson State’s thrilling win over Alabama State? On The FCS Edge, co-hosts Craig Haley and Zach McKinnell are still trying, like many of us, so in episode 10, they brought in the rig
There have been special guests on The FCS Edge this season, but in episode 9, co-hosts Craig Haley and Zach McKinnell welcome in perhaps the greatest Buck Buchanan Award recipient, Jared Allen. The 2025 Pro Football Hall
Catch them if you can. In The FCS Edge, episode 8, co-hosts Craig Haley and Zach McKinnell are exploring who’s sprinted out of the starting block of the 2025 season, from the Montana Grizzlies to the key MVFC powers with
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