The FCS championship game will keep being played at a professional soccer stadium in North Texas through at least 2020.
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Jacksonville State can become only the fourth team to win titles in both NCAA Division I and Division II, joining North Dakota State, Montana State and Delaware.
No. 1 Jacksonville State will make its first-ever appearance in the FCS championship game Saturday, riding in with a 13-1 record.
“The Division I Football Championship Game has been a world-class event for the past five years”, said Tennessee Tech athletic director Mark Wilson, chairman of the NCAA Division I football championship committee.
RUNNING FOR SCORES: Jacksonville State has rushed for six touchdowns in each of its three playoff games.
“People thought, well, the Bison are probably done”, Klieman said.
North Dakota State should be at full strength with starting quarterback Carson Wentz, a prospective first-round National Football League draft pick who has been sidelined since October with a wrist injury, back under center. “It’s pretty good to be representing our state”. The top-ranked Gamecocks will be looking to end the record-setting four-year reign of FCS powerhouse North Dakota State. “Frisco is a great place for this title game because our community is dynamic, collaborative and sport-centric”.
Kelly is in his second season playing for the Bison.
Wood played in 12 games and had 14 tackles and two quarterback sacks.
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After Jones moved on to Jacksonville State, the likes of Josh Bettistea (Gardner-Webb) and Russell Halimon (Arizona) built on the lineage of running backs that Jones helped launch. “I wanted to come out here and do the same for the players that are playing”. “I think that’s where the bar is at right now”. “This week has been a whirlwind realizing I’m going to get a chance to start one more time”. Landrum said their focus is on winning their title, and not worrying about how much attention the Crimson Tide will get in preparation for their championship game.
