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Samuel Akem (FCS analyst) on Jacks, Yotes, UND, MVFC, Montana schools, and who are the real FCS title contenders?
At a level of college football where NIL resources aren't nearly as high as the Power Four leagues and parity is supposedly greater, weird things are happening to the "haves" of the FCS.
Preseason No. 1 Montana State lost at 0-4 Idaho.
Preseason No. 2 Montana has lost three times, twice to FCS teams, and the Griz appear allergic to defense.
Preseason No. 3 South Dakota State rose to No. 1 for exactly a week before North Dakota smothered the Jackrabbits. They had been in the driver's seat for a Top 2 playoff spot and home field advantage through the championship game.
That same UND team had…
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