FCS Football Talk

Sam Herder and Brian McLaughlin break down how they came up with the 2019 FCS Preseason Top 25, and defend their choices. Who are the surprises? Who isn't a surprise? We discuss it ... with mustard.

Sam Herder and Brian McLaughlin discuss the NFL Draft from the past weekend, the 150+ FCS products who will get rookie opportunities at camps in May, and who were the big surprises? And how does this whole undrafted free agent/tryout thing work? We explain.

Sam and Brian break down the FCS Pro Day winners and what is next heading into the NFL Draft, which is slated for the end of April. Plus ... Pro Day failures and the AAF collapse. What gives?

Sam Herder and Brian McLaughlin discuss who "won" the NFL Combine from an FCS perspective, and what's on tap for Pro Days this week on March 7 and 8. Also, how's that NDSU trip to the White House go, Mr. Easton Stick?

Sam Herder and Brian McLaughlin talk about the FCS products who will be at the NFL Combine starting this weekend, and break down each one -- and explain the details of the event.

Sam and Brian talk about the upcoming 2019 NFL Draft, the NFL Combine, FCS Pro Days and who may make NFL rosters from the FCS ranks this year.

Sam and Brian break down the FCS National Title Game in Frisco, TX, which will be on Saturday, Jan. 5 at 12 p.m. ET on ESPN2. We discuss how these two got here, how they've both dominated the decade, and how in the heck schools in Fargo and Cheney have created these monster FCS programs.

Eastern Washington head football coach Aaron Best sits down in the FCS Coaches Corner with HERO Sports' Brian McLaughlin, and we talk about the upcoming national title game, what it was like playing center and long snapper at EWU, and how'd the holiday season go with an FCS Title Game looming in the near future?

First of all ... thank for listening and Merry Christmas! Second of all? We have a great FCS Title Game Matchup with NDSU and Eastern Washington and we're looking forward to that and also looking forward to being in Frisco, Texas ... but why is Frisco so great?

Sam and Brian talk about the 19 head coaching changes currently going on in the FCS, as well as the FCS Semifinals and we also touch on the Celebration Bowl. All a part of the program as we go around the FCS.

Maine head coach Joe Harasymiak comes on the FCS Coaches Corner with HERO Sports' Brian McLaughlin and talks about a long trip to Ogden, Maine for the Quarterfinals, getting kids to come up to attend school in Maine and getting the live national platform of ESPN2 in primetime on Friday night.

Another FCS coach (Austin Peay's Will Healy) departs for the FBS (Mike Houston to East Carolina happened earlier this week) and we have four badass FCS quarterfinal games coming up this weekend to battle over. Which ones are 50/50? Which ones ... we ... aren't? We tell you.

News broke on Wednesday that James Madison head coach Mike Houston may have accepted the head coaching job at FBS Charlotte, in his home state. He wouldn't confirm that he accepted it, but did say he'd been offered it and was interested. Sam and Brian try to read between the lines, both about the job and how all of this affects Saturday's FCS 2nd Round Playoff game at Colgate.

Sam and Brian analyze the bracket and look forward to potential matchups down the line in the FCS Playoffs. How tough is NDSU's side of the bracket? Will a Big Sky team finally make it back to Frisco, or will somebody else mess that up? In many ways, we talked turkey, FCS style. Or maybe that it is that we are turkeys. Or maybe I should wrap up this description before I lose listeners.

North Dakota State head football coach Chris Klieman climbs on board with The FCS Coaches Corner with HERO Sports' Brian McLaughlin. We talked perfection, efficiency, Easton Stick and Greg Menard in their 17th years of eligibility, and what a tough S*B Klieman's famous dad was in Waterloo, Iowa when NDSU's coach was a kid.

The FCS Playoffs are upon us, the conference title scenarios are nutty, and there are bubble teams all over the place -- but by Sunday afternoon we'll have endured Selection Sunday and all of that will be behind us. How much craziness do we have ahead of us in the next week?

SEMO head coach Tom Matukewicz joins the FCS Coaches Corner and talks about the Redhawks' rise to prominence in the OVC and FCS, what it was like to get his first head coaching win -- in a bowl game -- and how nice it was to stop Jacksonville State's OVC win streak.

Colgate head coach Dan Hunt talks about an undefeated season (so far), the history on the campus in Hamilton (N.Y.), and has anybody tried to clone star defensive player Nick Wheeler yet ... and if not, why not?

When it comes to the FCS Playoff pictures, bring the Windex because the window for viewing might need a little bit of cleaning so you can make out the details on the other side. The FCS has been nuts, folks, and it's about to get nuttier. Where does JMU fit in now after a loss? Can a league get 6 teams in the FCS Playoffs for the first time? We talk about it all.

UC Davis head coach Dan Hawkins comes on the FCS Coaches Corner and talks about the key upcoming game at Eastern Washington, the culture at his alma mater and what it was like to coach at Boise State and Colorado.

In this FCS Coaches Corner episode, Mike Houston talks about the scenic trip to New Hampshire this weekend, CAA super depth, whether teaching chemistry can help create chemistry on a Division I team -- and Halloween with the Houstons, with Daddy getting the final inspection of all Peanut Butter Cups.

HERO Sports FCS Coordinator Brian McLaughlin dials up Samford head coach Chris Hatcher, as All-Americans Devlin Hodges and Kelvin McKnight prepare for a stretch run at the FCS Playoffs.

When will the upsets stop?! Brian McLaughlin, Sam Herder and Chase Kiddy sit down to discuss a tumultuous Week 8 schedule were there were more than a dozen upsets with FCS Football playoff implications. The guys go around the country and play a game of "Upset or No Upset?" They also discuss North Dakota State's Upset Alert fatigue and debate who the real No. 2 team in the country is before preview...

HERO Sports' CAA writer Chase Kiddy catches up with three key figures surrounding the James Madison football team -- quarterback Ben DiNucci, sixth-year senior tailback Cardon Johnson and head coach Mike Houston -- ahead of a critical conference game with Stony Brook. DiNucci and Johnson cover what's going well, and what can still be improved on, with JMU's (39.7 ppg) top-10 offense. Coach Houston...

HERO Sports FCS Coordinator Brian McLaughlin talks with Wofford head coach Josh Conklin two days before a major SoCon showdown with first-place East Tennessee State.