The Bluebloods

The Bluebloods

The official podcast of FCS Football Central on Sports Illustrated brings listeners weekly content on all things FCS football and keeps you updated on the unpredictable landscape of college football.

Episodes

October 16, 2025 59 mins

On this episode of The Bluebloods, Zach McKinnell and Timothy Rosario from FCS Football Central preview the biggest FCS games on the Week 8 slate. The duo discusses the massive Top 25 MVFC matchup between No. 9 North Dakota and No. 12 Southern Illinois, as well as a major OVC-Big South clash between No. 8 Tennessee Tech and Lindenwood. They also offer their thoughts on the FCS Playoff committee's Top 10 rankings, which were release...

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On this episode of The Bluebloods, Zach McKinnell and Timothy Rosario from FCS Football Central recap all the FCS football action from Week 7. The duo discusses North Dakota State’s Top 10 win over Southern Illinois, Jackson State taking control of the SWAC race with a win over Alabama State, Northern Colorado's stunning upset win over Idaho, North Dakota's statement win over Youngstown State, UC Davis' Top 25 victory over Northern...

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On this episode of The Bluebloods, Zach McKinnell and Timothy Rosario from FCS Football Central preview the biggest FCS games on the Week 7 slate. The duo discusses the massive Top 10 MVFC matchup between No. 1 North Dakota State and No. 8 Southern Illinois, as well as a major Big Sky clash between No. 1 North Dakota State and No. 6 Illinois State. They also preview a Top 25 UAC matchup between No. 6 UC Davis and No. 14 Northern Ar...

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On this episode of The Bluebloods, Zach McKinnell and Timothy Rosario from FCS Football Central take a way-too-early look at the current FCS Playoff picture before Week 7. The duo discusses which teams could be on the bubble in each conference, whether the Big Sky and MVFC have a path to receive six at-large bids, potential chaos scenarios, whether the Ivy League deserves multiple bids, and how the Southland could potentially secur...

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On this episode of The Bluebloods, Zach McKinnell and Timothy Rosario from FCS Football Central recap all the FCS football action from Week 6. The duo discusses North Dakota State's Top 10 win over Illinois State, South Dakota State's road victory over Youngstown State, Montana State's impressive defensive performance against Northern Arizona, and Austin Peay ending West Georgia's undefeated season. All this & more right here o...

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On this episode of The Bluebloods, Zach McKinnell and Timothy Rosario from FCS Football Central preview the biggest FCS games on the Week 6 slate. The duo discusses the massive Top 15 Big Sky matchup between No. 5 Montana State and No. 13 Northern Arizona, as well as a major MVFC clash between No. 1 North Dakota State and No. 6 Illinois State. They also preview a Top 25 UAC matchup between No. 16 West Georgia and No. 22 Austin Peay...

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On this episode of The Bluebloods, Zach McKinnell and Timothy Rosario from FCS Football Central recap all the FCS football action from Week 5. The duo discusses Montana's impressive win over Idaho in a Top 10 matchup, another statement win by North Dakota State over South Dakota, Incarnate Word's upset win over Abilene Christian, and Presbyterian & West Georgia moving to 5-0 with big conference wins. All this & more right h...

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On this episode of The Bluebloods, Zach McKinnell and Timothy Rosario from FCS Football Central preview the biggest FCS games on the Week 5 slate. The duo discusses the massive Top 10 Big Sky matchup between No. 5 Montana and No. 8 Idaho, as well as a major MVFC clash between No. 1 North Dakota State and No. 17 South Dakota. We also make our “Superdog” upset picks of the week and preview multiple other key Week 5 matchups. All this...

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On this episode of The Bluebloods, Zach McKinnell and Timothy Rosario from FCS Football Central recap all the FCS football action from Week 4. The duo discusses Monmouth's statement victory over Villanova, Abilene Christian's major UAC win over Austin Peay, and Northern Arizona's impressive win over Incarnate Word. They also discuss the current FCS landscape across every FCS conference ahead of Week 5. All this & more right her...

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On this episode of The Bluebloods, Zach McKinnell and Timothy Rosario from FCS Football Central preview the biggest FCS games on the Week 4 slate. The duo discusses the massive Top 25 CAA matchup between No. 11 Villanova and No. 21 Monmouth, a major UAC matchup between No. 18 Austin Peay and No. 14 Abilene Christian, along with an intriguing non-conference game between No. 19 Incarnate Word and No. 17 Northern Arizona. We also make...

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On this episode of The Bluebloods, Zach McKinnell and Timothy Rosario from FCS Football Central recap all the FCS football action from Week 3. The duo discusses Montana's thrilling comeback win over North Dakota, another statement win by West Georgia, Tarleton State's dominant victory over Central Arkansas, the defensive slugfest between Rhode Island and Holy Cross, and South Dakota's escape from an upset bid against Northern Color...

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On this episode of The Bluebloods, Zach McKinnell and Timothy Rosario from FCS Football Central preview the biggest FCS games on the Week 3 slate. The duo discusses the massive Top 25 matchup between No. 16 North Dakota and No. 5 Montana, as well as multiple underrated games, including No. 3 Tarleton State-Central Arkansas, No. 25 West Georgia-ETSU, and No. 6 Rhode Island-Holy Cross. We also make our “Superdog” upset picks of the w...

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On this episode of The Bluebloods, Zach McKinnell and Timothy Rosario from FCS Football Central recap all the FCS football action from Week 2. The duo discusses the thrilling overtime battle between South Dakota State and Montana State, South Dakota's collapse on the road against Lamar, two more FCS over FBS upsets from Long Island and Bryant, Abilene Christian's impressive win over Stephen F. Austin, and the first Division I win f...

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On this episode of The Bluebloods, Zach McKinnell is joined by Jamie Williams from FCS Fan Nation to preview the biggest FCS games on the Week 2 slate. The duo discusses the massive Top 5 matchup between No. 3 Montana State and No. 2 South Dakota State, as well as another important Top 25 battle between No. 16 Abilene Christian and No. 25 Stephen F. Austin. We also make our “Superdog” upset picks of the week and preview multiple ot...

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On this episode of The Bluebloods, Zach McKinnell and Timothy Rosario from FCS Football Central recap all the FCS football action from Week 1. The duo discusses South Dakota State's dominant win over Sacramento State, Lehigh's key Patriot League victory over Richmond, two FCS upsets over FBS teams by Austin Peay and Tarleton State, Monmouth's historic comeback win over Colgate, and a tough weekend for the SoCon. All this & more...

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On this episode of The Bluebloods, Zach McKinnell and Timothy Rosario from FCS Football Central preview the biggest FCS games on the Week 1 slate. The duo discusses the massive Top 15 matchup between No. 15 Sacramento State and No. 3 South Dakota State, as well as an important Patriot League matchup between No. 14 Lehigh and No. 25 Richmond. We also make our "Superdog" upset picks of the week and preview multiple other ke...

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On this episode of The Bluebloods, Zach McKinnell and Timothy Rosario from FCS Football Central recap all the FCS football action from Week 0. The duo discusses Nicholls' shocking upset over UIW, North Carolina Central's dominant win vs Southern, Idaho State's near-FBS upset against UNLV, and Tarleton State's historic shutout of Portland State. The two also debate whether we should hit the panic button on Incarnate Word? How good c...

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On this episode of The Bluebloods, Zach McKinnell and Timothy Rosario from FCS Football Central preview all the FCS football action on the Week 0 slate. The duo discusses the massive Top 15 matchup between No. 8 UC Davis and No. 11 Mercer, the MEAC/SWAC Challenge in Atlanta, the major Southland Conference battle between Nicholls and No. 5 Incarnate Word, and whether Tarleton State can meet the lofty preseason expectations against P...

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On this episode of The Bluebloods, Zach McKinnell is joined by Timothy Rosario from FCS Football Central on SI to preview the SWAC entering the 2025 college football season. The two discuss the biggest storylines and dark horse teams in the conference, while also projecting over/under win totals for every team in the SWAC ahead of the 2025 college football season. All this & more right here on The Bluebloods!


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On this episode of The Bluebloods, Zach McKinnell is joined by Timothy Rosario from FCS Football Central on SI to preview the MEAC entering the 2025 college football season. The two discuss the biggest storylines and dark horse teams in the conference, while also projecting over/under win totals for every team in the MEAC ahead of the 2025 college football season. All this & more right here on The Bluebloods!


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