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100 Days, 100 Reasons G6 Football Matters — No. 99: App State Over Michigan
September 1, 2007. Appalachian State 34, Michigan 32. In the Big House. The upset that gave every G6 fan base a permanent answer.
Bishop Davenport Went From Fourth String to South Alabama’s Foundation. Now Comes the Hard Part.
The redshirt senior’s journey from emergency duty at Utah State to a full season as the Jaguars’ starter is one of the best quarterback stories in the Sun Belt. In 2026, he has to turn it into wins.
Your Best Player Just Left. His Contract Says He Owes You. Good Luck Collecting.
NIL buyout clauses may be the only retention tool Group of 6 programs have against the transfer portal. No court has ruled on the merits.
100 Days, 100 Reasons G6 Football Matters
No. 100: MACtion
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The G6 was never allowed to compound
If the College Football Playoff had started with 24 teams in 2014, 21 of 80 qualifying programs would have come from the Group of 6. Every one of them was denied the chance to build on it.
THE BOARD: Jacksonville State Basketball
Ray Harper enters his 11th year with a 600-win career, a gutted roster and the same pitch he's always made: minutes, development and a track record.
Alabama has four G6 football programs. It's time they acted like it.
THE BOARD: South Alabama Basketball
Richie Riley lost 35.9 PPG and went global to replace it — six signings from five competitive levels across three continents
THE BOARD: Troy Basketball
Adam Howard returns to Troy after back-to-back championships, a coaching exodus and 50.7 PPG lost to the portal. The rebuild starts now.
The door that only opens from the inside
In 2003, Tulane’s president told Congress the system was rigged. Twenty-three years later, the same argument is being made by the people who thought they were on the other side.
THE BOARD: UAB Basketball
Andy Kennedy rebuilds the roster — again. The Portal King adds 12 players in a month.
USF’s Rob Higgins is building something different in Tampa — and the fan base is buying in
The only CEO of athletics in college sports has made three major coaching hires, added a Hall of Fame COO and broken ground on a $348.5 million stadium. His fan base approves at 95 percent.
The Pac-12’s tax return is a snapshot of the divide between Power 4 and everyone else
Revenue dropped from $566.6 million to $111.5 million. The rebuild projects $13.2 million per school. The gap between P4 and G6 is structural.
USF’s $350 million answer to a 30-year problem is going vertical
South Florida has never played a home game on its own campus. A $348.5 million stadium now rising in Tampa changes that in 2027.
Back When: The day Troy went to Starkville and announced itself
In their first crack at an SEC team as a I-A program, the Trojans went to Mississippi State as 26-point underdogs and won 21-9.
Alex Mortensen knows the job is hard. He wants UAB fans to know he’s not running from it.
The first-year UAB head coach gave his most detailed interview yet. Here’s what stood out for Blazer fans.
Savior or surrender: The G6 playoff proposal isn’t what it looks like
The White House wants to give the Group of 6 its own playoff. Before you celebrate, look at what they’re asking for in return — and what they’ve done every other time.
He didn’t know what football was. Now he starts for Troy.
Troy Athletics told the story of Tyler Cappi, a walk-on OL born in South Korea who didn’t discover football until age 12.
76 teams, same problem: NCAA tournament expansion won’t help the G6
Kevin Scarbinsky breaks down why the eight new at-large spots will go to 17-and-16 Auburns, not UABs.
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