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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.

Back When: The day Jacksonville State hit the map
On Sept. 4, 2010, the Gamecocks walked into Vaught-Hemingway Stadium as a $300,000 sacrificial lamb. They left with an SEC scalp and a signal that the climb was just getting started.

The war never stopped
The current climate feels existential for the G6. But this class war has been raging since the first TV camera pointed at a football field — and I’ve been covering it for three decades.

The G6 Diehard Podcast is coming
College sports through the lens of the Group of 6 — hosted by Tim Stephens
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Jax State opens 2026 at NDSU — and the Bison aren’t your typical FBS newcomer
North Dakota State brings 10 national titles to the FBS. But as Jax State and James Madison have proven, the newbies can win quickly.

Jax State's 2026 conference schedule is set after Louisiana Tech settlement clears the way
The defending CUSA champions open league play at home against Middle Tennessee on Sept. 26
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