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The Postgame Report: Jacksonville State 49, Eastern Kentucky 7
The Really Big Preview: Eastern Kentucky at Jacksonville State
After being dominated at North Dakota State, the Gamecocks look to get well against old rival Eastern Kentucky
What Jax State's Charles Kelly said ahead of the home opener against Eastern Kentucky
The second-year head coach diagnosed the NDSU loss, updated Mac Sanders' injury status and previewed Saturday's home opener against Eastern Kentucky.
There was a moment. Then there wasn't.
Jax State was right there in Fargo. A 4th-down stop and a two-minute collapse before halftime changed everything.
The Really Big Preview: Jacksonville State at North Dakota State
The most dominant FCS program in history makes its FBS debut against the team that wrote the blueprint for a successful transition. Week Zero. The Fargodome. National television. This is the best game nobody is talking about.
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Jax State is not going to Fargo to play a supporting role
Jacksonville State brings 50 lettermen and seven defensive starters to North Dakota State for a nationally televised Week Zero opener. The Gamecocks are not interested in which program CBS chooses to celebrate.
Jax State opens 2026 at NDSU — and the Bison aren’t your typical FBS newcomer
Kickoff: Saturday, 4:30 p.m. CT, CBS Sports Network. North Dakota State brings 10 national championships to the FBS. Here’s where the Gamecocks stand heading in.
Jacksonville State Gamecocks: 2026 defense preview — position by position
Seven starters return from a defense that finished second in CUSA in takeaways. The defensive line is the question mark.
Jacksonville State Gamecocks: 2026 offense preview — position by position
Charles Kelly’s Gamecocks must replace the FBS rushing leader, three starting offensive linemen and their every-down tight end — with a first-year offensive coordinator calling the plays and a dual-threat quarterback who is the most important player on the roster.
What Charles Kelly had to say at Jax State Football Media Day
The second-year head coach laid out five priorities for training camp, named newcomers who have impressed, broke down position battles across the roster and shared what 50 years of fall camps have taught him about starting from scratch.
THE BOARD: Jacksonville State Football
Charles Kelly's staff landed an 86-rated receiver and a 4-star cornerback in the program's fourth year of FBS football. The Gamecocks are competing up.
Jax State made its move
Jacksonville State hired Travis Creel away from his alma mater. That tells you everything about where this program is headed.
Back When: Fourth and Forever
In the last Division II game it would ever play, Jacksonville State won its only football national championship — and began the journey to FBS. One of the men who made that possible was a gentle giant from Fort Payne who didn’t know how good he was.
Now It's His Team
Charles Kelly spent all spring limiting Caden Creel’s run game. The championship loss told him why.
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
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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