Around the Dog Park: Catching up on scheduling announcements

General G5

• Several G5 quarterbacks landed on Sporting News’ list of top 25 quarterbacks
• Stadium is now available on Twitch 24/7. If you’ve ever wished to watch C-USA football and Fortnite streams picture-in-picture then this is your personal golden age.
• It appears Bacone College could be shutting their doors, leaving a gap in Grambling’s schedule.
• The Southwest Round-Up ranked the FBS head coaches in the state of Texas.
• The Supreme Court has cleared the way for states to allow for sports betting. The NCAA is investigating how they should react to this development.
• North Dakota State is set to move forward with the construction of an indoor practice facility.
• Low APR scores at Grambling State has led to some sanctions against the program.
• Speaking of which, Southern football is finally able to enjoy spring football practices after completing a five year sanction that prevented the Jaguars from conducting practices outside of the fall.

• A congressman from North Carolina has exerted pressure on the NCAA in an attempt to force the organization to allow student athletes to profit off of their image.
• Here’s a list of the most underrated college football teams of all time. 1998 Tulane, anyone?
• Several G5 athletes popped up on this list of transfer players that will shake up college football in 2018.
• Liberty has moved their non-football sports from the Big South conference to the Atlantic Sun conference.
• Idaho has posted an athletics department record 3.24 combined GPA for the spring semester. Way to go, Vandals.
• Here’s an awesome story about a former Georgetown football player who walked across the stage at his graduation after being paralyzed in 2015.
• It’s the offseason so let’s rank all of the FCS conferences.
• Houston and UTSA have updated their football series after Hurricane Harvey washed out last season’s meeting.

AAC

• Ohio State grad transfer quarterback Joe Burrow took a visit to Cincinnati.
• Memphis and South Florida will enjoy light schedules this fall, paving the way to double digit win totals.
• Houston’s manageable start to the season could have them enjoying a top 25 ranking if they play up to their potential.
• Love this series announcement. Florida and USF have scheduled a 2-for-1 series that brings the Gators to Tampa in 2023.

• SMU cornerback Jordan Wyatt is on track to have a huge 2018 season.
• After struggling with a rough injury, SMU offensive lineman Matthew Huhn has announced his retirement from football.
• I’ve been surprised and fascinated by how much UCF’s championship claim has bothered the Alabama community. Here’s a timeline of the drama.
• UCF’s McKenzie Milton headlines this list of the most irreplaceable players in college football.
• Willie Fritz’s contract with Tulane has been extended through 2023. Nice move.

C-USA

• MTSU superfan DJ Bowers received a flood of support from the Blue Raiders community after his mom passed away. DJ is a loyal reader of the site and we’d like to express our deepest condolences to him and his family.
• Could Marshall stand to profit from legalized sports gambling in West Virginia?
• Florida Atlantic is under Title IX investigation after reporting falsified scholarship totals to the Education Department.
• FAU Head Coach Lane Kiffin almost took the Arkansas head coaching job.
• Things seem to have worked out for Coach Kiffin though as he’s been awarded the keys to the city of Boca Raton.
• JUCO transfer Desean Holmes should have an immediate impact on FAU’s explosive offense.
• The Crimson Tide is loading up with C-USA opponents.
• Duke and Middle Tennessee have scheduled a future series in a battle of blue uniforms.
• UTSA is replacing a ton of high level contributors this season and the start of their schedule won’t do much to help the upcoming transition.
• The FIU Panthers will need to find some wide receivers to step up following the graduation fo stand out Thomas Ownes.
• Athlon Sports has released their 2018 pre-season All-Conference team for C-USA.

Sun Belt

• Former Clemson defensive tackle Sterling Johnson has transferred to Coastal Carolina.
• REST IN PEACE NCAA FOOTBALL VIDEO GAMES. Here’s a breakdown of how the Sun Belt teams would measure out if a new iteration of the game were to release this summer.
• Georgia Southern has released a post-spring depth chart.