Around The Dog Park: It Costs A Lot of Money To Have a Football Team. Shocker!

General G5

• FanSided published their list of 10 dark horse Heisman candidates, including several from the G5 ranks.
• How much money does it REALLY take to start a CFB program?
• The time WAC football almost returned, via Forgotten5
• The MAC’s pirate mentality, explained by the conference commish, via the SB Nation Mothership
• Top 100 College Football Towns in America, via HERO Sports
• Former UCF head coach Scott Frost had his house robbed because people are scumbags.

American

• Tulane surprised one of their walk-ons with a scholarship this week.
• 5 former Memphis players made the league’s fifth anniversary team.
• UConn’s AD is mad at UConn fans
• East Carolina senior offensive lineman Garrett McGhin is on the Wuerffel Trophy preseason watch list.
• Max Olson of The Athletic put out a fun piece about how to stop Houston’s Ed Oliver.

Conference USA

• Southern Miss coaches and administrators talk about the emergence of legal sports betting in the United states.
• What to watch for as Western Kentucky opens fall camp this week via Bowling Green’s WBKO.
• New strength coach hopes to provide Rice football team a lift
• The Virginia Pilot’s Ed Miller examines whether or not a C-USA team can make a NY6 bowl this year.

Indy

• 5 Storylines as New Mexico State enters fall camp via Las Cruces Sun News
• Some words on BYU’s QB battle via Vanquish The Foe

FCS

• The #1 recruit in the nation is apparently pretty enamored with Florida A&M
• North Dakota State are the unanimous pick to win the MVC this year.

Sun Belt

• An update on the Ragin’ Cajuns’ QB battle.
• Two Texas State players make the preseason All-League team.
• ULM receiver Marcus Green looking to up his game this year.
• Is Georgia Southern’s experienced roster due for a rebound in 2018?
• App State players reflect on that win over Michigan 11 years later via Saturday Tradition

DII

• Tuskegee University football player loses leg trying to help a friend.