Craig Haley

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Senior College Football Editor at The Analyst

Stats Perform/The Analyst FCS Senior Editor. FWAA. Much younger, of course, but same birthday/city as Dennis Rodman! Go Reds/Red Bulls/UConnWBB.

Articles

MLB Managers With the Most Wins All Time

2 weeks ago | theanalyst.com | Craig Haley

Their styles can bewide-ranging, from charismatic to business-like to disciplinarian. But the MLB managerswith the most wins in history are very much alike when it comes tothe bottom line found each season in thestandings. The attention is often on a home run hitter or a flamethrowingpitcher, but when a baseball team has an outstanding manager, he’soften in the spotlight.
Top Returning Special Teams Statistical Leaders in the 2025 FCS Football Season

2 weeks ago | theanalyst.com | Craig Haley

They don’t command thesame attention as the offense or defense, but special teams play akey role in a squad’s success. Heading into the 2025 FCSseason, we’re looking to the top returnees in a number of keystatistics. Games often turn on the third part of football –special teams. Their importance is in the name. From a touchdown return to a long field goal – or a missed PAT –to a blocked kick or a punt deep inside an opponent’s territory,special teams add up in so many ways.
Top Returning Defensive Statistical Leaders in the 2025 FCS Football Season

2 weeks ago | theanalyst.com | Craig Haley

Sure, giving is a goodthing in life. But with the top returning defensive statisticalleaders in FCSfootball, it’s better to take away fromoffenses. If you want to know what teams made the FCS playoffs last year,look no further than ones with star defensive players who rank No.1 nationally in different statistics among 2025 seasonreturnees. Sure, there’s national champion North Dakota State with itsstandout players.
Top Returning Offensive Statistical Leaders in the 2025 FCS Football Season

3 weeks ago | theanalyst.com | Craig Haley

Whether through run,pass or catch, the top returning offensive statistical leaders areset to light up the scoreboard again in the 2025 FCSfootball season. North Dakota State’s Bryce Lance led FCS college football intouchdown receptions while the Bison won the 2024 nationalchampionship. But consider, he entered last season with one career receptionover his first two seasons on the field – yes, one.
Crystal Ball: Craig Haley's 2025 FCS Football Preseason Top 25 Rankings

1 month ago | theanalyst.com | Craig Haley

Offseason moves in college football have as manytwists and turns as the season itself. With the transferringbasically in the rear-view mirror, Craig Haley updates his FCSfootball preseason Top 25 rankings from just after North Dakota State’smost-recent national title. Change is … not good? That’s the best way to the look at the Never-Too-Early FCS Top25 Rankings, where consistency and little flip-flipping afterwardare embraced.
FCS Playoffs: Teams Seeking Their First Bid in 2025

1 month ago | theanalyst.com | Craig Haley

The FCS playoffs are full of dynasty programs that won national championships, but also underdogs that emerged from lower seeding. The 2025 playoffs will include at least one first-time qualifier that will seek to make waves, although more are hopeful of the same. Football programs that earned their first bid to the FCS playoffs in recent seasons haven’t been just happy to be there.
How the Slow-Starting Rockies Compare to the 121-Loss White Sox of 2024

1 month ago | theanalyst.com | Craig Haley

The Colorado Rockies have the worst record of any major league team through 28 games since 2003. Considering it comes one year after the Chicago White Sox set the 162-game record with 121 losses, there’s reason to believe the Rockies may challenge that futility. If the Colorado Rockies’ losing ways make you feel like you’ve been here before with bad teams in Major League Baseball, you don’t have to look back far.
FCS Football: Montana NFL Draft Picks

1 month ago | theanalyst.com | Craig Haley

The Montana NFL Draft selections rank among the all-time highest of the FCS college football era. Here’s a look at the Grizzlies’ entire draft historyThe Montana Grizzlies have one of the most successful programs in FCS college football history. It’s not just in the fall, it’s with the NFL Draft as well. During its FCS era since 1978, and starting with the draft the following spring, Montana’s two-time national-championship-winning program has had 23 selections.
The Most Home Runs in a Game in MLB History

1 month ago | theanalyst.com | Elise Oliver |Craig Haley

The home run is still one of the most thrilling feats in baseball. And when a player goes yard more than once – or twice or thrice – in a single game, people start to flip through the record books. A four-homer game is undeniably one of the greatest and most difficult achievements for a hitter, with even the most prolific power sluggers rarely hitting the all-time mark.
FCS Football NFL Draft Picks: 2025 Review

1 month ago | theanalyst.com | Craig Haley

From first-round pick Grey Zabel on down, we’re looking at the FCS football selections and storylines in the 2025 NFL Draft. If you wanted an early sense of the 2025 FCS NFL Draft class, the Stats Perform FCS All-America Team back in December provided it. Seven first-team All-Americans and eight overall – with four of them offensive linemen – were draft selections from Thursday to Saturday nights.