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Report: Bahamas Bowl will not be played in Bahamas in 2025

1 week ago | underdogdynasty.com | Steve Helwick

The participants of the 2025 Bahamas Bowl will not get to experience the island paradise. For the second time in three years, the Bahamas Bowl will be held in the United States rather than its usual location of Nassau, Bahamas, per Brett McMurphy of The Action Network. The reason for relocation has not been disclosed by the bowl game.
Troy WR Chris Lewis medically retires from football due to battle with cancer

1 week ago | underdogdynasty.com | Steve Helwick

Chris Lewis was bound for stardom. The wide receiver transferred from Kentucky to Troy prior to the 2023 college football season in order to bolster his production. The moved worked glowingly for Lewis and the Trojans. The wide receiver rose to All-Sun Belt status in his first season with the program, recording 735 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns for the Sun Belt champions. However, December 2023 unexpectedly marked the final month of Lewis’ football career.
Looking at CUSA’s 2025 national TV schedule

1 week ago | underdogdynasty.com | Steve Helwick

William Bretzger/Delaware News Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK 2025 signals another exciting year of Conference USA football. For the third-straight season, the conference welcomes an FBS newcomer, and there are two — Delaware and Missouri State. The Fightin’ Blue Hens and the Bears hope to show competitiveness at the next level immediately, just like several of their former FCS peers did. 2024 was the second year of FBS membership for Sam Houston and Jacksonville State.
Select 2025 AAC kickoff times, television networks revealed

2 weeks ago | underdogdynasty.com | Steve Helwick

Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images The 2025 American Athletic Conference schedule is finally materializing. On Thursday, a litany of kickoff times and networks were revealed for all 136 FBS teams. These details became especially prevalent for games ranging from Week 1 to Week 3, as well as nationally televised weeknight matchups. Here’s what we know about the 2025 AAC schedule after Thursday:Week 1Thursday, Aug. 28 — Boise State at South Florida, 5:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)Thursday, Aug.
Winners and losers of the 2025 CFP format change

3 weeks ago | underdogdynasty.com | Steve Helwick

Thursday marked a monumental shift in the ever-changing format of the College Football Playoff. It only took one season of a 12-team playoff before CFP executives made significant revisions to the structure. In 2024, the top four highest-ranked conference champions were guaranteed seeds No. 1 through No. 4, earning first round byes. That is no longer the case.
How does Mike Wright fit into ECU’s quarterback room?

3 weeks ago | underdogdynasty.com | Steve Helwick

The East Carolina Pirates made a post-spring ball transfer portal addition last week at the most important position on offense. ECU landed well-traveled quarterback Mike Wright. Greenville, NC will mark Wright’s fourth college campus in four years. The quarterback previously had stops at Vanderbilt (2020-22), Mississippi State (2023), and Northwestern (2024). Wright not only has experience in the SEC and Big Ten — he arrives to East Carolina with vast starting experience.
2025 AAC Championship Game set for Friday, Dec. 5

1 month ago | underdogdynasty.com | Steve Helwick

The AAC Championship Game date is officially set. For the second consecutive season, the conference will host its title game on a Friday night. The 2025 AAC Championship kicks off on Friday, Dec. 5 at 8 p.m. ET. It will be the 11th title game in AAC history and the 11th televised by ABC. The AAC is one of three conferences to host a Friday title game in 2025, sharing the designation with Conference USA and the Mountain West.
UTSA adds national champion LSU RB John Emery Jr. via portal

1 month ago | underdogdynasty.com | Steve Helwick

Six years ago, John Emery Jr. played for arguably the greatest college football team in the sport’s history. A five-star true freshman running back at the time, Emery scored a touchdown in the College Football Playoff semifinal, serving as a recurring contributor to the LSU Tigers’ 2019 national championship in an offense that featured the likes of Joe Burrow, Justin Jefferson, and Ja’Marr Chase.
Three reasons why Arkansas State can contend for Sun Belt title in 2025

1 month ago | underdogdynasty.com | Steve Helwick

Perhaps the quietest 8-win season in 2024 belonged to the Arkansas State Red Wolves. Arkansas State finished the previous campaign 8-5, highlighted by a 38-31 victory over Bowling Green in the 68 Ventures Bowl. The Red Wolves constructed a 5-3 record in Sun Belt play, and their path title contention was largely overshadowed by Louisiana and Texas State — two teams that defeated Arkansas State by a combined score of 96-28.
The CUSA and Sun Belt had one draft selection apiece: Who do we blame?

1 month ago | underdogdynasty.com | Steve Helwick

The 2025 NFL Draft is in the books. 257 selections found new home in the National Football League, ranging from Cam Ward at pick No. 1 to Kobee Minor as Mr. Irrelevant. 86 different colleges were represented at the draft, including some below the Division I FBS level. In the FBS, all 10 conferences were represented but some were not represented to their usual extent. The Sun Belt Conference and Conference USA only saw one selection each.