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FCS Football Talk is a weekly FCS podcast, presented by HERO Sports and BetMGM. Senior FCS Analyst Sam Herder hosts the show throughout the year. During the season, FCS Football...
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FCS Football Talk is a weekly FCS podcast, presented by HERO Sports and BetMGM. Senior FCS Analyst Sam Herder hosts the show throughout the year. During the season, FCS Football Central Senior Editor Zach McKinnell joins as a co-host. In the offseason, Sam brings on guests from all around the FCS for in-depth conversations.
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13 JUL 2025 · On this episode, Sam is joined by North Dakota head coach Eric Schmidt.
They discuss:
-Being a first-time head coach in the new era of college football
-UND's facilities and growth
-Early recruiting success
-Opting in and revenue-sharing
-The Dakotas' strength in the FCS and aiming for that standard
-Alerus Center
-2025 squad
-And more
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5 MAY 2025 · On this episode, Sam is joined by Zach McKinnell of FCS Football Central and The Bluebloods.
They discuss:
-Transfer portal
-UIW additions
-USD and SDSU outlooks
-Sac State’s FBS push
-W&M joining the Patriot League
-Early preseason Top 5
-And more
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15 APR 2025 · On this episode, Sam is joined by Harvard head coach Andrew Aurich.Â
They discuss:
-Leading the Harvard football program
-The Ivy League now sending its champ to the FCS playoffs
-Recruiting to the Ivy League
-Being protected from the transfer portal
-The Game
-Harvard's one captain tradition
-2025 outlook
-And more
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11 APR 2025 · On this episode, Sam is joined by UIW head coach Clint Killough. They discuss:
-Offseason excitement
-Retaining top talent
-Making splash additions via the transfer portal
-Chasing an FCS championship
-QB competition
-UIW football's growth
-Being a young head coach
-Non-conference scheduling
-And more
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4 APR 2025 · On this episode, Sam is joined by UTRGV head coach Travis Bush. They discuss:
-Helping build UTRGV football from scratch
-Assembling his staff
-Recruiting high schoolers and the transfer portal
-Benefits to UTRGV's location
-Community excitement and selling out season tickets
-Practicing last fall
-And more
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3 APR 2025 · On this episode, Sam is joined by Montana State Director of Athletics Leon Costello. They discuss:
-Reflecting on the 2024 football season
-National title chase
-Opting in to the House settlement
-Scholarship caps
-Brent Vigen
-Sac State's FBS move
-Realignment in the West
-College football landscape
-12-game FCS season
-And more
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28 MAR 2025 · On this episode, Sam is joined by SoCon Commissioner Michael Cross. They discuss:
-The SoCon’s approach to the House settlement
-The vote to keep scholarship limits the same
-How many FCS schools could afford to go above 63 scholarships
-How many SoCon schools will opt in
-The SoCon keeping its in-conference transfer rule
-Governance changes in Division I
-And more
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26 MAR 2025 · On this episode, Sam is joined by ETSU head coach Will Healy.
They discuss:
-Healy's FCS roots, from being a QB on Richmond's 2008 national championship team to an assistant coach at Chattanooga to being the HC at Austin Peay and now ETSU
-The differences and similarities between the G5 and FCS
-What attracted him to ETSU
-What he's learned as a younger head coach
-Positives and negatives he's learned from recruiting the transfer portal
-Landing FBS transfer QBs Cade McNamara and Jacolby Criswell
-2025 spring ball
 -And more
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20 MAR 2025 · On this episode, Sam is joined by Idaho head coach Thomas Ford Jr.
They discuss:
-Taking over as Idaho’s head coach
-Ford’s rise in the coaching profession
-Navigating the transfer portal
-Idaho fans’ thirst for more success
-A look at the 2025 squad
-And more
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13 MAR 2025 · On this episode, Sam chats 1-on-1 with North Dakota State head coach Tim Polasek.
They discuss:
-NDSU’s championship run
-Not losing any players to the transfer portal after the title game
-Former Bison players on the coaching staff
-FCS changes while he was in the FBS from 2017-2023
-Ever-changing CFB landscape
-2025 QB competition
-And more
FCS Football Talk is a weekly FCS podcast, presented by HERO Sports and BetMGM. Senior FCS Analyst Sam Herder hosts the show throughout the year. During the season, FCS Football...
show more
FCS Football Talk is a weekly FCS podcast, presented by HERO Sports and BetMGM. Senior FCS Analyst Sam Herder hosts the show throughout the year. During the season, FCS Football Central Senior Editor Zach McKinnell joins as a co-host. In the offseason, Sam brings on guests from all around the FCS for in-depth conversations.
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| Author | HERO Sports |
| Organization | BetMGM |
| Categories | Football |
| Website | www.spreaker.com |
| sam.herder@herosports.com |
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