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(STATS) -- North Dakota States success during its five-year reign as FCS national champion is well documented. In fact, the Bisons 75 wins are more than any team in college football.The Bisons upset of Iowa last month was the programs 15th appearance on ESPN or ESPN2 since 2011. Plus, the two appearances by ESPNs College GameDay in Fargo and 40-plus games on ESPN3 keep the Bison on everybodys mind.That includes high school recruits who want to keep NDSU at the top of the FCS.Bison Nation is great for the exposure of the FCS level, but is it great for all the other FCS schools trying to compete with the Bison? Is it just making the gap between them and the rest of the nation larger?Most likely, but some embrace that challenge.They have everything they need in terms of facilities and budget and coaching staff, the community support -- the things we all want, South Dakota State coach John Stiegelmeier said.In this case at South Dakota State, with a new stadium, its slowly growing towards that direction. I tell our coaches, I tell our players, weve got to beat them, you have to beat them on the field. They have an unbelievable home-field advantage at the Fargodome. If you did a study, I cant imagine the impact that environment has on scores and games and so on.So maybe if they stumble a couple times and they dont get every playoff game in the Fargodome prior to Frisco (site of the FCS championship game), that slows em down a little bit. But I have tremendous respect for North Dakota State, for coach (Chris) Klieman -- always have and always will. Hey, theyre doing something we all are trying to do.The teams that generally have the best chance of stopping the dynasty are right within the Bisons Missouri Valley Football Conference. Since 2011, four of their five losses have come from four different teams within their conference.Northern Iowa coach Mark Farley, whose team has perhaps battled NDSU the hardest in recent years, believes the financial commitments that schools are making to their football programs will raise them as well, ultimately cutting into the gap.Tough games await NDSU. After Saturdays visit to Missouri State, it plays four straight MVFC teams ranked in the Top 25.Of course, beating the Bison in the regular season means only so much. Somebody is going to have to beat them in the playoffs to start bringing them back to the pack.---=FCS GAME OF THE WEEK=The Matchup: No. 6 Richmond (4-1, 1-1 CAA) at No. 16 Albany (4-0, 1-0)Kickoff: 3:30 p.m. ET at Casey Stadium (8,500) in Albany, New YorkSeries: Richmond leads, 3-0 (most recent meeting: Richmond won 38-31 at home on Oct. 31)The Skinny: Richmond safety David Jones had five takeaways (four interceptions, one fumble recovery) in last years Spiders win.QB Kyle Lauletta ranks second in the FCS in passing yards (1,504). His favorite WR, Brian Brown, leads CAA Football in receptions (31), receiving yards (524) and TD receptions (five). The Spiders veteran defense ranks fourth nationally in total defense (276.2 ypg).Albany is coming off its bye. The Great Danes are the best in the FCS at forcing turnovers -- 16 for a plus-13 margin. Sophomore RB Elijah Ibitokun-Hanks ranked third nationally in rushing yards per game (138.8) and is tied for second in points per game (12).Prediction: The Great Danes are only 6-19 in CAA games since joining the conference, so this is their biggest game to date. Albany, 28-24---=STATS FCS TOP 25 SCHEDULE=All Times ETX-Predicted WinnerThursday, Oct. 6X-No. 9 The Citadel (4-0) at North Greenville (3-2), 7 p.m. -- The Bulldogs sacrificed a home game when this game was moved up from Saturday because of Hurricane Matthews potential arrival.Norfolk State (1-4, 0-2 MEAC) at X-No. 18 North Carolina A&T (3-1, 1-0), 7:30 p.m. -- Running back Tarik Cohen isnt the only player rewriting the Aggies record book. Wide receiver Denzel Keyes needs only more TD reception (he has 19) to take sole possession of the teams all-time lead.Saturday, Oct. 8Rhode Island (1-4, 0-2 CAA) at X-No. 14 Villanova (4-1, 2-0), noon -- Coach Andy Talley says sophomore Zach Bednarczyk may have the best arm of any quarterback in his 32 seasons at Nova.Cornell (3-0, 1-0 Ivy) at X-No. 22 Harvard (3-0, 1-0), 1 p.m. -- With 111 all-time wins in Ivy League games, Crimson coach Tim Murphy appears destined to surpass Al Bagnoli (formerly Penn, now Columbia), who has 113, this season.Tennessee Tech (2-3, 2-1 OVC) at X-No. 3 Jacksonville State (3-1, 0-0), 2 p.m. -- Junior defensive end Darius Jackson, who joined the STATS FCS Defensive Player of the Year Watch List this week, needs a half sack to equal the schools all-time mark (16, Chris Landrum and Warren Blair).X-No. 15 Youngstown State (3-1, 1-0 Missouri Valley) at No. 23 Illinois State (2-3, 0-2), 3 p.m. -- The visiting Penguins, moving into the difficult part of their schedule, are one of only two teams in the FCS not to allow a rushing touchdown.X-No. 11 Northern Iowa (2-2, 1-0 Missouri Valley) at South Dakota (1-3, 0-1), 3 p.m. -- The other FCS team not to allow a rushing touchdown also resides in the Missouri Valley -- UNI.X-No. 1 North Dakota State (4-0, 1-0 Missouri Valley) at Missouri State (3-1, 1-0), 3 p.m. -- NDSUs first-year starting cornerbacks, Jalen Allison (23 tackles) and Jaylaan Wimbush (five pass breakups), are holding their own while answering one of the teams question marks going into the season.William & Mary (2-3, 0-2 CAA) at X-No. 7 James Madison (4-1, 2-0), 3:30 p.m. -- With other teams focus on stopping the JMU rushing attack, quarterback Bryan Schor has been sneaky good this season, ranking in the top 20 in the nation in passing efficiency.Mercer (2-2, 1-1 Southern) at X-No. 5 Chattanooga (5-0, 3-0), 4 p.m. -- The Mocs only loss in their last 17 SoCon games was against Mercer last year. Said quarterback Alejandro Bennifield: We had a lot of mistakes on the field that ultimately led us to a loss. This year in practice, theres a sense of harder focus as everyone wants to be at their best because we left so much out on the field last year.Indiana State (3-2, 1-1 Missouri Valley) at X-No. 13 Western Illinois (3-1, 0-1), 4 p.m. -- WIU wide receiver Joey Borsellino surpassed 2,000 career receiving yards two weeks ago and Lance Lanoir went over 3,000 yards last weekend.Northern Colorado (3-1, 1-0 Big Sky) at X-No. 4 Eastern Washington (4-1, 2-0), 4:05 p.m. -- EWU All-American Cooper Kupp needs 44 receptions to set the FCS record for career receptions. What do you think, maybe hell get it in the third quarter?Mississippi Valley State (0-5) at X-No. 10 Montana (3-1), 4:30 p.m. -- Huh? What?Tennessee State (4-0, 1-0 OVC) at X-No. 19 Eastern Illinois (3-2, 1-1), 7 p.m. -- EIU has 15 FBS transfers, including its top three quarterbacks. A win is imperative for the Panthers to be in the Ohio Valley Conference title race.X-No. 2 Sam Houston State (4-0, 3-0 Southland) at Incarnate Word (1-4, 1-2), 7 p.m. -- Without having an impressive non-conference opponent on their schedule, the Bearkats will look to continue to put up big numbers. Their 54.6-point average leads the FCS by nearly seven points per game.X-No. 20 McNeese (3-2, 2-1 Southland) at Southeastern Louisiana (1-3, 1-1), 7 p.m. -- Nineteen different McNeese players have caught a pass this season, including QB James Tabary on a batted ball.X-No. 12 South Dakota State (2-2, 1-0 Missouri Valley) at Southern Illinois (2-2, 0-1), 7 p.m. -- Eastern Washington-esque: SDSU has 17 touchdown passes in four games (sophomore starter Taryn Christion with 15 and Zach Lujan with two).X-No. 24 North Dakota (3-2, 2-0 Big Sky) at Sacramento State (1-4, 1-1), 9 p.m. -- With 10 interceptions, UND already has four more than last season. Deion Harris has a team-high three picks as well as two of the Fighting Hawks three pick-sixes.Idle: No. 8 Charleston Southern (3-2), No. 17 Coastal Carolina (3-2), No. 21 Cal Poly (3-2, 1-1 Big Sky) and No. 25 Central Arkansas (4-1, 3-0 Southland)Alec Burks Jersey . "No difference at all," chirped U.S. roommate and linemate James van Riemsdyk. "Its still the same cranky Phil. Nate Thurmond Warriors Jersey . 1 position. The Mustangs (6-0), who beat Queens 50-31 last weekend, earned 17 first-place votes and 287 points in voting by the Football Reporters of Canada. Western was last ranked first in the country in October 2011. https://www.warriorsrookiesshop.com/Stephen-Curry-City-Edition-Jersey/ . Emery skated the length of the ice and fought an unwilling Holtby during the third period of the Flyers 7-0 loss Friday night in Philadelphia. He was given 29 penalty minutes, including a game misconduct. 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David West Warriors Jersey . -- For the first time in two months, an opponent was standing up to Alabama.Williams have become the first F1 team to launch their full 2016 car ahead of the start of pre-season testing on Monday.Hours before Ferraris online launch on Friday, Williams jumped their Italian rivals by unexpectedly releasing the first images of the new FW38 on social media.Decked out in the same Martini-themed livery first seen in 2014, Williams are aiming to take another step forward in the new season after re-establishing themselves as podium contenders with consecutive third-place finishes in the Constructors Championship. However, team owner Frank Williams acknowledges simply staying in the top three will be a challenge in 2016, with improvement expected from rivals who underperformed last season.Williams has started to cement our position back amongst the front running teams after finishing third in the Championship in the past two seasons, said Williams. This has been a great achievement given the resources of those around us.Staying where we are will be a challenge in itself, but we are determined to keep improving because only winning will ever be good enough.Williams field an unchanged driver line-up of Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas in 2016 with the pair having proved well-matched over the previous two seasons. The car will again be powered by Mercedes engines. Williams say they have focused on improving their car in slow corners (Picture courtesy of Williams Racing) The Grove team finished on the podium four times last year and say they have focused on improving the FW37s weaker areas.2016 promises to be a very competitive year in Formula 1 and there will be a number of strong teams who have us in their sights, said deputy team principal Claire Williams.We are confident that we have made a step forward over the winter and that the FW38 will build on the strengths of the FW37 and address some of its weaknesses. We started design work on the car earlier than normal and hopefully this extra development time will stand us in good stead.F1 in 2016: Full calendar, launch dates and testing scheduleIn keeping with most teams heading into testing, Williams stressed that the car revealed on Friday is by no means the final product with a first update package already in development for the first race in Australia on March 20.It is no secret that the low speed performance of the FW37 didnt match its high speed performance so a lot of time was spent looking into why this was and subsequently making changes, which we hope will improve the situation, said technical chief Pat Symonds. Whos who at Williams in 2016 Team principal Sir Frank Williams Deputy team principal Claire Williams Chief technical officer Pat Symonds Head of performance engineering Rob Smedley Head of aerodynamics Jason Somerville Chief designer Ed Wood Senior performance engineering Andrew Murdoch Sporting manager Steve Nielsen Race drivers Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas Although the last two years have witnessed an overdue rensissance for the nine-time constructors champions, former driver Pastor Maldonados victory at the 2012 Spanish GP remains Williams sole triumph in the last 12 years.ddddddddddddWilliams best result of 2015 was third place at the Canadian, Austrian, Italian and Mexican GPs.As a team we need to be able to win races, which is what we are always trying to do, said Bottas, who enters his fourth season at the team.Im sure we have made improvements everywhere as a team, so were definitely looking to fight for better results this year.The secrets of F1 testing: What really goes on?The first Barcelona test starts on Monday February 22 and the Sky Sports F1 Digital team will be providing live commentary from dawn until dusk on all four days of both Barcelona tests while Sky Sports News HQ will also deliver live updates from trackside. 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