Maybe it was rust. Maybe it was early-season jitters. Whatever the case, something was in the air for several FCS teams around the country on Thursday evening and it wasn’t anything good. A lot of Division II teams were squaring off with their DI counterparts and a few made it clear that they had more than just a paycheck on their minds.
Some like Lindenwood and South Dakota State, did what they were supposed to and decimated their competition from the level below (the Lions dropped 77 on Wisconsin-Stevens Point). But for others, the wins didn’t come so easily.