Craig Fenn is a biology professor who holds degrees from the University of New Haven and Penn State University. He began following Division 2 football while a student at New Haven in the mid-to-late-1990’s, which included the 1997 run to the National Championship game when the Chargers were an Independent program.
A native of the Waterbury, CT area, he now lives near Lancaster, PA with his wife, children, and cats.
August 26th, 2026 5:00am
LSC Week Zero Preview OK, why do they call this “Week Zero”? Does it mean that this week doesn’t really exist, so therefore all the games played this week don’t really matter, and no losses count toward playoff standings for anybody?
August 22nd, 2026 5:00am
2026 Lone Star Conference Season PreviewOh, how close it was…LSC runners-up Texas-Permian Basin had mighty Harding on the ropes, but Kanon Gibson and the Falcons couldn’t get over the top in the Super Region 4 Final, losing 34-28 in what would be Gibson’s, head coach Kris McCullough’s, and star linebacker Tristan Exline’s final game at UTPB. Unfortunately, moments like this, which in the past could be an indication of future success, now feel like distant memories of an all-too-brief brush with greatness.
December 17th, 2025 2:00am
Super Region 4 Final and Heritage Bowl Recap Super Region 4 Final #2 Harding wins at home over #11 Texas-Permian Basin 34-28 One of the things that Kris McCullough has become known for during his time at UTPB was going all-out on offense, pushing the tempo and taking plenty of chances, especially on fourth down. So in a game where UTPB was trailing the entire way with the exception of about 5 minutes in the second quarter after UTPB tied the game at 21, it was a surprise to me what UTPB chose to do with 8:44 left in the game.
December 4th, 2025 4:00am
Second Round Recap #11 Texas-Permian Basin wins at #18 Western Colorado 21-15 (1 OT) Like the 2023 matchup in Gunnison, UTPB fell behind big, with Western Colorado grinding out to a 15-0 lead on the strength of their defense, some timely passing by Drew Nash (11 of 26 passes for 105 yards, 1 touchdown, and an interception), and Adam Tasei’s accurate leg. UTPB –
December 3rd, 2025 7:00pm
By Craig Fenn, D2Football.comNote: If you are looking for the preview of the Super Region Four Final between UTPB and Harding, you can find that column here: LSC Super Region 4 FinalHeritage Bowl PreviewThe Heritage Bowl in Corsicana, TX pits West Texas A&M from the LSC against Arkansas Tech from the GAC.
November 26th, 2025 4:00am
First Round Recap Road wins were on the menu for the LSC’s playoff games this week; unfortunately for Central Washington, they were the home team.
November 20th, 2025 4:00am
Week 11 Recap The LSC saved some of its absolute best for its last week, with two Game of the Year candidates. First, West Texas A&M trailed most of the way against Angelo State but a wild last 5 minutes gave the Buffaloes the win with 6 seconds left.
November 13th, 2025 4:00am
By Craig Fenn, D2Football.comWeek 10 Recap Not exactly a week for high drama, with just one game being competitive most of the way, two games sort of competitive, and two games that were absolute blowouts. RJ Martinez keeps climbing up the NCAA passing leaders with 437 more yards to put him in second place in the country with 2854 passing yards.
November 6th, 2025 4:00am
Week 9 RecapCentral Washington got out to a big early lead, nearly lost it, and then took over late to outlast Angelo State in a battle of top 25 teams. Western Oregon missed out on a bunch of chances in the first half but righted the ship in the second half to set up two of the most important weeks in recent program history.
October 30th, 2025 4:00am
Week 8 Recap Central Washington and Angelo State took care of business and set things up for their huge matchup in Ellensburg next week. Eastern New Mexico won the Chile Bowl for the second straight year with an all-time dominant rushing performance.
October 23rd, 2025 7:00am
Week 7 Recap Coming out of this week, we have Central Washington on top of the LSC standings followed by…Western Oregon and West Texas A&M? Well, that’s what happens when the teams that started the season at the top of the LSC get picked off in unexpected ways.
October 16th, 2025 8:00am
Week 6 Recap For once, we didn’t have a week with all blowouts. The LSC had three of the last four games go to just about the very end.
October 9th, 2025 4:00am
Week 5 Recap In the top-10 showdown between UTPB and Angelo State, it was the Falcons using their defense and dominating the time of possession in the fourth quarter to keep ASU from rallying from a two-touchdown deficit in Braeden Fuller’s return. We also had two games where the losing team outgained the winning team by a significant margin, but in those games, having too many mistakes doomed both WNMU and TAMUK.
October 2nd, 2025 4:00am
Week 4 Recap Another week, another set of blowouts. While three of the games you could probably expect the result with the favored team winning comfortably, West Texas A&M’s overall effort in dominating Western Oregon has to be considered at least somewhat surprising, especially in terms of the Buffaloes’
September 25th, 2025 4:00am
Week 3 Recap OK, what happened to UTPB’s offense? How come they only managed a paltry 43 points when all the other winners this past week put up video game numbers?
September 18th, 2025 5:00am
Week 2 Recap When I was younger, well, much younger now, Saturdays went like this: Breakfast, Saturday morning cartoons, and then pro wrestling over lunchtime before I went outside to play.
September 11th, 2025 3:00pm
Week 1 Recap Not the best week for the LSC, as the conference went 4-5 in non-conference games. This was particularly true if you were playing an RMAC team.
September 3rd, 2025 10:30pm
Opening Week Recap Week 0 is over, and what do we have? LSC teams went 2-1 against the MIAA (including 2-0 against nationally-ranked MIAA teams!)LSC teams went 2-2 against the RMACThe LSC was competitive in all their matchups into the second halves of their games…against Division 2 teams.
August 27th, 2025 8:00am
LSC Opening Week Preview Class is back in session, and so is football. As seems to be the case every year, there’s all sorts of time spent waiting and waiting and waiting for the season to start, and then it’s time for the season and it feels like it’s too soon for that to happen.