Wednesday Links

Payton Award
A total of 20 candidates will be announced in alphabetical order prior to the start of the season, with four candidates being released each week. The watch list will be revised in October and again in November, before the final ballot is announced.
HERE is a link to the most recent 4 additions to the list.

Ticket Sales
You don't have to do things the way they have always been done. Northwestern State shows they can be creative. While we don't know the results yet, THIS ARTICLE shows some creativity. We've got a few ideas that we think would work here, too. Maybe we'll break out our list soon.

All American
In case you missed it, the preseason All America team was announced. Congrats to JSU's Carnell Clark on being named to the team. There are some other OVC players on the list. HERE it is.

Another Top 10 List
The Sporting News released their preseason FCS Top 10. HERE is the link, and below is the list.
1. Richmond
2. Appalachian State
3. Villanova
4. UNI
5. Montana
6. Southern Illinois
7. Weber State
8. New Hampshire
9. Elon
10. James Madison

One more list...
fcsnow.com lists their top 15 FCS QB's for 2009. It is in THIS blog, but here is their list.
1. Armanti Edwards, Appalachian State
2. Cameron Higgins, Weber State
3. Jeremy Moses, Stephen F. Austin
4. John Skelton, Fordham
5. Ryan Perrilloux, Jacksonville State
6. Dominic Randolph, Holy Cross
7. Bradly George, Texas State
8. Brian Babin, Southeastern La.
9. Greg Denham, UC Davis
10. Matt Nichols, Eastern Washington
11. Eric Ward, Richmond
12. Scott Riddle, Elon
13. R.J. Toman, New Hampshire
14. Derrick Fourroux, McNeese State
15. Curtis Pulley, Florida A&M