Tonight the Villanova Wildcats will make their first appearance in the FCS championship game in program history. finally out of the shadows of Penn State and even Temple the Wildcats will get their national spot light in a sport that is not basketball tonight down in Chattanooga, Tennessee. But as great as this all is, returning to the Main Line with a championship trophy will be no easy task.
Their opponent tonight is a team with a knack for playing in these type of games. Montana comes into tonight’s championship game looking to finish off what they could not do last year against Richmond – win the FCS championship.
The Montana Grizzlies are an experienced program. Tonight marks their seventh appearance in the championship game, and fifth this decade. The two-time national champions bring with them an offensive juggernaut and an offensive line that may be the biggest they have ever faced according to head coach Andy Talley. So Villanova will have their work cut out for them.
But Villanova has an offense too and looks to have the edge on defense as well. The Wildcats are coming off a great come-from-behind victory in last week’s game against CAA rival William & Mary. The Cats went into halftime trailing on their own home field against a team that shut down and dominated the top ranked FCS team the week before but came out rallied for one of the best wins in program history. Now Villanova’s football team gets a well deserved shot at center stage in a nationally televised contest.
Good luck to Villanova in their quest for a championship tonight. I’ll be back to discuss the upcoming EagleBank Bowl for the Temple Owls and the Capital One Bowl that Penn State will be playing in against LSU in a couple weeks.
Until then, happy holidays to those of you on the Main Line! May you be jolly and holly after tonight’s game!
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