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Stony Brook wide receiver Kevin Norrell, who led the Football Championship Subdivision in yards per catch (21.0) last season, has accepted an invitation to play in the NFLPA-sponsored Collegiate Bowl all-star game Jan. 19 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The game will be televised live on ESPN2, and ESPNU will provide live practice coverage during the week.

Norrell joins Seawolves...

There’s an old saying that says, “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight that matters; it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” That much was evident in an emotional effort by Montana State’s undersized defense in the Bobcats’ 16-10 second-round FCS playoff win over Stony Brook Saturday night in Bozeman, Mont.

The Bobcats’ defensive front was outweighed by 40 pounds per man against a Stony...

It’s a long way from Stony Brook to Bozeman, Mont., and since few if any of the Seawolves have been to such a remote northern clime, a little dose of culture shock is inevitable. When the two teams tee it up for their second-round FCS playoff clash Saturday night at 7 (ET), Montana State officials expect at least 16,000 fans in 17,777-seat Bobcat Stadium.

The view of the snow-capped mountain...

For the first round of the FCS playoffs anyway, it didn’t matter that Stony Brook didn’t have injured starting quarterback Kyle Essington. It didn’t matter because a Villanova offense averaging 31.2 points per game couldn’t sustain much of any offense in a 20-10 loss Saturday afternoon at LaValle Stadium.

The Wildcats’ offensive problems were two-pronged – first, the Seawolves’ offense had...

Facing a week of uncertainty after Stony Brook’s regular season ended with a loss at Liberty, Seawolves athletic director Jim Fiore didn’t just sit back, cross his fingers and hope his football team received a bid to the FCS playoffs. He got his staff together to make Stony Brook’s case to the NCAA selection committee and backed it up with a bid to host a first-round game

That groundwork paid...

When the final whistle blew in Stony Brook’s second-round FCS playoff loss last season at then-No. 1 Sam Houston State, the Seawolves knew they wanted to come back to make a run at a national title this season. Now, they have put themselves in position to do just that.

Stony Brook has climbed to No. 6 in the Sports Network poll and No. 8 in the FCS Coaches poll by virtue of a 9-1 record, including...

Stony Brook’s nail-biting comeback for a 32-31 victory over Colgate Saturday night in front of a record LaValle Stadium crowd of 10,278 was chock full of big plays by both sides as the Seawolves took a 17-point lead, fell behind by 28-20 and then fashioned a fourth-quarter comeback for the win.

It was the kind of pulsating game that left both sides exhausted and limp even as Stony Brook’s...

After a last-second loss to Northwestern and a very respectable losing effort against USC, some called Syracuse the best 0-2 team in the country because of the prolific passing of quarterback Ryan Nassib. Playing at home in the Carrier Dome on Saturday against an FCS school like Stony Brook (2-0), the Orange should be a prohibitive favorite to get their first win.

But there’s one area where...