The American is Expanding! | All American Week 7 - (Oct. 13, 2026)

It is the halfway point of college football already and no one has made a bigger announcement than the American so far this season.  On Monday the American Conference announced it will be adding James Madison as a full member no later than July 1, 2028. JMU who moved up from FCS in 2022 has gone 45-11 in football since then. That includes a 2025 Sun Belt Championship and 2025 College Football Playoff Appearance. They also have a storied tradition with 2 FCS National Championships and 18 FCS playoff appearances. They al have been successful across the board in other sports with a Women's College World Series Appearance in 2021, multiple NCAA tournament trips in basketball and others. And perhaps most notably a national championship in 2018 for women's lacrosse.  Maria Trivelpiece and Ted Emrich also breakdown last week and look ahead this week across the American. They are join by ESPN College Football Analyst Fozzy Whittaker who praise the league's parody and previews the Navy and UTSA matchup on Saturday that he will be coalling with Ted.  Maria and ted highlight the 2nd half comeback by the Roadrunners against South Florida and the impact of the running game. Alogn with highlighting a 2nd half comeback by Navy who was led by Quarterback Jackson Gutierrez. They then look ahead to the matchup this week and wheteht the Alamdome magic will work for UTSA against this service academy when it hasn't against others.  Memphis took back the Battle of the Bones with a dominant 2nd half against UAB. They now face Tulane this week with a schedule that avoids some of the other top teams so far. The path is clear for Memphis to hold thier own destiny for an American Championship Berth. North Texas continued their stellar offensive play with a dominant win pver Charlotte and will be dangerous down the stretch in the American. Army took care of Temple with game-winning field goal as time expired. Cale Hellums and that running game now looks to see which style of offense will win next week when Florida Atlantic and the Owl Raid visits West Point this Week.  They also highlight the win by East Carolina over Rice and how 3 straight wins and a 1-0 conference start has the Pirates still in the conversation for what could happen the rest of the season as the championship game approaches. They also preview Charlotte at Temple, Tulsa at Rice and Kent Satte at South Florida which are matchup where teams desparately need wins after a tough last few weeks or season so far.  UTSA Running back A'Marion Peterson joins the show to disucss his big performance in the win vs South Florida. He ditalks about the success of UTSA and how the team has really come together this season to lead to the 5-1 start. He also talks about the infamous Triangle of Toughness motto for the Roadrunners. Along with his journey and what led him to San Antonio. Plus what the team needs to do to continue the succes this season. Along with why the stories Jeff Traylor has make every day entertaining for UTSA.  The debate of the week takes shape since we just had the Battle for the Bones in what is the Best BBQ in the country. Ted sticks to his roots even stating the best BBQ doesn't need sauce. While Maria goes outside the box and picks a city/state not even in the American but is very well known for their bbq style. Laslty, Charles Huff talks about how he doesn't plan to lift any trophy unless it's the American Championship Trophy in our social media moment of the week.  #american #collegefootball #football #cfb Watch the episode on the American Conference YouTube Channel. Youtube.com/@AmericanConf