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(STATS) -- With some standouts in the FCS, it can be hard to tell when they have a big game.They make it happen so often.Quarterbacks Jeremiah Briscoe of Sam Houston State, Gage Gubrud of Eastern Washington and Devlin Hodges of Samford as well as James Madison running back Khalid Abdullah have been special on a weekly basis this season. On Tuesday, they were nominated to the STATS FCS Offensive Player of the Year Watch List.The four nominees:Khalid Abdullah, James Madison, TB, Sr., 5-10, 220, Newport News, VirginiaThis home run threat teams with childhood friend Cardon Johnson to give James Madison perhaps the most lethal 1-2 running back duo in the FCS. Abdullah has ability to get around the edges, but also terrific vision for finding holes. He runs hard through the line of scrimmage, picking up extra yards after contact. … Off to a superb start as a senior, including four straight 100-yard games, matching his season total of a year ago. ... Has an FCS-high 603 rushing yards (on 7.7 yards per carry) and tied for the national high with nine touchdowns. Coach Mike Houston says Abdullah has the strongest work habits on the Dukes nationally ranked team. … Fell just short of 1,000 yards as a junior, scoring 13 touchdowns.Jeremiah Briscoe, Sam Houston State, QB, R-Jr., 6-3, 220, HoustonA nationally rated quarterback in high school, Briscoe has traveled a winding road to become the leader of one of the FCS most prolific offenses. … Shared playing time in his first season at Sam Houston with Jared Johnson, the 2015 Southland Conference offensive player of the year, but Briscoe was a standout in the Bearkats playoff run to the national semifinals. … The pro-style passer threw for a school-record seven touchdown passes against Stephen F. Austin last Saturday, giving him 16 in only four games. … Spent his senior season in high school playing under Eliot Allen, who coached Andrew Luck. Briscoe transferred to Sam Houston from UAB after the Blazers program folded following the 2014 season.Gage Gubrud, Eastern Washington, QB, R-So., 6-2, 195, McMinnville, OregonWhen Gubrud (pronounced goo-brood) kicked excellent rugby-style punts into strong wind gusts at Weber State as a freshman, the Eagles surely knew they had a special player. As a sophomore in 2016, hes burst onto the scene after winning the starting quarterback job away from two returnees, including a 3,000-yard passer. … Dual-threat racked up a school-record 551 total yards with six total touchdowns in his first career start, EWUs 45-42 win over Pac-12 member Washington State to open the season. … Uses a quick release in the pocket, but also has good foot speed to gain yardage up the field. A former walk-on, Gubrud is among the FCS leaders in a number of statistical categories, including passing yards per game (383.2), total offense per game (438.2) and touchdown passes (18).Devlin Hodges, Samford, QB, R-So., 6-1, 213, Kimberly, AlabamaSamford coach Chris Hatcher turned over the keys to the offense to Hodges midway through the 2015 season and the Bulldogs have been dangerous ever since. Hodges is a dual-threat with a quick release and efficient style. In his first collegiate start against Western Carolina, Hodges was 42 of 61 for 399 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 94 yards and a score. He finished his freshman season as the Southern Conferences offensive player of the month for November and made the conferences all-freshman team. Hes running less as a sophomore, but has been even better as a passer, throwing for 14 touchdowns and only two interceptions in four games.Preseason selections to the watch list were quarterbacks Aaron Bailey of Northern Iowa, Case Cookus of Northern Arizona, Austin Gahafer of Morehead State, KD Humphries of Murray State, Eli Jenkins of Jacksonville State, Kyle Lauletta of Richmond, RJ Noel of Sacred Heart and Peter Pujals of Holy Cross; running backs Kendell Anderson of William & Mary, Tarik Cohen of North Carolina A&T, Derrick Craine of Chattanooga, Chase Edmonds of Fordham, Darius Hammond of Charleston Southern, Kade Harrington of Lamar, DeAngelo Henderson of Coastal Carolina, John Santiago of North Dakota, Lenard Tillery of Southern and Darius Victor of Towson; and wide receivers Emmanuel Butler of Northern Arizona, Cooper Kupp of Eastern Washington, Justin Watson of Penn and Jake Wieneke of South Dakota State. Kupp won the award last season.A national panel of over 150 sports information and media relations directors, broadcasters, writers and other dignitaries will vote on the STATS FCS Offensive Player of the Year following the regular season. Also, STATS will honor the outstanding defensive player in the FCS, a freshman player of the year, a coach of the year and the Eddie & Doris Robinson Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Cheap Custom Pistons Jersey . In the lead up - which seemed to begin the moment Mike Geiger blew the whistle in Houston last Thursday night - the Impact rumour mill went into overdrive. The speculation went into meltdown mode, of the golden nugget variety. Cheap Pistons Jerseys . -- There were a lot of firsts for the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. http://www.custompistonsjersey.com/ . Manuel was offered a position the day he was fired. He accepted earlier this week and the team made the announcement Friday. 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Here are the six other clubs to pull off the same feat in Europes leading five leagues in the past two decades…Wolfsburg Edin Dzeko is drenched with beer after Wolfsburg win the Bundesliga in 2009 Felix Magath was widely ridiculed during his time at Fulham, which saw him oversee their relegation from the Premier League in 2014 and an 11-game winless run in the Championship which led to his sacking. But, prior to his short stint in England, the German enjoyed a remarkable Bundesliga triumph with Wolfsburg.In 2008/09, the club had made an unremarkable start to the season but, from the start of February won 14 of their final 16 matches - including a 5-1 thrashing of Bayern Munich - to clinch the title. They only hit top spot in the table with eight matches to go but were there at the end to clinch their maiden German title.Strikers Grafite (28 goals) and Edin Dzeko (26) - the Bundesligas two top scorers - were key, while Zvjezdan Misimovic topped the assists chart with 20, ahead of Werder Bremens Mesut Ozil.Deportivo La Coruna Roy Makaay was a key player in Deportivo La Corunas La Liga win Deportivo upset the odds to win La Liga in 1999/00. In the previous 15 seasons, only Atletico Madrid, in 1995/96, had prevented either Real Madrid or Barcelona winning Spains top flight. Few would have expected Depor - who finished sixth the previous season - to be the next league winners.But, with the help of Roy Makaays 22 goals, Javier Irureta pulled off a shock league win. They were helped by a faltering Real Madrid, who slumped from second the previous year to fifth - sacking John Toshack along the way - and a Barcelona team failing to match their levels which had led to back-to-back La Liga titles.In fact, Deportivo lost 11 times and still took the crown - with a points total 10 shy of the number Barcelona had racked up the previous year.Auxerre Laurent Blanc helped Auxerre to their first French title Manager Guy Roux was in charge at Auxerre for over 40 years but 1995/96 will surely go down as his finest.dddddddddddd PSG and Monaco may have had the glamour players such as Youri Djorkaeff and Sonny Anderson, but it was Auxerre who pipped them to the title, winning Ligue 1 by four points.On top of that, Auxerre also clinched the double, winning the Coupe de France, thanks to Laurent Blanc and Lilian Laslandes goals against Nimes in the final. LensThree-time Ligue 1 runners-up, Lens finally got their hands on the championship trophy in 1997/98 - however, it was by the narrowest of margins. Lens finished the season tied on points with Metz but, thanks to a goal difference of +25 versus +20, finished top.It was a remarkable season for Daniel Leclercqs side, who also finished runners-up in the French Cup to PSG, and made the semi-finals of the League Cup - a tournament theyd win for the second time in their history the following year.Lyon Captain Sonny Anderson and Sidney Govou celebrate Lyons title win Lyon won Ligue 1 seven seasons in a row up until 2007/08 - but remarkably, their first of that streak in 2001/02 was their first-ever French title.The team, featuring Marc-Vivien Foe, Sonny Anderson, Juninho Pernambucano and Sidney Govou, and managed by future France boss Jacques Santini, finished two points clear of Lens.Montpellier Olivier Giroud and the Ligue 1 trophy, after Montpelliers triumph Montpellier won their first French title in 2011/12, finishing three points clear of PSG - who had been bought by their current Qatari owners at the start of the season.Fired by the goals of Olivier Giroud (21), and featuring fellow future Premier League players Remi Cabella, Benjamin Stambouli and Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Montpellier built their title challenge on two mid-season eight-game unbeaten runs. 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