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Seasoned Spiders Seeking Encore
From last season’s national championship to next year’s stadium unveiling to long-standing academic standards, the University of Richmond football program has much to offer.
But for all those assets, the most striking element of the 2009 Spiders is their depth chart. Just peruse the 22 projected starters for Saturday’s regular-season finale against William and Mary.
Freshmen? Please. They’re practice fodder. Sophomores? Need not apply. Each of Richmond’s first-teamers is an upperclassman, 15 seniors and seven juniors. Moreover, all were redshirted, meaning every starter has been in the program at least four years. Good luck finding a lineup this experienced.
Just call N.J.'s Christie 'Governor Blue Hen'
Garden State’s new chief executive a die-hard UD football fan.
Since he won the election to be New Jersey’s next governor, Chris Christie has gotten a lot of attention for being an avid fan of fellow Garden State native Bruce Springsteen.
Christie, who’s been to more than 120 Springsteen shows, also has a passion in the First State. The 1984 University of Delaware grad and former UD student council president loves Blue Hens football games as much as the Boss, his close friends say.
The 47-year-old Republican has had season tickets to Delaware Stadium for about 20 years, although the grind of this year’s campaign caused him to miss all of this season’s home games, something that had never happened before. Christie normally makes most of the home games.
FCS Conference Players of the Week
Honors from all 14 conferences.
- 5384 words - FCS News Articles, Missouri Valley Football Conference, MEAC, SoCon, Southland Conference, Pioneer Football League, Great West Conference, Big Sky Conference, CAA, Patriot League, Northeast Conference, SWAC, Big South Conference, Ivy League, Ohio Valley Conference Spiders All-Time Leading Receiver Set For Second NASA Mission
The liftoff is set for 2:28 p.m. ET on Monday, Nov. 16.
Leland Melvin, a University of Richmond Hall of Famer and member of the All-UR Stadium Team, has begun final preparations for his second mission as a NASA astronaut. Melvin and his crew are set to launch from the Kennedy Space Center Monday at 2:28 p.m. ET.
Richmond, William & Mary Rename Football Rivalry As Capital Cup
The historic football rivalry has been played 118 times and is the oldest in the South.
This year’s winner of the South’s oldest college football rivalry will take home a new trophy - The Capital Cup - symbolic of the long-standing series between The University of Richmond and The College of William & Mary, the schools jointly announced Wednesday. It will be awarded for the first time following the Nov. 21 game at UR Stadium.
Richmond Football, Seven Other Sports Penalized for Text-messaging
The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions has placed Richmond on two years of probation and imposed recruiting restrictions in eight sports for impermissible recruiting text messages and telephone calls to prospective student-athletes.
Richmond Unveils All-UR Stadium Team
The prestigious team features 28 Richmond Legends that played in the UR Stadium era (1929-2009)
The University of Richmond department of athletics has unveiled the All-UR Stadium Team, which recognizes the greatest Spiders to have played at the historic venue. After 81 years, 2009 marks the final season of Richmond Football at UR Stadium.
UNH Football Notebook: CAA Expansion Won't Affect 'Cats Short-Term
DURHAM — There are numbers CAA commissioner Tom Yeager has a pleasure trying to crunch, and others that present more of a challenge.
Start with the tough ones. Two years from now, the CAA will welcome its 13th football-playing member, Old Dominion, which will be lodged in the league’s South Division and unbalance an unbalanced league schedule even more.
In 2012, Georgia State will bring the membership to 14, and play as a nominal member of the North Division, but with a specially-crafted schedule.
Black Bears Pick Up a Win to Build Upon
Maine finally adds to a halftime lead, taking advantage of UMass miscues for a 19-9 win.
ORONO — In a game of big plays, turnovers and wild momentum shifts, the University of Maine knocked off 19th-ranked Massachusetts 19-9 on Saturday.
The win was notable because the Black Bears (4-4, 3-2 Colonial Athletic Association) showed signs of growth in several areas.
“That’s a really good football team, nineteenth-ranked in the country,” said Maine Coach Jack Cosgrove. “We persevered. We matured and grew today.”
Dukes Demolished by Tribe
With a no. 5 national ranking and a top-rated defense, William and Mary was determined to end its five-game losing streak to James Madison.
A sellout crowd on Homecoming at Zable Stadium was ready as well.
After a quiet first half, the Tribe quickly raced to a commanding three-possession lead, defeating JMU 24-3 to move its record to 6-1 and 3-1 in the CAA.
It was the College’s first win over the Dukes (2-5, 0-4 CAA) since a 2004 victory in Harrisonburg.
Six Interceptions Fuel UR’s Romp
A break-up would have sufficed.
University of Richmond safety Derek Hatcher yesterday arrived as the passed ball did. Instead of the break-up, Hatcher went for the interception, and got it by prying the ball from the Massachusetts player who momentarily had possession in the third-quarter sequence.
UR coach Mike London called Hatcher’s thievery “one of the best plays defensively I’ve ever seen. . . . Talk about ball awareness.”
It’s a hot topic after the Spiders, top-ranked in the Football Championship Subdivision, collected six interceptions in a 34-12 Colonial Athletic Association win before 8,214 at UR Stadium. The school record for interceptions is eight, set in 1938 vs. Hampden-Sydney.
’Saders Ready to Exact Revenge
The chance to play another year of college football, to hone his skills and polish his game were all reasons Holy Cross quarterback Dominic Randolph came back for a fifth season. One last crack at a Patriot League championship was another.
“Definitely,” Randolph said this week. “That’s the goal of every team and not winning it last year pushed me to try again.”
Colgate beat Holy Cross, 28-27, in the last game of 2008 to claim the Patriot League crown. The longtime foes will clash again at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Fitton Field, and the top-25 matchup should certainly have PL title implications. It is the first of five straight league games for HC.
Coach London’s Corner: Midseason Report
The 2009 football season is well under way and the Spiders are playing well enough to have six wins versus zero defeats. It has been a season of close calls, last-second wins and dominating play at times on offense and defense.
Someone said a long time ago when it came to football and winning games, “I’d rather be lucky than good,” although I think that luck is when opportunity meets preparation.
This team is a road-tested team for sure. Four of our first six games have been on the road. The first two games were away against Duke University and the University of Delaware. Those games were followed by two home games against Hofstra University and the Virginia Military Institute. The last two games were again away at James Madison University and, most recently, the University of Maine.
UMass' Two-Tailbacked Monster To Lead Attack Against top-ranked Richmond
AMHERST – One is the sixth-leading rusher in University of Massachusetts football history, a go-to player who offers senior leadership.
The other is a sensational sophomore, so effective as a fill-in that it’s hard to see him glued to the bench.
When it comes to Tony Nelson and Jonathan Hernandez, coach Kevin Morris says there is room for both.
“Absolutely. It makes us a better football team,” Morris said as 14th-ranked UMass prepared to play Saturday at No. 1-ranked Richmond, the defending Football Championship Subdivision champion.
Substance Over Style
Richmond’s Eric Ward posts impressive numbers where it counts most.
Flash doesn’t define Richmond quarterback Eric Ward. His statistics alone aren’t likely to blow away passive observers.
“We’re not a spread offense where [he] throws 50 times a game and we’re not an offense that requires him to be a part of the running game,” explained Spiders head coach Mike London.
But Ward has compiled impressive numbers throughout his career perhaps more important than any individual mark.
“Just look at the record, and look at his career and what he’s doing now. He’s made the case to be considered one of the best in the country,” London said.
Minutemen: Out of Frying Pan, Into Fire
AMHERST – The Minutemen survived the frying pan, just in time to jump into the fire.
“The message we deliver from week to week is pretty much the same about how we want to practice and prepare for a game,” said University of Massachusetts football coach Kevin Morris, whose team plays at Richmond Saturday.
“We have a lot of plans. But now, we have to execute them.”
UMass Edges UNH in 23-17 Thriller
AMHERST – There are great victories and there are great accomplishments, and this was both.
“It was a very exciting game, maybe a little too exciting with three seconds left,” University of Massachusetts football coach Kevin Morris said after Saturday’s 23-17 Homecoming Day victory over fourth-ranked New Hampshire.
“When push came to shove, though, we did more of the shoving. That was our focus all week, to bring up our level of play after the Delaware game.”
FCS Conference Players of the Week
All 14 league honors.
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All 14 league honors.
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Four members of the University of Massachusetts football team were arrested on drug charges in downtown Amherst just before midnight Thursday, police said.
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