Archives for: January 2008, 30
Mount Tabor's Gainey will play for Mountaineers
Appalachian State adds two other commitments to 2008 football class
Ed Gainey, a two-time All-Northwest selection and Shrine Bowl participant from Mount Tabor, has accepted a scholarship to play football at Appalachian State next season.
Gainey sa… more »
Massachusetts Lineman Commits To Northeastern
Boston Herald All-Scholastic lineman Brian Palangi of Swampscott will now continue his education and football career at Northeastern University. Palangi has accepted a full scholarship and will enroll in business in the fall.
According to Big Bl… more »
Steve and Zak DeOssie on top of the world
Brown LB Zak DeOssie and his father Steve DeOssie will become on Sunday only the ninth father-son team to both play in a Super Bowl.
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Steve DeOssie made a 12-year NFL career out of picking his spots.
So this week, with the opportu… more »
EKU's Molden Set To Suit Up In All-Star Football Game
Richmond, Ky. – Senior football player Antwaun Molden will strap on the EKU helmet one more time this weekend when he participates in the second annual Texas vs. the Nation Collegiate All-Star Bowl in El Paso, Texas.
The game will be televised natio… more »
Katrina Evacuee Commits to Fordham
Defensive lineman Thomas Lloyd III and his family were Katrina evacuees in August 2005. Now, Lloyd will be heading to the Bronx to go to college and play football in the Patriot League.
HURST - Dinnertime at the Lloyd household has a Louisiana flavo… more »
Redding: Commissioner of Football Officiating
The story of Dennis Redding, which winds through the Air Force, two bouts of cancer, and finally as an observer of officials in the ECAC.
Cape Cod - Not even two types of cancer could keep Dennis Redding off the football field.
A referee of Pee We… more »
Versatile QB, strong running back commit to Eastern Illinois
Maybe Eastern Illinois will soon be giving opponents a running quarterback or, as defensive coordinator Roc Bellantoni used to call in aggravation, the 12th runner on the field.
That headache of having quick and elusive small running backs spend much… more »
Taylor selects Youngstown State
"I like what the defensive line coach (Antoine Smith) has planned for me," said Noah Taylor, who selected YSU over schools including Akron, Duquesne and the University of Pittsburgh.
"He got me really excited about the whole situation. Youngstown is… more »
Anderson runs to UNI
Blue Springs running back headed to Division I-AA power Northern Iowa
Carlos Anderson, the explosive running back who scored 26 touchdowns last season for Blue Springs High School, has committed to play football and run track at Northern Iowa.
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Landry chooses McNeese State over La. Tech
The frustration of Alonzo Landry's final year of high school football has proven to be to McNeese State's benefit.
After an all-state junior campaign, the Carencro Golden Bears' tailback endured a senior season plagued with illness and injury, not to… more »
Talks with North Dakota State stymied
Madison - Although officials from the University of Wisconsin and North Dakota State have been trying to schedule a non-conference football game for next season it appears those efforts will prove fruitless.
"I'm not sure where we're headed here," No… more »
NCAA to increase cash for education of student-athletes
The NCAA has agreed to settle an antitrust suit by making significant increases in benefits to current and former student-athletes.
The provisions of the settlement include:
$218 million to be made available from now through 2012-13 to help stu… more »
Penn Grads to Work on Franklin Field
The Athletic Department has selected the Crawford architectural firm to design the Franklin Field Pavilion, with construction slated to begin this summer.
The project will turn the northern concourse of the stadium into a state-of-the-art weight trai… more »
MEAC Announces Its 2008 Hall Of Fame Inductees
Edwin Bailey, Coach "Billy" Joe and "Cy" McClairen head this year's honorees.
Virginia Beach, Va.- The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) will enshrine five members into its’ 2008 Hall of Fame Class during a reception on Thursday, March 13, begin… more »
To Win or Not to Win? Does it Matter to Yalies?
Humorous piece talking about "school spirit", or the lack thereof, at Yale.
Vince Lombardi, one of the most celebrated coaches in American sports history, once said, “Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing.” But as I mosey around campus, I som… more »