Archives for: July 2008, 14
Former Gridiron Greats Gather for TTU
COOKEVILLE -- They laughed, they ate, they played some golf.
Former Tennessee Tech football players and coaches reunited this past weekend at the Cookeville Golf Club for the Alumni Golf Classic. TTU football alums from different eras of the program en… more »
Lamar intends to hire another assistant football coach this week
Another assistant coach should join the newly formed football staff at Lamar University this week, head coach Ray Woodard said.
Citing university policy, Woodard declined to name the new assistant until his name is officially on the payroll. The new… more »
A Man Not to be Denied: Williams Overcomes Adversity
The good news is Reggie Williams, an All-American linebacker during his football playing days at Dartmouth College, will be attending the enshrinement ceremony at the College Football Hall of Fame this weekend.
The bad news is not all of Williams wil… more »
Southern Will Have to Play on Thursday in 2009
Though Southern has been able to avoid playing a televised Thursday night football game so far, the school will likely have to do so next season under the Southwestern Athletic Conference’s contract with the ESPN family of networks.
“We can’t avoid i… more »
Local football players hope to walk on at Lamar
BEAUMONT - Phillip Richard is the kind of youngster who used to leave home for a shot at playing college football.
Maybe one day, he would have come back. Or maybe one day, he would have graduated, settled somewhere else and never returned to Southea… more »
Chattanooga AD Hart Looking For Gains This Year
There is no magic number for Rodney Allison this season, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga athletic director Rick Hart said last week.
The UTC football coach, in the final year of his contract, has to win some games and be competitive in the Sou… more »
Summer School Funding Trims Southern Offseason Conditioning
Southern University strength and conditioning coach Thomas Hall said he spends between an hour and an hour-and-a-half most weekday nights calling football players to keep up with the progress of their summer workouts.
The reason? A reduction in schol… more »