It has been seven years since Florida A&M's last postseason appearance, and in that time the school has dealt with a failed move to Division I, an NCAA investigation and controversy over the firing of coach Billy Joe. The Rattlers' new coaching s… more »

TAMPA - Kerwin Bell said people called him crazy for scheduling Appalachian State, which has won back-to-back NCAA Football Championship Subdivision titles, but the Jacksonville University football coach instantly liked the idea when Dolphins athletic d… more »

For the 11 other schools in the Southern Conference, the inevitable question that comes with the addition of Samford to the league is: Who are these guys? Which is code for: In what areas are they a threat? Of course, there’s another side to that que… more »

SOUTH BEND, IND. — They showed W.C. Gorden around Notre Dame Stadium this weekend. He took a long look at Touchdown Jesus. Stood in the stadium Knute Rockne built. Strolled in the grass where guys like Paul Hornung, Joe Theismann and Tim Brown became… more »

Southern quarterback Bryant Lee is ready to get going — really going — for the first time since late November. Held out of contact drills during spring practices after breaking a thumb in the Bayou Classic, the junior will join his teammates in retur… more »

Thirty years ago, Utah Technical College was a trade school with an enrollment of 3,000. The only linemen on campus were the ones studying electricity, not blocking schemes. Times have changed. The eighth-fastest growing school in the country is n… more »

HAMPTON—Vernon Bryant, a graduate of Southampton High School and Hampton University, has signed a contract with the National Football League's St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent. Bryant graduated from HU in May with a bachelor's degree in spor… more »

The Citadel football coach Kevin Higgins has signed a five-year contract extension that will keep him at the military school through the 2013 season. The extension was in the works and signed before new Citadel athletic director Larry Leckonby report… more »

Jackson State and the Department of Finance and Administration have not yet reached an agreement regarding the management of Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium during football games, JSU athletic director Bob Braddy said last week. The DFA too… more »

NORMAL -- Illinois State football coach Denver Johnson liked what he saw of former Redbird Stafford Davis as an offensive lineman from 2002 to ’05. Johnson also liked what he saw of Davis as a graduate assistant coach, so much so that Davis has been… more »

This Auburn columnist is not happy about having Furman on the schedule for 2009. I just don't get Auburn's complete incompetence when it comes to scheduling football games. It's one of life's great mysteries -- how this university that's so PR sav… more »

Tommie, from Emerald High School in Greenwood, will be issued a medical redshirt and would be eligible to play in 2009. He originally injured the knee making a tackle on a return. “Something is just not quite right and he’s going to end up having sur… more »

The Southland Conference football race could be an example of the more things change, the more they stay the same. While change is consistent in the league — new teams settling in, another (Lamar) on its way in a few years and one team (SFA) with who… more »