Archives for: July 2008, 22
Comcast-Owned Regionals Kick Off CAA Football Slate
The Colonial Athletic Association will kick off a 36-game TV college football slate, with 21 contests scheduled for Comcast-owned regional networks.
The nation’s largest Football Championship Subdivision schedule will feature 12 games on CN8, The Com… more »
Gundy wasn't shocked when Reid left OSU
Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said he wasn't surprised when Bobby Reid decided to transfer to Division I-AA Texas Southern over the offseason.
Reid was the subject of Gundy's infamous rant last season, where he supported his player after he had bee… more »
Wildcats Fifth In Big Sky Preseason Poll
PARK CITY — With 15 starters returning from a strong 2007 finish, Weber State appears poised for a breakout season in Big Sky Conference football this year.
The preseason voters don't seem to agree.
The Wildcats were selected to finish fifth in th… more »
Jacksonville's Bell Discusses the Upcoming Season at the FSWA Media Day
"We went through tough times last year, but I like the direction we have the program going."
Those words came from JU head football coach Kerwin Bell as he addressed the media from across the state on Friday morning at the Marriott Riverside at the a… more »
Lamar To Face Rival McNeese State In Football In 2010
BEAUMONT, Texas - Lamar and McNeese State athletic department officials have reached an agreement to play a non-conference game during the 2010 football season against each other at Cowboy Stadium in Lake Charles, La.
The contest, scheduled for Sept… more »
Four Griz Earn Preseason Kudos
PARK CITY, Utah - The league predictions aren't out yet, but the Montana Grizzlies are well-stocked for another title defense if the 2008 Big Sky preseason all-conference team means much.
Buck Buchanan Award nominee Colt Anderson and teammate Colin D… more »
EWU FB Alexander: 'They call me old until I hit them'
SPOKANE, Wash. - A quartet of Eastern Washington University football players have been selected to the 2008 Big Sky Conference preseason team, which was released Monday (July 21) at the league's annual Summer Kickoff in Park City, Utah.
Eastern playe… more »
For EIU's Walters, No More Mr. Nice Guy (Just For Now)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Ultimately, Pierre Walters just wants to be nice again.
This attempt to shed his image of some speedy pass rusher who used to run the high hurdles in track to a menacing defensive end backing up first impressions of the perhaps sc… more »
Eteuati, Smith Lead Weber State Preseason Honors
PARK CITY — Bryant Eteuati has spent his career at Weber State making defenders miss him and forcing Division I recruiters to look foolish for ignoring him.
Eteuati, a two-time all-conference return specialist, added another honor to his collegiate c… more »
Hill, Marquez ready for NFL camp races
Six weeks in Chicago was the warmup for free agent signee Nick Hill.
The business side of Hill's race for the active roster begins Wednesday in Bourbonnais. After six weeks of minicamp shortly after the NFL draft, the former Southern Illinois Univers… more »
More-visible Jackrabbits enter Missouri Valley
ST. LOUIS - Roughly 45 days before it begins league play, South Dakota State is getting a taste of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.
The 23rd annual Valley Football Media Day will be held today at an upscale airport hotel in sweltering St. Lou… more »
For URI AD Bjorn, An Eventful Beginning
Thorr Bjorn will always remember his first year as athletics director at the University of Rhode Island.
Budget cuts, program cuts and coaching cuts were among the challenges the former University of Massachusetts administrator faced.
“It has… more »
Nicholls State picked fifth in Southland Conference
FRISCO, Texas – The Nicholls State football team has been picked to finish fifth overall in the Southland Conference head coaches and sports information directors’ preseason polls released Tuesday.
McNeese State, a team which has won the last two SLC… more »
Jacksonville State picked to win OVC title
Jacksonville State University head football coach Jack Crowe finds himself in a familiar position at today's Ohio Valley Conference media day in Nashville - in the bull's-eye as the No.1 pick.
Crowe's Gamecocks, defending champion Eastern Kentucky an… more »
SWAC Q&A: First-year commissioner Duer Sharp talks league’s future
As the Southwestern Athletic Conference holds football media day, we check in with first-year commissioner Duer Sharp. A former interim athletic director at Grambling, Sharp previously served as the SWAC’s assistant commissioner and had a previous tenur… more »