San Marcos — Texas State football fans rejoice — the season is so close, you can hear the first bone-crunching hit. After a strong group of spring practices, the Bobcats look to continue the progress made beginning Monday. Texas State officially beg… more »

The Colgate football team will start training camp on Sunday, and they'll do it as the preseason pick to finish third in the Patriot League this season. At the conference's annual Media Day on Thursday the Raiders were picked to finish behind defendi… more »

North Dakota State opened its football team for official business on Friday with the first day of practice. Senior Kole Heckendorf was glad to be one of almost 90 clients. He didn’t feel that way at the end of May when he was contracted Lyme disease.… more »

Paul Backowski’s football career, which took him from a Minnesota high school all-state selection to the University of Colorado to North Dakota State, is over. The junior offensive tackle told Bison head coach Craig Bohl late Thursday night that he’s… more »

North Dakota State is expected to bring in a fourth quarterback this weekend. Andrew Fabry, who walked on at Arizona State but did not play, will be part of NDSU’s 90-man fall camp practice roster. The Arizona State sports information department… more »

CEDAR CITY - With less than 24 hours before players report for football practice in preparation for their Aug. 30 opener at Air Force, Southern Utah University coach Ed Lamb relishes the opportunity his team has in his first venture as the Thunderbirds'… more »

HOUSTON—For a conference that fancies itself as "the SEC of I-AA", embarrassing was about the only applicable word for its FCS playoff showing last season. After an outstanding undefeated run through the meat grinder Southland Conference schedule, th… more »

The Southland Conference is infamous for its notable Div. I-A transfer quarterbacks. After years of trying, Southeastern's Lions finally have landed one of their own. Lions head coach Mike Lucas has announced the addition of Baylor University transfe… more »

Jay Lucas had a "frame-it" game against the University of Central Arkansas last season. He rushed for career-high 215 yards on 24 carries, the third-highest single-game yardage in Southeastern Louisiana history. He most vividly remembers one pla… more »

McNeese State head coach Matt Viator and his staff welcomed the Cowboys back to campus on Friday, went through preliminaries and got ready to open football practice today. Newcomers to the squad took physicals (holdovers had taken physicals before t… more »

MSU sophomore reinstated following offseason suspension. Jeran Trotter has been reinstated by coach Terry Allen as a member of the Missouri State football team after an offseason suspension. Trotter pleaded guilty this summer to 10 counts of felon… more »

Coach has 15 starters back for his third season with Bears. When preseason football camp at Missouri State begins on Wednesday, the Bears look to continue to climb under third-year head coach Terry Allen. MSU finished 6-5 last season, following a… more »

TERRE HAUTE — “Hello, my name is [insert Sycamore football player name here].” None of the Indiana State football players who reported for the first day of preseason training camp and the first practice of the Trent Miles era wore those ubiquitous st… more »

NORMAL -- Illinois State football coach Denver Johnson believes Paul Wright bears a resemblance to former Redbird linebacker Kye Stewart. Johnson will be thrilled if Wright plays like ISU’s former all-conference performer as well. “He reminds me… more »

NORMAL -- Dismissed from the University of Minnesota football team in the spring of 2007, E.J. Jones clung to both his innocence and the hope of being reinstated. “I was determined to play. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out,” Jones said Thursday at… more »