NORMAL — Competition on the offensive and defensive lines has Illinois State football coach Denver Johnson curious ahead of Saturday’s 7 p.m. intrasquad scrimmage at Hancock Stadium. The scrimmage is free and open to the public. As part of the univer… more »

CHAMPAIGN — At 70, Bob Spoo isn’t ready leave the sidelines at Eastern Illinois University. But the football coach and his players know the clock is ticking on his 22-year run as Panther head coach. Though he says he’s healthy now, Spoo missed all o… more »

MACOMB — The purple wristbands sported by Western Illinois’ football Leathernecks will be their way of saluting head coach Don Patterson, who won’t be on the sidelines early this season while he undergoes treatment for tonsillar cancer. | WIU team page… more »

CARBONDALE — Southern Illinois will have a new quarterback in the pocket this season, but it’s Saluki coach Dale Lennon who’s been doing the scrambling. Hired away from North Dakota months ago to take over the Saluki program that weeks earlier came… more »

Newcomers Michael Brown and Alfred Williams missed practice Thursday, but Alabama A&M coach Anthony Jones refused to comment on their whereabouts afterward. Officials close to the situation said Brown is still trying to get all the necessary pap… more »

Candidates for starting linebacker spots in tight battle Afu Okosun wants to start. So does Quinton Holmes, Alfred Williams and David Gaines. The problem is in Alabama A&M's defensive scheme, there is room for only two inside linebackers. So… more »

THIBODAUX – Nicholls football coach Jay Thomas and the entire team went for a walk downtown in their game day jerseys urging locals to support them as they embark on the 2008 season. The Colonels wore their white game day jerseys trimmed in Nicholls… more »

The time for Southeast Missouri State's football game at the University of Missouri on Sept. 6 has been set. Southeast and MU will square off at 6 p.m. at Faurot Field in Columbia, Mo. The contest, MU's home opener, will be televised by Fox Sports Mi… more »

Two weeks before they take the field for their season opener against Arizona State, the NAU Lumberjacks will hold a scrimmage on Saturday night at the Skydome. Coach Jerome Souers is bringing in NCAA referees to officiate the scrimmage to help enforc… more »

POCATELLO -- There wasn't much late-game drama for the Idaho State football team last year. No hail-mary attempts. No game-winning field goals or last-minute defensive stands. No, the Bengals didn't deal with any of that. But they hope to this year,… more »

Mike Vlahogeorge is willing to do whatever it takes to get on the field and help the University of Northern Colorado football team. Even if that means switching positions his senior year. The UNC coaches asked him this spring to make the shift to… more »

He's a 305-pounder whose job description is pushing people around, and now Colin Dow, the Montana Grizzlies' senior left guard, could push his way onto the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. Dow, a Billings Senior graduate, was a second-team all-Big Sky… more »

After nearly two weeks of practice, first-year UND football coach Chris Mussman said he doesn’t have any major complaints. Then, again, there is that matter of nagging injuries, which can make for some difficult times during two-a-day practices. “… more »

North Dakota State will complete its second week of football practice today. There’s another way to figure that out: count the number of players out of uniform. It was 12 on Thursday with almost all of them minor injuries of some type. “It’s the s… more »

Lake Charles, La. - Blake Bercegeay kicked five field goals and Todd Pendland caught two touchdown passes during McNeese State’s first full scrimmage of the fall practice session on Saturday. Now in his senior year and ranked among the top five all… more »