Archives for: August 2008, 26
Mountaineers Poised for Another Title Run
Appalachian State has won an unprecedented three straight FCS championships and enters the season ranked No. 1 in every poll for FCS teams.
While the rankings and the three consecutive national titles are impressive, teams in the Southern Conference… more »
FCS Teams Seek Speed to Help Counter Spread
For Furman coach Bobby Lamb, the light bulb lit up on Nov. 10, 2007.
That was the day last season when the Paladins faced Georgia Southern and quarterback Jayson Foster, the speedster who would finish the year with 1,844 rushing yards and 24 touchdow… more »
App State Player Back After Season Off for Missionary Work
Billy Riddle Returns To Team With New Perspective
BOONE, N.C. -- A senior who played on Appalachian State University's first two national championship football teams recently returned from a mission trip to Darfur -- a trip that has given him a sligh… more »
Cornell Players, Coaches Enjoying New Turf
ITHACA — The field on which the Cornell football team has amassed a 16-5 home record over the past four seasons is gone. And yet just about everyone associated with the program couldn't be happier about it.
The old AstroTurf surface on Schoellkopf Fi… more »
Richmond Head Coach Mike London Is One Energetic Spider
Emotional Mike London wants Richmond to be a champ on and off the field.
RICHMOND - Maybe it was the Jet Li movie clips he showed to the team or the talks devoted to topics other than football or the man's perpetual motion and constant chatter on the… more »
Presby Blue Hose Beef Up for FCS Foes
Presbyterian gets bigger, stronger to be competitive in Big South.
CLINTON — When Bobby Bentley took on the task of moving Presbyterian College from Division II to the Football Championship Subdivision, he made clear his intention to be immediately c… more »
McGuire Makes Holy Cross ’Saders Lethal
Tight end back for 5th season
WORCESTER— Ryan McGuire played his first full season for Holy Cross in 2007 and what a year it was — a key part of the Crusaders’ powerhouse offense, the talented tight end earned first-team All-Patriot League honors.… more »
Rizzi Has Two Options to Open up the URI Offense
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - Derek Cassidy, an option quarterback since high school in Winter Haven, Fla., has embraced the challenge of playing quarterback in a shotgun formation, and D.J. Stefkovich, a prodigious drop-back passer at Staples High in Westport, Con… more »
The Move to Division I Starts for Bryant Football
SMITHFIELD - Marty Fine may field the best team in Bryant University's 10-year football history this season, but after the final snap in November, fans might not know it.
Such is the potential for losing when a program moves up a division, as Bryant… more »
Year Later, Upset of Michigan Resonates
The Washington Post talks about how far FCS football has come since "the upset".
Coach Jerry Moore stopped on the edge of the Appalachian State practice field one day this preseason, turned and gazed at what his football program has become. To his ri… more »
FAMU Rattlers Hope New Coach Brings Bite
Florida A&M is relying on new Rattlers to bring some old magic back to its program.
Highly successful head coach Joe Taylor will try to put his winning stamp on a Rattlers team that hasn’t tasted much success lately.
Taylor, who will get a cha… more »
Schoenhoft, Ritacco Await Blue Hen QB Decision
Keeler jokes that starter may be named in 3 a.m. text message.
NEWARK -- University of Delaware football coach K.C. Keeler is an astute observer of politics. That's why he might copy the method that Barack Obama used to inform people of his vice pres… more »
Appalachian's Armanti Edwards...Flies Through Defenses
Jerry Moore hasn't seen it all, even after 45 years of coaching football. That's because he has Armanti Edwards to watch.
"I think every day I'm still amazed with him," Moore said of Edwards, Appalachian State's record-setting quarterback. "I don't t… more »
Time Warner Does Not Have Coastal's Opener on TV - Yet
CONWAY - It appears Time Warner Cable subscribers will not be able to watch the Coastal Carolina-Penn State game in their own living rooms.
Time Warner spokeswoman Melissa Buscher said the cable provider is still in negotiations with Fox to add the B… more »
Elon's Opening Football Foe Showed Interest in Lembo
ELON - However microscopic the contact may or may not have been, the fact remains that the Elon University football team opens next week against an opponent which expressed some form of interest in Phoenix coach Pete Lembo during the offseason.
Richm… more »
