Archives for: April 2010, 18
Lafayette Outing Short, but Sweet
Coach happy with Maroon and White game despite an early end due to bad weather.
Lightning interrupted Lafayette's Maroon and White football game Friday night after just 35 offensive plays.
But in that short time, a number of players were able to c… more »
Maroon and White Scrimmage is Canceled After 35 plays Because of Rain
EASTON - Mother Nature ultimately got the best of Lafayette College's annual Maroon and White football scrimmage Friday night at Fisher Stadium.
However, veteran coach Frank Tavani still found plenty of reasons for optimism despite a prolonged rain s… more »
MTCHELL REMAINS CONFIDENT, BUT NOT BRASH
As a young man who has spent the better part of the last two seasons as a starting quarterback at an NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision school, Bo Levi Mitchell understands the fine line between confidence and brashness.
And Eastern Washington University… more »
Weber State football: Wildcats' small but speedy defense steals the spring spotlight
OGDEN — One of the goals for Weber State's defense during spring football was to find an identity.
If the performance of the defensive players in the annual Purple/White game was any indication on Saturday afternoon, they've found one. The Wildcats'… more »
UNI looking for a few good men
CEDAR FALLS - Mark Farley wanted his players to lay the evidence on the table.
So the coach invited Northern Iowa's football team to knock somebody to the UNI-Dome floor Saturday.
The Panthers held their first live intrasquad scrimmage of the spri… more »
Spring in their steps: Walk-ons key in offseason
Positioned like a safety, South Dakota State assistant Jay Bubak takes two steps forward and leans over.
"Third group, third group!" he screams. Then it hits him: There is no third group of defensive backs.
Welcome to the skeletal reality of s… more »
USD Coyotes Bring Spring Football to Sioux Falls
The University of South Dakota football team made its way north to Sioux Falls saturday morning for a spring football practice.
The 'Yotes are a couple of weeks into spring ball and as they usually do, they brought their show to Bob Young Field. It's… more »
Griz QB Roper runs wild in Mining City scrimmage
BUTTE - By the end of the Montana Grizzlies' final scrimmage of spring drills Saturday, it was clear that the only guy who could stop Justin Roper was Justin Roper.
The senior quarterback ran for 97 yards and four touchdowns to highlight another offe… more »
Read, Davis to coach PSU alumni
This looks familiar: Portland State is holding an alumni football game and Don Read is going to coach it.
Read, Montana winningest football coach, and Mouse Davis will coach in both the all-alumni game and the Vikings' annual spring game, set for noo… more »
Former Ferris star switches roles at Eastern Washington
CHENEY, Wash. - The list of players vying for the open quarterback spot at Eastern Washington just got a little shorter. Eagles head coach Beau Baldwin said former Ferris quarterback Jeff Minnerly will move from the offense to the defensive side of the… more »
Big change
Idaho State offensive lineman Mitch Rudder's newfound explosiveness first took shape this offseason not in the weight room or in Holt Arena, but in — of all places — Reed Gym's swimming pool.
New offensive line coach Jon Clark mandated early in the… more »
UND football: Offense takes step forward
GRAND FORKS – Quarterback Brent Goska wasn’t wearing the red jersey during the University of North Dakota’s scrimmage Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
But that was OK with the Sioux backup. As a running quarterback, Goska knows he’ll take some hits when… more »
NDSU football: Sigers shows speed with 97-yard run
The flaming meteor that crashed into the Midwest earlier this week still had some life to it on Saturday. It hit the North Dakota State defense in an intrasquad spring football scrimmage.
Running back Mike Sigers looked like he had jet-powered shoes… more »
With NDSU football, when is enough, enough?
Seems like just yesterday when Craig Bohl’s recruiting expertise was being questioned. The North Dakota State head football coach himself admitted recruiting had to improve in order to turn around disappointing 3-8 and 6-5 seasons.
Now, his recruitin… more »