Wofford coaches are taking no chances. Emergency whistles blow almost immediately when running back Eric Breitenstein touches the football in practice. They don't want anything to happen to the program. Breitenstein, a junior fullback from Valle… more »

Tirrell Rennie would grab the football, peer downfield and try to read the defense. At times during his first season as Northern Iowa's quarterback, Rennie understood perfectly what he saw. At others, it all seemed to be code. "Sometimes - I won… more »

Defensive end finished with 14 sacks, named 3rd-team All-American. University of Dayton football coach Rick Chamberlin has never noticed opponents assigning extra blockers for defensive end Devon Langhorst to keep him from causing mayhem in the backf… more »

South Dakota players are excited any time they get to face a higher-division team from the Football Bowl Subdivision. The Coyotes’ fans like taking a swing at a team like Air Force. The coaches don’t share the exuberance. “Coaches don’t like ‘em,… more »

Sometimes football seems thicker than blood, and Mary Hunter is certainly a hardcore fan. Not only has the 80-year-old played fantasy football for two decades, she is the commissioner of her league. She’s also a devout University of Louisville fan. H… more »

HBCUs rank high among schools contributing to public good The seventh annual MEAC/SWAC Challenge is slated for Sunday at Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium in Orlando, Fla. This year’s matchup features Bethune-Cookman of the MEAC against Prairie View A&a… more »

How many conference games will ODU win in its inaugural CAA football season? 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 SEPT. 3 vs. Campbell, 6 p.m. The skinny Campbell’s program is a year older than the Monarchs, but it appears ODU has outgrown the Camels. This is… more »

The Sacramento State football team and players are ready to bring a Big Sky Conference title home to Hornet Stadium after a season of success mixed with heartbreaking losses. Sac State received its first-ever top-25 ranking in the Football Champions… more »

It’s not as if Lafayette College is new to indoor football. The Leopards played the first indoor night college football game ever when they took on Washington & Jefferson College in the Atlantic City (N.J.) Auditorium. That was in 1930. Longevity… more »

Upside versus experience: it's a lingering question Montana State has been trying to answer in the defensive secondary during fall camp. MSU lost three starters on the back line of its defense, including captains/safeties Michael Rider and Jordan Cra… more »

Two years ago, Butler University completed an 11-1 football season with its first postseason victory ever in the Gridiron Classic. That ledger came with a caveat: Seven wins were by a touchdown or less. Fortunes reversed last year. The Bulldogs were… more »

There was no easing into his role as Youngstown State's starting quarterback for Kurt Hess a year ago. The then-freshman's first college game was a start against Penn State at Beaver Stadium. If Hess was nervous, it didn't show. The Dayton native use… more »

The prognosis for the 2011 Holy Cross football team is akin to assembling a puzzle. All the pieces are there; it just might take a while to make them fit. Unfortunately, the Crusaders won’t have the luxury of spending an inordinate amount of time to… more »

The offense features a new quarterback with one season to show what he can do as a starter, a tight end looking to make up for a relatively lost season and a renewed commitment to playing at a fast and furious pace. The defense lines up a couple of g… more »