Category: Great West Conference
SODAK Football team looking to add game
The USD football team released its schedule for next year, but it’s not exactly finished.
The Coyotes are scheduled to play 10 games, five at home and five on the road, but head coach Ed Meierkort has never coached a team that has played less than 11 g… more »
Cal Poly Mustangs to Open Spring Practice Under New Head Coach
The Tim Walsh Era at Cal Poly begins with spring practice April 1-25 and will feature 66 returning lettermen, including eight starters on defense, a return to the 4-3 defense and a whole lot of question marks.
Topping the list of questions is who wil… more »
Start day for NODAK spring football pushed back
With the latest episode of foul weather to hit Grand Forks and the surrounding area, the University of North Dakota football coaching staff has announced that the first day of spring football practice will be pushed back. Originally scheduled to begin M… more »
Cal Poly Completes Mustang Coaching Staff
Adam Waugh and Jamar Cain have been hired as assistant football coaches at Cal Poly, completing the process of assembling a coaching staff under the direction of new head coach Tim Walsh. Waugh, an assistant coach at the United States Military Academy f… more »
Cal Poly Hall of Famer, Super Bowl Player Mel Kaufman Dies
Mel Kaufman, a linebacker on the Mustangs' NCAA Division II national championship team in 1980 and an eight-year veteran of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League, died in his Santa Margarita home Saturday night.
No cause of death ha… more »
2008 Great West Fall All-Academic Honors Announced
The Great West Conference has awarded Academic All-Conference honors since the league began with just football members in 2004, but in this first year as an all-sport league, those individuals who compete in leaguesponsored sports are going to be added… more »
Richmond's Sidbury, Cal Poly's Barden Headed To Senior Bowl
Two of just five FCS players invited to the nation's premier senior game.
Richmond senior defensive end Lawrence Sidbury, Jr. has accepted an invitation to play in the nation's most prestigious senior game - the Under Armour Senior Bowl - set for Sat… more »
Cal Poly Announces Initial Lineup of Assistant Coaches
New Cal Poly head football coach Tim Walsh has assembled a coaching staff that includes former players and/or assistants from Portland State, Boise State and the United States Military Academy.
Serving as co-offensive coordinators are Bryan Cook, who… more »
Tim Walsh Hired as 16th Cal Poly Head Football Coach
Tim Walsh was a quarterback on UC Riverside's last football team before dropping the sport in 1975. He coached against the Mustangs while at Sonoma State in the early 1990s and at Portland State in the mid-1990s.
Today, Walsh finds himself on the oth… more »
Cal Poly coach Ellerson in talks to take Army job
Rumors that Rich Ellerson would leave for the University of Washington didn’t materialize, but come Friday, the Cal Poly football coach could be introduced as the new head coach at Army.
Cal Poly President Warren Baker confirmed Monday night that Ell… more »
Weber State Wildcats Overcome Powerful Cal Poly Mustangs
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - Weber State knew what it was up against. The Wildcats were going up against one of the most explosive and dynamic offenses in the FCS. Cal Poly quarterback Jonathan Dally is a good decision-maker within the Mustangs' option off… more »
Road Trip: Weber St. Off to Play Cal Poly
OGDEN - In an instant, Ron McBride's demeanor went from one end of the spectrum to the other Sunday evening.
There was nothing but excitement upon learning from the Selection Show on ESPNU that Weber State would be hosting a first round game in the F… more »
O'Day Feels Montana is Fortunate to Land No. 4 Seed
Jim O'Day didn't use his position on the NCAA's 10-member Football Championship Subdivision playoff selection committee to send a seed the Montana Grizzlies' way.
Not that he would, but it wasn't possible anyway.
“It's an interesting process,” sai… more »
Cal Poly Goes From Heartbreak to Home Game
Mustangs will be hosting a playoff game for the first time at the Division I level when they meet Weber State.
One day, it was a crushing loss. Another, the misfortune seemed to snowball.
The Cal Poly football team could only watch as Wisconsin pl… more »
It’s on to Wisconsin with Great West Title in Hand for Cal Poly
Dropped back as the deep man in coverage, Cal Poly safety David Fullerton watched the ball tip off a receiver’s hands and float in the air for a second as he swooped in for the interception.
The junior returned the pickoff 38 yards for a touchdown on… more »