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Farley defers his quarterback choice
Mark Farley's angle on the battle to start at quarterback came down to this: it's too close to measure.
Monday, Northern Iowa's head football coach was not ready to declare either Zach Davis or Tirrell Rennie as the top gun with Saturday's season ope… more »
Southern Utah eyes shifting Big Sky Conference
So, where does Southern Utah University go from here?
On Tuesday, the Thunderbirds were left without a viable football league when it was announced that UC Davis and Cal Poly will take their programs to the Big Sky Conference.
Montana athletic dir… more »
Great West nears end as schools shift plans
The end is near for the Great West Football Conference, which learned Tuesday that next season will be the last in the league for two of its five members.
UC Davis and Cal Poly, charter members of the seven-year-old FCS conference, announced they wer… more »
Bison Stun Kansas; League Completes Successful Week
Missouri Valley Football Conference schools completed a successful week Saturday with two more wins, wrapping up a 6-1 non-conference slate in the first weekend for Division I football. The most significant win of the day was a 6-3 North Dakota State… more »
Missouri State Defense Closes Out Camp With Impressive Scrimmage Performance
The Missouri State Bears wrapped up their 2010 preseason camp Saturday morning with a 70-play scrimmage at Plaster Field.
The Bears’ defense outperformed the offense for most of the event. The first-team defenders held the first-team offense to just… more »
Washington product lining up for Illinois State
Underwood gets head start on college game with Redbirds football team
The scenery on the 35-or-so-mile trip from Washington to Normal doesn’t change a great deal.
But once in Normal things are as different as the grass and chalked Babcook Field ve… more »
Salukis open new stadium
Inside one of the few completely finished areas of Saluki Way, Southern Illinois University football coach Dale Lennon smoothed out his 2010 squad Friday.
Lennon, new offensive coordinator Kalen DeBoer, defensive coordinator Kyle "Bubba" Schweigert a… more »
Football Recruiting Scene Changing Fast
Area colleges know they have to get to prospective players first; schools 'want to defend turf'.
BROOKINGS - Encircled by campers hailing from the areas that he recruited, South Dakota State football assistant Luke Meadows gave a word of caution befo… more »
Football conference in flux at South Dakota?
Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, the University of South Dakota athletic department will move from the Great West Conference to the Summit League for all sports.
All sports that is except football.
For now, the department’s premier progra… more »
Trent Miles Completes Indiana State Staff With The Addition Of Five Coaches
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Third-year Indiana State head football coach Trent Miles has named his coaching staff for the 2010 campaign. Joining the staff will be linebackers coach Rick Minter, offensive line coach Mike Simmonds, offensive line coach Harold Eth… more »
YSU football adds two more transfers
You know your program is going in the right direction when your transfers start to recruit more transfers.
Youngstown State picked up two more players on Monday when former Cincinnati wide receiver Lynell Payne and former Syracuse kicker/punter Jake… more »
Tyler Seeks Big-Time Atmosphere, Playing Time At Youngstown State
Najee Tyler couldn’t help but like what he saw.
The former Xaverian quarterback had recently gotten his release from Purdue, a Big Ten school with a rich football history. He got the feeling he would get a similar experience at Youngstown State, a Fo… more »
David Sayler Named USD Athletic Director
Vermillion, S.D. – University of South Dakota President James W. Abbott introduced David Sayler as the school’s 12th athletic director at a press conference Thursday afternoon in the Muenster University Center. Sayler joins the Coyotes after spending th… more »
Northern Iowa Add 3 to Football Coaching Staff
University of Northern Iowa head football coach Mark Farley has added three assistants to his coaching staff for the 2010 season.
All three additions to the coaching staff are native Iowans.
Matt Entz, a native of Waterloo, Iowa, joined the staff… more »
Several FCS schools not looking to make FBS jump
While some of the biggest conferences in Division 1 athletics have made changes in membership of late, some prominent Division 1-AA schools aren’t looking to move anytime soon.
Illinois State University, North Dakota State University and Southern Ill… more »
