Categories: Missouri Valley Football Conference, Illinois State Redbirds, Indiana State Sycamores, Missouri State Bears, North Dakota State Bison, Northern Iowa Panthers, South Dakota Coyotes, South Dakota State Jackrabbits, Southern Illinois Salukis, Western Illinois Leathernecks, Youngstown State Penguins
Contract extension in the works for NDSU coach
North Dakota State head football coach Craig Bohl appears close to signing a new five-year contract. The new deal for Bohl would become effective in July and run through 2016. He’s 61-30 in eight seasons at NDSU.
North Dakota State head football coa… more »
Football squads tourney run persists
In front of a crowd of almost 6,000 fans, the football team defeated the University of Northern Iowa Panthers on Saturday 14-7 and advanced to the second round of the FCS playoffs.
The Mountain Hawks move into the round of sixteen and will travel to… more »
Panther football ends its 2010 drive
UNI runs out of gas during 14-7 loss to Lehigh University.
The 2010 University of Northern Iowa football season ended Saturday as the Lehigh University Mountain Hawks stole away a 14-7 first round playoff win in the UNI-Dome. The loss was the Panther… more »
Panthers expect first-round advantage at Dome
How about Purple Saturday?
The Northern Iowa football team’s noon Football Championship Subdivision first round playoff game against Lehigh kicks off a 10-hour marathon of Panther sports.
The Northern Iowa volleyball team will face Creighton in th… more »
Western Illinois QB raises bar with stellar senior campaign
Leathernecks’ Matt Barr will be among school’s best when his career is done
Eight of the top 11 quarterbacks in Western Illinois history have played in the era of the FCS playoffs.
Matt Barr, the eighth, steadily climbed the charts and will finish… more »
Former Bison assistant coach McInerney is pretty familiar with Saturday's opponent Robert Morris
Central Connecticut State head football coach Jeff McInerney has seen the two stages of Bison football.
As an assistant coach for North Dakota State in 2003, he was part of the beginning of the transition to Division I Football Championship Subdivisi… more »
Hallgren reflects on final season as Panther
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The gap between success and failure can be thinner than a young man's spine.
Billy Hallgren has measured it, personally and painfully.
Northern Iowa's senior kicker knows that a one-inch mistake on the snap or the hold will se… more »
Leathernecks travel to Coastal Carolina for their first-round FCS playoff game
There was little suspense for the Western Illinois team.
The Leathernecks’ playoff game was the first announced Sunday as the bracket revealed they will play Coastal Carolina in the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision Playoffs at noo… more »
Sioux prepare for a rowdy crowd
UND, South Dakota should have a frenzied atmosphere for Great West Conference opener
A crowd of around 10,000 is expected for Saturday’s game between UND and South Dakota — two teams with a long history that both are in the formative stages of their… more »
Whether you're a Jack or Coyote, teams' football success unites S.D.
South Dakota's two largest universities and their Division I athletic programs have earned the state's congratulations this fall.
The University of South Dakota recently defeated Big 10 Conference opponent University of Minnesota on the football fiel… more »
NDSU finding ways to win
When North Dakota State hosts Western Illinois Saturday afternoon, it will be its third straight Division I Football Championship Subdivision opponent that is showing up in national rankings. Throw the University of Kansas in the mix and the Bison have… more »
Questions of defense abound for Sycamores
Figures don’t lie, but liars figure. And then there are statistics.
Or, to put that another way, just how good is Indiana State’s pass defense anyway?
After holding Western Illinois to just 19 yards through the air Saturday on four completions — n… more »
Jacks Battle but Fall at Nebraska
The South Dakota State University football team battled throughout with nationally ranked Nebraska before falling 17-3 before a crowd of 85,573 Saturday night at Memorial Stadium.
The Jackrabbits dropped to 0-3 on the season, while the Cornhuskers, r… more »
Juices flowing for Bison-Coyotes game
A good chunk of the North Dakota State and University of South Dakota football players were still in junior high the last time these teams played. For some coaches and fans, it seems like yesterday.
USD head coach Ed Meierkort said he’s gotten a less… more »
A Check And A Challenge
Coach John Stiegelmeier stands behind South Dakota State’s decision three years ago to accept an invitation to play at Nebraska, even if the Huskers have gone from one of their low points in 2007 to again being a Top 10 team.
“At that point, that tim… more »
