CEDAR FALLS --- Northern Iowa's non-conference football game with Nicholls State has been tentatively moved to a new date, director of athletics Troy Dannen said Wednesday. Originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 4, the Panthers will now host the Col… more »

Any hopes that the North Dakota State Football Team had of 'sneaking up' on the rest of the Missouri Valley Conference were quickly dashed when the Bison were picked to win it in a league Poll. Even with the high expectations, NDSU has a lot to prove… more »

ST. LOUIS --- North Dakota State hasn't made its first tackle as an active member of the newly christened Missouri Valley Football Conference. Nonetheless, Corey Lewis took a minor hit here Tuesday, thanks to the Bison. Lewis, Northern Iowa's star… more »

ST. LOUIS — North Dakota State’s introduction to the Missouri Valley Football Conference came with a bit of a catch on Tuesday. As coaches and conference officials welcomed league newcomers North Dakota State and South Dakota State to the former Gate… more »

ST. LOUIS - Five years and 43 wins later, North Dakota State University's football team is finally eligible for the playoffs. The Missouri Valley Football Conference's coaches, media and sports information directors think the Bison will get there, to… more »

Northern Iowa football players Darrell Lloyd and Adam Roberts, who were arrested during a nightclub altercation in March, have been reinstated to the team, coach Mark Farley said Tuesday. The charges stemmed from an incident that left two police offi… more »

Editor's note: After 87 years of setting a high standard for NCAA Division II athletic success, the North Central Conference will bid farewell at a celebration gala in Sioux Falls on Saturday. To put the league's past in perspective and honor its con… more »

The Grand Forks Herald's Wayne Nelson talks a little bit about the history of the now-defunct NCC Division II conference - the conference that gave FCS North Dakota, North Dakota State, South Dakota, South Dakota State, Northern Iowa, and Northern Color… more »

Effective immediately, the Gateway Football Conference - South Dakota State's new home - will be known as the Missouri Valley Football Conference by virtue of a vote of member presidents on Friday. Founded in 1985, the Gateway has been a separate LLC… more »

ST. LOUIS -- Northern Iowa won the Gateway Football Conference championship last fall with a 6-0 record. It will be the last Gateway title handed out after presidents of the nine Gateway institutions and 10 Missouri Valley Conference schools approved… more »

Like the river that bears its first name, the issue that will confront the Missouri Valley Conference on Friday has its share of depth and twists. At stake is changing the name of the Gateway Football Conference to the Missouri Valley Football Conferenc… more »

CEDAR FALLS --- Nobody came more highly recommended than Troy Dannen. In the end, nobody made a more positive impression on the 12 members of the search committee who spent more than a month helping the University of Northern Iowa find its new athlet… more »

CEDAR FALLS --- Make it an even dozen. After months of exploratory discussions and negotiations, the University of Northern Iowa has secured a 12th football game for the 2008 season. The Panthers will play Nicholls State of the Southland Conference O… more »

Cedar Falls, Ia. — Troy Dannen's deep connections to Northern Iowa showed in his wardrobe. Dannen, 41, one of five finalists for the school's athletic director job, looped a purple tie under his collar Tuesday for a public forum. As the only alumn… more »

CEDAR FALLS --- As the executive director of the Iowa Girls' High School Athletic Union, Troy Dannen figures he has one of the state's top jobs in athletics. Tuesday on the University of Northern Iowa campus, Dannen completed his pitch for a position… more »