Category: NCAA
Championship Pregame Quotes, January 5
Coach/Player Quotes - Thursday Post Practice
Here are quotes from select Sam Houston State players and head coach
Willie Fritz following today's practice in preparation for the 2012 NCAA
Division I Football Championship Game Saturday at Pizza Hut P… more »
Division I Football Championship On Record Attendance Pace
With all 20,086 seat tickets for the NCAA Division I football championship game between No. 1 seed Sam Houston State University and No. 2 seed North Dakota State University sold or allocated to the participating institutions, the tournament will exceed… more »
Second Round D-I Football Championships on ESPN Gameplan
ESPN will offer access to all eight second round NCAA Division I Football Championship Games on its ESPN GamePlan platform, in addition to being carried on ESPN3.
ESPN GamePlan is a nationwide pay-per-view system for cable/satellite subscribers. For… more »
NCAA Cabinet discusses agents, pro sports counseling panel
The Division I Amateurism Cabinet is endorsing concepts that would help schools inform student-athletes about involvement with agents and whether to pursue a professional sports career.
At its fall meeting, the cabinet proposed an NCAA Agent Registra… more »
New DI override process approved
The Division I membership will conduct its override vote this year via an online process instead of at the NCAA Convention.
The Division I Administration Cabinet approved the new process, which will be conducted through the Legislative Services Data… more »
Charles Haley Named as FCS Ambassador for 2012 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game
Charles Haley, a former James Madison University student-athlete and the only NFL player to win five Super Bowls, was named as the FCS Ambassador for the 2012 NCAA Division I Football Championship.
Haley is the third ambassador of the football champi… more »
2012 NCAA Division I Football Championship game tickets to go on sale
Tickets for the 2012 NCAA Division I Football Championship game will go on sale Friday, Sept. 30 at 11 a.m. ET (10 a.m. CT).
Tickets may be purchased online at www.NCAA.com/fcs for two seating locations within the stadium: midfield ($35*) and sidelin… more »
NCAA to evaluate text regulations
Rules regarding texting recruits back on table to discuss
The NCAA may be ready to hit “send” on the following message about how texting factors into recruiting rules: “Time 2 chng.”
Without being prompted by a centralized or Association-wide task… more »
College football in Canada less tarnished than in U.S
In the U.S., all hell is breaking loose. That statement could apply to a lot of things, but in this case it is referring to college sports and football.
The NCAA's major conferences are engaged in a merciless contest that is somewhere between the Col… more »
Thomas will step down as chair of NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions
Dennis Thomas, the commissioner of Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, will step down as the chair of the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions due to unforeseen personal reasons.
Britton Banowsky, the commissioner of Conference USA and former vice-… more »
2011 Division I FCS Promo Video
Yes, it is the one that inexplicably leaves out the Great West Football Conference. This was done by the NCAA and it the version given to the Ohio Valley Conference.
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NCAA Prez Says 'Cheating will not be tolerated'
Let's make no mistake: Today's violations in collegiate athletics are utterly indefensible. They overshadow all that is good in college sports. They cast doubt over the motivations of all involved and give credibility to the cynical view. Worse, they en… more »
NCAA.com To Debut College Football Preview Show
Vince Cellini and Dave Archer will host a new college football show on NCAA.com starting this Thursday at 12:00 p.m. ET.
The debut 30-minute show will focus on the top storylines for the upcoming 2011 college football season across the Football Bowl… more »
New conduct rules ready for 2011 season
College football players caught taunting their opponents will pay a stiffer price this season. With the 2011 college football slate set to kick off in the coming days, a new rule is in place with penalties that could cost teams points.
This is the fi… more »
Top of FCS landscape stacked in 2011
Familiar faces from SoCon, CAA ready to clash this season
Electrifying Playmakers
DeAndre Presley
Appalachian State
Sr. | QB | 5-11 | 180
In his first season as a full-time starter and in a tough role having to replace Armanti Edwards at quar… more »