Josh Cain, a defensive back from Jacksonville State University (JSU), and Andrew Miller, a linebacker from the University of North Dakota have been chosen as the recipients of the Ninth Annual Division I Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Direc… more »

FCS members who wish to join the FBS should have a bona fide offer of membership from an FBS conference to be considered for FBS membership, among other recommendations The Division I Leadership Council wants more information before making formal rec… more »

"May you live in interesting times." - Chinese Proverb It seems no matter how long I will live or how small or big the impact of the result will be, I never grow tired of that proverb. As one of a handful of Chattanoogans who now call Dallas home, I… more »

Regarding Chattanooga's failed attempt to hold onto the Football Championship Subdivision title game, at least we now know what NCAA stands for -- No Chance After All. We say this because there reportedly was not a single question asked of our point… more »

Frisco, Texas, has been selected as the new host site for the NCAA Division I Football Championship game. Frisco emerged from a pool of several cities that submitted bids to serve as the host site for the championship game for the next three years, begi… more »

How many college football coaches does it take to run a team? There are rules about that. The NCAA spells out how many coaches and what types of coaches a football team may employ in Article 11 of its rulebook. Following is the exact language from th… more »

Mark Wiedmar, columnist for the Chattanooga Times Free Press, wrote about a threat to his community: Frisco, Texas. The Collin County suburb offered a bid for the Football Championship Subdivision title game, an event Chattanooga has hosted for the l… more »

There may be no Chattanoogan more deeply interested in our town's bid to retain the NCAA's FCS title game than Mary Childress. The downtown Mariott's director of sales and marketing, Childress said Tuesday, "We're watching very closely. This is proba… more »

Ed Farrell recalls tying the NCAA title-game bid to a stadium in the planning stages. It was an ambitious idea, bringing the NCAA Division I football championship game to Chattanooga. The city never had hosted such an event, and at the time former… more »

Liberty Director of Athletics Jeff Barber was recently named to the NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee and Football Issues Committee. His four-year term will begin on Sept, 1, 2010 and continue through Sept. 1, 2014. Barber is on… more »

Multiple activities scheduled to take place leading into the championship game The city of Chattanooga, Tenn., is hosting the NCAA 2009 Division I Football Championship on Friday, Dec. 18, for the 13th consecutive year, but more than a football ga… more »

The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions has placed Richmond on two years of probation and imposed recruiting restrictions in eight sports for impermissible recruiting text messages and telephone calls to prospective student-athletes. The committ… more »

The NCAA Division I Infractions Appeals Committee has overturned a postseason ban for Eastern Washington University’s football program, saying that the competitive advantage the school gained through the violations was not as significant as the Committe… more »

Richmond's Eric Ward posts impressive numbers where it counts most. Flash doesn't define Richmond quarterback Eric Ward. His statistics alone aren't likely to blow away passive observers. "We're not a spread offense where [he] throws 50 times… more »

Schools in leagues that have automatic berths in the Bowl Championship Series receive less-stringent probation penalties from the NCAA than other Division I institutions for violating the governing body's rules, says a study released Tuesday by a former… more »