CHARLESTON -- Putting a blue shirt over his white jersey as a fill-in for some plays, Erik Lora did not treat everyone equal. While contributing one 24-yard catch for the Blue-jersey contingent, Lora when wearing his White No. 22 became the star of E… more »

CHARLESTON -- What will Eastern Illinois’ football team do if forecasted rain comes Saturday? “Play with a wet ball,” coach Bob Spoo said. “We’ve got to get it in.” While the quarterback derby that was a toss-up when spring practice started for no… more »

PHILADELPHIA -- Nick Kray arrived at Eastern Illinois seven years ago as a preferred walk-on defensive lineman. One red-shirt season and four years playing later, Kray transitioned to a defensive quality control coach with the Panthers for the 2008 seas… more »

The quarterback has to be new. Maybe the offense will be as well. Tests are to start Monday with Eastern Illinois’ first spring football practice where coaches are to evaluate not only players but new plans and ideas from the off-season. “We’re go… more »

Some people say college football has recently turned into a business. However, the first "guarantee" game for Penn State football can be dated back to 1887 against Dickinson College. According to Lou Prato's book, "The Penn State Football Encyclop… more »

The familiar name is on the door, and Brian Callahan, who looks similar, just about two decades older than his Eastern Illinois football playing days, is his old polite self. While giving his polite no comment until a contract is finalized, Callahan… more »

For the third straight football season Eastern Illinois is to face a team that played in a BCS Bowl game the previous year and the Panthers are also to start a new two-game series in their 2010 schedule announced today. The season is to open on Sept.… more »

A coroner says an assistant football coach for Eastern Illinois has died following a car crash that happened as he returned home from a playoff game. The team had a playoff game against Southern Illinois earlier Saturday. Effingham, Ill., county coro… more »

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. -- In this time of the year when some struggling football teams start blaming people, Eastern Illinois had its finger pointing Saturday. All of it was praise following the Panthers’ finest hours in years, Saturday’s 28-20 upset win… more »

The Eastern Illinois Panthers were not ready to let Jacksonville State claim the people's Ohio Valley Conference championship, so they came to Paul Snow Stadium and beat the Gamecocks 28-20. Saturday's win spoiled JSU's homecoming and ruined the APR-… more »

Illinois State quarterback Drew Kiel was nearly perfect, completing 20-of-22 passes, but the effort wasn’t enough to keep pace with Eastern Illinois in a 31-6 season-opening loss at O’Brien Field Thursday night. Kiel, who started the game with 15 c… more »

CHARLESTON – After a first and goal at the 4-year line, three straight times last year’s Eastern Illinois’ touchdown leader Desmin Ward was kept from running into the end zone. The good news is he was stopped by EIU’s defense. “All the stuff we’ve… more »

With arguably the best team in the conference not eligible for the league title, the nine-team Ohio Valley Conference could see some serious competition in 2009. Jacksonville State, which finished 23rd in last year's final Sports Network poll, had hi… more »

CHARLESTON - Former Iowa quarterback Jake Christensen has positioned himself academically for a shot at playing this season at Eastern Illinois. Christensen has passed 42 credit hours in seven months: three in the winter, 24 in the spring at Iowa and… more »

In a balanced vote that saw five of the eight eligible teams receive at least one first-place vote, two-time defending champion Eastern Kentucky University has been picked as the 2009 Ohio Valley Conference preseason football favorite in a vote of leagu… more »