Category: Austin Peay Governors
Perrilloux's Shadow Casts Over Conference
NASHVILLE — Coming out of spring football practice, Jacksonville State didn't have an established quarterback.
The Gamecocks were expecting to toss the dice with two freshmen, knowing they would likely take their lumps in a conference stacked with qu… more »
APSU Hopes to Surprise League
NASHVILLE — The possibility is real.
Austin Peay could finish with a worse record this football season and still actually be a better team.
The Govs ended their first year back in the Ohio Valley Conference in 2007 by finishing in a third-place ti… more »
EKU Colonels Picked Second In OVC
RICHMOND — In the past few years, the Ohio Valley Conference has slowly, but steadily started to re-emerge as one of the better Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) leagues in the country.
That resurgence hasn’t resulted in playoff victories or na… more »
APSU's Christophel Speaks at OVC Media Day
The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) 2008 football media day was held at LP Field in Nashville, Tenn. July 22. Coaches and players from the nine OVC schools talked about expectations for the upcoming 2008 football season.
Among APSU representatives atten… more »
Jacksonville State Heads Closest Pre-Season Vote in OVC History
NASHVILLE — Eastern Kentucky finished a perfect 8-0 in the Ohio Valley Conference last season and boasts the league's 2008 pre-season offensive player of the year in quarterback Allan Holland. Despite losing coach Danny Hope to Purdue during the off-sea… more »
Q & A With the Man Behind the Scenes of APSU Athletics, Part Two
Austin Peay beat writer James D. Horne sat down and had an unscripted talk with Austin Peay athletic director and men's baskeball coach Dave Loos.
This is the second of the three-part series.
Football leads to basketball
LC: You talked about the… more »
Q & A With the Man Behind the Scenes of APSU Athletics
Austin Peay's athletic director talks about the amazingly successful season of the football team this year - and talks of sellouts.
Austin Peay beat writer James D. Horne sat down and had an unscripted talk with Austin Peay athletic director and men'… more »
APSU Could Reap Benefit Of Expanded Playoffs, Travelling Tailgate
Should Austin Peay equal what it did last season by finishing tied for third in the Ohio Valley Conference it could mean a football playoff berth for the Govs this year.
On May 4, the NCAA Board of Directors voted to expand the Football Championship… more »
APSU head coach: Perrilloux Signing 'Raises The Level Of Competition' In The OVC
Perrilloux joins team that beat APSU 42-9.
The addition of former LSU quarterback Ryan Perrilloux certainly makes Jacksonville State a — if not the — favorite for the 2008 Ohio Valley Conference football championship.
"Anytime a team gets a talent… more »
Football Player Arrested For Load of Marijuana
A student was arrested Mon., March 17, for possession of marijuana with intent to sell, drug paraphernalia and having a loaded weapon on campus.
The student, 18-year-old Christopher Thomas of Hopkinsville, Ky., played for APSU's football team in the… more »
NDSU Highlights Austin Peay's Football Schedule
Austin Peay certainly isn't shrinking away from the "big dogs" of FCS.
Austin Peay released its 2008 football schedule Monday.
Highlighting the Govs' second season as a full member in the Ohio Valley Conference is the season opener against North D… more »