Category: Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles
OVC Conference Parity Gives Several Teams Shot at Championship
Jacksonville State was picked to finish first in the Ohio Valley Conference for the 2008 season. Eastern Kentucky was a close second, and Eastern Illinois - not far behind - rounded out the top three.
Two points separated the Colonels from the Gameco… more »
Defense a Key for TTU Golden Eagles in '08
COOKEVILLE -- There's a simple mantra that gets tossed around football coaches around the country -- defense wins championships.
Nearly every Ohio Valley Conference coach noted that during the league's Media Day on Tuesday, but for Tennessee Tech hea… more »
Lots of Young Talent for TTU
COOKEVILLE -- With all the young newcomers joining Tennessee Tech's roster, when camp commences on Thursday, they may all need to be wearing nametags.
There is a lot of youth to this year's Golden Eagle squad, but it's not out of choice.
It's out… more »
Healthy Sweeney ready to lead TTU
COOKEVILLE -- It's a brand new start for quarterback Lee Sweeney.
After a knee injury last season that sidelined him, the rising junior is beginning his third campaign with the Golden Eagles.
However, things are slightly different. He's lighter, h… more »
LSU Transfer Puts Focus on Jacksonville St.
Ryan Perrilloux did not attend the Ohio Valley Conference Football Media Day at LP Field Tuesday, but everyone was talking about him.
The supremely talented quarterback who led Louisiana State University over Tennessee in the SEC title game last seas… more »
OVC Preview: UTM expecting improved season
NASHVILLE - Tennessee-Martin coach Jason Simpson had some company for the first time Tuesday at the 2008 Ohio Valley Conference Media Day held at LP Field in Nashville.
This is the first year in which players from the nine OVC football teams were par… more »
LSU transfer Puts Jacksonville State as OVC Favorite
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Even with the new twist bringing star football players to Ohio Valley Conference media day, Tuesday’s most talked-about guy was not present.
Understandably, Jacksonville State’s representative was not someone who has not yet parti… more »
Perrilloux the Talk of OVC Media Day
NASHVILLE -- There was no denying what the underlying theme of the Ohio Valley Conference's annual football media day.
The buzz was all about Jacksonville State's new quarterback -- former LSU QB Ryan Perrilloux.
The league's coaches and media swa… more »
Perrilloux is Good for OVC, Not so Much for Other Teams
NASHVILLE — A lot of the talk at the Ohio Valley Conference Media Day at LP Field on Tuesday centered on a quarterback that wasn't there — Jacksonville State's Ryan Perrilloux.
To refresh the memory circuits, Perrilloux — the SEC Championship Game MV… more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Former Gridiron Greats Gather for TTU
COOKEVILLE -- They laughed, they ate, they played some golf.
Former Tennessee Tech football players and coaches reunited this past weekend at the Cookeville Golf Club for the Alumni Golf Classic. TTU football alums from different eras of the program en… more »
FCS Schedules Through The Looking Glass
It's easy to see how prevalent it is for major-college football programs to buy off their smaller brethren in order to get them to come in for what is typically an easy victory (though Michigan and mighty Appalachian State would surely tell you otherwis… more »
Mitchell signs with Tenn. Tech
RUSSELLVILLE - Caleb Mitchell couldn't imagine choosing just one sport to play.
So he didn't.
A safety and wide receiver for Russellville's football team and a center fielder for the baseball team, Mitchell decided to continue pulling double duty… more »
