Category: Jacksonville State Gamecocks
Jacksonville State ready to cash in with Michigan State
JACKSONVILLE — The Jacksonville State football program locked down the biggest one-game payday in school history when it completed a signed contract to play Michigan State in 2014.
The Gamecocks will make $600,000 for the early season game. The contr… more »
JSU Says It Can Afford To Expand Paul Snow Stadium Without Dipping Into Tuition
From the muddied ground of a construction site, bricks are rising outside Jacksonville State University’s newest dorm rooms and covering the towering façade outside the adjoining Paul Snow Stadium. Inside, two unfinished wings of seating flank the exist… more »
JSU Gamecocks Begin Spring Practice
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The Jacksonville State football team began spring football practice on Wednesday as the Gamecocks look to build on back-to-back 8-3 seasons, including posting a final national ranking of No. 16 and the best record in the O… more »
Texas vs. the Nation Dish: QBs Crompton, Perrilloux boost NFL draft stock
After the Texas squad's 36-17 victory Saturday in the Texas vs. The Nation all-star game, Sporting News draft expert Russ Lande and his team of former NFL scouts identified the players who helped their draft status the most this past week in El Paso.… more »
Texas Beats Nation, 36-17
As two of the best athletes in all of college football, LSU's Trindon Holliday and Jacksonville State's Ryan Perrilloux always were the two players most likely to light up the Pro Football Hall of Fame Texas vs. The Nation all-star game.
UTEP's Corne… more »
COSIDA's Academic All-America® Team Announced
FCS represented with 17 student-athletes
Repeat selections on the 24-member ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Football University Division first team include junior running back Kyle Minett of South Dakota State, senior defensive lineman Brando… more »
Spoo, EIU Staff Find Ways to Beat the OVC Power
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 »
Eastern Illinois Wins -- Again -- on Jacksonville State's Turf
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 »
Pressure cooker in the OVC
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 »
Backup Plan: JSU to Give More Snaps to 2nd QB Ivory
JACKSONVILLE — Ryan Perrilloux commanded so much attention with his arrival in Jacksonville State football program last year it was hard to think there were other quarterbacks on the Gamecocks' roster.
The older No. 11 is back for his final year of… more »
Eastern Kentucky Tabbed as 2009 OVC Favorite, Preseason OVC Team Named
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 »
OVC and SportsUnlimited to Launch Ohio Valley Conference Football 2009 Magazine
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- The Ohio Valley Conference has announced the launch of production of "Ohio Valley Conference Football 2009" a full-color, limited edition football magazine that previews the 2009 football season. The venture with SportsUnlimited will… more »
Nichols among those added to Payton Award watch list
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Record-setting Eastern Washington quarterback Matt Nichols is one of four players added to the updated watch list for the Walter Payton Award, bestowed annually upon the top player in FCS.
This marks the second str… more »
Postseason Ban Upheld For Jacksonville State
Jacksonville State University’s final appeal of a postseason ban for its football team based on the team’s historic academic performance has been denied. The ban will be in place for the 2009 season.
The penalty was assessed after the university… more »
Jacksonville State Files Appeal for APR Penalties
Jacksonville State has formally filed its appeal of an NCAA committee's decision to uphold a 2009 postseason ban on the Gamecocks' football program, a university official confirmed Tuesday.
JSU attorney Randy Woodrow told The Star the law firm workin… more »