JACKSONVILLE — The Jacksonville State football program inched closer to being ineligible for postseason play in 2009 when the NCAA last week denied its waiver for the ban, the college sports governing body confirmed Tuesday. The Division I Committee… more »

After three decades of steady growth in the number of teams and student-athletes, colleges and universities large and small, private and public, east and west, are slashing millions of dollars from their sports budgets. Colleges have dismissed athlet… more »

A pair of games against teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference and an seven-game Ohio Valley Conference schedule highlights Jacksonville State’s 2009 Football schedule, as announced by JSU Athletics Director Oval Jaynes on Thursday. The Gamecocks… more »

Gadsden City’s David Maness and Collinsville’s Robert Gray signed National Letters of Intent with Jacksonville State University as part of a class Gamecocks head coach Jack Crowe calls “the best he has ever signed.” “We’re very excited about the clas… more »

JACKSONVILLE — There has been a long-running commentary among Jacksonville State University students and fans about the football team needing to play as well as the band. The school’s head football coach, Jack Crowe, said last week that he often chal… more »

And you thought the griping and hyperventilating about college football's postseason was confined to the Bowl Championship Series. Think again. In the warm glow of the Colonial Athletic Association again hoarding half of the at-large berths in the Fo… more »

It's come down to this in the Ohio Valley Conference. The winner of Saturday's showdown between No. 16 UT Martin (8-3, 6-1 OVC) and Eastern Kentucky (7-3, 6-1 OVC) at high noon in Martin will decide who will claim the OVC Championship, and receive th… more »

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. — Southeast Missouri State upset Jacksonville State at home in last season's final game, giving the Redhawks hope they could duplicate that feat on the road. But this is a much different JSU squad, thanks in large part to the addit… more »

JACKSONVILLE -- There's no way of getting around it. If Jacksonville State wants to get back to Chattanooga, Tenn., this year, it has to get past Eastern Illinois this week. The Gamecocks open their Ohio Valley Conference schedule Saturday, and for t… more »

ATLANTA - The introduction of Paul Johnson's triple-option offense to Georgia Tech went much better than the re-introduction of Ryan Perrilloux to college football at Jacksonville State. Tech's flexbone offense split more seams in the JSU defense tha… more »

Loss of Samford gives teams open slot for extra game. Eastern replaced the opening in its 2008 schedule with another game against a Football Bowl Subdivision team. The Panthers had that opportunity because Samford left the Ohio Valley Conference f… more »

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - This is nothing new to Ryan Perrilloux. Jacksonville State's high-profile quarterback has played in big games and big stadiums, and he's even done it in the same big city. The LSU transfer leads the Football Championship Subdivisio… more »

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 »

For crying out loud, just play each other. Alabama should play UAB. Auburn should play Troy. They both should play Samford and Jacksonville State and, while they're at it, Alabama State and Alabama A&M, too. Not every year. But Alabama and Aub… more »

Jacksonville, Ala. - A week from tomorrow, Georgia Tech will open the 2008 season against Division I-AA Jacksonville State. There will two major story lines in the game: • Georgia Tech’s first game under new coach Paul Johnson. • The debut of Jack… more »