Conference shuffle creating room for upstarts to make jump to FBS Perennial FCS power Appalachian State is looking for an invite from an FBS conference. UNC Charlotte is building a football program but won't play its first game until 2013. Geor… more »

Iconic San Antonio businessman B.J. "Red" McCombs has been a major player on the local sports scene for more than 50 years. That's why it was fitting that McCombs, 85, sat on the first seat of the front row Tuesday when UTSA broke ground for the firs… more »

Like a linebacker refusing to bite on play-action, Southern Utah coach Ed Lamb paid no heed to multiple variations of the same question. Blessed with arguably the best quarterback in the NCAA's Football Championship Subdivision, surely Lamb has to be… more »

UTSA is kicking-off their first collegiate football season with their inaugural game Saturday, September 3 at San Antonio's Alamodome. I wondered how the university got to this point, and how UTSA staff was able to create such a buzz around Roadrunn… more »

Iconic San Antonio businessman B.J. “Red” McCombs gave the fledgling UTSA football program a much-needed boost Friday morning, donating $1 million to help with the construction of practice facilities for the Roadrunners. McCombs, who made his pledge… more »

So, where does Southern Utah University go from here? On Tuesday, the Thunderbirds were left without a viable football league when it was announced that UC Davis and Cal Poly will take their programs to the Big Sky Conference. Montana athletic dir… more »

The University of Texas-San Antonio football team will hold its first-ever football practice this afternoon. The program, which currently consists of 28 scholarship players and 41 walk-ons, will enter the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision next year… more »

SAN ANTONIO — Four-time track & field All-American Teddy Williams fulfilled a life-long childhood dream on Thursday when he signed a contract with the Dallas Cowboys. Williams, who will begin his National Football League (NFL) career at defensive ba… more »

Fellow Roadrunners, As you may have heard today, the Southland Conference Board of Directors voted to change the league’s sports sponsorship requirements. There are reasons the conference needs to have these rules in place but they create additional… more »

At 419 fine-printed pages, the NCAA Division I Manual is crammed with enough bylaws to make a collection of tax codes seem like light reading. It was deep within this bureaucratic tome that UTSA officials discovered an interesting detail. Already… more »

I received several e-mails recently from a disgruntled Texas State fan questioning UTSA's courage — or lack thereof, in his opinion — for not saving the Bobcats a spot on its first-year schedule. Considering the proximity of the two schools, and the… more »

UTSA has made no secret of its desire to field a major-college football program. In the meantime, baby steps. Following two years as an independent in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA), the Roadrunners are tentati… more »

Approximately 45 UTSA students concluded a two-day walk-on tryout process by participating in hour and a half of various drills Wednesday afternoon at Farris Stadium. “I was really pleased with how the walk-on tryouts went,” head coach Larry Coker s… more »

Neal Neathery spent Tuesday house hunting with his wife. He’ll begin teaching his new unit how to hunt for quarterbacks following his hiring as UTSA’s defensive coordinator. Neathery, 39, becomes the seventh assistant to join head coach Larry Coker.… more »

SAN ANTONIO — UTSA has announced that it has agreed to a contract with Baylor for three football games to be played from 2017-19, including a 2018 contest at the Alamodome. The three-game series will kick off on Sept. 9, 2017, at Floyd Casey Stadium… more »