When Georgia Southern College was minutes away from announcing Erk Russell as its football coach to revive the school’s long dormant program, they realized they didn’t even have so much as a football for the news conference. Georgia State University… more »

With just barely a hint of football in the air, the coaches and some players, representing 12 college and university football teams throughout the state made themselves available to the media Tuesday at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in Macon for the s… more »

Georgia State University will be in the football business for real when the school fields its first team in 2010, just two short years away. According to Athletic Director Mary McElroy the first team will compete in NCAA Division I (formerly Division… more »

Georgia State has offered new football coach Bill Curry an annual salary of $350,000, according to documents obtained by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution through the Freedom of Information Act. This is not a contract but a memorandum of understanding… more »

Georgia Southern’s Southern Conference family is about to get a little bigger. On July 1, Samford University will officially enter the SoCon ranks as the league’s 12th member. Athletically, academically and geographically, conference officials consid… more »

Can a football program succeed at Georgia State University? With the school announcing that former Georgia Tech coach Bill Curry will coach the Panthers in their inaugural 2010 season, that question remains. According to the pundits I’ve read, the an… more »

We feel quite safe in assuming that Bill Curry won't ever come to work at Georgia State and find his office window shattered by a brick. He doesn't have to worry about irate football fans aiming dangerous projectiles his way. There are only rose peta… more »

Nobody asked about his offense. Nobody asked about his defense. Nobody asked Bill Curry about his coaching staff, what he looks for in a quarterback, whether a zone-blitz is too much too soon, does he think Georgia State can be the next Appalachian Stat… more »

BEAUMONT - For now, Ray Woodard's makeshift office in the Montagne Center has all the charm of a prison cell. There's a desk with a few doodads on it. There's a bookshelf littered with a few VHS tapes. A cardboard box sits on the floor, and a single… more »

High-profile start for football program. Georgia State has reached for a high-profile name to start its football program. The Panthers today will introduce former Georgia Tech coach Bill Curry as their first football coach, a school official confi… more »

One columnist doesn't like the idea of six Division I universities playing football in the Peach State. Last week, Georgia State unveiled a plan that we all knew was coming for some time: The school is going to start a football program. When the P… more »

ODU, Georgia State will lead to nation's only 14-team league, says CAA commissioner Tom Yeager in this interview with the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The Colonial Athletic Association tried for years to put together a football league. Finally, a yea… more »

For the past year, speculation and curiosity followed Georgia State University's athletic department awaiting the formal announcement of Georgia State's football program. Well the wait is over: Georgia State football kicks off in 2010. What started a… more »

University President Carl Patton announced that Panther football would be in full swing by fall 2010. Director of Athletics Mary McElroy joined President Patton in the Student Center this past Tuesday, saying that "Georgia State football has the potenti… more »

The record will show that Georgia State's football program officially began Thursday at precisely 2:10 p.m. when school mascot Pounce crashed through a paper sign held by the cheerleaders. The loud, enthusiastic crowd gathered at the school's student ac… more »