Category: Hofstra Pride
Opinion: Additonal FB Expansion Could be Coming Soon to CAA
The Colonial Athletic Association will swell to 14 football schools in 2012, when Georgia State joins.
Too many? Too few? Or just right?
Rather than fret about growing too big too fast, maybe the league will say what the heck and just super-size i… more »
Gold Defeats Blue in Hofstra Spring Ending Contest
Quarterback Steve Probst and linebacker Luke Bonus had standout performances as the Hofstra Pride closed out their 2009 Spring Football Season with the annual Blue-Gold intrasquad game at James M. Shuart Stadium Saturday afternoon. In the scoring system… more »
CAA Eyes Odd Slate
HARRISONBURG - Currently, not every football team in the Colonial Athletic Association plays every other member. In 2011 - for one season only - a school might not even face everyone in its own division.
Old Dominion will become the seventh team in t… more »
Fordham Football Announces New Assistant Coaches
Bronx, N.Y. - Fordham University head football coach Tom Masella announced the addition of three assistant coaches to his staff with the hiring of Malik Hall, Ed Morrissey and John Wholley. Hall will direct the defensive line and serve as the special te… more »
Bowling Green Finalizes FCS-Heavy Coaching Staff
Bowling Green State University head football coach Dave Clawson (Richmond) has announced the hiring of Mark Carney (Fordham, Richmond), Mike Elko (Hofstra, Richmond, Fordham, Penn, Stony Brook) and Adam Scheier (Lehigh, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth) t… more »
UT Chattanooga Loses Coordinator Elko to FBS Bowling Green
Less than two weeks before the start of spring practice, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football coach Russ Huesman is looking for a new defensive coordinator.
After a little more than two months on the job, Mike Elko resigned from UTC last w… more »
Maine’s Canary Earns CAA Football Student-Athlete Of The Year; Academic All-Conference Team Announced
Maine senior offensive lineman Ryan Canary, the 2008 CAA Football Student-Athlete of the Year, headlines a list of 107 CAA Football Academic All-Conference honorees for the 2008 season.
Canary, who maintains a 3.70 grade point average as a Secondary… more »
Former FCS in the 2009 Super Bowl
UNI's Kurt Warner, TSU's Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, and Hofstra's Willie Colon expected to start.
Former FCS players on the NFL's Super Bowl teams this Sunday:
Pittsburgh Steelers
Head Coach Mike Tomlin, William & Mary
Assistant Coach Am… more »
CAA Football Growth Raises Money Issues
The Colonial Athletic Association football conference is getting too big, but league administrators still aren't sure how to handle the growth.
That seemed to be the consensus after a meeting among athletic directors from the 12 current members and t… more »
CAA Will Remain One Conference
There are still logistics to be worked out as the Colonial Athletic Association football conference prepares to expand to 14 teams, but Commissioner Tom Yeager said the league will stay together.
Splitting into two separate conferences was one option… more »
CAA Athletic Directors to Study 14-team Puzzle
Colonial Athletic Association athletic directors will convene in Washington next week and discuss the league's coming football expansion.
In general, the agenda is this question: Can a 14-team football conference work?
The ADs will be together for… more »
Wildcats Getting Primed for Challenging Stretch Run
DURHAM — It's not what R.J. Toman had in mind when the sophomore quarterback said last week the University of New Hampshire football team needed to get off to a fast start offensively against Hofstra.
The Wildcats' first four possessions consisted of… more »
UNH Pulls Away for Win against Hofstra
DURHAM — One thing about winning ugly: It sure beats losing ugly.
On a day when its offense sputtered and managed fewer than 300 yards, the ninth-ranked University of New Hampshire football team rode its defense to a 45-25 win over undermanned Hofstr… more »
Bucknell Comes Up Short Against Nonleague Hofstra
Bison can't overcome Pride's huge first half.
LEWISBURG -- Bucknell coach Tim Landis stressed to his players all week that Hofstra, despite its losing record and despite last week's lopsided loss to the top team in the Football Championship Subdivisi… more »
Bucknell Guarding Against Trap Game vs. Hofstra
Just one point separates Bucknell from a perfect season -- a 21-20 loss Sept. 20 against Cornell.
The 3-1 Bison have been involved in close games all season, picking up a 48-42 win over Duquesne in the season opener, followed by a 17-14 victory at Ro… more »