When Maine coach Jack Cosgrove assesses the strengths of his football team and also where it needs to improve before next fall, he's heartened by the fact he has a veteran offensive line returning. With four of five starters back, it's a luxury the t… more »

The Colonial Athletic Association postponed a scheduled vote today on increasing the exit fee for its schools because it was unable to get a quorum on the Council of Presidents. The vote will be rescheduled, the league said. With conference poachi… more »

Eastern Washington wide receivers coach Junior Adams doesn’t have the easiest job on campus. Really. It’s just the opposite, said Adams, who in four years has crafted a unit that should be the best in the Big Sky Conference, if not the entire Footbal… more »

Randy Hanson, an assistant coach with the United Football League’s Sacramento Mountain Lions last season and a former assistant under head coach Tim Walsh at Portland State, has been hired as an assistant coach at Cal Poly. In an announcement made by… more »

A lack of depth at the receiver position was a problem last season. So far this spring, however, receiving depth appears to be better. A number of battles will take place today when UND holds its first spring scrimmage, scheduled for a 10:45 a.m. start… more »

With 44 years of coaching experience, Mick Delaney has an inkling of what lies ahead in stiff challenges and potential distractions. Montana’s interim football coach also knows what he has in the 2012 Grizzlies. He’s well-versed in the talent pool an… more »

Jack Hayes will take over as athletic director starting next academic year. Jack Hayes was announced as the University’s new director of athletics at a ceremonial press conference in the Joukowsky Room of the Pizzitola Center Thursday afternoon. Haye… more »

There will be more than spring in the air when football practice begins today. A combination of factors will put the focus on the passing game — on both sides of the ball — when Princeton University runs its first of 12 sessions before the annual spr… more »

A Winning Coach Is Let Go Amid Player Rape Allegations; Questioning a 'Frontier Culture' In parting ways last week with its head football coach and athletic director, the University of Montana emphatically delivered no message. Instead of firing t… more »

After playing well for most of Wednesday’s practice, Youngstown State junior running back Jordan Thompson found himself face down on the turf on the day’s final play, surrounded by the cheering defenders who put him there. When asked how he felt abou… more »

Montana State went 19-6 combined in the last two football seasons, including a 14-2 mark in the Big Sky Conference that led to shares of two straight league championships and two straight playoff appearances. Now that they are midway through spring p… more »

CAA commissioner Tom Yeager said the league's presidents and athletic directors are scheduled to vote on the issue Tuesday. The current exit fee is $250,000. "The suggestion is it ought to be $1 million," Yeager said. "It might be more than that."… more »

[UPDATE-- University: "Most teams will compete as scheduled."] Howard University has suspended all of its intercollegiate athletics teams for what appears to be a violation of NCAA rules. University spokeswoman Kerry-Ann Hamilton issued this statemen… more »

New defensive coordinator Josh Brown takes over a unit that was one of the worst statistically in the FCS in 2011 As much buzz as there was about newly promoted coordinator Josh Brown in charge of the Cal Poly defense for his first spring practice, t… more »

What’s next for the Sam Houston State Bearkat football team? After the best football season in school history, going undefeated all the way to their first appearance in the Football Championship Subdivision national title game, that’s a popular quest… more »