Category: FCS News Articles
UND will use Fighting Sioux nickname
The University of North Dakota will resume using its contentious Fighting Sioux nickname despite threats from the NCAA, the school's president said Wednesday, marking the latest twist in a years-long fight about a name that some consider offensive.
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2012 NCAA Division I Championship Game Notes and Quotes
The 2011 NCAA Division I Football Championship set a tournament record for fan attendance with 256,384 (235,798 prior to title game) in 2011. The previous attendance mark was 209,761 in 1994.
The attendance for today’s game was 20,586. The NCAA FCS s… more »
Championship Pregame Quotes, January 6
Press conference quotes from Friday, January 6, 2012 in Frisco, TX prior to the NCAA Division I Football Championship Game on January 7. See a gallery of photos here from Kent Schmidt, CSN West columnist.
An Interview With North Dakota State:
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Championship Pregame Quotes, January 5
Coach/Player Quotes - Thursday Post Practice
Here are quotes from select Sam Houston State players and head coach
Willie Fritz following today's practice in preparation for the 2012 NCAA
Division I Football Championship Game Saturday at Pizza Hut P… more »
2011 FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team
"The FCS ADA is honored to recognize the accomplishments of our football student-athletes each year with the Academic All-Star team," said FCS ADA President Marilyn McNeil, chair of the FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team Selection Committee and vice-preside… more »
Division I Football Championship On Record Attendance Pace
With all 20,086 seat tickets for the NCAA Division I football championship game between No. 1 seed Sam Houston State University and No. 2 seed North Dakota State University sold or allocated to the participating institutions, the tournament will exceed… more »
Happy Holidays from College Sporting News
Wishing you eternal joy and everlasting love for this holiday season and forever!
Happy holidays!
By College Sporting News
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UMass Faculty Senate seeks to place restriction on football stadium plan
Although the University of Massachusetts is already moving ahead to upgrade its football program, faculty leaders continue to question the merits of the move and on Thursday took a stand against using public money to renovate McGuirk Stadium.
In a re… more »
Jackson State extends Coach contract
Jackson State University has renewed head coach Rick Comegy’s contract as the Tigers head football coach through 2013. JSU Athletics Director Dr. Vivian L. Fuller made the announcement at an 11 a.m. press conference Wednesday, Nov. 30, in the Sports Hal… more »
Second FCS Summit to Convene Before 2012 NCAA National Championship Game
Presidents, athletics directors, commissioners, NCAA and TV executives to meet Jan. 6 in Frisco, Texas
The Division I Football Championship Subdivision Summit, a unique business gathering of university presidents, athletic administrators and other k… more »
Second Round D-I Football Championships on ESPN Gameplan
ESPN will offer access to all eight second round NCAA Division I Football Championship Games on its ESPN GamePlan platform, in addition to being carried on ESPN3.
ESPN GamePlan is a nationwide pay-per-view system for cable/satellite subscribers. For… more »
Princeton's Dibilic Running into the record books
The transition from high school to college is very rarely an easy one. Things that are bigger, faster and more complex now complicate what may have been simple or easy in high school. While this rings true for most college freshmen, rookie tailback Chuc… more »
Comegy status still up in the air
Jackson State athletic director Vivian Fuller plans to meet with football coach Rick Comegy soon and hopes to decide the coach's future with the school "before the holidays," she said Monday.
Comegy is in the last year of his contract with JSU, a dea… more »
UTC's Huesman seeks better coaching
Moving forward following a disappointing 5-6 football season, Russ Huesman expects more from himself and his University of Tennessee at Chattanooga coaching staff.
“It was a pretty frustrating year and I don’t want it to ever happen again,” the third… more »
Fifty years ago: Improbably, Lehigh claimed Eastern supremacy
Lehigh's 2011 football team is mirroring what another Lehigh team did a half-century ago: claim a trophy.
Fifty years ago, Lehigh fielded a young team that did not seem destined for greatness. It also faced a formidable schedule that included an unde… more »