Category: FCS News Articles
Lafayette pieces falling into place
Lafayette quarterback Ryan O'Neil should benefit from a group of talented receivers and a veteran offensive line.
Looks like most pieces have fallen into place for Lafayette College football to forget a miserable 2010 and move ahead to 2011.
“We h… more »
New faces prop up Bethune-Cookman WRs
Like most coaches, Bethune-Cookman's Brian Jenkins is well aware of the pattern. You start creating depth at a position and recruits begin to look elsewhere.
All football players want to get on the field right away and few want to share playing time… more »
A farewell statement year for Minutemen
This season is unlike any the players on the University of Massachusetts football team have ever prepared for.
The preseason seems the same. The schedule looks the same. The preseason accolades are already rolling in for some of the Minutemen’s top p… more »
Coach Frazier hoping N.C. Central gets tested Thursday vs. Rutgers
While he understands that his North Carolina Central squad will be a major underdog in its season opener against Rutgers on Thursday, first-year coach Henry Frazier insists the Eagles are playing for something tangible.
“Identity,” said Frazier, whos… more »
All eyes on the PFL Championship at Drake
It’s no secret that the Bulldogs are one of the elite teams in the Pioneer Football League. After finishing the 2010 season at 7-4 overall and with a 6-2 conference record, Drake is primed to contend for the PFL Championship in 2011.
However, reachin… more »
After disappointing 2010, Samford battle cry this year is 'finish'
Alex Davis doesn't want to go out the way his older brother Andy did.
In his final year as a senior strong safety with Samford in 2010, Andy Davis and the Bulldogs suffered through a disappointing 4-7 season, dropping their final three games and goin… more »
Allen focused on getting Missouri State ready
Coach has support from MSU interim president despite losing record.
Terry Allen is 23-32 over his first five seasons at Missouri State, and is under contract through the 2014 season. Overall, Allen is 118-91 in 18 seasons as head coach.
2011 MSU f… more »
Big money, budget Band-Aid
Checks will help cut into MSU athletic department budget deficit.
Even as the school's football program struggles to achieve success on the field and in the pocketbook, Missouri State's interim president and athletic director are adamant the program… more »
Tennessee State opens doors to indoor facility
It was sunny and comfortable with a gentle breeze blowing across Tennessee State's campus Saturday. So why was the school’s football team inside?
The players and coaches were showing off the school’s new indoor practice facility to their fans.
Sev… more »
Year of the Quarterback in the Ivy League
Ivy League universities, longtime incubators for the country’s top performers in fields like science, law, academics and politics, will showcase their newest class of elite talent this fall: quarterbacks.
Columbia and Pennsylvania return first-team a… more »
Nicholls Coach plans to keep building foundation
Nicholls State coach Charlie Stubbs isn't an architect, but he compared his first season as Colonels coach to building a house.
When he was hired last year, Stubbs said he faced a big rebuilding project, ranging from introducing a new offensive syste… more »
Is the Big Sky Conference the best it’s ever been?
This much is certain: Big Sky Conference football coaches agree the league is likely the strongest its ever been.
“In my opinion, and I don’t mean to sound cliché or anything like that, but everybody talks about how the SEC is so tough — the toughes… more »
Defense can't rest if Lehigh expects to repeat
Mountain Hawks, talented front seven a key in bid for another league title.
The fans who will come out to Goodman Stadium this fall for the six Lehigh University football home games generally want to see two things — the ball in the air when the Moun… more »
Texas State to play for championship ‘in our hearts'
All football teams play for a championship of some sort.
In Pop Warner, high school, college and the pros — there's always a title to be won, right?
Well, not exactly.
This fall, the Texas State Bobcats can't win a championship and can't mak… more »
Texas State to play for championship ‘in our hearts'
All football teams play for a championship of some sort.
In Pop Warner, high school, college and the pros — there's always a title to be won, right?
Well, not exactly.
This fall, the Texas State Bobcats can't win a championship and can't mak… more »