Category: FCS News Articles
Cornell second year with Kent Austin leading the way
The Cornell football team started fall practice on Tuesday. After a 2-8 season last year, CU was picked to finish at the bottom of the IVY League in the 2011 preseason poll, but the Red are hoping for a big leap this fall.
Leading the way in Ithaca f… more »
Bring on Division I? Let's think hard before chanting that at Angelo State
March 2016, first round of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, Duke vs. ... Angelo State University?
It could happen. This fall ASU will begin an evaluation of whether it should enter Division I of the NCAA. Angelo State would compete for champions… more »
Alabama State trying for strong follow-up
The Alabama State Hornets gained a transfer quarterback and lost some key players to off-the-field issues.
Troy transfer Greg Jenkins appears set to win the starting job from incumbent quarterback Devin Dominguez. But the defending SWAC East Division… more »
UNA gets visit from OVC
Officials from the Ohio Valley Conference will be visiting the University of North Alabama today, but school officials aren’t expecting to receive an invitation to join the Division I conference during the visit.
UNA athletics director Mark Linder co… more »
Surace looking for progress day by day at Princeton
Bob Surace was talking turnaround when he consulted former teammate and current Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett during the offseason.
Garrett took over a Cowboys team that was 1-7 and went 5-3 in the second half. Surace would love to see s… more »
Transitioning South Dakota Coyotes set to tackle tough schedule
The University of South Dakota's 2010 football season certainly had its highs - a victory at the University of Minnesota comes to mind - but, by and large it was a disappointing campaign for the Coyotes of Coach Ed Meierkort.
USD finished with a 4-7… more »
International players add to Southeast Missouri State team's roster depth
A player from Germany and another from Australia add an international flavor to the Southeast Missouri State football team.
Conrad Schmid is a sophomore offensive lineman from Kremmen, Germany, while Eddie Kocwa is a freshman punter and kicker from B… more »
South Alabama's Jereme Jones small in stature, big on the field
South Alabama has a big offensive weapon wrapped in the 5-foot-8, 160-pound frame of wide receiver-kick returner Jereme' Jones.
While the height and weight listed for him on the Jaguars' roster may be exaggerated a bit, the expectations and offensive… more »
Thomas steps up as Villanova quarterback
FOR THE LAST 3 1/2 seasons, all Chris Whitney did was put together one of the most successful careers of any quarterback to play for Villanova. And the Wildcats have had their share of all-timers. In his 44 starts, they won 34 times, including that Foot… more »
Dartmouth Dong’s Top 10
There’s really no other way to put it: Sophomore Summer is awesome. It’s awesome to barbecue outside, go on hiking trips and to swim in the river (not at night, of course). However, all good things must come to an end. So as we head towards the end of o… more »
The Citadel Bulldogs battling costly attrition
In seven seasons as the football coach at Lehigh University, Kevin Higgins won 68 percent of his games, including two 12-win seasons, one 10-win campaign and four Patriot League titles.
Entering his seventh season at The Citadel, Higgins has won just… more »
Kingman's Gilleo grows into his role with Lumberjacks
Hard work pays off for KHS grad
Northern Arizona offensive line coach Eric Reid remembers the first time he saw Trey Gilleo walk onto a football field.
Gilleo, a 2008 graduate of Kingman High, was tall and skinny during his redshirt freshman year.… more »
Southern second-year coach hopes Jaguars have the discipline to improve
Southern coach Stump Mitchell has few complaints about the talent-level on the Jaguars' roster.
Yet, after two decades as a player and coach in the NFL, Mitchell has learned that it often takes more than that to win.
"We have some talented guys at… more »
South Alabama faces huge upgrade in competition to start FBS transition
South Alabama coach Joey Jones says his team has gotten "bigger and faster and stronger" even since this time last year. Then again, so has the competition.
The Jaguars are beginning a two-year transition to Football Bowl Subdivision this season, vis… more »
North Dakota plans to retire nickname
North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple said he will push to resume the process of retiring the controversial nickname and logo from the University of North Dakota after the NCAA reiterated its policy on Native American mascots, nicknames and imagery during a… more »