Category: FCS News Articles
Boemer Shining at Southern Illinois
Vianney graduate and current Southern Illinois University at Carbondale center Bryan Boemer continues to rack up some impressive preseason football honors.
The six-foot, two-inch, 317-pound senior lineman is one of three Salukis named to The Sports N… more »
Date and Time Set for the 2012 Division I Championship Game
The NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee has announced that the 2012 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game will be played Saturday, Jan. 7, at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas.
The game is slated to start at 1 p.m. ET i… more »
Bucknell Bison should be strong up front
A week out from his second fall camp, Joe Susan feels his Bucknell football team is farther ahead than it was at this point last summer.
For the second summer in a row, a large number of players stuck around Lewisburg.
And while that certainly is… more »
ODU prepares for first season in CAA
Phase Three of the grand experiment known as Old Dominion football commences in less than six weeks, and no one is more eager to begin or less certain about its outcome than Bobby Wilder.
The head Monarch is justifiably optimistic, based on results o… more »
UAPB now a SWAC title contender?
Having spent his childhood in Arlington, Texas, with freeways and skyscrapers that seemed to stretch on forever, Colton Jones had plenty to enjoy. Even late into the night, Jones could find a hot hamburger, a cold milkshake and, in all likelihood, a pro… more »
OVC coaches to reformers That’s easy for you to say
The different worlds between major and not-so-major college football showed during Monday’s Ohio Valley Conference Media Day.
The whole affair took two hours and worked just fine in a 38-by-61-foot conference room in the Holiday Inn next to Vanderbil… more »
Stackhouse has big shoes to fill at UTC
Sean Stackhouse has put in the work. Now he's ready to play.
"I still haven't played a game yet, so I haven't proven anything," said Stackhouse, who transferred to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in January.
A standout tight end at Mand… more »
Delaware State University Announces 2011 Athletics Hall-of-Fame class
Former Hornet football greats Jamaal Jackson and Darnerian McCants head the list of Delaware State University's 2011 Athletics Hall-of-Fame class. A total of 12 former athletes and one administrator will be inducted during a ceremony on Friday, Oct. 7 a… more »
Money Spent on NCAA Championships
The NCAA annually spends more than $90 million on 88 national championships in three membership divisions.
For 2009-10, the most recent year for which final numbers are available, the NCAA spent a total of $92 million on championships. Of that, $60.8… more »
Savannah State scrambles to meet MEAC stipulations
A point of pride for Savannah State University over the past year has been its acceptance into the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
When Cheryl Dozier arrived as interim president on May 9, she found that acceptance in jeopardy. Reports had been writ… more »
Football enlivens Georgia campuses
State schools kick off programs to attract students, build brands
“Saturday afternoons will never be the same again in Waleska,” J. Thomas Isherwood, president of Reinhardt University, said with a laugh.
His school plans to build a small stadium o… more »
Visiting Demons
After starting last season with a 1-4 record, the Northwestern State University football team rallied to pull to a 5-5 record and played for the Southland Conference title, leading Stephen F. Austin 7-3 after the first quarter.
But the last three qua… more »
NCAA does something good for SIU
For one second today, resist the urge to say what you really think of it, and give the NCAA its due.
The organization took a lot of heat in the last year, most of it warranted, but really took the high road when it approved a unique fundraiser for So… more »
Six to join Weber State Hall of Fame
Five former athletes and one former coach will be the class of 2011 inductees to the Weber State University Athletics Hall of Fame.
This year's hall of fame inductees include football player Tim Jones.
Also included are men's basketball coach Ron… more »
Restrictions On Hitting In Practice Will Pull College Football "Out Of The Dark Ages"
The Ivy League’s decision to put restrictions on full-contact football practices could represent a pivotal moment for player safety on the college level, Princeton head coach Bob Surace told BI this morning.
“It gets other coaches out of the dark age… more »