Players officially reported to campus — going through physicals, NCAA paperwork and team meetings — on Sunday as the Terriers begin preparations for the upcoming season, which begins Aug. 30 against Presbyterian at Gibbs Stadium. “It’s definitely goo… more »

GREENVILLE, S.C. — This fall Chattanooga’s football team will bring home nearly a million dollars, a lucrative payday for a season-opening trip to Oklahoma and a visit to Florida State two weekends later. Up in Boone, N.C., Appalachian State will ear… more »

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Southern Conference commissioner John Iamarino couldn't have been happier with the league's showing during the 2007-08 season. But he has a hunch the future of the conference and the Football Championship Subdivision might be even… more »

College football columnist gets excited about the possibility of another SoCon team shocking the world in 2008. After this column I promise to back away from my man-crush on the Football Championship Subdivision (at least for a while), but I think th… more »

You don’t think about the punter too much until you snap the ball and nobody is back there to catch it. Right now, nobody is back there. Wofford senior Chris Tommie has a torn Posterior Cruciate Ligament and is out for the year. The Greenwood nati… more »

For Presbyterian, especially, emotions will be sky-high in the season opener Aug. 30 against Wofford as the teams renew a longtime rivalry. “It’s going to be huge, man,” Blue Hose head coach Bobby Bentley said Friday at the Big South Conference media… more »

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Seated at a table in the back right corner of the Pinehurst room — all the conference rooms at the Embassy Suites are named after elite golf courses — Rodney Allison looked around and saw a lot that has changed and a lot that has rema… more »

Coaches say league no longer top heavy. GREENVILLE, S.C. - Appalachian State, which has won three straight national titles in the NCAA's Football Championship Subdivision, was the choice of coaches and media yesterday to win this year's Southern Conf… more »

Former Viking among 11 area players on SoCon rosters. GREENVILLE — To his coach, Joel Bell might have seemed too much of a lone wolf to ever be captain of the Furman University football team. Bell keeps his hair down past his shoulders, rides a mo… more »

League coaches and media predict Mountaineers will rule the conference again. GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Three-time defending national champion Appalachian State was everyone's choice to win another Southern Conference football championship this fall at Wed… more »

Terriers football players pick up conference preseason honors. GREENVILLE -- The unofficial beginning to every college football conference season might not be at the practice field or the weight room. It might be in the ballroom. Wofford head coac… more »

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Appalachian State head football coach Jerry Moore has seen his life change after a third consecutive Football Championship Subdivision title and a stunning upset of Michigan in Ann Arbor last season. “I’m on the go now a lot more,”… more »

“Football isn’t life or death: it’s much more important than that.” This quote from Bill Shankley, former manager of the Liverpool Football Club, could be an accurate assessment of the opinions of many South Carolinians. And it doesn’t even matter that… more »

Tommie, from Emerald High School in Greenwood, will be issued a medical redshirt and would be eligible to play in 2009. He originally injured the knee making a tackle on a return. “Something is just not quite right and he’s going to end up having sur… more »

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association didn't endorse a college football game within the state on a Friday night, but at least took an understanding response to Appalachian State scheduling one. In a statement, NCHSAA executive director… more »