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 »

A quick look around an Embassy Suite Ballroom in Greenville, Wednesday morning was all it took to see where the balance of power falls on the football field for the Southern Conference. While eight of the league coaches entertained reporters one-on-o… 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 »

This Auburn columnist is not happy about having Furman on the schedule for 2009. I just don't get Auburn's complete incompetence when it comes to scheduling football games. It's one of life's great mysteries -- how this university that's so PR sav… more »

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In May, a Greenwood mother and her two children showed that tireless dedication, family support and a lot of faith can conquer almost anything. Including higher education. Vern Cilla Gray and her daughter and son, Amica Williams and Renaldo Gray, all… more »

STATESBORO - It didn't take long before commissioner John Iamarino learned the main issue on everyone's mind in the Southern Conference. Expansion. "We addressed expansion at every (league) meeting when I first got here (in 2006)," Iamarino said.… more »

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Samford University officially became a member of the Southern Conference on Tuesday. “We are delighted that Samford University is now the 12th member of the SoCon,” said Southern Conference commissioner John Iamarino. “Samford’s i… more »

Southern Conference commissioner John Iamarino sat next to Davidson athletic direction Jim Murphy at Detroit's Ford Field last March, stunned as the league's Wildcats blitzed Big Ten champion Wisconsin in the NCAA's Sweet 16. "Do you believe this?" I… more »

Georgia Southern’s Southern Conference family is about to get a little bigger. On July 1, Samford University will officially enter the SoCon ranks as the league’s 12th member. Athletically, academically and geographically, conference officials consid… more »

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former NFL coach Sam Wyche is undefeated in his newest venture. Wyche, who coached Cincinnati to a Super Bowl after the 1988 season, won his first election, defeating the local incumbent in the Pickens County council race Tuesday nig… more »

It has been more than three months since most high school football players signed their national letters of intent to play collegiate football, but for Newberry College and Furman University, the wait for two South Aiken High School stars who signed Wed… more »