The champion of the Southwestern Athletic Conference will be determined on Dec. 8 when the annual title game is played at Birmingham's Legion Field. But the way things are shaping up, the winner of the SWAC's East Division could be decided at that same… more »

Samford football coach Pat Sullivan begins his sixth season with the Bulldogs on Saturday in a Southern Conference season opener against Furman at Seibert Stadium. It remains to be seen if Sullivan will be on the sideline. Samford announced Monday th… more »

Ask Alvin Hines II. The future, for Samford, is now. "I don't know what the message is that's being sent," the Samford safety said after the Bulldogs were picked to finish sixth in the Southern Conference, "except that they are going on last year. T… more »

The time is now. In six years, since leaving the Southside comfort of UAB for the challenge of becoming head coach at Samford, Pat Sullivan has been building for this moment. The moment -- contending in the rugged Southern Conference -- officiall… more »

After back-to-back losses to start the season followed by two consecutive victories, the Alabama A&M Bulldogs have reached a potential tipping point with Saturday's game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. "We're on that seesaw right now where we could… more »

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 »

The Southern Conference, in conjunction with its marketing partner CSE, has agreed to a three-year plan with public television systems in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia to televise the conference’s football package. The distribution platf… more »

New Samford Athletics Director Martin New­ton has a unique re­sume. He's the son of for­mer Alabama and Vanderbilt basketball coach and Kentucky AD C.M. Newton. He's worked for Joe Dean Sr. at Converse, Phil Knight at Nike and John Calipari at Kentuc… more »

A familiar name to long-time Samford University sports fans and a familiar family name in collegiate athletics has been named director of athletics at Samford. Martin Newton, who played basketball at Samford from 1979-83, will begin his duties later… more »

The Samford Bulldogs handed Northwestern State Demons its 13th straight loss in Natchitoches, Louisiana on Saturday, improving to 1-1 on the season. The Bulldogs beat the Demons with a final score of 19-7, and dominated the important stastistical catego… more »

SPARTANBURG, S.C. - The Southern Conference, in conjunction with television partner SportSouth, announced today (July 8) the league's 2010 football television schedule. Branded SoCon Saturdays, the Southern Conference football schedule on SportSouth fe… more »

Samford University officially dedicated its new Cooney Family Field House with a dedication and dinner on the third floor of the facility Monday evening. The dedication and dinner were held to thank all of the donors who helped make the new facility… more »

The Samford football team went through a “mock” game for about an hour Saturday afternoon at Seibert Stadium. The Bulldogs are preparing for their season-opener at UCF next Saturday evening. Samford head coach Pat Sullivan said the coaching staff use… more »

The Samford defense had an impressive showing in the Bulldog football team’s first scrimmage of fall practice Saturday morning at Seibert Stadium. “I thought we saw some good things today,” Samford head coach Pat Sullivan said. “I think the defense i… more »

Mountaineers look to win fifth consecutive SoCon football title Following the lead of the league’s coaches on Monday, the media members who cover Southern Conference football have selected Appalachian State as the overwhelming favorite to capture the… more »