Category: Georgia Southern Eagles
Appalachian State is (Surprise) Top Pick
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 »
Wofford's Ayers: 'It's On' In the SoCon
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 »
App State: Kings of the Mountain in the SoCon
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 »
GSU, ASU Should Receive Lots of Attention in Greenville
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- When Southern Conference coaches and selected players meet with the media today at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Greenville, S.C., the hot topic will be Appalachian State and its attempt to win an unprecedented fourth straight FCS nati… more »
GSU Head Coach Chris Hatcher Talks About Transfers
This afternoon head football coach Chris Hatcher commented on the team's incoming transfers.
“Today Antonio Henton enrolled in school. We’re excited about the possibility of him coming in and competing for our starting job next season. He’ll finish u… more »
DE Larry Beard's Eagle Has Landed
Larry Beard left Sandy Creek a little more than four years ago.
Today, he’s being called one of the top defensive ends in the Southern Conference and could contend for All-American honors as a senior defensive end at Georgia Southern.
“I want us t… more »
FBS Georgia Bulldogs Won’t, Can’t, Look Past GSU Eagles
The expectations around the University of Georgia football team are growing faster than the hedges that surround the field at Sanford Stadium.
Some preseason publications already anointing Mark Richt’s Georgia Bulldogs as No. 1. When the first polls… more »
Bulldogs Face Big Step Up in Football
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 »
Samford Officially Joins SoCon
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 »
GSU Looking Ahead to Football Season
STATESBORO, GA -- The college football season is just a couple of months away... and fall practice is only about 5 weeks away.
There are a lot of college teams that have their fans excited and anticipating the new season. The Georgia Southern Eagles… more »
SoCon Commissioner Tries to Capitalize on Wins
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 »
Henton feels at home at GSU
STATESBORO - Quarterback Antonio Henton wasn't connecting with his Ohio State teammates. At Peach County High School, he called plays by numbers. In Columbus, it was a lot more complicated.
And when you add in a little Southern drawl...
His Buckey… more »
No Media Day Drama for UGA, GSU
MACON - Georgia Southern's Chris Covington looked across the room at the man he intends to flatten, repeatedly, in two months.
Tripp Chandler, Georgia's starting tight end, stood talking to teammate Dannell Ellerbe. Both seemed oblivious to Covington… more »
Georgia Pigskin Prevew Features Two GSU's And A SSU
With just barely a hint of football in the air, the coaches and some players, representing 12 college and university football teams throughout the state made themselves available to the media Tuesday at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in Macon for the s… more »