The Alabama team held a two hour practice on Monday in shells at the Thomas-Drew Practice Fields as it began to prepare for this week's game against NCAA Football Championship Subdivision powerhouse Georgia Southern. The Crimson Tide and Eagles will mee… more »

Alabama can’t say it wasn’t warned about this Saturday’s opponent. Georgia Southern may be from the Football Championship Subdivision, but it received one vote in today’s Associated Press poll. That ballot belonged to Ray Ratto of Comcast Sports Bay… more »

Being in the red isn’t a bad thing for Georgia Southern. The Eagles have scored either a touchdown or a field goal 25 of 27 times in the red zone (the opposing team’s 20-yard line or closer), ranking ninth among 120 teams in the Football Championship… more »

There’s not much to complain about at Georgia Southern these days. The Eagles are the No. 1 team in the Football Championship Subdivision and have been winning games by an average of more than four touchdowns a game while winning their first four gam… more »

Warning sirens for bad weather aren’t uncommon these days. Another siren might be blasting to caution Georgia Southern defensive backs of a different type of potential disaster ahead. The Eagles’ cause of concern Saturday is Elon’s wide receiver Aaro… more »

Georgia Southern is like a teenager waiting for his parents to get a new car. There’s a good chance the teenager will step up his ride by inheriting the unwanted trade-in. So Eagles athletics director Sam Baker keeps an eye on recent realignments of… more »

Charlie Edwards skied three kicks for a 45.7-yard average against Tusculum during Georgia Southern’s second game of the season. But the senior was not a happy punter. Two of Edward’s punts sailed into the end zone. He gladly would have sacrificed som… more »

Is it possible the ramifications of Syracuse’s and Pittsburgh’s moves to the Atlantic Coast Conference over the weekend could have an indirect effect on Georgia Southern? Eagles coach Jeff Monken says yes, there could be a trickle down effect for GSU… more »

It's been a decade since Georgia Southern held the top spot in the Football Championship Subdivision polls. The man responsible for bringing an end to that drought paid a visit to the Macon Touchdown Club Monday night. Jeff Monken made his second ap… more »

Did the stars align just right last football season or did these Georgia Southern Eagles really begin a run at a seventh heaven? The Eagles have six national championships, and this season, like the previous 25 seasons, they and their enthusiastic fa… more »

To best understand how far Georgia Southern’s offensive line has come, it’s important to realize where it’s been. In 2009, the Eagles were 103rd in the Football Championship Subdivision in rushing. Sure, they thought pass first, but the aerial attack… more »

Zeke Rozier made a grand entrance to the Georgia Southern football team. Maybe the best ever. The Eagles were struggling during the 2007 season opener against lowly West Georgia when they decided to hand the ball to highly regarded running back from… more »

Georgia Southern didn’t just change the playbook when head coach Jeff Monken and his staff took over in 2010. The Eagles changed everything — the way they eat, the way they train, the way they exercise and the way they run. According to strength and con… 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 »

Occasionally, I get some emails from folks wanting to hear more about non-FBS football. The subject doesn't usually get much time in the spotlight, outside of a little coverage during the FCS playoffs in December or when there's a rising prospect flashi… more »