The Southern Conference is a tough football conference. How tough? So tough, national champion and Michigan slayer Appalachian State lost two of seven league games and didn't even earn the conference's automatic bid to the Football Championship Su… more »

STATESBORO, GA - It was kick off Saturday at Paulson Stadium for the little eagles. For the second year in a row, it's the annual Little Eagles Camp at Georgia Southern, and no one not even Fay could rain on their parade. Over 170 'lil eagles sign… more »

In the wake of Georgia's barrage of suspenion announcements that came throughought the course of the offseason, Georgia Southern — which opens its season against the Bulldogs on Aug. 30 — countered by announcing several suspensions from their football t… more »

STATESBORO - Trey Dunmon didn't like the triple option so he decided to come to Georgia Southern. What's the chance of making that choice three years ago? But the Eagles broke away from their prolific triple option after the 2005 football season,… more »

Georgia Southern football coach Chris Hatcher has suspended eight players for next Saturday’s season opener at Georgia and could start as many as seven freshmen offensively against the nation’s top-ranked team. Compared to this time last year, that’s… more »

The start of the season is right around the corner and, as a result, Georgia is shifting some of the focus off itself and putting it on its opponent, in this case Georgia Southern. The Eagles are an interesting first-game opponent for the Dogs. Of co… more »

The subject was raised in a conversation eight years ago. A diehard Florida State Seminoles fan was trying to convince me that the "Team of the Decade" for the 1990s was his beloved FSU. My almost immediate response took him by surprise. Taking no… more »

STATESBORO - Boos, cheers or indifference? Chris Rogers can't imagine the reception he and Georgia Southern teammates will get in the season opener against Georgia. OK, probably not cheers from most of the expected capacity crowd of 92,746 in Sanford… more »

Chris Hatcher proved to the Georgia Southern faithful that the spread offense can work when the Eagles finished only a few points short of sharing the 2007 Southern Conference title. The Eagles rebounded from a 3-8 season in 2006 to win seven games l… more »

Eagles are also to be subject of documentary on SportSouth. STATESBORO - Nothing is set in stone, but Georgia Southern football coach Chris Hatcher named players who have shot up to No. 1 on the depth chart after a two-hour scrimmage Friday morning.… more »

Michigan could have opened the season at home last year against Hawaii. It opted to play host to Appalachian State. Seemed like a smart move. ... Oops. In one Ann Arbor afternoon, the notion that a blue-blood program could "schedule" a paycheck… more »

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Samford’s fifth-year quarterback Dante Williams will undergo surgery and will miss the season due to a knee injury suffered on the second play of Saturday’s scrimmage. “We've lost Dante for the season,” Samford head coach Pat Sulli… more »

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Westin Cofer is starting anew. The former two-time All-State linebacker at Steamboat Springs High School is transferring from Mesa State College in Grand Junction to Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Ga. Cofer, who sat… more »

STATESBORO - Freshman linebacker J.B. Shippy doesn't know Georgia Southern's plans for him this season. But he'll be ready for whatever. "If the coach says make plays, I'll make them for him," Shippy said. A year ago, Shippy was coming off a 20… more »

Video Report - Georgia Southern's first full practice. Lee Chappell, Antonio Henton, and Leander Barney talk about the practice. Click for video, courtesy of th Statesboro Herald GSU newcomers Henton, Barney compete in first full practice… more »