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 »

The number of games between ACC teams and Division I-AA teams will double this season. Three ACC teams — Clemson, Florida State and Georgia Tech — have the audacity to play two Football Championship Subdivision, or FCS teams in the politically correc… more »

Joseph Thornton sometimes calls himself the “Chosen One.” It’s a nickname he gave himself last year. It is, he said, the version of himself that puts on the pads and plays football. He’s serious about it. Sort of. “It’s just my little motivational… more »

Rodney Allison has waited four years to hear the words and see the commitment. Never mind that the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football coach is entering his sixth season. Or that it could be his last season if he doesn’t dramatically improve… more »

Amid all the turnover within the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team since the end of last season, the Mocs’ wide receiver corps has been the team’s lone area of stability. It is the position with the greatest depth. While seven new… more »

Before the first practice of preseason camp began Thursday afternoon, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team was already dealing with injuries. Running back Bryan Fitzgerald, voted preseason first-team All-Southern Conference by the… more »

GREENVILLE, S.C. — This fall Chattanooga’s football team will bring home nearly a million dollars, a lucrative payday for a season-opening trip to Oklahoma and a visit to Florida State two weekends later. Up in Boone, N.C., Appalachian State will ear… more »

Last year, Michigan stumbled big early against Appalachian State. Could it happen again? 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.… more »

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Southern Conference commissioner John Iamarino couldn't have been happier with the league's showing during the 2007-08 season. But he has a hunch the future of the conference and the Football Championship Subdivision might be even… more »

College football columnist gets excited about the possibility of another SoCon team shocking the world in 2008. After this column I promise to back away from my man-crush on the Football Championship Subdivision (at least for a while), but I think th… more »

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Seated at a table in the back right corner of the Pinehurst room — all the conference rooms at the Embassy Suites are named after elite golf courses — Rodney Allison looked around and saw a lot that has changed and a lot that has rema… more »

Coaches say league no longer top heavy. GREENVILLE, S.C. - Appalachian State, which has won three straight national titles in the NCAA's Football Championship Subdivision, was the choice of coaches and media yesterday to win this year's Southern Conf… more »

Six Chattanooga football players were selected to the 2008 Preseason All-Southern Conference teams, the league office announced Wednesday at the annual SoCon Football Rouser. The teams were chosen by the league’s nine coaches who were not allowed to… more »

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 »