CULLOWHEE – A few months ago, a whistle announced the beginning of Western Carolina’s spring drills. Some Catamounts sprinted to midfield. Others jogged. A few walked. A whistle screeched again. First-year coach Dennis Wagner made an announcement. Th… 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 »

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 »

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Dennis Wagner smiled knowingly when he was finally asked about the coaches’ poll during the Southern Conference’s annual football media day Wednesday. Western Carolina’s first-year coach did not appear surprised or offended that hi… 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 »

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 »

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 »

CULLOWHEE - Western Carolina may have some new artificial turf in place at Whitmire Stadium in time for the upcoming football season. Daniel Hooker, a spokesman for the school’s athletic department, said today that WCU officials have received approva… more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »