The Southland Conference football race could be an example of the more things change, the more they stay the same. While change is consistent in the league — new teams settling in, another (Lamar) on its way in a few years and one team (SFA) with who… more »

Thibodaux, La. – When NFL training camps begin in late July, four different franchises will be accompanied by a Nicholls Athletic Training student as a part of the NFL’s internship program. The New Orleans Saints will welcome Brett Chaisson, a senior… more »

THIBODAUX -- For many, the Manning Passing Academy is an opportunity to visit south Louisiana for the first time. But for one camp coach, it serves a different purpose. It’s an opportunity for a homecoming. Yale Vannoy returned to the Nicholls Sta… more »

It's easy to see how prevalent it is for major-college football programs to buy off their smaller brethren in order to get them to come in for what is typically an easy victory (though Michigan and mighty Appalachian State would surely tell you otherwis… more »

RACELAND -- The last time Christopher Ilski kicked a football at John L. Guidry Stadium in Thibodaux it was a game-winning 52-yard field goal to give the River Parish All-Stars a 20-17 victory over the Bayou Region All-Stars in December. Now Ilski wi… more »

Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Year and former Nicholls safety Kareem Moore was drafted to the Washington Redskins May 18 in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft; he was 180th overall. Moore was the second player to be drafted to the N… more »

Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Year and former Nicholls safety Kareem Moore was drafted to the Washington Redskins May 18 in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft; he was 180th overall. Moore was the second player to be drafted to the N… more »

THIBODAUX -- Nicholls State athletic director Rob Bernardi is in the midst of his seventh year at the helm of the university’s athletic program. Bernardi has helped the program recover from an academic scandal that rocked the football and men’s baske… more »

HUNTSVILLE — Southland Conference commissioner Tom Burnett said he was delighted to see Lamar University reinstating football after a 20-year absence. Burnett remembered Lamar football from his collegiate days at Louisiana Tech. The league's commissi… more »

THIBODAUX -- The Nicholls State Colonels released their 2008 football schedule on Wednesday, highlighted by two games against Football Bowl Subdivision opponents, including a Thursday night season opener at New Mexico State on Sept. 4 at 7:30 p.m. Th… more »

CEDAR FALLS --- Make it an even dozen. After months of exploratory discussions and negotiations, the University of Northern Iowa has secured a 12th football game for the 2008 season. The Panthers will play Nicholls State of the Southland Conference O… more »

West is best in the Southland Conference. At least, it has been. In the two years since the SLC split into divisions, the West has clearly had the upper hand. In the four divisional sports -- baseball, men's and women's basketball and volleyball -… more »

THIBODAUX -- Student athletes at Nicholls State University are distinguishing themselves in the classroom, according to information released Tuesday by the National Collegiate Athletic Association on the academic progress rates of nearly 6,272 Division… more »

MISSOULA - University of Montana athletic director Jim O'Day has been appointed as a member of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision Committee. His four-year membership on the committee begins September 1, 2008, and continues through Sep… more »

THIBODAUX -- The Washington Redskins selected former Nicholls State safety Kareem Moore on Sunday with the 14th pick (180th overall) in the sixth round of the NFL draft. It marked the second consecutive year Nicholls has had a player taken in the dra… more »