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Mercer University, Stetson University to join Pioneer Football League
Pioneer Football League Commissioner Patty Viverito announced Monday that Mercer University and Stetson University have accepted the league's invitations for membership. Both institutions will begin play with the 2013 season, bringing the league’s membe… more »
Southland Conference Television Network Earns College Sports Video Summit Mention
Production of Stephen F. Austin vs. Sam Houston State football game ranks among broadcasting’s best
The Southland Conference Television Network, the league’s three-year-old in-house broadcasting effort, picked up a national honorable mention award at… more »
Morehead State's Phil Simms to be Inducted in Kentucky Hall of Fame
Former Morehead State University Eagle football player Phil Simms will be inducted in the 2011 class of the Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame on Friday, June 24.
A four-year letterman, Simms was the Ohio Valley Conference’s (OVC) Offensive Playe… more »
Coakley, Haley, Favor, and Kelly Headline 2011 Divisional College Football Hall of Fame Class
Players Dexter Coakley of Appalachian State and Charles Haley of James Madison, and coaches Mike Kelly of Dayton and Mike Favor of North Dakota State headline this year's inductee class.
Archie Manning, chairman of The National Football Foundation &a… more »
Coakley, five others head into SoCon Hall
Former Appalachian State and Wando High School football standout and Dexter Coakley headlines a class of six that will be inducted into the Southern Conference hall of fame.
Inductees include Coakley, Lefty Driesell (Davidson), Regina Kirk (Chattanoo… more »
Davidson Announces Incoming Class
Davidson football coach Tripp Merritt announced today that 23 student-athletes, making up the class of 2015, have committed to play for the Wildcats, beginning in the 2011 season. The Davidson football team will report to preseason camp Aug. 7.
“We’r… more »
Ivy League Teams Lead Those Honored For Top Grades In Division I
Brown University, Bryant University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Davidson College, Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Dayton, University of New Hampshire, University of Pennsylvania, Yale University a… more »
Davidson Announces 2011 Captains
Davidson football coach Tripp Merritt announced today that senior defensive back Peter Kidwell, senior defensive back Malcolm Moses-Hampton, senior offensive lineman Alex Fleming, senior linebacker Gianni Ricci and sophomore quarterback Jonathan Carkhuf… more »
Drake's Spring Season Will Conclude With Youth Day and Spring Game
The Drake football team will hold its annual Blue & White Game on Saturday, April 23 at 1 p.m. at Drake Stadium. The game is open to the public and there is no admission charge.
Fans in attendance will have the opportunity to make donations to he… more »
Stetson joining Jacksonville University in the Pioneer Football League
Stetson University is reviving its football program and will join Jacksonville as a member of the Pioneer Football League (PFL) starting in the fall of 2013.
Mercer made a similar announcement last fall as the PFL will grow to 12 teams in two years. Th… more »
Stetson might give green light for football
DELAND -- Does Stetson University have a football team in the near future?
Stetson president Wendy B. Libby certainly sounded optimistic in an e-mail she sent to the Hatters' community of faculty, staff and students Thursday night.
"We are excited… more »
Fighting Camels to rejoin Big South after seventeen years in Atlantic Sun
After a 17-year absence, the Campbell University Fighting Camels will return to the Big South Conference.
Campbell University, of Buies Creek, N.C., will be officially reinstated on July 1, 2011 and will be eligible to play for all championships begi… more »
FGCU athletics: Board of Trustees chair admits adding football 'insurmountable task' right now
The chairman of the Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees has had a bit of time to digest the football feasibility study numbers that were distributed during the Jan. 18 meeting.
And he finds them impossible to swallow.
At least for now.… more »
A-Sun schools Jacksonville, Campbell, Mercer, Kennesaw State have or will have football
Florida Gulf Coast University would have company within the Atlantic Sun with four conference members that field the sport.
Three Atlantic Sun Conference schools already have been or are preparing to enter an arena where Florida Gulf Coast University… more »
Balancing top academics with top athletics
Universities with exceptional academic reputations can also be a force in the world of sports
What do Condoleezza Rice, John Elway, Sandra Day O’Connor, and Jim Plunkett all share in common? All four showed up for Stanford’s Orange Bowl to support th… more »
