During a conference call Thursday that lasted about 20 minutes, the Southern Conference made major progress toward adding new members to replace the departing College of Charleston, Appalachian State and Georgia Southern. Commissioner John Iamarino w… more »

College football has two seasons: the one that connects late summer to fall to winter, and then the fiscal year. The latter has plenty to do with the former, as Bobby Lamb has learned all too well. The Mercer head football coach greeted the beginn… more »

State schools kick off programs to attract students, build brands “Saturday afternoons will never be the same again in Waleska,” J. Thomas Isherwood, president of Reinhardt University, said with a laugh. His school plans to build a small stadium o… more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

The timing is almost too good to be true. While Mercer officials were holding a news conference on Nov. 19 announcing the resumption of football after a 70-year hiatus, Furman was preparing a news release that Bobby Lamb was resigning as the Paladins… more »

One columnist doesn't like the idea of six Division I universities playing football in the Peach State. Last week, Georgia State unveiled a plan that we all knew was coming for some time: The school is going to start a football program. When the P… more »

The return of football to East Tennessee State University may be on the horizon. But if football eventually does make a comeback at ETSU, it could look much different than it did when the Buccaneers’ now-dormant program played its final game, a last-… more »