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Is the Big Sky Conference the best it’s ever been?
This much is certain: Big Sky Conference football coaches agree the league is likely the strongest its ever been.
“In my opinion, and I don’t mean to sound cliché or anything like that, but everybody talks about how the SEC is so tough — the toughes… more »
Renard Williams becoming a disruptive force at Eastern Washington
One decade ago, Renard Williams returned to his Port Orchard home a shattered man.
A shattered boy, anyway. Williams, you see, had been cut by the eighth-grade basketball team at Marcus Whitman Junior High School. That's not easy on one's ego when y… more »
Predicted repeat for defending champ Eastern Washington
Quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell passed Eastern Washington to its first Football Championship Subdivision national title last season, and he is the leader of a team with so much returning talent that the Eagles are predicted to repeat.
Eastern Washington… more »
UND gears up for Big Sky teams
Coach Chris Mussmann leads his team into another level of competition
In six days, the Fighting Sioux football team will open the 2011-2012 season against Drake. It will be UND's fourth and final year in the transition phase since moving from DII to… more »
Kingman's Gilleo grows into his role with Northern Arizona
Northern Arizona offensive line coach Eric Reid remembers the first time he saw Trey Gilleo walk onto a football field.
Gilleo, a 2008 graduate of Kingman High, was tall and skinny during his redshirt freshman year. Today, the 6-foot-6 linemen weighs… more »
UNC’s Steele hopes to make an impact
University of Northern Colorado tight end Doug Steele didn’t get a chance to have much of an impact last season, but he should this year if he gets his head on right.
Steele, a 6-foot-4, 245-pound junior, did start in four games last season and caugh… more »
Cal Poly's Williams is ready to run
If all had worked out as planned, Deonte Williams would have been wearing scarlet and black last year when the San Diego State football team made its long-awaited return to national relevancy.
Before finishing 9-4 in 2010, the Aztecs hadn’t been in a… more »
Southern Utah hopes turnaround will continue
Four years ago, Southern Utah went 0-11, losing by an average of three touchdowns per game.
As a new season dawns, the once-inept Thunderbirds are positioned to be one of the best teams in the Football Championship Subdivision.
Hello, Ed Lamb.… more »
Defending FCS champs Eastern Washington predicted to repeat
3 of 7 of the Consolidated Polls predict the Eagles as #1
Quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell passed Eastern Washington to its first Football Championship Subdivision national title last season, and he is the leader of a team with so much returning talent t… more »
Inspiration can take many forms for Griz
Chase Reynolds may be gone and the University of Montana's quarterbacks may have less than 40 Division I passes among them, but the feeling is still there.
They may have lost two starting safeties - one was all-Big Sky Conference and the other just g… more »
Mustache fever hits Montana State
Montana State University football players hoping to compete for their first championship since 1984 are looking to channel that past team's good fortune by matching them mustache for mustache.
Many of the Bobcats are battling out to see who can grow… more »
Big Sky position rankings: Defensive backs
They're the last line of defense. They're the ones who must make stops or defend passes when no one else is between the opposing offense and the goal line.
It's not an enviable task, and it takes poise and patience to be successful. It also takes ple… more »
New digs fill old Montana State Bobcats with pride, optimism
The success of the Bobcat football home opener Sept. 10 will depend on two kinds of drilling now under way at Montana State University.
While players race each other around cones on the practice field, a construction crew is finishing assembly of a n… more »
SUU T-Birds seek new passing targets
In Brad Sorensen's first season at quarterback for the Southern Utah football team, he had two tremendous targets.
Of Sorensen's 261 pass completions in 2010, 167 - nearly 64 percent of the total - were divided between Tysson Poots (85) and Fesi Sita… more »
Montana State defense wreaks havoc at Bobcat scrimmage
A few of the Montana State University football team's defensive standouts spoke after Tuesday morning's practice of wanting to make a voluminous statement that resonated throughout Bobcat Stadium during Wednesday afternoon's inter-squad scrimmage.
Th… more »
