Selected as the best and brightest from the college gridiron, The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced today the 147 candidates (36 from the FCS)for the 2012 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards. The awards are prese… more »

A whopping 13 returning Big Sky and Great West all-league performers make up part of the linebacking corps in the BSC in 2012. Two others who were named all-Big Sky back in 2010 are back, too. And that's not to mention the several names worthy of consid… more »

Terrance J. Tumey will begin as UC Davis' new director of athletics on Aug. 1. University of California, Davis, Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi today (July 5) announced the appointment of Terrance J. “Terry” Tumey as the school’s director of athletics.… more »

Happy Fourth of July everyone! As you know, Trumaine Johnson set the standard by which cornerbacks in the Big Sky Conference are judged. The Montana star dominated his side of the field, going head-to-head with the league's top receivers each and every… more »

After more than a year of anticipation, the Big Sky Conference officially grew Sunday as Southern Utah University and the University of North Dakota became full members of the league, while Cal Poly and UC Davis joined as affiliate-football members.… more »

These guys don't get a whole lot of credit but still play a huge role in the outcome of football games. A new era of football in the Big Sky Conference begins this fall as the league welcomes four new teams to the fold. The additions of UC Davis, Cal… more »

Diehard football fans often feel like there is too much focus on the quarterback’s effect on wins and losses — and they often have a point. But on Saturday in Hawaii, Rainbow Warriors signal-caller Bryant Moniz deserved all of that focus and more.… more »

It all started so promisingly. For two possessions on Saturday at Montana State, UC Davis looked like it was ready to compete against the best of the Big Sky Conference, a league the Aggies will join in 2012. Quarterback Randy Wright was sharp. Recei… more »

UC Davis football fans, who hear head coach Bob Biggs talk about Saturday’s game at Montana State will start swelling up with Aggie pride. All that is left is for the UCD squad to back up their coach in a hostile Bozeman, Mont. environment against the s… more »

On the day that the rebuilding Western Athletic Conference added Seattle University as its ninth member beginning in 2012, Big Sky commissioner Doug Fullerton disputed the popular opinion that members of his league are not ready to move to the WAC.… more »

The Big Sky Conference had to send out a few extra invitations to its spring meetings with expansion on the horizon in 2012. Representatives from the four schools joining the league in 2012 - Cal Poly and UC Davis for football only, and Southern Utah… more »

UC Davis announced Tuesday that Director of Athletics Greg Warzecka will retire from the university on June 30 after 16 years in the post. Warzecka, 60, oversaw the athletic department's transformation from a nonscholarship NCAA Division II athletics… more »

So, where does Southern Utah University go from here? On Tuesday, the Thunderbirds were left without a viable football league when it was announced that UC Davis and Cal Poly will take their programs to the Big Sky Conference. Montana athletic dir… more »

The end is near for the Great West Football Conference, which learned Tuesday that next season will be the last in the league for two of its five members. UC Davis and Cal Poly, charter members of the seven-year-old FCS conference, announced they wer… more »

The Big Sky Conference is proud to announce that the University of California, Davis and Cal Poly have accepted invitations to join the league as affiliate members in the sport of football. Invitations of affiliate membership were extended by… more »