The University of Northern Colorado football team will get its first taste of what fall practice is all about under new head coach Earnest Collins when the Bears begin practice 3 p.m. Thursday at the Butler-Hancock practice fields. While the Bears le… more »

Consistency, longevity ... talent. Those are the proper descriptions for this year's crop of offensive linemen in the Big Sky Conference. All 10 of our picks have been named to an All-Big Sky team in the past -- some more than once. With the quali… more »

Finding quality tight ends in the Big Sky Conference on a year-in, year-out basis is about as easy as splitting the atom. For whatever reason, the league (of late) hasn't really been a hotbed for this important yet underrated position. NOTE: This is… more »

I got my 2011 Big Sky Conference football ballot today. Folks who cover the league will soon fill out their picks to make up the preseason poll. I have yet to fill mine out; I'm going to need some time to mull this one over. On the heels of winn… more »

It's a shame, really. But for all the talent in the Big Sky Conference at the wide receiver position, we could only put 10 on this list. Guys like Eastern Washington's Ashton Gant, Montana State's Elvis Akpla and Sacramento State's Morris Norrise --… more »

It's a shame, really. But for all the talent in the Big Sky Conference at the wide receiver position, we could only put 10 on this list. Guys like Eastern Washington's Ashton Gant, Montana State's Elvis Akpla and Sacramento State's Morris Norrise --… 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 »

One burst on the scene and took the Big Sky Conference by storm, earning co-offensive MVP and freshman of the year honors while leading his team to the a league title. The other guided his team on an 11-game winning streak that culminated in a nation… more »

The Big Sky Conference has released its football schedules for the 2012-2015 seasons, the first four that will feature a 13-team, one-division format. All Big Sky teams will continue to play eight conference games with four at home and four on th… more »

After three different high schools in four years and four colleges in another four years, Andre Harris seems to have found a place he'd actually like to try two years in a row. Harris, a senior running back in his second year with the Northern Colora… more »

OGDEN, UTAH (Sept. 15, 2010) -The Big Sky Conference has publicly reprimanded and suspended Northern Colorado football player Brandon Owens for fighting, league commissioner Doug Fullerton announced Wednesday. Owens, a junior cornerback from Bakersfi… more »

OGDEN, UTAH (July 19, 2010) – Eastern Washington’s J.C. Sherritt has been selected as the 2010 Big Sky Conference preseason defensive player of the year, while Montana’s Chase Reynolds has been tabbed as the preseason offensive player of the year. Bo… more »

With Boise State defecting from the WAC to the Mountain West starting in 2011, it will be interesting to see what WAC officials try to do. Football is what made Boise State the program it is today. The Broncos also won WAC championships in gymnastics… more »

University of Northern Colorado free safety Max Hewitt has some unfinished business. Once that business is taken care of this upcoming season, the 6-foot-2, 205-pound senior starting next fall could find himself on a path to the NFL. Of the 2011 d… more »

It's a fresh start for University of Northern Colorado wide receiver Dominic Gunn, and no one is looking forward to it more than him. Gunn, who continued spring practices with the rest of the Bears, was one of the emerging young receivers for the Bea… more »