Two games into the season and the Lumberjack football team is already fighting the injury bug. After the defense was decimated by season-ending injuries last year, several players are hurt after the first two games. That's why NAU coach Jerome Souers… more »

Arizona State faces its second Football Championship Subdivision opponent Saturday, but coach Dennis Erickson knows the Sun Devils face a tougher challenge in Northern Arizona. "They know us better," Erickson said. "It's a huge game for them. You wat… 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 »

Facing third-and-long during Saturday's scrimmage, junior Austin Shanks lined up as the slot receiver and burst off the line of scrimmage, ran past two Lumberjack defensive backs and found himself wide open with no one in front of him. Senior quarter… more »

For the first spring in his career as head coach at NAU, Jerome Souers isn't coaching his coaches. There wasn't a single change in his coaching staff and it's made Souers' 13th spring in Flagstaff all the more enjoyable. It's allowed him to focus… more »

Jerome Souers was like a kid on Christmas morning. Souers, entering his 13th season as the head coach of the NAU football team, was so excited for the start of spring practice, he got to work extra early Friday morning. He got there so early in fa… more »

The Northern Arizona football team will conduct its spring practice starting Friday with the first of 15 workouts over the next 30 days. The Lumberjacks will host their spring game at Coconino High School on Cromer Field at 11:30 a.m. on April 24. “… more »

Arizona State will open its football season against Portland State on Sept. 4 and play two Football Championship Subdivision teams for the first time. ASU can count only one win vs. a FCS opponent - Portland State or Northern Arizona -- toward bowl… more »

The Big Sky Conference has announced the members of the 2009 Fall All-Academic teams for football, men’s and women’s cross country, plus women’s soccer and volleyball. To be eligible, a student-athlete must have met and/or exceeded the following mini… more »

The Big Sky Conference has suspended Northern Arizona football player Matt Estrada for an illegal hit in last Saturday’s game against Weber State, the league announced Wednesday. Estrada, a junior safety from LaHabra, Calif., will serve a one-game su… more »

It didn't take long after the season's collapse was complete for Northern Arizona's football players to gather. They met at the weight room. They pushed each other. They put 2008 out of their minds. "I think the guys realize what it takes," coach… more »

Michael Herrick clearly entered NAU's first scrimmage of fall practice on Saturday as the team's No. 1 quarterback. All Herrick and the Lumberjack coaching staff were looking for was a solid performance from the junior and an opportunity to raise his co… more »

Andy Thompson would have liked to see linebacker Cody Dowd and defensive end Kyle Rath practicing during the first two days of fall practice. However, he knows he's not the only defensive coordinator in the country that is already dealing with injuries.… more »

GDEN, UTAH (July 22, 2009) – Four players were unanimous selections to the 2009 Big Sky Preseason All-Conference team, which was released Wednesday. The team was picked by select media and sports information directors. Weber State senior running b… more »

OGDEN, Utah (July 21, 2009) - The Montana Grizzlies, whose 2008 season ended with a loss in the Division I Football Championship, have once again been selected by the media and coaches to capture the Big Sky Conference football championship. The 2009… more »