CEDAR CITY - If playing football with enthusiasm can point a team toward success, Southern Utah took a big stride during Monday's opening practice of the 2008 season on the SUU campus. Thunderbirds first-year head coach Ed Lamb commended his team's e… more »

CEDAR CITY - With less than 24 hours before players report for football practice in preparation for their Aug. 30 opener at Air Force, Southern Utah University coach Ed Lamb relishes the opportunity his team has in his first venture as the Thunderbirds'… more »

Thirty years ago, Utah Technical College was a trade school with an enrollment of 3,000. The only linemen on campus were the ones studying electricity, not blocking schemes. Times have changed. The eighth-fastest growing school in the country is n… more »

The University of South Dakota is making an effort with several other independent Division I schools to form an all-sports conference, athletic director Joel Nielsen said Monday. USD, which will be an independent Division I transitional school next s… more »

The plans of the Great West Football conference may include the possibility of becoming an all-sports conference. EDINBURG - The University of Texas-Pan American is looking west in its decade-long search for conference affiliation. Great West Comm… more »

Weber State and SUU athletic programs are among those sanctioned for failing to meet goals INDIANAPOLIS - NCAA president Myles Brand wants college teams concerned as much about academic scores as final scores. If they aren't, they might be barred fro… more »

CEDAR CITY - The NCAA released its report on academic progress Tuesday and Southern Utah was one of the schools hit by sanctions. The school is set to lose a scholarship in football and basketball and one-tenth of a scholarship in baseball for the up… more »

Southern Utah University offensive lineman Matt Roan signed a free agent contract with the Minnesota Vikings and attended the team's mini-camp Thursday. "I'm battling a lot of nerves right now but I feel good about my chances," said Roan, whose cont… more »

HAYWARD — Rickey Clark Sr. was a football star at Tennyson High in 1986. He had plenty of memorable moments, rushing for more than 1,000 yards and being named the Hayward Area Athletic League Player of the Year his senior season. Now, 22 years lat… more »

South Dakota State led all Great West members with 16 student-athletes named to the academic squad. In the Great West Football Conference, athletics and academics do indeed co-exist and it is proven in the 2007 All-Academic team, released today by th… more »

Southern Utah head coach Ed Lamb names his staff. CEDAR CITY - New Southern Utah head football Coach Ed Lamb has named the nine coaches who will make up his staff of assistants next fall. Included in the group are three coaches with playing experienc… more »