Kicking off the college football season, the Rhode Island Rams got off to a good start Saturday against Monmouth and then held on in the second half for the victory. URI scored two first half touchdowns and added a field goal to take the 17-3 lead at… more »

Call it the "Journey into the Unknown" when the Monmouth University football team visits the University of Rhode Island in today's season opener. "We know very little about them," Monmouth coach Kevin Callahan said. "It's a brand new staff. They've g… more »

SOUTH KINGSTOWN - Derek Cassidy, an option quarterback since high school in Winter Haven, Fla., has embraced the challenge of playing quarterback in a shotgun formation, and D.J. Stefkovich, a prodigious drop-back passer at Staples High in Westport, Con… more »

The number of games between ACC teams and Division I-AA teams will double this season. Three ACC teams — Clemson, Florida State and Georgia Tech — have the audacity to play two Football Championship Subdivision, or FCS teams in the politically correc… more »

Ashley Ingram is ideally suited to coach undersized offensive linemen in a triple-option offense. That's because Ingram was one himself. Ingram played offensive tackle in an option system at both Miller County High in Colquitt, Ga., and the Universit… more »

The University of Massachusetts is the choice of the CAA coaches and media to win the overall conference title in football. The Minutemen were a near unanimous pick to finish first in the North Division.. Richmond is picked to win the South Division… more »

BALTIMORE - All signs point to a showdown between rivals James Madison and Richmond for the Colonial Athletic Association's South Division football title this fall - on paper, anyway. Practice hasn't started, and the season-openers are still five wee… more »

HARRISONBURG - With all signs pointing toward a 14-team, two-division alignment for the Colonial Athletic Association in the near future, the league's coaches want the NCAA to take the unprecedented step of awarding the conference two automatic bids in… more »

The Colonial Athletic Association will kick off a 36-game TV college football slate, with 21 contests scheduled for Comcast-owned regional networks. The nation’s largest Football Championship Subdivision schedule will feature 12 games on CN8, The Com… more »

Thorr Bjorn will always remember his first year as athletics director at the University of Rhode Island. Budget cuts, program cuts and coaching cuts were among the challenges the former University of Massachusetts administrator faced. “It has… more »

Forecasters are calling for one of the hottest weekends of the summer, so I offer this touch of fall to cool you off. On Aug. 3, the University of Rhode Island football team will report for preseason training camp. The Rams will not kick off until Au… more »

Despite scheduling issues, CAA commissioner Yeager favors ther national role. Unless something changes, Colonial Athletic Association football four years from now will be a 14-team league, the largest conference in the country above the Division II… more »

HARRISONBURG - To accommodate four more schools in the Division I-AA football playoffs, the NCAA has mandated a major scheduling change starting in 2010: 11 games in 11 weeks, with no byes. The Colonial Athletic Association's boss is less than thrill… more »

The University at Buffalo football program has completed its schedule for the next three seasons with the addition of three Division I Football Championship Subdivision (I-AA) programs. The Bulls will play host to Gardner-Webb (2009), Rhode Island (2… more »

CAASports.com plans to follow the 2008 spring action which leads up the to the second year of CAA Football. Various student-athletes will be contributing to the second edition of the CAASports.com Spring Football Blog throughout the offseason. Log on ea… more »