One of the advantages of returning several starters from a team that advanced to the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs last season is that spring practice is more about maintenance and carrying the momentum than being concerned about grooming n… more »

Stony Brook quarterback Kyle Essington was the runaway national leader in FCS passing efficiency this season, but he likely will watch the Seawolves' first-round playoff game against Villanova from the sidelines Saturday afternoon at LaValle Stadium. Co… more »

When Villanova visits Stony Brook on Saturday in a first-round Football Championship Subdivision playoff game, the Wildcats will be facing a team with a similar offensive mind-set, one which likes to move on the ground but can be a threat passing the ba… more »

When it comes to the start of Colonial Athletic Association play for the University of New Hampshire football team, there's usually no testing the water in the shallows. Nope, it's dive right in to the deep end. That's no different this year, with… more »

For the Villanova football team, preseason training camp only began less than 10 days ago. But longtime head coach Andy Talley had already seen enough to deliver a message during Monday’s media day. That message: Now we’re all grown up. “Last year… more »

Bridges settles into leadership role with solid FCS program When Frederick Douglass High School graduate Devon Bridges decided to join the Villanova University football team, he became part of a college football powerhouse. In the realm of the NCA… more »

Delaware quarterback Pat Devlin is in an NFL camp with the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent. Villanova quarterback Chris Whitney is gone. So are Massachusetts' Kyle Havens, William and Mary's Mike Callahan and New Hampshire's R.J. Toman.… more »

FOR THE LAST 3 1/2 seasons, all Chris Whitney did was put together one of the most successful careers of any quarterback to play for Villanova. And the Wildcats have had their share of all-timers. In his 44 starts, they won 34 times, including that Foot… more »

Villanova football is back on the field, starting its preseason camp this week. The Wildcats look vastly different from the team that went deep into the playoffs the last two years, including winning the Football Championship Subdivision title in 2009.… more »

Around this time last year, the Villanova football team went into preseason camp as the defending national champion in the Football Championship Subdivision, and with a senior class poised to add to its accomplishments. But when the Wildcats began pr… more »

Colonial Athletic Association football teams are allowed to take 56 players to road games. James Madison coach Mickey Matthews says that number seldom is reached, except early in the season. "We don't have 56 healthy bodies to travel," he said. "M… more »

For one game next fall, Villanova football will have a new home. Whether the Wildcats’ one-night-only trip south on the Blue Route becomes a more consistent commute, well, that has yet to be determined. Villanova will host the University of Delawa… more »

CLU's Jordan Barta is a member of the first senior class to play four years under head coach Ben McEnroe. Barta plays defensive end for the Kingsmen and leads the conference in sacks this season. Jordan Barta had his cheek swabbed, filled out some pa… more »

It’s already been a month since the April 12th deadline when Villanova was expected to vote on a jump from the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to the Big East conference, and it still doesn’t appear the school is any closer to making the necessa… more »

The Wildcats would begin Big East play possibly by 2014. As April approaches, the news seems more and more imminent that Villanova will announce it will move its football program to the Football Bowl Subdivision level (Division I-A) and join the Big… more »