ORONO -- "It's just another game." Jordan Stevens' answer didn't come with the knowing wink that he knew you knew he was giving the correct response. So the University of Maine football team opens its 2008 season at Iowa. So what? Friday was media… more »

ORONO, Maine - The University of Maine football defensive line has undergone changes over the last few years but never those of the wholesale kind. This year’s Black Bear squad will debut one of the youngest front fours in recent memory with preseaso… more »

ORONO -- John Moloney didn't walk on to the University of Maine football team as much as he climbed down to it. The Mt. Blue graduate is one of four players vying to be the Black Bears' starting kicker. Last season, Moloney was filming Maine games an… 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 »

Last year, Michigan stumbled big early against Appalachian State. Could it happen again? Michigan could have opened the season at home last year against Hawaii. It opted to play host to Appalachian State. Seemed like a smart move. . . . Oops.… 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 »

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 »

Black Bears' coach is impressed with local players in practice drills. In hopes of avoiding the scheduling headaches caused by class conflicts and field availability, University of Maine football coach Jack Cosgrove moved the Black Bears' spring prac… more »

When Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie was taken as the 16th pick of the NFL draft on Saturday, it was a fitting culmination of a journey that began on what might have looked like a bumpy, unpaved road to nowhere. Rodgers-Cromartie wasn't on the college ra… more »

The Miami Dolphins get the inaugural "Bill Parcells" award for bringing in the most FCS-level free agents on their team: not only Mr. Foster, but alums from Delaware, Montana, Portland State, and Maine. Twelve minutes after officially selecting Michi… more »

ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine’s spring football scrimmage usually provides a segue into final exams week. This year, it won’t even mark the end of the Black Bears’ offseason workouts. Coach Jack Cosgrove’s team will take to the AstroTurf… 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 »