Despite setback, athletic director and former student- athlete sees new football stadium in school's future. University at Albany Athletic Director Lee McElroy hung a sign on his office door last month that proclaims, "Optimism Reigns Here." Tha… more »

The next time Montana plays Albany, it could be in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoffs, and it could come the week before Thanksgiving. That news doesn't make UM athletic director Jim O'Day happy, but the die has been cast: Last… more »

The journey toward fulfilling a dream of playing professional football began for a pair of former Keyport High School players last night. While neither Wagner College kicker Piotr Czech nor Troy University running back Kenny Cattouse were selected on… more »

According to Monmouth University football coach Kevin Callahan, NCAA approval of playoff expansion for the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) has been a long time coming. It was approved Thursday. "This playoff expansion and access to the… more »

NEC football champion receives bid in 2010. The University at Albany football team will have an easier path to the NCAA playoffs. Starting in 2010, the Northeast Conference champion will receive an automatic bid to the Football Championship Subd… more »

NEW BRITAIN — Quarterback Hunter Wanket played at the same junior college as Tyler Lorenzen. Coach Jeff McInerney hopes Wanket brings the same leadership and passing skills to Central Connecticut that Lorenzen has to UConn. Wanket completed 14 of… more »

NCAA proposal would give NEC league champ "conditional" playoff bid. The University at Albany football team won the Northeast Conference championship last season but got shut out of the NCAA playoffs. The Great Danes are hoping a proposed change o… more »

Monmouth University's football team may soon have a path to the national playoffs. Under a proposal to be voted on Thursday by the NCAA Board of Directors, the Northeast Conference champion, which includes Monmouth University, will have a "conditiona… more »

As Zdzislaw Czech sees it, the sacrifices were nothing any parents wouldn't make for their family. But the decision he and wife, Grazyna, made to leave their native Poland 20 years ago after the fall of communism, the years living in cramped quarters an… more »

Duquesne enters a new era of football in the fall in a new league with scholarship players for the first time and a renovated home field, but coach Jerry Schmitt doesn't expect the Dukes to look much different than the teams that dominated the Metro Atl… more »

Hopes for 2010 opening unlikely to be fulfilled as the a source says the NY senate is cutting $36.5M for UAlbany complex. However, Albany could get private funding for the project, as a study is being undertaken on design for a UAlban facility. It's… more »

It's no wonder University at Albany football player Dave Casale was thrilled when the New York Giants won the Super Bowl in February. Besides being a lifelong Big Blue fan, Casale is on the NFL team's payroll, in a manner of speaking. Casale, a… more »

Duquesne, which is preparing to play in its first season in the Northeast Conference, is among the most winning programs in NCAA Division I FCS Mid-Major. The Dukes, longtime members of the defunct Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Football League, hav… more »

Darren Rizzi is looking for starters to implement his new system at the University of Rhode Island. Phil Estes is looking for reserves to back up his starters at Brown. And Marty Fine has found a quarterback to replace the best one ever to play for Brya… more »

R.J. Wingertsahn may have been destined to play football at a Division I school if it had not been for an injury that took place during the sixth game of the year. He injured his knee against Peters Township. According to head coach Nick Kamberis, he… more »