Categories: Big South Conference, Charleston Southern Buccaneers, Coastal Carolina Chanticleers, Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs, Liberty Flames, Presbyterian Blue Hose, VMI Keydets
A Passion Rediscovered at VMI
Listening to VMI head football coach Sparky Woods talk about his more than three decades in the business, one gets the feeling that he perhaps found himself in 2007, one of the most bittersweet of those 34 years.
For the first time since 1976, Woods… more »
22 College Football Players Named to 2010 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®
College Football’s Pre-eminent Community Service Award to Feature First-Ever Fan Vote on ESPN.com for Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® Captain
Few awards in college football look beyond a player’s statistics to recognize excellence and achievement in p… more »
Special teams errors an issue for Coastal Carolina in losses
Maurice Drayton didn't need to watch the film to identify what went wrong.
Drayton, CCU's first-year special teams coordinator, knew immediately as he watched the blocked punt and blocked extra point attempt Saturday night that contributed to Coastal… more »
JMU could be without five key linemen vs. Liberty
James Madison coach Mickey Matthews said Monday his team's 21-16 victory over Virginia Tech 10 days ago left the Dukes battered and bruised, adding it's a good thing they had this past weekend off.
Even with the open date, Matthews said his No. 3-ran… more »
Colonials ring Liberty's bell
Joe Walton surveyed the scene inside the stadium bearing his name and laughed.
“I’m as shocked as anyone else,” the Robert Morris head coach said. “But I’m pleased. Now we have to run the table on the Northeast Conference.”
Walton’s Colonials upse… more »
Coach to Cure MD Celebrates Third Season with Coaches Wearing Patch
For the third year in a row, college football coaches nationwide will join together in support of the Coach to Cure MD program, which will be held during games of Saturday, September 25, 2010. The rapidly growing annual effort has raised more than half… more »
Second-half comeback not enough, Ball State falls to Liberty
Flames become second ranked FCS team to defeat Cardinals at home in as many seasons
Needing just one yard for a touchdown, quarterback Mike Brown called his own number. The reigning Big South Player of the Year took the snap in shotgun and barreled o… more »
Home Crowd Can't Believe It As Zips Fall 38-37 In OT To Gardner-Webb
Make no mistake about it, the 2010 football season at the University of Akron has nowhere to go but up, up and more up.
UA was a prohibitive favorite Saturday afternoon over Gardner-Webb (N.C.) University, a member of a lower NCAA classification know… more »
Humble Kuzdale a mainstay on Bucs' secondary
Chris Kuzdale was a freshman when he earned his first start in Charleston Southern's third game of the 2008 football season. Since that day, Kuzdale has been a mainstay in the Buccaneers' secondary.
Kuzdale, a 5-11, 185-pound safety from Tampa, Fla.,… more »
Ball State can't overlook history-seeking Liberty
Stan Parrish preached the importance of focusing “one game at a time” all offseason. His players had a similar tune. No way Ball State will ever overlook its next opponent, they’ve told us.
That mantra better not be empty words. Not this week.
Wit… more »
Big South Conference Announces Four-Year Extension With Stony Brook In Football
The Big South Conference Council of Chief Executive Officers has unanimously approved a four-year associate football membership extension with Stony Brook University, it was announced today by Big South Commissioner Kyle B. Kallander. Stony Brook first… more »
Big South Announces Largest-Ever Football TV Package
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) - The Big South Conference today announced that it will have its largest football TV package ever in 2010, as a League-record eight Conference games will be televised this upcoming season. Overall, the Big South… more »
CSU Announces Hiring of Patrick Nix to Football Staff
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Head Football Coach Jay Mills announced the hiring of former Auburn quarterback Patrick Nix to his staff on Wednesday. Nix will coach the wide receivers, including returning all-conference selections Gerald Stevenson and Kwame Krakue… more »
GWU Football Adds Pair Of Assistant Coaches For 2010 Season
BOILING SPRINGS – Gardner-Webb University football filled a pair of assistant coaching spots recently, hiring Bobby Godinez as defensive line coach and Kris King as offensive line coach.
Godinez joins the Runnin’ Bulldogs from Mt. San Antonio Colleg… more »
Former NCCU Assistant Returns Home After Stint at Coastal Carolina
DURHAM, N.C. – After seven seasons on the football coaching staff at Coastal Carolina, Antoine Rivens returns to North Carolina Central University as the tight ends and offensive tackles coach for the Eagles.
Rivens is no stranger to NCCU, as he spen… more »