Categories: Big South Conference, Charleston Southern Buccaneers, Coastal Carolina Chanticleers, Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs, Liberty Flames, Presbyterian Blue Hose, VMI Keydets
CSU Scrimmage and Name Starting QB
The offense seemed to come together during the second scrimmage of the fall, Thursday, scoring touchdowns on two of their first three drives. Redshirt-junior quarterback A.J. Toscano will be the starting quarterback against Florida.
With A.J. Toscano… more »
Around FCS: Big South looking for playoff respect
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Eight months might have passed when the Big South Conference gathered for its annual football media event on the final day of July, but the coaches of this fledgling Football Championship Subdivision league were still… more »
CSU's Buccaneer Classic Summer Competition Results are In
The numbers were impressive this summer for the Charleston Southern football team, but it wasn't just the number of athletes who showed up. According to Director of Strength and Conditioning Tobias Jacobi, 169 personal records were also set during the s… more »
Whitehead among final candidates on Buchanan watch list
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Norfolk State free safety Terrell Whitehead is among the four most recent candidates added to the watch list for the Buck Buchanan Award, presented annually to the top defensive player in FCS.
Whitehead, also a mem… more »
Big South Announces 2009 TV Package
The Big South Conference today announced its football TV package for the 2009 campaign, and the League will appear on television during nine of the 12 weeks this season. The TV slate features two games on the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), as well… more »
Liberty Favorite to win Big South and Preseason All-Conference Team Announced
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BigSouthSports.com) – For the third consecutive season, Liberty University has been tabbed as the favorite in the Big South Conference’s annual preseason football poll for the 2009 campaign, as voted by the League’s head coaches and med… more »
Stony Brook Installs New FieldTurf Playing Surface
Stony Brook University Athletics recently completed the installation of a new FieldTurf surface in Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium, replacing the original Field Turf which was installed when the facility opened in 2002. The new, 89,298 square foot surface wa… more »
Opinion: Additonal FB Expansion Could be Coming Soon to CAA
The Colonial Athletic Association will swell to 14 football schools in 2012, when Georgia State joins.
Too many? Too few? Or just right?
Rather than fret about growing too big too fast, maybe the league will say what the heck and just super-size i… more »
'Best Of The Best' Video Around Charleston Southern Among Final Nominees For Global Media Awards
The Big South Conference’s 25th Anniversary "Best of the Best" video vignette of Charleston Southern’s 2005 football season, featuring the Buccaneers’ improbable run to the Big South co-championship following the death of star receiver Eddie Gadson, is… more »
Big South Conference Spring Meetings Recap
New Executive Officers Elected, New League Initatives Approved
The annual Big South Conference Council of Chief Executive Officers meeting was held on Friday, May 29 on the campus of Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C., in conjunction with the Lea… more »
Liberty Captures Second-Straight Sasser Cup
For the second year in a row and the seventh time in the last 12 athletics seasons, Liberty has captured the Big South’s George F. “Buddy” Sasser Cup, an award given annually to the top performing athletics department in the conference during each acade… more »
Campbell University To Re-Join Big South Conference
Campbell’s football (Pioneer Football League) women’s swimming (Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association) and wrestling (independent) programs will not compete in the Big South Conference.
The Big South Conference Council of Chief Executive Officers h… more »
Samford Announces The Hiring Of Assistant Coach
The Samford football program has hired former NFL and Alabama star Sam Shade as an assistant coach on its football staff, head coach Pat Sullivan announced on Thursday.
“We are excited to have someone of Sam’s character join our program,” Sullivan sa… more »
Stony Brook Set to Hold Annual Spring Game on Saturday
Head coach Chuck Priore and the Stony Brook University football team will wrap up its 2009 spring practice with the annual Red-White Scrimmage on Saturday, May 2 at 2:00 p.m. in LaValle Stadium. The game will also include a bench press competition betwe… more »
Top College Level Isn’t the Only Source for NFL Talent in Virginia
Ten players from Virginia schools were selected in the 2009 NFL draft. Only half were Hoos or Hokies.
From colleges other than Virginia and Virginia Tech, the NFL's 256-player harvest included: a third-rounder from William and Mary (CB Derek Cox); a… more »