Saturday night’s season opener at Spangler Stadium has all the elements college football can offer. It pits two familiar rivals from the same region, Gardner-Webb and Wofford, not to mention that the visiting Terriers are ranked in the preseason in m… more »

After back-to-back losses to start the season followed by two consecutive victories, the Alabama A&M Bulldogs have reached a potential tipping point with Saturday's game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. "We're on that seesaw right now where we could… more »

The countdown has begun towards the kickoff of a new Gardner-Webb University football era. It’s less than a week before new Runnin’ Bulldog head coach Ron Dickerson, Jr., sends his team into Spangler Stadium/Norman Harris field for a non-conference e… more »

At a college football media day event, like the one the Big South Conference hosted Thursday at the Crowne Plaza hotel, one fallacy about the proceeding is that there’s an official answer for everything. From preseason Players of the Year and all-con… more »

GWU introduced Ron Dickerson, Jr., as head coach of its football program Wednesday morning. “Today signals an exciting, new era of Gardner-Webb football,” said Gardner-Webb president Dr. Frank Bonner. “Ron Dickerson, Jr., is a tremendous fit for this U… more »

Gardner-Webb University announced on Thursday it will not retain the services of Steve Patton as head football coach. Patton, 56, served as head coach of the Runnin’ Bulldogs for 14 seasons. “This was a difficult decision. Steve has been with us f… more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Howe comes to Boiling Springs with a tremendous amount of experience at the Division I level. Gardner-Webb University football added Shawn Howe to its staff, with Howe taking over as the program’s defensive line coach. Howe joins the Gardner-Webb… more »

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BigSouthSports.com) – The Big South Conference today announced additional television coverage of its football games during the 2009 season, beginning with Saturday’s showdown between No. 6 James Madison and No. 24 Liberty. Meanwhile, S… more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »