Saturday, February 13, 2010

Ave Maria hires football coach (The News-Press)


Ave Maria University will bring college football to Southwest Florida for the 2011 season and it hired its first coach, the school announced Friday.


Friday, February 12, 2010

Streeter presented first letter in football at Luther College (Newton Daily News)


DECORAH — Seth Streeter, a 2009 graduate of PCM High School, has been presented his first collegiate letter as a member of the Luther College football team. He was one of nine freshmen to receive their first collegiate letter.


Manning, Creel of KW to play college football (Casper Journal)


Two Kelly Walsh High School seniors signed letters of intent on Feb. 3 to continue their football careers in college next fall. Thomas Manning accepted a scholarship to play for South Dakota while Noah Creel will be a “preferred walk-on” at the University of Wyoming.


Ancona of Garden City Receives Awards For Playing Football at Union College (Garden City Life)


Union College junior kicker/punter Blaise Ancona of Garden City has recently received numerous awards for his efforts for the Union College Dutchmen football team. Along with six of his teammates, Ancona was named to the 2009 Liberty League First Team All Star Team.


Trio of Rams sign to play college football (Del Rio News-Herald)


Three members of the Rams varsity football team are taking their game to the next level. Del Rio High School seniors Jesse Adams, Cody Brooks and Josh Washington signed letters of intent Wednesday to play football at a pair of Texas colleges.


College Football Capsules: NCAA proposes rules change on taunting (The Brownsville Herald)


INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA wants to get tough on taunting and make it more difficult for football players with concussions to try to tough it out. Both proposals were announced Thursday by the Football Rules Committee and must now be approved by the Playing Rules Oversight Panel.


McMullen: SFCC football party was certainly Super (Sedalia Democrat)


It was Sunday afternoon and it was time for the State Fair Community College Super Bowl Party. The line of people outside the Parkhurst Commons nearly reached the parking lot and the football fans were getting antsy.


Hoch signs football letter of intent with Missouri (The Harlan Tribune)


HARLAN -- In the end, the opportunity to line up shoulder to shoulder with his older brother on a college football field was simply too much to pass up for Matt Hoch.


Thursday, February 11, 2010

King's College names Jeff Knarr, a Notre Dame High School graduate, head football coach (The Express-Times)


Knarr served on Muhlenberg College's staff for the last 11 seasons


COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Pac-10 should move to Utah (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)


A BYU-Utah matchup to decide the 2013 Pacific-12 Conference football championship, anyone?


Trio of Rams sign to play college football (Del Rio News-Herald)


Three members of the Rams varsity football team are taking their game to the next level. Del Rio High School seniors Jesse Adams, Cody Brooks and Josh Washington signed letters of intent Wednesday to play football at a pair of Texas colleges.


College football: Following in Heisman footsteps (Peoria Journal Star)


Adam Griffin, son of two-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin, will follow his father and play football for the Buckeyes.   The younger Griffin is a 5-foot-9, 185-pound running back, defensive back and return specialist from Columbus’ DeSales High School, which he helped to the 2009 state championship game.   He’ll be a freshman at Ohio State this fall.


3 Crabs sign football scholarships (The Port Lavaca Wave)


Pictured left to right, Calhoun football players Albert Ureste, Cody Lee and Dawayne Lewis sign football scholarships Wednesday in the CHS gym. Ureste and Lee signed with Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, while Lewis inked with Kilgore Junior College.


Croydon College students sign for top London football clubs (Croydon Guardian)


Students from Croydon College will be signing for top London football teams thanks to a groundbreaking business deal with six of the capital’s clubs.


Manning, Creel of KW to play college football (Casper Journal)


Two Kelly Walsh High School seniors signed letters of intent on Feb. 3 to continue their football careers in college next fall. Thomas Manning accepted a scholarship to play for South Dakota while Noah Creel will be a “preferred walk-on” at the University of Wyoming.


Ronnie Glavin: Ex-football star is Wakefield College coach (Yorkshire Evening Post)


Young footballers at a West Yorkshire college will be put through their paces by a former Celtic star.


COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Pac-10 should move to Utah (Whittier Daily News)


A BYU-Utah matchup to decide the 2013 Pacific-12 Conference football championship, anyone?


Two Cents: College football players may regret hearing Detroit Lions call name on draft day (The Flint Journal)


Do you think that Tennessee safety Eric Berry will regret entering the NFL draft early with the Detroit Lions owning the No. 2 pick? The career of Berry, Ndamukong Suh or whichever college star is picked by the Lions is automatically doomed.


Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Trio of Rams sign to play college football (Del Rio News-Herald)


Three members of the Rams varsity football team are taking their game to the next level. Del Rio High School seniors Jesse Adams, Cody Brooks and Josh Washington signed letters of intent Wednesday to play football at a pair of Texas colleges.


Aikman on the college Hall of Fame board (UPI)


NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Fox Sports broadcaster Troy Aikman was among six people named to the Board of Directors for the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame.


Loften signs with junior college just in case (Knoxville News Sentinel)


Eddrick Loften’s coach at Nimitz High School in Irving, Texas, expects the star safety to play football at Tennessee this fall.The 6-foot, 200-pound Loften, who signed a national letter of intent with UT on Feb. 3, also signed with Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas.Nimitz coach Steven Hohenberger said the junior college is a backup plan for Loften in case he doesn’t qualify academically at UT ...


ECU Signs Additional Football Player (WITN 7 North Carolina)


Lance Lewis, a wide receiver who closed out a two-year stay at East Mississippi Community College, has signed a national letter-of-intent to attend and play football at ECU.


Austin College announces Loren Dawson is new football coach (The Herald Democrat)


After being a part of the Austin College football program as a player and an assistant, Loren Dawson has returned to the 'Roos to serve as their head coach.


Harlem football trio spreads out for college opportunities (Rockford Register Star)


The tight end, quarterback and lineman who led Harlem to its best back-to-back football seasons in school history will continue their careers in college.


College football: Wisconsin's Bielema, Alvarez address Badger Day crowd (Naples Daily News)


NAPLES —The state of Florida has been good to University of Wisconsin football.The Badgers have 10 members from the Sunshine State already on the roster, including three local players -- linebacker Culmer St. Jean (Lely), free safety Aaron Henry (Immokalee) and defensive lineman Anthony Mains (Golden Gate). To that number, Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema added five more Floridians as part of the ...


Several football players from Fontana receive college scholarships (Fontana Herald News)


Josh Shirley, pictured running with the football for the Kaiser team last fall, announced that he will be accepting a scholarship to play for UCLA this next year.


Troy Aikman, T.Boone Pickens named to board of College Hall of Fame (Dallas Morning News)


Ex-Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman and Dallas billionaire energy executive T. Boone Pickens were among six persons named Tuesday to the board of directors of the National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame.


Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Central's Robinson Signs Football Grant With Miles College (The Chattanoogan)


Central linebacker/fullback Johnathan Robinson signed a football scholarship on Monday with Miles College in Fairfield, Ala. Robinson, 6-3, 220, signed during a ceremony at Central High School.


College on the ball with bid for football shirt deal (Northern Echo)


A COLLEGE has joined forces with a North-East football team to help promote itself to the community.


Trio of Rams sign to play college football (Del Rio News-Herald)


Three members of the Rams varsity football team are taking their game to the next level. Del Rio High School seniors Jesse Adams, Cody Brooks and Josh Washington signed letters of intent Wednesday to play football at a pair of Texas colleges.


Chicopee football star Raheem Kelly-Reid signs with Division II Assumption College (The Republican)


The Republican file photo Chicopee's Raheem Kelly-Reid, shown during action in a big win over rival Chicopee Comp last November, will play at Assumption College in Worcester next year.


College Football Capsules: Berry hopes Thorpe Award Super Bowl trend rolls on (The Brownsville Herald)


OKLAHOMA CITY — Tennessee safety Eric Berry has a lofty new tradition to uphold as the winner of the Jim Thorpe Award. Two of the last three winners of the award given to the nation's top college defensive back have gone on to win the Super Bowl the following year.


SNGC ‘A’, Christ College in last eight (The Hindu)


Coimbatore: Host Sree Narayana Guru College (SNGC) ‘A’ and Christ College (Irinjalakuda) defeated their opponents with relative ease and entered the quarterfinals of the Sree Narayana Guru Rolling Trophy South India inter-collegiate level football tournament at the SNGC grounds here on Tuesday.


Bowden to headline LSU Football Coaches Clinic (The Crowley Post-Signal)


BATON ROUGE – Bobby Bowden, the second-winningest coach in the history of major college football, will headline this year’s LSU Football Coaches Clinic, which will be held March 18-20 on the LSU campus. Bowden, who just recently retired following 31-years at Florida State, won 377 games during his career that included head coaching stops with the Seminoles and West Virginia. Bowden led Florida ...


IWC football program announces staff (Keokuk Daily Gate City)


MOUNT PLEASANT –– New Iowa Wesleyan College Head Football Coach Kent Anderson has announced the addition of two new full-time members of his coaching staff, as well as new duties for several returning coaches.


Hoch signs football letter of intent with Missouri (The Harlan Tribune)


HARLAN -- In the end, the opportunity to line up shoulder to shoulder with his older brother on a college football field was simply too much to pass up for Matt Hoch.


Monday, February 8, 2010

Several football players from Fontana receive college scholarships (Fontana Herald News)


Josh Shirley, pictured running with the football for the Kaiser team last fall, announced that he will be accepting a scholarship to play for UCLA this next year.


3 local football athletes commit on National Signing Day (Beauregard Daily News)


Three local senior high school football players received college athletic scholarships and will be able to continue their careers next year. Each of them signed letters of intent Wednesday officially committing to the universities they agreed to attend.


3 Crabs sign football scholarships (The Port Lavaca Wave)


Pictured left to right, Calhoun football players Albert Ureste, Cody Lee and Dawayne Lewis sign football scholarships Wednesday in the CHS gym. Ureste and Lee signed with Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, while Lewis inked with Kilgore Junior College.


Football Pick'em Contest (Elk Grove Citizen)


Members of the Elk Grove community and sports editor Jon Gudel will compete in weekly picks of high school, college and NFL football games. Wins and losses will be tabulated throughout the season and concludes with the Super Bowl on Feb. 7. Scott Gradin is the defending champion.


Texas Stars Shine on Football’s Biggest (FOX 4 News Dallas - Fort Worth)


The Lone Star State once again played a prominent role in determining a Super Bowl Champion. Sunday night in Miami, there were 14 players that played high school and/or college football in Texas (7 Saints and 7 Colts).


Football standouts sign letters of intent (Anderson Independent-Mail)


The new Commons area was the site where four of Westside High School’s football standouts to sign college letters of intent to play football. They are as follows.Brandon McCann (quarterback and 3 year starter) signed with Newberry College. Receivers Anthony McCoppin, Matt Levine and Xzanvion (Zay) Smith, all signed with Tusculum College in Greenville, Tennessee. Tusculum is the oldest college in ...


Trio of Rams sign to play college football (Del Rio News-Herald)


Three members of the Rams varsity football team are taking their game to the next level. Del Rio High School seniors Jesse Adams, Cody Brooks and Josh Washington signed letters of intent Wednesday to play football at a pair of Texas colleges.


COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Florida St. vacates 12 wins in scandal (The Telegraph)


TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State announced Sunday it will vacate 12 football victories and a 2007 men’s track national championship in an academic cheating scandal, along with dozens more victories and placings across 10 men’s and women’s sports.


O’Boyle among new CSC football recruits (Scottsbluff Star-Herald)


Gering senior quarterback Patrick O’Boyle throws a pass before a Class B state playoff game last fall. O’Boyle signed to play football at Chadron State College.


3 Crabs sign football scholarships (The Port Lavaca Wave)


Pictured left to right, Calhoun football players Albert Ureste, Cody Lee and Dawayne Lewis sign football scholarships Wednesday in the CHS gym. Ureste and Lee signed with Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, while Lewis inked with Kilgore Junior College.


Mount Union College community gathers to watch Garcon in Super Bowl (The Canton Repository)


Members of the Mount Union College community gathered at the Hoover-Price Campus Center to watch former Mount Union All-America football standout Pierre Garcon in the Super Bowl on Sunday.


Football Pick'em Contest (Elk Grove Citizen)


Members of the Elk Grove community and sports editor Jon Gudel will compete in weekly picks of high school, college and NFL football games. Wins and losses will be tabulated throughout the season and concludes with the Super Bowl on Feb. 7. Scott Gradin is the defending champion.


Sunday, February 7, 2010

College Football (WJHG Panama City)


Florida State Vacates 12 Football Wins, and a National Title in Track!


Alaska soldier surprised by football honor - Army News, news from Iraq, - Army Times (Army Times)


FAIRBANKS, Alaska — A Fort Wainwright Army captain was surprised to find out he'd been named one of the best college football players of the past decade from teams not affiliated with conferences.