Saturday, March 20, 2010

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Alabama hires Huntingdon assistant (Montgomery Advertiser)


Derrick Ansley, after five years as an assistant football coach at Huntingdon, has been hired as a graduate assistant at Alabama.


Friday, March 19, 2010

HHS's DeVries headed for college football (Havre Daily News)


The Havre High football program is no slouch when it comes to producing college talent. And come football season next year, the Blue Ponies will have another alumni in the college ranks.


Football Foundation to honor its local athletes (The Day)


The Southeastern Connecticut Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame will hold its annual awards banquet on Sunday, April 25 at 5 p.m. at Port 'N Starboard at Ocean Beach


Cleveland Touchdown Club to honor top high school, college players Saturday at awards dinner (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)


The area's top high school and college football players will join honored Browns players today for recognition at the 62nd annual Cleveland Touchdown Club Charities Awards Dinner. The event will take place at the Baldwin-Wallace College Strosacker College Union...


Bianchi: College football is 10 times better than NCAA Tournament (Orlando Sentinel)


Rivalries are but 1 reason college football is better than college basketball


Indoor football a field of dreams for many players (Island Packet)


Since retiring, the ol' coach usually has been focused on high school and college football spri


Thursday, March 18, 2010

Mike Leach expects to return to college football (Sports Illustrated)


LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- Fired Texas Tech coach Mike Leach says he expects to return to college football.


Leach expects to return to college football (NBC26 Green Bay)


LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Fired Texas Tech coach Mike Leach says he expects to return to college football. Leach says he someday will work at a program that stresses high graduation rates and excellence on the field - both of which he said he enjoyed at Texas Tech.


Leach expects to return to college football (The Sauk Prairie Eagle)


Former Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach leaves Texas Tech after Craig James' deposition, Saturday, March 13, 2010, in Lubbock, Texas. Adam James, the son of the ESPN analyst and former NFL player, is to testify under oath Saturday afternoon.


Leach expects to return to college football (AP via Yahoo! News)


Mike Leach is far from the world he knew in landlocked Lubbock.


Leach expects to return to college football (AP via Yahoo! Sports)


Mike Leach is far from the world he knew in landlocked Lubbock. Instead of preparing for spring practice at Texas Tech, the former Red Raiders coach is enjoying fishing, exploring and meeting the people in Key West, Fla., where he and his family moved after he was fired in late December. And although he sounds contented with the laid-back lifestyle in the Florida enclave, there is still much...


Wednesday, March 17, 2010

College Football Notes: Shields, Alvarez are Hall candidates (Omaha World-Herald)


Former Nebraska football players Will Shields and Barry Alvarez are among this year's candidates for the College Football Hall of Fame. Shields, the 1992 Outland Trophy winner and an All-America guard, is among the 77 player...


College Football Programs Appear Recession-Proof (Newswise)


A new University of Michigan study supports what college football fans and rabid tailgaters already knew: Nothing can keep diehard fans away from tailgate parties on game day.


College football: Dragons add three JC players (The Fargo Forum)


Minnesota State Moorhead announced Wednes-day the addition of three junior college players to its football program.


College football: Dragons add three JC players (The Fargo Forum)


Minnesota State Moor-head announced Wednes-day the addition of three junior college players to its football program.


Cory McCartney: Five burning non-BCS questions heading into spring football (Sports Illustrated)


Ever since Utah kicked down the door to college football's VIP room six years ago, the non-automatic qualifiers (né mid-majors) have been steadily building toward the ultimate playing-field leveler: a spot in the national title game.


Football: Local National Football Foundation chapter to honor players (The Norwich Bulletin)


The Southeastern Connecticut Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame will hold its annual award night at 5 p.m., April 25 at the Port ‘n Starboard Restaurant at Ocean Beach Park in New London.


Edward Jones Dome goes from football to March Madness (KMOV St. Louis)


(KMOV) -- Most people know the Edward Jones Dome as a hub for Rams football, but the dome is making considerable transformations in order to host some of the biggest names in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, better known as March Madness. The end zone area inside the Edwards Jones Dome is being transformed into center court for next week's NCAA regionals. The collapsible bleachers ...


COLLEGE FOOTBALL / New coach puts vast experience to a special task (San Francisco Chronicle)


It's tempting, after some quick research, to suspect new Cal special teams coordinator Jeff Genyk is something of a gunslinger, throwing caution to the wind in his approach to college football. Genyk finished his run as Eastern Michigan's head coach, after...


Renegades unveil football schedule (The Bakersfield Californian)


Bakersfield College will open its 10-game football season this fall with a game at Los Angeles Pierce College on Sept. 4, the Southern California Football Association announced. The Renegades, who are part of the six-member National Northern Conference, play Sept. 11 at Saddleback College, then face Antelope Valley College in their home opener on Sept. 18.


Carroll football signs 6 (Connecticut Post)


HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Carroll College football coach Mike Van Diest has announced the signing of six more players to letters of intent. Class AA defensive player of the year Bryan Graupman of state champion C.M. Russell High School has signed with the Saints along with offensive lineman Will Devries of Havre and wide receiver and defensive back Jared Mayernik of Sand Coulee.


Vanderbilt football finds motivation (The Tennessean)


The Vanderbilt football team says it will find motivation during spring practice from a dismal 2009 season.


Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Swett sends two to play college football (The Fayetteville Observer)


Two Purnell Swett seniors signed letters of intent to play college football, Rams coach Mark Heil announced Tuesday. Defensive end Steven Jacobs signed with Division II Wingate, and center Nick Cummings will play at Division III Methodist. Both were two-way starters and captains at Swett.


Andy Staples: Five burning SEC questions heading into spring football (Sports Illustrated)


Until the Big Ten expands to 12 (or more) teams, the SEC probably will remain the most powerful force in the college football universe. It has produced the past four national champions. It has ultra-lucrative television deals. Many of its fans would travel to the moon to watch their teams play. One of its teams (Alabama) probably will start the season ranked No. 1.


Three sign on for college teams (The Springfield News-Leader)


The Ozark High School football program is sending three more players to college programs.


Football Foundation honorees named (Rutland Herald)


The nominees for the Vermont Chapter of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame's scholarships have been selected. All of these high school football players will be honored during a ceremony at the Vermont Chapter's annual banquet at Castleton State College on April 25 and six of them will receive scholarships. ...


College Football (WJHG Panama City)


Florida State opens up spring drills under a new head coach for the firs time in 35 years!


College pitchers find Alonso a tough out (San Jose Mercury News)


Carlos Alonso, a former Los Gatos High baseball standout who went on to play two seasons at Santa Barbara City College, has been nothing but trouble for opposing pitchers since joining the University of Delaware baseball program.


UCF 2010 football schedule released, features one Wednesday home game (Orlando Sentinel)


UCF and Conference USA jointly announced the Knights’ 2010 football schedule, which includes one Wednesday home game.


Monday, March 15, 2010

College Football Capsules: UTSA, Baylor announce 3-game football series (The Brownsville Herald)


SAN ANTONIO — UTSA and Baylor will play three times beginning in 2017 in the first deal with a Football Bowl Subdivision opponent for the new Roadrunners program.


ESPN to broadcast Hawaii football season opener (Connecticut Post)


HONOLULU (AP) — ESPN has announced its college football schedule for the upcoming season. The Warriors' Sept. 2 season opener against Southern California at Aloha Stadium will be broadcast by ESPN.


Pair of Gobblers Bound for College Gridiron (WHSV Harrisonburg)


Broadway football coach Brad Lutz said Monday that a pair of his players have reached college decisions.


College Football (WJHG Panama City)


Jimbo Fisher talks about the start of spring practice Tuesday and why his transition into coaching spring will be a seamless one!


Spring football questions for Florida State to ponder (The Florida Times-Union)


Florida State begins its first spring football practice with new coach Jimbo Fisher today, after 34 years under Bobby Bowden.


Boise State football team is an ESPN darling (The Idaho Statesman)


The Boise State football team will appear at least six times on ESPN channels this season - including three straight Friday nights in November and a Tuesday on the blue in October. But while TV sometimes creates scheduling problems, this year the odd dates might actually help the Broncos. They get two bye weeks and only play one game (at Idaho) on short preparation. ESPN still could grab one ...


Budding football stars greet Socceroos coach (Bayside Bulletin)


THE members of the Sheldon College Junior Soccer Club were very excited when they greeted Australia's national football soccer coach, Pim Verbeek, with a resounding: "Well done on the win last night!


All-state football player Dominick to step into MMA ring (The Scranton Times-Tribune)


It's funny, because Jason Dominick is undeniably a Scranton kid. He grew up here. He became an all-state football player at Scranton High School. He developed into a wrestler good enough to earn a partial scholarship here. But he has only been to the his


Former Sac State football coach Mattos dies at 68 (The Sacramento Bee)


Bob Mattos, the spirited, optimistic football coach who re-energized Sacramento State's program and guided the Hornets to their last postseason appearance, died Sunday morning at his home in Rancho Murieta after a battle with brain cancer. He was 68.


Sunday, March 14, 2010

NDSU football adds NDSCS cornerback (The Fargo Forum)


North Dakota State liked what they saw in Josh Gatlin, so they went back to the North Dakota State College of Science well with another cornerback in Arieal Boyd. He’s got the size at 6-2 and 190 pounds and he has the speed, said Wildcats head football coach Chuck Parsons.


Notre Dame rethinks football independence (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)


Calling the state of college sports the most unstable he has seen in 29 years, Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick says the Irish are considering giving up their football independence. Although Swarbrick stressed that Notre Dame was "try...


Frank Bodani: Recruiting now a second season for college football (Chambersburg Public Opinion)


Welcome to college football's second season. That would be the glorious and yet overwhelming world of recruiting, which is flying hot right now, a savior for fans longing for anything football-related to latch on to.


Florida's college football teams at crossroads (Miami Herald)


If you read between the lines, and connect the dots and paint by the numbers provided by the University of Florida, here's one of the conclusions you're left to consider: Coach Urban Meyer might be willing to die for Gators football.


Football coach Rick Neuheisel helps motivate UCLA women's team | College basketball (Seattle Times)


UCLA got an assist from Bruins football coach Rick Neuheisel during halftime of its game against rival USC. Jasmine Dixon credited Neuheisel's motivational words with helping the 23rd-ranked Bruins hold on to beat USC 59-53 in the semifinals of the Pac-10 tournament Saturday night.


College football: Bohl introduces 3 new coaches (The Fargo Forum)


The modus operandi of hiring assistants has changed at North Dakota State. Head coach Craig Bohl officially introduced three coaches on Thursday who have no direct connection to Division I Football Bowl Subdivision programs.


NDSU football adds NDSCS cornerback (The Fargo Forum)


North Dakota State liked what they saw in Josh Gatlin, so they went back to the North Dakota State College of Science well with another cornerback in Arieal Boyd. He’s got the size at 6-2 and 190 pounds and he has the speed, said Wildcats head football coach Chuck Parsons.