In the Southland Conference, when the talk has not been about the new head coaches around the league, it has centered around the new Football Championship Subdivision programs at UTSA (Texas-San Antonio) and Lamar. Each of these programs have made splashes to some degree, the latest coming from San Antonio, Texas as UTSA announced a million-dollar check written to support the UTSA football program by local franchise owner Jim Bodenstedt. The money donated by Bodenstedt ...
Just when you thought most of the discussion this off-season would strictly circulate around new coaches, recruiting and the Southland Conference efforts to land the Division I title game, UTSA completely veered the off-season chatter in a new direction. UTSA, which plans to play their first season of intercollegiate football in 2011, announced through the San Antonio Express-News that they will not play in the SLC as expected in 2013. Instead, athletic director Lynn ...
Updated 02-24-2010 at 05:02 PM by jplotkin
Three years or so seems to be the limit for modern era "Executive Directors" at the Sports Network (SNW) in their FCS division and they've hit the wall again. Friday was the last day in that position for David Coulson who now joins Matt Dougherty and Tony Moss in that category. Coulson came to the SNW right before the Conference media days in July of 2007. Dave's long career in sportswriting began in college and after his graduation from Fresno State's school of journalism ...
Updated 02-01-2010 at 08:52 PM by rwallace
The NCAA had a decision to make this week regarding the Division I Football Championship game. Would Chattanooga, Tenn., the host for the last 13 years retain their hosting duties or could Frisco, Texas earn the rights to host the game? Around mid-day, a press release from the NCAA began to circulate with the lead of, "Frisco, Texas, has been selected as the new host site for the NCAA Division I Football Championship game." It was official, ...
A sad end came to the #1 national FCS messageboard community today. A group of over 14,000 members helped revolutionize and galvinate a disparate clan of people who came together for one reason only, to chat about the highest level of NCAA championship football. AnyGivenSaturday.com locked its domain. Yesterday the stat totals read: Threads: 65,864, Posts: 1,482,456, Members: 14,114 Now nothing but silence. Remembering how it grew from the ...
Updated 01-29-2010 at 01:46 AM by rwallace
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