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By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. —I’ve had a weekend to think about the first addition to the Patriot League since American University joined in 2000. And the thought I keep coming back to is the following: With the momentous decision on football scholarships happening in February, would.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal READING, PA. — Erik Rockhold is one of those unforgettable personalities that make following football at any level extra fun. Of course, one of the things that makes this Appalachian State alumnus a little more interesting is the fact he is a place kicker. .
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal Nobody outside of the inner circle saw this one coming. With most dimestore pundits (including this one) thinking that Boston University might be a target of the CAA’s effort to solve their current woes, Boston University president Robert A. Brown and the eight presidents of the.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Wouldn’t it be great if every time you needed to articulate something, you had a politician to call to say it? You have to wonder if Tom Yeager, commissioner of the Colonial Athletic Association, is mulling that over in his head as he.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — In every place in America that I’ve lived, there’s been evidence of the times of the American revolutionary war. Close by, in some form or another, I’ve been amongst 18th-century farmhouses and ancient taverns where George Washingon, Ben Franklin or John Adams.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Whenever I think about Bill Stewart, I remember back to one specific incident at a Southern Conference media day in the mid-1990s. Stewart was trying to rebuild the long moribund football program at VMI, but had already won over realms of friends.
By David Coulson Executive Editor/Managing Partner College Sports Journal Editor’s Note: This is the latest offering in the CSJ Classic series. In this edition, we look back on the greatest football upset in Southern Conference history. On Nov. 19, 1994, coach Bill Stewart brought an 0-10 team into Kidd Brewer Stadium to face.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The Monarchs’ reign in FCS didn’t last very long. Wood Selig, Old Dominion’s athletic director, called a 2:30 PM press conference today to announce that the Monarchs would be moving to Conference USA effective July 1st, 2013. With Georgia State’s move.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sporting News PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Several years ago, I remember a conversation with an athletic director from an Football Championship Subdivision school on his role as a member of the NCAA Division I Baseball committee. This AD, who was a veteran of the NCAA Division I Football.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The movie “Face/Off”, starring John Travolta and Nicholas Cage, is the ultimate John Woo movie, filled with incredibly choreographed Hong Kong-style action but with top actors filling the starring roles. Woo movies are also known for something that is called “Mexican Standoffs”,.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The first instinct many people have when a hurricane is headed their way is denial. Though there were plenty of signs in retrospect that Hurricane Katrina in 2005 would hit landfall again and gain strength over the Gulf of Mexico, many, many.
By Josh Buchanan NFL Columnist College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — There were not a lot surprises for me among Football Championship Subdivision players as the NFL draft unfolded last week. Appalachian State wide receiver Brian Quick had long been expected to be the first pick among FCS players and his selection as.
By Donal Ware HBCU Columnist College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — South Carolina State safety Christian Thompson was the only player from an HBCU taken in the 2012 NFL Draft. Thompson was taken in the fourth round — 130th overall — by the Baltimore Ravens. “This can’t be real,” said Thompson when asked about.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — For many sports fans, the only time they pay attention to track and field is every four years, during the Summer Olympics. If you live in the Philly area, like I do, that arc may be reduced to a yearly occurrence as.
By Josh Buchanan NFL Columnist College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The first night of the NFL Draft may have come and gone without a Football Championship Subdivision player being selected in the first round. But the rest of the weekend should prove to be eventful for FCS performers. This year as.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal TOWSON, MD. — There was a changing of the guard last season in the Colonial Athletic Association football world, with Towson University of all teams winning its first-ever gridiron crown. At the same time, two members of the old guard in the CAA, Villanova.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — One of Public Enemy’s more timeless songs is the 1988 classic “Don’t Believe the Hype” — a saying that has aged well due to the fact that there’s a lot more sources of hype these days than facts. Take the case of.
By Tonya Jarrett Special to the College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — I have written this editorial to bring attention to the plight of the Varsity Men’s Track & Field/Cross-Country programs at Millersville University (PA). Administrators from Millersville claim that eliminating three sports — men’s cross-country, men’s track and field and indoor.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. —Looking back, it probably shouldn’t have been such a surprise that Georgia State’s stay in FCS would be short, even though they were full members of the CAA in all sports. The writing had to be on the wall in February, when a gushing.
By Wayne Otto Basketball Columnist College Sports Journal PORTSMOUTH, VA. — Portsmouth Sports Club tops the Norfolk Sports Club 88-76. Cherry, Bekart & Holland bests K&D Rounds Landscaping 85-73. Roger Brown’s nipped Sales System LTD 74-71 in ovetime. Portsmouth Partnership beat Mike Duman Auto Sales 85-79. No, this is not.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. —In the world of Division I Football Championship Subdivision, there are a handful of iconic programs that seem to embody what the entire, playoff-playing, 63 scholarship-competing subdivision is all about. The Montana Grizzlies, with their packed houses in Washington-Grizzly stadium, are one of.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal SYRACUSE, N.Y. — It was a historic weekend for Syracuse softball, as the Orange played indoors for the first time at the Carrier Dome in wins over Colgate and Canisius. And the centerpieces of that history were a pair of freshmen, Julie Wambold and Carey Leigh-Thomas. .
By David Coulson Executive Editor/Managing Partner College Sporting News Editor's Note: College Sports Journal is celebrating the release earlier this month of the ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame by offering several past articles in its CSJ Classic series. This article originally ran in the College Sporting News on May.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor’s Note: College Sports Journal is celebrating the release earlier this month of the ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame by offering several past articles in its CSJ Classic series. This piece was originally published on May 14, 2009 and chastised.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor’s Note: College Sports Journal is celebrating the release earlier this month of the ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame by offering several past articles in its CSJ Classic series. The writer is once again, as one of the members of the Football.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal BOONE, N.C. — I'll never forget the first time I heard the name Brian Quick mentioned. I was in the football office at Appalachian State's Owens Field House on national signing day in 2007 when I bumped into two Mountaineer assistants, Mark Spier and Dale.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor’s Note: This is another article in the College Sports Journal Classic series. This article originally appeared on the College Sporting News website in the summer of 2011 as Dexter Coakley was about to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. BOONE,.
By Josh Buchanan NFL Columnist College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Each year around 330 prospects are invited to the annual event and there are always 20-25 small school prospects in that group. I have decided to take a look at those we expect to test well, those who have to answer questions,.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — In the living room of my house in the Philly suburbs sits a huge, oak bookshelf that my mom and I stained and finished years ago. There are books about college football, as well as a slew of cookbooks that betray one.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sporting News PHILADELPHIA, PA. — I live about an hour south of the Lehigh University campus, so it was interesting to hear on Friday that the police of Bethlehem were on high alert for possible rioting this evening. Even though Lehigh was playing an iconic Duke program.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Like most of America, I have spent nearly all of the afternoon and evening channel surfing the second-round games of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. But no matter what happens in the rest of the tournament, I am going to feel like.
By Wayne Otto Basketball Columnist College Sports Journal SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — In what was billed as the most significant sports event in the history of the state of South Dakota, fans who came to watch the Summit League men’s and women’s basketball championships Tuesday at the Sioux Falls Arena got double the pleasure.
By Wayne Otto Basketball Columnist College Sports Journal SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The sold out Sioux Falls Arena was packed with blue and gold on Monday as South Dakota State’s Jackrabbits got ready for the Summit League men’s and women’s basketball semifinals. And the home fans were rewarded as both of the host.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Patriot League basketball in the 2011-2012 season has been defined by two star players and the teams built around them. When the league issued the Player of the Year awards at the conclusion of this year’s regular season, it was a two horse race,.
By Wayne Otto Basketball Columnist College Sports Journal SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Day two of the Summit League basketball championships opened with the women taking the main stage in the afternoon session in a quest for the championship and automatic berth in the NCAA basketball tournament. The Summit League is the only NCAA Division.
By Wayne Otto Basketball Columnist College Sports Journal SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A sold-out Sioux Falls Arena of 6,614, 11 NBA scouts, a national TV audience for all games — for the first time in league history — three men’s basketball teams with wins over NCAA power conferences, and five of the nation’s NCAA Division.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Modern day college basketball fans find it easy to remember Cinderella runs in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, with television outlets like CBS Sports and ESPN showing buzzer-beating shots so often that the “one shining moment” of various teams get burned.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — In the debate about political correctness, some people will never have a clue. As I am learning, one of the biggest Neanderthals on this subject is one Bernard Franklin, a vice president with the NCAA. Now this isn’t the first time.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal Editor’s Note: This column was originally published on April 25, 2011 by the College Sporting News and proved to be one of the most popular pieces in the decade-long history of the Football Championship Subdivision website. The introduction to the piece said “The NCAA shows that.
By Josh Buchanan NFL Columnist College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — With the NFL combine complete, it’s time to look at those who were helped, others who were hurt, and those that did what was expected at the annual pre-draft, televised extravaganza in Indianapolis in the past week. RISING Here is a look.
By Kyle Roth Columnist College Sports Journal FARGO, ND. — It’s safe to say that in a conservative region of the country like the Upper Midwest that there’s a certain frugality present in college athletics. Just like in every day life in the Dakotas, nothing moves too fast or too rashly without due consideration.
By David Coulson Executive Editor College Sports Journal HATBORO, PA. — Folks in this quiet, suburban community have marveled over the exploits of its native daughter Julie Wambold since she first picked up a glove and a softball bat that wasn’t much smaller than her as a little girl. Wambold first learned the.
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing EditorCollege Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Monday, a decision was made by the Patriot League. The decision on Patriot League football scholarships that many, many followers of the quarter-century-old league have been waiting for. The decision came in the official announcement that the Patriot League “endorsed a policy that will allow.
By Donal Ware Special to the College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — For the sixth time in seven years FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW has ranked the top 10 HBCU FCS recruiting classes. The rankings are based on the talent that was brought in and research that we did based upon.
By David Coulson & Chuck Burton College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The first of February is one of the most important days of the year for Football Championship Subdivision teams, with recruits from around the country signing their national letters of intent to accept scholarship offers. But while web sites like Rivals,.
By Josh Buchanan Columnist College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA — The votes have been cast and contrary to popular belief, all-star games really have no bearing on who is selected to the NFL combine. Since the teams have cast their votes but the list is not public I have decided to sit down.
By Matt Creedon Special to the College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — As Sean Carter slammed home a pass from Jesse Morgan to seal what would be a 72-59 win on Saturday, the Mullins Center erupted. Not just because the Minutemen were going to win or because they had defeated Atlantic 10 co-leader St..
By Chuck Burton Publisher/Managing Editor College Sports Journal PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Sojka Pavillion went silent. Early in their contest against second-placed American this week, last year’s Patriot League player of the year, Bison forward Mike Muscala, dove for a loose ball and got a gash on his chin, requiring a trip to the.
By Kyle Roth Columnist College Sports Journal FARGO, ND. — In years past, the Summit League basketball conference has been seen as a “gateway conference” to better places in Division-I hoops. The University of Akron, for example, was a member for two years from 1990-92 before establishing its current home in the Mid-American Conference..
PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Quarterback Chris Lum of Lehigh and defensive end Adrian Hamilton of Prairie View were among the top honorees as College Sports Journal announced its first Football Championship Subdivision All-America team on Thursday. Other top honors went to Rob Ambrose of Towson as the coach of the year, Tom Compton of South.
