As if being 5,500 miles from Hattiesburg and having Waikiki beach as a backyard wasn't enough, Conference USA champion Southern Mississippi had to deal with even more distractions.
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Wide receiver Brian Quick of Appalachian State was named a first-team selection to Phil Steele's postseason FCS All-America team on Thursday. Quick, a senior, ranked among the nation's leaders with 71 receptions for 1,096 yards and 11 touchdowns.
Mike Glennon had several concerns in taking over as N.C. State's starting quarterback.
The 10 good pounds quarterback Tanner Price has gained since his freshman season have served him in good stead.
The distance between Burlington and Kenan Stadium is only 31 miles, but the road proved much, much longer for wide receiver Dwight Jones.
If ever there were a game that could be used to make the case that there are too many bowl games, it is this one: UCLA vs. Illinois in the Fight Hunger Bowl on Dec. 31.
Akron hired Terry Bowden as its head coach Thursday, giving him control of a team that went 2-22 over the past two seasons with just one conference victory in that stretch.
Western Carolina, fervently hoping for a winning football team after six straight losing seasons, believes it has found a leader in Mark Speir.
As they prepared to play a bowl game in the Volunteer State of Tennessee, one Wake Forest player after another volunteered Wednesday that he's happy to be playing a team, Mississippi State, from the Southeastern Conference.
The NCAA reinstated the eligibility of Dwight Jones on Wednesday, opening the way for him to play his final college football game in Monday's Independence Bowl.
Mark Speir, an assistant coach at Appalachian State the last two seasons, will be named football coach at Western Carolina on Thursday, according to numerous sources. He will replace Dennis Wagner, who resigned Nov. 13.
North Carolina has applied to the NCAA to reinstate wide receiver Dwight Jones after the school had to declare him ineligible for a secondary rules violation.
The day may someday come when sophomore running back Josh Harris realizes his seemingly unlimited potential at Wake Forest.
Penn St. QB's status in doubt for bowl
Joe Paterno, the former Penn State coach, has been released from the hospital and has shown improvement after being treated for lung cancer, a person close to his family said Monday.
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Temple came out swinging against Wyoming, jumping to a 21-0 lead in the first half of the New Mexico Bowl on Saturday.
Coach Will Muschamp of Florida has interviewed Kerwin Bell, the Jacksonville University coach and a former Gators quarterback, for Florida's offensive-coordinator's job.
Wide receiver Warren Holloway scored twice to help North Dakota State defeat Georgia Southern 35-7 on Saturday in the semifinals of the FCS playoffs.
Tyler Tettleton's late heroics helped Ohio University erase decades of misery in the postseason.
Bowl game lineup
Logan Thomas watched from the sideline last season as Tyrod Taylor and Virginia Tech fell apart in the second half of the Orange Bowl against Stanford and eventually lost 40-12.
Norm Parker has been the defensive coordinator at Iowa so long that it's tough to remember who preceded him.
Tim Flanders rushed for 287 yards on 26 carries and Sam Houston State advanced to its first national championship game with a 31-28 win against Montana in the Football Championship Subdivision semifinal on Friday night.
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