If recruits weren't getting the usual attention from Delaware and Eastern Washington football coaches during the process, they still could be impressed why.
If Southeast Missouri State's struggling football program had accepted its spot in the Ohio Valley Conference preseason poll (tied for seventh) last season, the Redhawks would not have gone on to win their first title.
A battle of freshman quarterbacks highlights the 2010 Liberty Bowl, as the Georgia Bulldogs tangle with the UCF Knights on New Year's Eve in Memphis, Tennessee.
Holy Cross football will play six home games and seven contests against schools that posted winning records last season as part of a 2011 schedule announced Monday.
Western Carolina completed its 2011 football schedule by adding a home game against Coastal Carolina on Nov. 19, the final Saturday of the regular season.
Former Grambling State quarterback and head coach Doug Williams will return to the university for his second stint guiding the Tigers' storied football program.
Southern Utah will get an early feel for a Big Sky Conference football schedule this season by playing six teams that will be part of the conference in 2012.
The 12th-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks are loaded for what should be a memorable season, and they will attempt to avoid an upset at the hands of the East Carolina Pirates in this non-conference opener.
Frank Beamer's 25th season at the helm in Blacksburg begins this weekend, as the 13th-ranked Virginia Tech Hokies open up the 2011 campaign with a matchup against FCS foe Appalachian State at Lane Stadium.