Jackets prep for breakout year
By Lane Towery | September 1, 2006But on a team that returns 15 starters from last year's talented but inconsistent squad, the junior All-American wideout is hardly the only playmaker.
But on a team that returns 15 starters from last year's talented but inconsistent squad, the junior All-American wideout is hardly the only playmaker.
Every team has a motivator. This type of player is frequently portrayed as a loud and enthusiastic screaming lunatic. On a football team, this player often comes from the offensive line.
Sometime during the 13 years Virginia head coach Al Groh spent working under Bill Parcells at several NFL stops, the now-Dallas Cowboys' coach gave Groh a piece of advice he still has not forgotten.
The Blue Devils kick off a new season on Saturday, seeking to recover from last year's 1-10 record with no ACC wins. Click for The Chronicle's Complete Coverage of Duke and its ACC Football rivals.
The green Terrapins of last season are now a group of tested upperclassmen that wants to erase the memories of two consecutive 5-6 seasons. Seven starters return on offense, and the entire...
When the No. 11 Florida State Seminoles travel to Miami the first weekend of the season, the only Hurricanes they will be concerned with will be on the field.
No. 12 Miami doled out a number of suspensions in the offseason and will be without many key contributors from last year's team at the start of the season.
After a four-game turnaround for Wake Forest in 2001-Grobe's first year-followed by a victory in the Seattle Bowl in 2002, the Demon Deacons have finished the last three years under .500.
It's not the famous Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales that scored touchdowns and kicked field goals in so many commercials but rather a trio of thoroughbred running backs.
The Department of Athletics is determined to kick off the football season with a full house at Wallace Wade Stadium Saturday--even if it means handing out freebies. Duke issued ticket vouchers for...
Vince Oghobaase was Duke's best recruit in years. One of the top defensive tackles in the country, the five-star recruit graduated high school early to get a head start on his collegiate training...
This season could be significantly tougher for BC, after the loss of nine starters-five on offense and four on the defensive side--including wide receiver Will Blackmon, 2005 first-team...
Following a season in which Duke finished 1-10 and failed to win a single game in the ACC, the average football fan might assume that opening 2006 against a Division I-AA team is a good thing.
Though head coach Ted Roof is hopeful more veterans will step up to lead his team in his third full season at the helm, the depth chart is looking green once again.
Clemson, coached by Tommy Bowden, has not won an ACC Title since 1991,the year before Florida State, coached by his father Bobby, entered the league.
When Duke takes the field Saturday evening against Richmond in its season opener, it will finally have a chance to begin to erase the memory of last season.
When the football team learned in the middle of July that starting quarterback Zack Asack had been suspended for plagiarism and would be unable to participate in the upcoming season, backup...
Football: Coming off a season in which the Blue Devils went 1-10 and were winless in Division I-A, head coach Ted Roof has been working hard in the off-season to prepare his squad for the...
Online Update 7/22: Sophomore Quarterback Zach Asack has been suspended from school and declared ineligible for the 2006 season. Asack, a Sporting News honorable mention Freshman...
Football: One season after allowing conferences to decide individually whether to adopt instant replay, the NCAA Football Rules Committee has implemented a universal review system.