Last fall, a revolving door at quarterback was one of the reasons why the Wildcats didn’t seem to put things together on offense until late in the season. The lack of offense may have even contributed to defensive struggles, forcing that unit to spend more time on the field. Villanova would ultimately give freshman...
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Georgia State’s president notified the commissioner of the CAA on Sunday that his school would be withdrawing from the conference and the football conference as well. The Panthers are joining the Sun Belt, in a move designed to get the university into the ranks of those who play football at the FBS level. Commissioner...
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One day ahead of the CAA’s scheduled vote to raise their paltry $250,000 exit fee for basketball and olympic sports members to $1 million or more, Georgia State opted to accept an invitation to join the Sun Belt conference. The Panthers will play the 2012-13 academic year as a lame-duck member of the CAA...
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After a 2-win season, Villanova football has plenty to prove in 2012 and the path to accomplishing that begins this spring. Villanova started just one senior in 2011, which means that almost everyone will return in the fall, a year older and better prepared for the challenges of the college football season. With spring...
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With rumors of conference realignment coming to the CAA conference swirling, commissioner Tom Yeager is hoping to raise the conference’s exit fees from the paltry sum of $250,000. The rumors started with a CBS report that VCU and George Mason, both recent Final Four participants, had been in contact with the Atlantic 10 —...
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Georgia State may be set for short CAA stay Update 4:00pm: Sun Belt commissioner Karl Benson denied that any approval for Georgia State was granted to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and said that he will not be in Atlanta on Thursday. He did say that he would take a “fact-finding trip” to Atlanta and admitted...
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Justin Herron is a defensive lineman from Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland — and before you ask, yes, his father is one of those Herrons (Reggie), the trio of brothers who played for Villanova in the 1970s and 80s. He has one football scholarship offer, from his father’s alma mater, but Herron is about...
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Villanova football has been on national television. The semi-finals and finals that Villanova played in 2009 and 2010 were carried live on ESPN, and the CAA arranged to elevate a game with James Madison in 2008 to the Versus network. Now, the CAA has a deal with the NBC Sports Network to air 5...
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Rumors are swirling about conference realignment between the mid-major conferences as a result of Temple’s move to the Big East. Butler is believed to be talking to the Atlantic 10 about a move to that conference, while rumors emerged this week that the CAA might lose VCU and George Mason to the A-10 and...
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Before the 2011 football season, anyone on the Villanova coaching staff would have told you about Norman White — he was a future professional, they would tell you. Then, what many billed as the worst thing possible, happened and White was injured before the season, forcing him to sit out and return this fall....
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