Football season is still a couple months away, but the schedule for the 2010 season of Villanova football has already been posted. As we have known for a while, the ‘Cats will open the season with the second “Mayor’s Cup” meeting with local rivals, Temple, on Labor Day weekend. The exact date of the...
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Villanova’s senior football players recently participated in the pro-day at Temple. For the NFL, the pro-day is a mini-combine, allowing teams to work out and scout eligible players who were not invited to the combine, and some who were. Seven players from this year’s NCAA Division I National Championship team (the BCS is not...
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Tags: Antwon Young, Brandyn Harvey, FCS Football, Jonathan Bugli, Osayi Osunde, Phil Matusz, Ross Ventrone, Tim Kukucka, Villanova Football
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Today is National Signing day for college football. While Villanova football’s recruits don’t get as much press as the kids who sign with big time programs like Alabama, Andy Talley has proven that his guys can still play ball. This year Talley brings in a haul of 14 future Wildcats. So who’s enrolling? Meet...
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According to Sean Donovan, Villanova football’s MVP, Matt Szczur, announced his intention to play his senior year at Villanova during a speech at last night’s football banquet. Szczur was expected to be picked in the upcoming MLB draft after a strong performance for the baseball team. He had previously been drafted in the 38th...
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In the Final AP Football Poll of the 2009 NCAA Football Season, Villanova’s Championship FCS Squad walked away with a 24th place vote from a single voter. That Vote gave Villanova 2 points and listed them on the Final Poll…
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Thanks to Sean Donovan & Andrew Keefe…
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In the context of the debate over the wisdom of joining the Big East Football Conference, Brian suggested building building a domed stadium on the site of Villanova Stadium using a design similar to the University of Idaho’s Kibbie Dome. I took a closer look at Kibbie Stadium. Here’s what I learned:
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As a companion to our post asking readers to vote on whether ‘Nova should make the jump to Big East football, I received an e-mail from VU Hoops reader, GPraz1, in support of making the jump to Big East football. Here are some of his key arguments: “Big East Football is in trouble. The...
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Now that we’ve had a week to savor winning the FCS football championship, Villanova fans already are debating whether it is time for ‘Nova to make the jump to the Big East football conference. Let’s take a look at what upgrading actually means. Background Villanova football presently competes with smaller football programs in the Colonial...
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It took me 36 hours to get to New Jersey from Chattanooga. I left ridiculously early on Saturday morning(7am), despite the fact that I barely slept from the after-party. I just got to my dad’s house in New Jersey a couple hours ago. I know that ya’ll have had a couple chances to talk...
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