CFT predicts: the WAC
This is it, everyone. Say goodbye to the WAC. It’s not going to be here much longer. After this year, only Idaho and New Mexico State will remain, and both have been told to go to Plan B by the...
View ArticleWAC commish: it’s ‘unlikely’ conference will sponsor football in ’13
WAC football still isn’t officially “dead” — although suffice to say it’s headed in that direction — but the outlook for a 2013 season has gone from bleak to pretty much nonexistent. Commissioner Jeff...
View ArticleFormer three-star Sooner corner now a Roadrunner
For the 2012 season, at least on the practice field, one of the top running backs at UT-San Antonio will be in the company of a very familiar face. In a press release, UTSA announced Saturday that...
View ArticleC-USA officially adds FAU, MTSU
Following up on reports that first surfaced in November, Conference USA officially announced Tuesday it has expanded its conference roll by two. As expected, Middle Tennessee State University and...
View ArticleUTSA RB, his dad arrested and charged
An incident that occurred last weekend has left the future of one member of the UT-San Antonio football program up in the air. According to multiple media outlets, running back CheRod Simpson was...
View ArticleFriday afternoon one-liners
Meandering our way through the offseason, a single one-liner at a time… – Washington Post: No ruling in ACC’s motion for dismissal of Maryland lawsuit. – Tulsa World: College transfer rule that limited...
View ArticleTexas A&M to host UTSA twice in four years
Good news: Texas A&M will be playing the University of Texas twice in the next six years. UT-San Antonio, that is. UTSA announced on Tuesday it would take two road trips to Kyle Field: one in 2016...
View ArticleConference USA elects to stay at 14 members… for now
With the ACC announcing its Grant of Rigths agreement in April, realignment at the highest level of college football looks to be on hold for the foreseeable future. The same can now be said for...
View ArticleIt’s officially conference moving day for myriad FBS programs
Around this time last year… and the year before that… and the year before that… we were in the midst of yet another round of conference musical chairs, with multiple schools announcing future moves to...
View ArticleUTSA suspends DE after alleged bar fight
Teams all across the country are just trying to avoid headlines this time of year. Unfortunately for UTSA, there’s one involving defensive end Will Ritter. A statement from the university Monday said...
View ArticleWeekend Preview: Championship races coming down to the wire
It’s time to get prepared for another critical weekend around college football. Division and conference races are coming down the home stretch and postseason eligibility is still on the line for a...
View ArticleLarry Coker closing in on extension with UTSA
If UT-San Antonio has its way, Larry Coker will be leading its football program deep into this decade. Athletic director Lynn Hickey confirmed to the San Antonio Express-News that the university is...
View ArticleLarry Coker adds familiar face to UTSA staff
In completing his current UT-San Antonio coaching staff, Larry Coker looked to the past to fill the lone hole with the Road Runners. Reportedly. While the school has not yet confirmed it, multiple...
View ArticleA complete schedule of FBS spring football games
Unless you’re a Pitt or Texas A&M fan, you’re within a couple of weeks until your school wraps up spring practice with an annual spring game at its football stadium. Here’s a handy list of when...
View ArticleUNT lands twin Lobo transfers
And we mean twins in the literal, brotherly sense. While the school has yet to announce the additions, Rashad and Vershad Jackson confirmed to the Denton Chronicle that they both have decided to...
View ArticleTexas State and UTSA will continue rivalry through 2025
Texas State and UTSA made the jump to the FBS together but have already started to follow different paths. Fortunately, these two young FBS programs will continue to help each other out with a new...
View Article39 DBs make up Thorpe Award watch list
The interminable Watch List Week (Part I) continues unabated Friday morning, with the Jim Thorpe Award the latest to release its group. Given annually to the nation’s top defensive back, the Oklahoma...
View ArticleU.S. passport glitch only adds to potential problems for Conference USA
One of the more difficult tasks in organizing and running a college football program may be the responsibility of arranging for the travel of the team. Throw in the need to get passports for all...
View ArticleUTSA officially approved for full FBS membership
Lost amidst the long-expected approval of Power Five autonomy was the expected approval of a non-Power Five program’s official, full move to the highest level of college football. Not that there was...
View ArticleUTSA regents approve Larry Coker’s extension, raise.
In late November it was reported that Larry Coker and UT-San Antonio were closing in on an approval for a contract extension for the head coach. Nearly nine months later that “closing in on” has...
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