If you enjoy good stories about good guys, check out my feature on UConn offensive lineman Andreas Knappe. Story was published this morning on Today’sU.com.
They call him Thor and you can’t miss him on UConn’s offensive line
August 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment
AAC Football: Week in Review
August 10, 2015 by Leave a Comment
It was a busy week around here. College football is back. The first sign of that every season is the annual trip to Newport, R.I. for media days for the American Athletic Conference – or, if you prefer, the league previously known as the Big East Conference. Of course the Big East is out of […]
AAC kicks off football media days with clambake tonight
August 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment
NEWPORT, R.I. – It’s that time of year again. The American Athletic Conference is holding its annual summer kickoff and media day with social activities Monday and formal interviews on Tuesday. Follow me on Twitter @Kendavis55 and I’ll be posting pictures and messages throughout the proceedings, starting with the clambake at 7 p.m. I’m covering […]
And Navy makes 12 (for AAC football)
July 1, 2015 by Leave a Comment
It’s official now. As of today, the American Athletic Conference has 12 teams playing football. The United States Naval Academy became an official member on July 1 and with 12, the conference can have a championship football game on Dec. 5. Here’s the full press release from the conference, just making it official: Navy has […]
Taking a “Leap of Faith” with FanRagSports.com
June 24, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Best I can tell, there are no more “great” days in sports journalism. But today was “pretty good” for this old scribe. For the first time in two years, my original content (fancy way of saying my work) has a steady and consistent home. I wrote my first piece today for FanRagSports.com. Never heard of […]
Nothing like UConn football to provide big laughs
June 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Darn. That Bob Diaco is at it again. The second-year UConn coach has all of college football laughing. Not just chuckling, mind you. This is all-out, roll-into-the-end-zone laughing. Spike the ball, do a dance, point your finger and don’t worry about the penalty flag for excessive celebration. That Tweet was hilarious. We’re talking about that […]
First AAC football championship slated for Dec. 5, 2015
May 28, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The inaugural American Athletic Conference football championship has been scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015 at noon ET, commissioner Mike Aresco announced Thursday. The game will be televised nationally on either ABC or ESPN. Aresco also announced the protocols for determining the participants and the site of the game. Those protocolas were approved by the […]
Concussion management policy approved by AAC
May 28, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The American Athletic Conference took a big step forward in the protection of its athletes Wednesday, adopting a new Concussion Management Policy at the league’s annual meeting in Key Biscayne, Fla. The policy, unanimously approved by the AAC athletic directors, will take effect at the start of the 2015-16 academic year, and will be applied […]
AAC announces two night games for UConn football
May 27, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The American Athletic Conference announced Wednesday the start times and television networks for a number of intraconference and nonconference football games for the 2015 season. Included are two night games for the UConn Huskies. UConn’s season opener against Villanova at Rentschler Field will kickoff at 7:30 p.m. and be aired by ESPN3 and SNY. That game […]
AAC to finalize plans for football championship game at meetings
May 27, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The American Athletic Conference expects to finalize the format for the leaugue’s inaugural football championship game during its annual meeting that begins Wednesday at the Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne in Miami, Fla. Other than that, very little news is expected out of the league meetings. The addition of Navy this fall as the 12th member of […]