Bryant University NCAA News

Dale Fink threw for 175 yards and two touchdowns Saturday as Sacred Heart defeated Bryant 24-14. Fink's first scoring pass, a 30-yarder to Steve Tedesco, put the Pioneers ahead 10-7 early in the second quarter.

For the better part of two decades, the high school football playoffs were a lot like a college bowl game for Harlan County teams, who made a habit of playing one game and putting away the uniforms until next summer.

Tall task for Huskies, a national television matchup against Chelsea native Brian Kelly and his fourth-ranked Bearcats.

DEBBIE CALDWELL/Harlan Daily Enterprise Harlan County's Cody Taylor looked for running room as senior guard James Ball blocked in earlier action against Perry Central.

Bryant University got a pair of field goals from kicker Chris Bird but it was not enough as the Bulldogs came up short against Monmouth, 10-6, Saturday in Northeast Conference action.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; - Joe Paterno has been named to the Paul "Bear" Bryant College Football Coach of the Year Watch List.

CINCINNATI University of Cincinnati head football coach Brian Kelly earned a spot on the watch list for the 2009 Paul 'Bear' Bryant College Football Coach of the Year Award, the Bryant Awards committee of the American Heart Association announced.

The win was the fifth in a row for the Blue Devils , who are in second place behind Albany in the Northeast Conference.

They have reached or passed the halfway point of the season, and only one of the five teams in our tiny corner of the college football world has a winning record.

A Bloomfield man will be arrested in the stabbing death of a University of Connecticut football player, his lawyer said last night, as police continued to sort out what happened during a fight outside a school-sponsored dance over the weekend.

Cue Hank Williams Jr. Here we go, people. It's Monday Night Football. Does it get any bigger than this? With apologies to the Prez, the Bears and Packers have played 164 times.

Vinny Esposito threw for two touchdowns and Albany defeated Bryant 20-17 on Saturday.

The Branch a ' Jay Cutler is thinking about re-naming the Georgia Dome, "Cutler's Castle." The Falcons have a custom AirTran Airways designed plane as part of a sponsorhip program with the airline company.

The Tribune's Bears writer answers readers' questions throughout the football season.

SOUTHERN CONN. at BENTLEY Senior kicker Tyler McNamara is a major weapon, but Falcons need to finish off drives in end zone.

The big joke this week was that NCAA stood for No Celebrating At All in the wake of the controversy over the excessive-celebration penalties that affected the finish of the LSU-Georgia game.

Tell City sophomore Sarah Goffinet repeated as the individual champion but the Marksmen placed second to Heritage Hills in the PAC girls cross country meet Saturday.

Bryant running back Jerell Smith is the Northeast Conference co-offensive player of the week for his 31-carry, 178-yard rushing performance against Wagner on Saturday.

It would have been one of the more improbable victories in Wagner College's football history.

EMERSON a ' Emerson football seems to have found its identity. Even though the Cavos have a diverse and potentially exciting offense, defense is what makes this team go.