Sun Belt Football News

They're still far from the elite, but the Florida Atlantic Owls are not to be confused with some name-your-score cupcake either.

He has won a National Championship. He is unblemished in bowl games. He has revived three separate programs.

The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders celebrate a run scored during their opening round 12-2 win over Florida Atlantic Wednesday.

TROY, Ala.--When Florida Atlantic's Mike Gipson entered last week's game vs. the Golden Panthers, he was sent out to close out the first game of the series in the sixth inning.

When the Golden Panthers dropped the final series of the regular season against the Florida Atlantic Owls, the Panthers were able to finish the regular season with a win and shift their focus to the Sun Belt Conference tournament.

With nothing but pride to play for on the final day of the 2009 regular season, the Troy Trojans jumped out to an early lead on South Alabama, coughed that lead up in one bad inning, and then stormed back to take a 12-7 victory over the Jaguars.

Record : 37-20 Rank/national seed: None Coach: Glenn Moore NCAA tournaments : 5th Record vs.

The Florida Atlantic Owls erased a 5-3 Arkansas State advantage with six runs in the sixth inning and went on to defeat the Red Wolves Friday night in the Sun Belt Conference series opener between the two teams at Tomlinson Stadium and Kell Field.

Arkansas State fell behind early and never recovered as the Red Wolves suffered a 10-4 defeat at the hands of the Florida International Golden Panthers Sunday afternoon at University Park in Miami.

UNO won its third consecutive Sun Belt Conference series with a 5-3 win at Florida Atlantic on Sunday.

The Florida International Golden Panthers jumped out to a 4-0 lead after one inning and went on to defeat Arkansas State 11-5 in game two of a Sun Belt Conference series Saturday night at University Park in Miami.

Florida International Golden Panthers coach Isiah Thomas has signed four junior college players, the first batch of scholarships given out by the Hall of Fame player since taking the job.

You may ask yourself that question today, Isiah Thomas. You may ask yourself, "How did I go from the college basketball national championship to the NBA world championship to the Hall of Fame to coaching two NBA franchises to" ... swallowing of immense pride here ... "leading the Florida International Golden Panthers?" You may ask yourself how a ...

FIU is hoping Isiah Thomas can bring some of the success he had during his playing days at Indiana.

Troya s Ryan Ditthardt slides into second base against Southern Miss last week. The Trojans host FAU this weekend.

UL coach Rickey Bustle's smile and enthusiasm said it all. Saturday's football scrimmage was declared a win-win situation by the head coach, as the defense dominated the first half before the offense finally got a little swagger in the second half as the team went through Day 11 of spring practice at Cajun Field.

Arizona's Michael Adams and Pittsburgh's Ike Taylor each made plays in Super Bowl XLIII The University of Louisiana has a proud tradition of Super Bowl champions and that tradition continued on Sunday.

Owls wait on status of coach It remains unclear who will be coaching the Florida Atlantic Owls on Thursday when UALR visits Boca Raton, Fla.

Iowa State has pledged receiver / tight end Donnie Jennert of Saint Cloud, Fla., who decommitted from Florida Atlantic.

The Florida Atlantic Owls have a pledge from 6-foot-3, 220-pound linebacker Randell Johnson of North over Colorado State and Middle Tennessee State.