Richmond Spiders

This week’s CAA schedule included a lot of backups playing in the fourth quarter and empty seats in the stands at games’ end. The schedule was heavily weighted toward non-conference games, and the average margin of victory was 29.8 points...

Atmospheric conditions in the Mid-Atlantic region led to lightning and blowouts in the second week of CAA football. Six games were affected by lightning – delayed starts, interruptions, or in the case of Old Dominion-Hampton, a mercifully shortened...

If we’re being honest, Phillip Sims played in more important games at Oscar Smith High in Chesapeake than the one he played in Saturday against Richmond in Virginia’s season-opener. Not that Sims was arguing otherwise. As a matter of fact, he...

The yin and yang of scheduling confronts Virginia this football season as the Cavaliers face first-rate non-conference opponents while, by rotation, drawing a very manageable ACC road. Virginia dodges the league’s highest-regarded teams, Florida...

Game week is finally here for college football programs. At UVa that meant the release of a much-anticipated depth chart. Michael Rocco is the starter at QB, with Phillip Sims second -- though Mike London said they will look for opportunities to play...

York High lineman Cody Hendrickson has, for some time, expressed a desire to play football in the Colonial Athletic Association. Increasingly, his problem is becoming not if but where he'll play. Richmond became the second CAA school to offer Henderickson...

Games against two Big Ten Conference powerhouses and several other conference favorites highlight the challenging Kansas men’s basketball 2012-13 non-conference schedule.   “I think it is going to be a really good RPI (Rating Percentage...

Tom Yeager is old enough to remember when there was a Pac-8 rather than a Pac-12, when the Big Ten actually had the number of schools its name implied and when the college football landscape wasn't seemingly changing by the day, if not the hour. Which is...

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It seems a simple question: Can schools on their way out the Colonial Athletic Association door compete for conference championships? Yes or no. Thumbs up or down. Apparently not. League presidents decided last Tuesday whether Old Dominion and Georgia...

Coaches love a cause, especially an us-against-the-world cause. Old Dominion’s teams have just that in 2012-13. The Monarchs’ foil will be anyone and everyone associated with the Colonial Athletic Association, which Tuesday affirmed that...

Terry Driscoll is more interested than most in speculation and reports of possible realignment involving the Colonial Athletic Association, but William and Mary's athletic director said that he and the school are likely to wait for a resolution before...