2012 college schedules & notes
Va. Tech Hokies Va. Cavaliers
Sep 1 **Ga. Tech MON. 8:00 ESPN Richmond 3:00 Ray
(ORANGE Effect)
Sep 8 Austin Peay 1:30 ESPN3.com Penn State 12:00 ABC
Sep 15 @ Pitt 12:00 ESPNU @ **Ga. Tech 3:30 ESPNU
Sep 22 Bowling Green 12:00 ESPNU @ TCU 12:00 ESPN
Sep 29 Cincinnati 3:30 ESPNU La. Tech 3:30 ESPN3
@ Landover, MD
Oct 6 @ **UNC 12:30 Ray/espn3 @ *Duke 3:00 FSN
Oct 13 **Duke (HC) *Maryland (HC)
Oct 20 @ *Clemson *Wake Forest
Oct 27 open open
Nov 3 @ **Miami THUR 7:30 ESPN @ *NC State
Nov 10 *Florida St. THUR 7:30 ESPN *Miami
Nov 17 @ *Boston Col. *UNC THUR 7:30 ESPN
Nov 24 **U.Va. @ **Va. Tech
Dec. 1 The Dr. Pepper ACC Football Championship Game, 7:45 ABC or 8:00 ESPN (in 3-D)
Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, N.C.
* ACC game / ** Coastal Division game
WVU Mountaineers Marshall U. Thundering Herd
Sep 1 Marshall @ WVU - Friends of Coal Bowl - 12:00 FX
Sep 8 open Western Carolina 7:00 FoxCS
Sep 15 vs. JMU @ 4:30 Ohio 6:30
FedEx Field, Landover, Md
Sep 22 Maryland 12:00 FX @ *Rice 3:30 ComSS
Sep 29 *Baylor (HC) 12:00 FX @ Purdue 3:30 Big10
Oct 6 @ *Texas 7:00 Fox *Tulsa (HC) 3:30 CBSSN
Oct 13 @ *Texas Tech open
Oct 20 *Kansas St. @ **Southern Miss 7:00 CBSSN
Oct 27 open **Central Fla. 8:00 CBSSN
Nov 3 *TCU **Memphis 2:00
Nov 10 @ *Oklahoma St. @ **Alabama-Birmingham 4:30 ComSS
Nov 17 *Oklahoma Houston * 12:00 ComSS
Nov 24 @ *Iowa St. FRI 3:30 ABC @ **East Carolina FRI 2:00 CBSSN
Dec 01 *Kansas C-USA title game
@ school w/ best win % ESPN/2
* Big 12 game * C-USA game, ** C-USA East Division game
Tenn. Vols App. St. Mountaineers
Sep 1 vs. NC State @ FRI 7:30 ESPNU @ East Carolina 12:00 FSN
The Ga. Dome - Atlanta
Sep 8 Ga. State 4:00 ppv open
Sep 15 **Florida 6:00 ESPN Montana 6:30 ESPN GP/3.com
Sep 22 Akron 7:30 Com *The Citadel 3:30
Sep 29 @ **Georgia 3:30 CBS @ *Chattanooga 6:00
Oct 6 open Coastal Carolina 3:30
Oct 13 @ *Miss. St. *Elon (HC) 3:30
Oct 20 *Alabama @ *Samford 3:00
Oct 27 @ **South Carolina *Wofford 3:30
Nov 3 Troy @ *Western Carolina 3:30
Nov 10 **Missouri @ *Georgia Southern 2:00
Nov 17 @ **Vandy *Furman 3:30
Nov 24 **Kentucky
Dec 1 The SEC Championship Game presented by Dr. Pepper, Georgia Dome, Atlanta, 4:00 CBS
* SEC game ** SEC Eastern Division game
Richmond Spiders James Madison Dukes
Sep 1 @ UVA 3:00 Ray St. Francis (Pa.) 6:00
Sep 8 Gardner-Webb 6:00 Alcorn State 6:00
Sep 15 @ VMI 1:30 WVU @ 4:30
FedEx Field, Landover, MD
Sep 22 @ *Georgia St. 3:30 @ *Rhode Island 1:00
Sep 29 *Old Dominion 3:30 open
Oct 6 @ *Villanova 6:00 *Towson 1:00 NBCSN
Oct 13 @ *New Hampshire 12:00 *William & Mary tba
Oct 20 *JMU 3:30 @ *Richmond 3:30 ComNE
Oct 27 open *Georgia St. (HC) 3:30
Nov 3 *Rhode Island (HC) 6:00 @ *Maine 3:30 ComNE
Nov 10 *Delaware 3:30 @ *Villanova 1:00
Nov 17 @ *William & Mary 1:30 *Old Dominion 7:00 NBCsn
Emory & Henry Wasps Bluefield College Rams
(Mitchell Stadium)
Aug 25 U. of Pikeville 1:00
(does NOT count as a Conf. game)
Sep 1 @ Ferrum 1:00 *Georgetown (KY) 1:00
Sep 8 @ Maryville (TN) 1:30 @ *Ky. Christian 1:30
Sep 15 Methodist 1:00 **Faulkner 1:00
Sep 22 open @ **Bethel 2:30
Sep 29 *Randolph-Macon 1:00 @ *Union 12:00
Oct 6 @ *Washington & Lee 1:30 *UVA-Wise 6:00
Oct 13 @ *Hampden-Sydney 1:00 @ **Belhaven 2:30
Oct 20 *Catholic (HC) " open
Oct 27 @ *Bridgewater " **Lindsey Wilson (HC) 1:00
Nov 3 *Shenandoah " @ **Cumberland (TN) 1:00
Nov 10 *Guilford " **Campbellsville 1:00
* ODAC game * Mid-South Conf. game
** West Division game
UVA-Wise Cavaliers U. of Pikeville Bears
Aug 25 @ *Bethel U. 7:00 @ Bluefield College 1:00
(does NOT count as a Conf. game)
Sep 1 *Faulkner U. 6:00 @ *Campbellsville U. 6:00
Sep 8 @ Campbell U. " *Lindsey Wilson Col. 1:30
Sep 15 @ **U. of Pikeville 6:00 **UVA-Wise 6:00
Sep 22 *Cumberland U. (TN) " @ **U. of the Cumberlands 1:30
Sep 29 *Belhaven (HC) " *Cumberland U. (TN) (HC) "
Oct 6 @ *Bluefield College " @ *Bethel 2:30
Oct 13 **Ky. Christian U. " open
Oct 20 @ **U. of the Cumberlands 1:30 **Georgetown College 1:30
Oct 27 @ **Union (HC) 1:30 **Ky. Christian 1:30
Nov 3 open @ *Belhaven U. 2:30
Nov 10 **Georgetown College 1:30 @ **Union 1:30
* Mid-South Conf. game ** East Division game
------- Notes ------
The above will be updated regularly throughout the season as broadcast
arrangements are announced, but the updates won't be noted on the news page.
Va. Tech
Kicker Cody Journell has been reinstated to the football team.
Tech's proposed indoor practice facility, which would wipe out 5 acres
of the nearly 14 acres "Stadium Woods" (between Lane & the SolarHaus) took a
major hit. A study found nearly 4000 trees there, including nearly 60 white
oaks which may be between 300 and 450 years old, which are est. to remove 608
tons of carbon dioxide and 1 ton of pollution annually from the environment,
with an ecological value of just more than $5 million. More talks to come.
Tech will host Liberty in 2016 (the Flames will play @ WVU in 2015).
According to WDBJ, Coach Beamer lost over 30 pounds in the off-season.
UVA
Work has begun on the 'Hoos new $13 million, 78,000 square foot indoor
practice facility at one of the practice fields behind the McCue Center and
U-Hall, with a targeted opening date of next Spring.
Soph. QB Phillip Sims, who transfered in from Alabama, got an NCAA
waiver and WILL be eligible this season; he has 3 years of eligibility left.
QB Ross Metheny, who earned his degree in just 3 years, has transfered
to South Alabama (Sun Belt). He has 2 more years of eligibility, since he's
persuing a Masters Degree. Because of a Bowl ban on UCF, the Jags could go
bowling in their 1st year as an FBS program.
GAME GO-ERS... Remember - the Penn St. PLAYERS had NOTHING to do
with what's happened.
Maryland
The Terps have laid out artificial turf at Byrd Stadium, which should draw
more HS games (good for recruiting). Their FieldTurf Revolution includes a new
technology known as "CoolPlay" that will keep the field up to 15 degrees cooler.
Duke
The Devils' roster includes a home-schooled walk-on who's NEVER played
football before - Hud Mellencamp. Wonder when somebody will get around to
setting hum up with Jessica Springsteen ???
ACC
After the new playoff plan was announced, the ACC signed a 12-year deal to
continue sending their chump, errrrr, CHAMP, to the Orange Bowl (although, for
the LIFE of me, I don't know why -the ACC has just 2 wins in the past 14 games).
The GOOD thing from this is the return of the game to 1 p.m. on New Year’s Day.
With Pitt & the 'Cuse headed over from the Big East, the ACC & ESPN reworked
their contract back in the Spring. The new deal runs thru 2027 and increases
each teams take from just under $13 million per year to just over $17 Mil.
Unfortunately, it also gives ESPN the right to THREE Friday night games yearly,
with BC & the 'Cuse each hosting one, and the third could be anywhere on the
day after Thanksgiving. (After the deal, we found out they will make the move
NEXT year instead of the year after.)
SEC
Adds Missouri to the EAST & Texas A&M to the West
LSU
CB Tyrann Mathieu, a Heisman Trophy finalist last year, is no longer on the
team after violating team and school rules.
WVU
Makes the move from the Big East to the Big 12, which also added TCU
from the Mountain West.
Gave Dana Holgorsen a six-year contract ... he gets $2.3 Mil. this season.
BCS
The BCS will kick the bucket after 2 more years, to be replaced by a 4-team
"playoff", with the teams picked by a selection committee, based on record, SoS,
head-to-head results and conference results. That committee will also help in
making the pairings of the bowls that are skipped that year, as the semi-finals
will be rotated among 6 bowls and will be played on 12/31 and 1/1.
The title game will go to the highest bidder and will be played on the first
Monday in January that is at least six days after the last semifinal. The first
"Championship Monday" will be Jan. 12, 2015.
Richmond
The Spiders inducted former Martinsville head coach Dick Hensley into their
Hall of Fame in Feb. Hensley, who earned three letters while at the U of R, led
the Bulldogs to a 101-40-1 record in 13 years (1969-81) and 3 trips to the state
finals, winning the AA title in 1975.
Liberty U.
The Flames are looking to move it's fb program from FCS (1-AA) to
FBS (1-A), but have no timetable. They've toughened their schedule
by adding WVU in 2015 & Va. Tech in 2016.
Ferrum
The Panthers recently added a few locker rooms and coaches offices
in their new, %5.5 mil. Hank Norton Athletic Center.
Mid-South
Another year, another realignment.
Lindsey Wilson, which debuted last year in the East, moves to the West.
Campbellsville also moves from East to West, as they trade places with
Cumberlands (KY) & Union.
The East lost WVU Tech (which dropped football), while the West lost
Shorter to the Gulf South Conf. (Div. II)
The West picks up Bluefield College, which played a "club" schedule
last year.
UVA-Wise
The Cavs, as well as fellow Mid-South school Georgetown [Ky.] College,
have begun the three-year process for membership in the NCAA's Division II,
where they'll be a member of the new Great Midwest Athletic Conference
(HQ'd in Indianapolis), which will debut next Fall with members Ky. Wesleyan
Col. (Owensboro), Trevecca Nazarene U. (Nashville), and four Ohio schools -
Cedarville U., Central State U. (Wilberforce), Urbana U. and Ursuline Col.
(Pepper Pike). Wise & G'town will be in the G-MAC next Fall as probationary
members for one year, and both will be ineligible for Div. II post-season play
for two seasons (until the Fall of 2015).
U-Pike
The Bears have new Nike uniforms
Bluefield College
The Rams play an "official" schedule this year, after resurrecting
the program last year as a "club" team.
ODAC
Welcomes Shenandoah University of Winchester, Va. from USA South.
Alderson-Broaddus College
The WV school added football back in the Spring. They're playing an
independent schedule this season and will join the WVIAC next Summer.
Carson-Newman
Head coach Ken Sparks, the all-time wins leader in NCAA's Division II
with 299 (in 32 seasons), recently had surgery for prostate cancer. He was
recently quoted as saying, "I'm scheduled for radiation starting in December
after we win the national championship game." Gotta love'im.
Conference USA
Looking ahead, the'll make some big changes next Summer, losing Houston,
Central Florida, Memphis & SMU to the Big East, and adding (UNC-)Charlotte,
Florida Int'l, North Texas, La. Tech, Old Dominion and Texas-San Antonio.
Colonial Athletic Association
U. Mass. has left for the MAC, and Georgia State is taking their place.
Next Summer, Georgia State will return to the Sun Belt, ODU will move up to
Conference USA, and Rhode Island will downgrade to the Northeast Conference -
although that may change, because the CAA recently said that they'll add
Stony Brook (Big South) & Albany (Northeast) as "footballl only" schools.
Sports Illustrated has an article on the off-season moves.
Va. Tech : fb,
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U.VA. :
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WVU : fb,
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Marshall :
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Tenn. :
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Carson-Newman :
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App. State :
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Richmond :
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JMU :
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Ferrum :
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E&H :
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UVa-Wise :
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Pikeville :
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Bluefield :
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Southern ,
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MAC ,
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AAC ,
NCAA
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NBCSN (was VS.) ,
CBScs (was CSTV) ,
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Raycom (was Lincoln Financial which was J-P) ,
Time-Warner
Rankings :
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ESPN ,
Div. 2 ,
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NAIA ,
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