Monmouth University announced the decision to cancel all fall sports on Monday. Monmouth is the second Big South school to cancel its fall sports schedules after Hampton. Nearly half of Monmouth’s football schedule had already been canceled. They were slated to face Rutgers (9/5), Albany (9/12), Maine (9/19), and Fordham (9/26) in September. The Rutgers … Read more
Hampton University has decided it will not have a fall sports season on Monday. The school announced it will consider moving all sports to spring 2021, if permitted. The Pirates play in the Big South Conference for football and were already impacted by previous cancellations. Games against Virginia Union on September 5 and Fort Valley … Read more
In a day and week of constant bad news, two Division II conferences delivered some more. The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) and Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) jointly announced the suspension of fall sports for 2020. Both conferences are willing to consider a move of football to the spring of 2021 but will ultimately … Read more
Editor’s note: The Pac-12 officially announced it would move to a conference only schedule on Friday, July 10. Following in the footsteps of the Big 10, the ACC and Pac-12 Conference are also reportedly moving to conference only schedules. Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic reported both the Big Ten and Pac-12 news but also cautioned … Read more
The Charlotte 49ers made a change to its 2021 schedule on Tuesday. The 49ers swapped out Duquesne for Gardner-Webb. Charlotte was originally scheduled to host Duquesne on Saturday, September 4, 2021. However, that changed when the Duke-Charlotte game scheduled for the following week was moved up to September 4. Charlotte will now host Gardner-Webb on … Read more
The Gardner-Webb Bulldogs and East Carolina Pirates will meet on the football field in 2023 according to FBSchedules. East Carolina will welcome the Bulldogs for a single game series on Saturday, September 23, 2023. The Bulldogs will receive a guarantee of $350,000 according to a copy of the contract reviewed by FBSchedules. The two teams … Read more
Just over a week after announcing Tre Lamb as their new head coach, Gardner-Webb added two opponents to their 2020 schedule. The first team added was Division II Limestone College. The Bulldogs will open the season at home against Limestone on Thursday, September 3. Limestone is coming off a 3-8 season and going 2-6 as … Read more
Gardner-Webb announced the hire of Tre Lamb as head coach. Lamb had previously been the offensive coordinator at Tennessee Tech the past two seasons. Lamb is replacing Carroll McCray, who compiled a 27-53 overall record and 10-27 Big South record in 7 seasons. Lamb’s first season as OC for Tennessee Tech was poor: the Eagles … Read more