Eastern Kentucky Colonels NCAA Football News

Two members of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team earned NCAA Football Championship Subdivision All-American honors from the Associated Press today.

Fourth-ranked Cincinnati went back to Central Michigan to get its next coach. The school announced the hiring of Butch Jones on Wednesday to replace Brian Kelly, who came from Central Michigan three years ago and built the Bearcats program into national prominence before leaving for Notre Dame last Thursday.

RICHMOND, Ky. a ' Senior football player Derek Hardman was named first team All-American by the Associated Press on Wednesday.

He's 283 pounds of muscle, consumes 8,000 calories a day and has two snakes and a pit bull named Diesel who plays in his yard.

T.J. Pryor didn't begin the season as the Colonels' starting quarterback. However, once he stepped into the line-up full-time, the redshirt freshman provided solid, steady performances that helped EKU stay in the hunt for a conference title until the final game of the season.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. a ' Eastern Kentucky University redshirt freshman quarterback T.J. Pryor was named the Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year on Tuesday, the league office announced.

Eastern Kentucky University quarterback T.J. Pryor, a Ballard High School product, was named the Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year on Tuesday, and Murray State senior end Austen Lane was honored as OVC Defensive Player of the Year.

Ryan Perrilloux is a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, too. Jacksonville State senior quarterback Ryan Perrilloux was voted Ohio Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Year, the league announced today, and 14 Gamecocks earned all-conference honors.

Ryan Perrilloux set Jacksonville State records in his final game, a win over Eastern Kentucky at JSU.

At the start of training camp, there were many questions surrounding the Eastern Kentucky University football team.

Jeremy Caldwell is tackled returning a punt. Caldwell later muffed a punt, touching it as it bounced over him and losing possession to the Catamounts.

They pretty much knew what the outcome would be on Saturday but that did not dampen the spirits of some die-hard Kentucky Wildcat and Eastern Kentucky Colonel fans from Anderson County.

Jeremy Caldwell probably could have played last weekend against Kentucky. However, the Eastern Kentucky University coaching staff simply did not want to risk further injury to the talented sophomore defensive back "I think what had a lot to do with it was Andre Evans and seeing how he responded the week he came back ," EKU coach Dean Hood said.

The outcome of a Senior Day showdown with Western Carolina will have absolutely no impact on the Colonels' pursuit of a third-straight Ohio Valley Conference.

After lining up as the place holder for a fake field goal, Marcus Williams picked up the ball and ran for a touchdown to give Eastern the first points on the day.

Eastern's offense will face a Western Carolina team that has been outscored 259-117 this season.

Even at less than full strength, the Wildcats had more than enough talent, depth and size to pick up a comfortable, if not convincing, win over an overmatched in-state opponent.

Morgan Newton threw his first two career touchdown passes and three other Wildcats ran for scores as Kentucky dominated Eastern Kentucky 37-12 Saturday, extending its nonconference winning streak to a school-record 18 games.

Morgan Newton threw his first two career touchdown passes and three other Wildcats ran for scores as Kentucky dominated Eastern Kentucky 37-12 Saturday, extending its nonconference winning streak to a school-record 18 games.

How Kentucky matches up with Eastern Kentucky position by position for Saturday's game at Commonwealth Stadium: QUARTERBACK After going with both freshman Morgan Newton and junior Will Fidler during the Auburn and Louisiana-Monroe games, the coaching staff went with Newton the whole way last week against Mississippi State.