Football

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NEWS 9/28/12 8:20am

Wofford fullback holds Elon's focus as No. 5 Terriers visit

By Zachary Horner

There’s no question who the main target of the Elon University football team’s defense this Saturday. He’s the reigning Southern Conference Player of the Year, a first-team All-American by the Associated Press, Sports Network and Phil Steele and is on the 2012 Walter Payton Award Watch List. But the Phoenix is not afraid of the player who fulfills what was written above, Wofford College senior fullback Eric Breitenstein. “We’re not scared of any one player,” said Elon senior defensive lineman Olufemi Lamikanra.

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NEWS 9/25/12 10:37pm

RB Eastman to miss at least 3-4 weeks

By Zachary Horner

Elon University head coach Jason Swepson said today that junior running back Matt Eastman might miss the rest of the season. "He's going to get surgery on his knee in the next day or so," Swepson said after Tuesday's practice.

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NEWS 9/21/12 4:34pm

Young trio anchors Elon ground game

By Andrew Wilson

Take a look at the Elon University football roster from just a season ago. There are six names listed at the running back position for the Phoenix. In the 2012 edition, you will notice five names listed at running back.

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NEWS 9/21/12 1:46pm

Football Preview: Elon at Georgia Southern, Sept. 22

By Zachary Horner

So after a week off, I’m back making my prediction for this weekend’s Elon football game. The Phoenix is taking on No.

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NEWS 9/21/12 8:22am

Not much changes for Phoenix as No. 11 Georgia Southern looms

By Zachary Horner

The Georgia Southern University Eagles will host the Elon University Phoenix in a football game on Saturday afternoon, both teams coming under a difference of circumstances. Elon is on a two-game winning streak after the embarrassing 62-0 loss to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to open the season, and has a bunch of confidence. After a bye week, the Eagles hope to rebound from a 23-21 loss to The Citadel Sept.

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NEWS 9/20/12 4:51am

Confidence growing for football as conference play approaches

By Kyle Maher

After dominating all four quarters of Saturday’s game at Rhodes Stadium, the Elon University football team grabbed a 48-14 win on Saturday against the West Virginia State University Yellow Jackets.

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NEWS 9/18/12 8:55pm

Analysis: Recapping West Virginia State-Elon

By Andrew Wilson

It’s been three different kinds of opponents in three games this season for the Phoenix. A clearly superior opponent in North Carolina, a clearly inferior opponent in West Virginia State, and an opponent hovering somewhere around Elon’s level in North Carolina Central. Elon did what they had to do this weekend, easily dispatching West Virginia State University in the team’s final non-conference game of the season before embarking on what could be called murderers row of the Southern Conference over the next three weeks. This week, Elon opens conference play in Statesboro, Ga.

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NEWS 9/17/12 5:18pm

Elon Football wins against West Virginia State, 48-14

By Krista Bye-Nagel

The Phoenix beat the Yellow Jackets at home, 48-14.

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NEWS 9/15/12 9:52pm

Mellette, offense roll on West Virginia State in Swepson's absence

By Andrew Wilson

“WWJD.” In the words of acting head coach Ed Pinkham, it means “What Would Jason Do?” With head coach Jason Swepson absent from the sidelines Saturday afternoon after being admitted to the hospital on Friday morning with chest pains, Pinkham took over as acting head coach for Saturday’s game against Div.

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NEWS 9/13/12 4:12pm

Football Preview: West Virginia State @ Elon, Sept. 15

By Andrew Wilson

Yes I know, the following is a dumb statement. We all remember the North Carolina loss almost two weeks ago.

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NEWS 9/10/12 2:47pm

Phoenix Football vs. N.C. Central Recap

By Krista Bye-Nagel

Elon defeats NC Central 34-14 in their first home game of the season.

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NEWS 9/9/12 12:40am

Efficient offense, stiff defense help Phoenix slash Eagles

By Zachary Horner

To Elon Phoenix head football coach Jason Swepson, the scoreboard looked a lot better at Rhodes Stadium this week than at Kenan Memorial Stadium last week. The Phoenix defeated the visiting North Carolina Central Eagles 34-14 Saturday night, using an efficient offense and a stiff defense to improve to 1-1 this season. “I’m very pleased, obviously with the victory,” Swepson said.

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NEWS 9/8/12 1:01pm

Turnovers, tackling “name of the game” as Phoenix face Eagles

By Zachary Horner

Elon head football coach Jason Swepson has a three-word take on last Saturday’s 62-0 shellacking of his team by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “It was a national TV scrimmage,” he said Tuesday.

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NEWS 9/7/12 6:31pm

Football Preview: NC Central @ Elon, Sept. 8

By Zachary Horner

As I blogged about earlier this week, I was dead wrong in last week's prediction of Elon defeating the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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NEWS 9/6/12 11:12pm

Peterson enjoying healthy opening to season

By Zachary Horner

This year, he didn’t have to wait until conference play to start a game. Elon senior wide receiver Jeremy Peterson had three catches for 23 yards last Saturday against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the season opener, a 62-0 loss to the Tar Heels.

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NEWS 9/6/12 5:50am

Mellette travels path less taken

By Zachary Horner

Sanford, North Carolina to New York City. That’s the jump he hopes to make in the coming months. From a first day playing safety to a top wide receiver prospect for the 2013 NFL Draft.  Above it all, he credits his family for everything he has done so far. “I think family is the No.

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NEWS 9/3/12 5:55am

Burns, Spain find bright side of crushing defeat

By Andrew Wilson

At 3:39 p.m., the game clock in Kenan Stadium on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's campus hit triple zeroes for the final time on the afternoon.

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NEWS 9/1/12 5:41pm

Overmatched Phoenix football stomped by North Carolina

By Zachary Horner

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sophomore running back Giovani Bernard showed why he was the Atlantic Coast Conference rookie of the year last season. On the first play of his team’s second drive, he took the hand-off 59 yards for a touchdown. It was the first of eight touchdowns the Tar Heels would score on the day on the way to whooping Elon University 62-0 Saturday afternoon in Chapel Hill in North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora’s debut. “Good first game and great to get it under our belt,” Fedora said.

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NEWS 8/31/12 5:33pm

Elon students excited for gridiron matchup with UNC

By Rajat Agarwal

The hype of college football has returned. With the kickoff of Thursday night’s game between Vanderbilt University and the University of South Carolina, NCAA football action officially got underway.

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NEWS 8/30/12 3:38pm

Wilson stepping out of Riddle's shadow

By Zachary Horner

Replacing a Hall-of-Fame quarterback is a difficult thing. Just ask new Indianapolis Colts signal-caller Andrew Luck, who has the unenviable task of taking over for NFL legend Peyton Manning. Elon University senior quarterback Thomas Wilson had that responsibility placed on him in 2011.

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