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University of no football?

Hunter Hortsman • Jun 20, 2019

It has been the big question here on campus for years... since 1972 to be exact: when are we getting a football team? Back then, the University’s goal was to have a football team by 2006. Now,...

Plans for UNF football get sacked

Travis Gibson • Apr 4, 2013

UNF president John Delaney issued an email to students informing them the university will not pursue a football program in the near future.

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Football ain’t free

Travis Gibson • Feb 14, 2013

“You don't leave as a legacy something that can't financially carry itself -- that's a bad legacy,” Delaney said. “I think it's more likely that we won't have football than we will.”

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Spinnaker Editorial of Jan. 16 — Buy up those “UNF football: still undefeated” shirts while you can

Spinnaker • Jan 17, 2013

The Spinnaker explores the likely impacts the implementation of a football team would have on other university programs and initiatives.

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University President John Delaney officially asked the University Board of Trustees for permission to begin exploring the idea of adding a football team to the athletics program at UNF. Only last semester, Athletic Director Lee Moon was asked about the possibility of UNF starting a football program. His response was, "Not in my lifetime."

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Moon now considering UNF football

Travis Gibson • Jan 15, 2013

Moon said that he has been polling fraternities and sororities to test the climate for football on campus, after receiving permission from President John Delaney.

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UNF Football Student Opinion Sends Mixed Signals

Raleigh Harbin • Oct 10, 2012

Why doesn’t UNF have a football team? An article in the Oct. 3 Spinnaker shed light on some reasons for and against UNF adopting a football program. The potential cost could be $8 million per...

Will UNF Ever Have Football?

Matt Head • Sep 26, 2012

UNF athletics is a part of the Atlantic-Sun Conference. Because the A-Sun doesn't support the first step in establishing a football program would be conference realignment. According to UNF's Athletic Director Lee Moon, UNF doesn't have plans to change conferences any time soon.

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'Men Who Stare at Goats' will keep you staring

Spinnaker • Nov 10, 2009

Film Review: Ensemble cat brings livestock laughs without that funky smell Ever wish you could, in the words of Jack Black, “kill a yak from 200 yards away, with mind bullets”? While a yak might...