In the blue corner: From St. Augustine, Florida, he stands 6-foot-2, 220 pounds. He’s third in the nation with 325.6 passing yards per game, fourth in passing touchdowns despite playing just nine games with 33, and holds the NCAA Division II Championship Game record for passing yards.

A heavyweight showdown in the Gulf South Conference could shape the landscape of Div-II’s Super Region II.

Sitting alone atop the Gulf South Conference and ranked in one of the top two spots in the national polls isn’t anything new for Valdosta State.

The top half of the Gulf South Conference used Week 6 to create separation from the bottom half, and the emphatic results make for a Week 7 with high stakes.

When a team rallies from a halftime deficit in college football, among the first questions a reporter asks of a head coach is invariably, What did you say to the guys in the locker room?

From unranked to start the season to the top 15 of the poll, both West Alabama and West Georgia have made emphatic statements to start the 2021 season.

If the first game of Gulf South Conference play is any indication, buckle in for an incredible season.

Following its historic first game on campus, reigning national champion West Florida heads to Texas for a rematch of the 2017 National Championship Game.

Gulf South Conference competition starts especially strong in 2021 with a Week 3 matchup between what look like playoff-caliber teams: Delta State and West Georgia.

On Thursday night, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys kicked off another NFL season and welcomed a full capacity of fans back.

Eight up, seven down: The Gulf South Conference could not have had a much better start than its opening week to the 2021 season.

West Florida football is routinely reaching new milestones in its brief yet eventful existence. Kicking off the 2021 season, the reigning NCAA Div. II champion adds another when it faces a Div. I program for the first time ever.

Gulf South Conference football boasts six national championships and 10 title-game appearances since the beginning of the 21st century. With the last two NCAA Div. II national championships to its credit, as well, projecting a title contender to emerge from the GSC is a pretty safe preseason call.

With four national championships since 2004, Valdosta State football serves as one of Title Town, USA's cornerstones. And in 2021, the Blazers will be in the hunt for NCAA Div. II national championship No. 5.

When University of West Florida brass introduced Pete Shinnick as the first-ever football coach in program history, he came with a track record for building a winner from the ground-up.