The News On Football Gets Out...

In the hours and days since Pacific announced the addition of football to it's athletics offerings, the Portland area news media have picked up on the story. Here is a list of stories out on the historic announcement (note that this list will be updated as new articles are posted)...

• The Portland Tribune's Jason Vondersmith wrote a lengthy article on Pacific's football return, which also include insights on the conference from Linfield Coach Joe Smith (6/11/09).

• The Forest Grove News-Times and the Portland Tribune both ran announcements (the News-Times also ran the story in its print edition - both stories 5/27/09).

• The Oregonian ran a small mention on its Web site and in its May 27 print edition.

• The Pacific Index, the campus student newspaper, posted a story on its Web site (their publication year has finished), with details on the announcement and a follow-up to some other stories they did on football in their final issue.

• Oregon Public Broadcasting is airing a story on the Pacific football program, touching on potential playing sites and the potential revenue from the arrival of 100 new student-athletes (5/27/09).

• KPAM (860 AM in Portland) will air a full feature interview with Ken Schumann on their Inside Sports show, Saturday at 11 am.

• KGW Newschannel 8 (click link for video) is airing a story on Pacific's football program during their 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts and on their 10 p.m. news which airs on Portland's CW32. The story will also air on Northwest Cable News, a four-state network affiliated with KGW. Text Story On KGW.com Web Site.

Among the Division III sports community...
• D3Football.com, the top Web site in the country when it comes to discussing the sport at the NCAA Division III level, has featured Pacific as one of its notables (5/27/09). The members who use D3Football's message boards (click on Northwest Conference) have also responded positively to the announcement.

• ADvantage Catdome, a blog dedicated to anything and everything Linfield athletics, posted something on the announcement on its site (5/27/09). Despite the fact that Pacific and Linfield have been hated rivals over the years, especially on the gridiron, the site has always been enthuiastic about its support of football returning to Pacific (see references to past interviews with Ken Schumann and past posts on the lead-up to the announcement).

• The NCAA Web site, through its NCAA News section, has a story on the announcement (5/28/09).

• The National Football Foundation mentioned Pacific's program in its June 1 "Chalk Talk" section, which features news and notes from all around college football (6/1/09).