The Rise of the Monarchs – The fastest rising program in college football is just getting started.

by David Purdum

American Football Monthly March 2013 Issue Online

Between 1940 and 2009, Old Dominion University did not play a single football game. Zero. The program that had been discontinued after the ’40 season was not reinstated until a 2005 vote established the framework for a new Monarchs team that would begin play in the ’09 season. Basically starting from scratch, the program would face the monumental challenge of building a team where one didn’t exist.

Today, the Monarchs are headed to the Football Bowl Subdivision this fall, in only ...Login to Read More

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