Field of plenty Web-posted 8/28/97   Earlier this summer, Corey Chavous bumped into his old friend Raymond Priester at the Aiken Mall. The two college football stars congratulated each other on their burgeoning careers. They noted the improbability that a kid from Silver Bluff High and a kid from Allendale-Fairfax High could wind up on SportsCenter and the cover of preview magazines, not to mention the future draft lists of NFL scouting directors.

Area's best and beyond Web-posted 8/28/97   The call brought back memories. Not just of being a college star or All-Pro. But more distant thoughts, those of learning the game and growing up. ``Yeah, I was a Spartan!,'' LeRoy Irvin said last week via phone from Anaheim, Calif., where he helps coach at Anaheim High. ``Glenn Hills High School.

College polls top 25 Web-posted 8/28/97   Here are the top-rated college football team as determined by the Associated Press poll.

College bowl linup Web-posted 8/28/97   At the end of the college season, the bowls begin. Here's a list of the bowl times and dates.

Bailey brothers bruising Bulldogs Web-posted 8/28/97   ATHENS, Ga. -- Those backyard football games at the Bailey house must have been really special. With Ronald Bailey throwing to younger brothers Champ and Rodney, not many youngsters in the sleepy deep south Georgia town of Folkston probably had much of a chance.

Tech taking the hard road Web-posted 8/28/97   ATLANTA -- With only one winning season since 1991, and a losing streak against arch-rival Georgia now six games strong, Georgia Tech hasn't given its supporters much to boast about for a while.

Freeman, Washington are safety twins for Gamecocks Web-posted 8/28/97   COLUMBIA -- All right guys. Which one of you is better? ``We each have our strengths,'' Arturo Freeman said. Which means, as a team, South Carolina's safeties are quite a pair, possibly the best in the Southeastern Conference.

Greene has earned his stripes Web-posted 8/28/97   CLEMSON, S.C. -- Nealon Greene is enjoying the quiet. For the first time in three years, it seems no one is clamoring for somebody else to replace him as Clemson's starting quarterback. If they are, he hasn't heard.

Small college report: Tigers' Williams faces big test Web-posted 8/28/97   He was looking for a challenge, and he found it. Former Super Bowl MVP Doug Williams of the Washington Redskins begins his first season as a college head coach for Morehouse College this season.

Johnson link with Eagles' past gives fans cause to think big Web-posted 8/28/97   STATESBORO, Ga. -- Georgia Southern has reached into its past to find a leader for its future. The Eagles brought back former offensive coordinator Paul Johnson as head coach after his successful stints with the University of Hawaii and the U.S. Naval Academy. Georgia Southern won back-to-back Division I-AA titles in 1985-86 with Johnson running the offense.

Augusta area players are lining up for S.C. State Web-posted 8/28/97   ORANGEBURG, S.C. -- The 1997 season promises to be one of the toughest challenges ever in coach Willie Jeffries' 15-year stint at South Carolina State.

Talent is abundant in South Web-posted 8/28/97   Everybody pretty much concurs that Peyton Manning is the best college quarterback. Shoot, some people want to give the Tennessee quarterback the Heisman Trophy right now. But what about the other positions?

Small colleges schedules Web-posted 8/28/97   Schedules for Albany State, Benedict, The Citadel, Furman, Morris Brown, Morehouse, Valdosta State, West Georgia and more.

College football on TV Web-posted 8/28/97   Check out the viewing highlights with this list of college football of television.

College football on the radio Web-posted 8/28/97   College radio can be heard on stations throughout the state. Inside Georgia Football with Jim Donnan can be seen Sundays at 2 p.m. on WJBF-TV (Channel 6).