Below are a selection of articles, videos and social media that came out of the 2025 OVC-Big South Football Association Media Day on July 17. The football season officially gets underway on Thursday, August 28..

Some of the articles are broken out when they are about a specific school. The articles talked about several different teams and are included in the General Articles category.




General Articles
• Tennessee Tech Voted 2025 Preseason OVC-Big South Football Association Favorite - OVCBigSouthFootball.com
• Hall and McGoy Tabbed OVC-Big South Preseason Players of the Year - OVCBigSouthFootball.com
• Offensive Players to Watch - OVCBigSouthFootball.com
• Defensive Players to Watch - OVCBigSouthFootball.com
• OVC-Big South notebook: Association keeps ‘ear to the ground’ for growth potential - Prairie State Pigskin
 
Charleston Southern
• Coaches pick Buccaneers to finish last in OVC/Big South - David Shelton, The Post and Courier

Eastern Illinois
• EIU Football Picked Sixth In Preseason Poll - EIUPanthers.com
• Eastern Illinois looking ahead to fall with plenty of new faces on 2025 roster - Prairie State Pigskin
• Eastern football adds transfers, prepares for 2025 season - Cameron Thomas, Daily Eastern News
• EIU football in search of bounce-back in 2025 - Tristan Thomas, WCIA

Gardner-Webb
• Gardner-Webb Brings Big Questions, Big Potential Into OVC-Big South Media Day - Eric Lusk, NCFootballNews.com

Lindenwood
• Football Picked Fourth in OVC-Big South Association Preseason Poll - LindenwoodLions.com
• Steve Hall Named OVC-Big South Preseason Offensive Player of the Year? - LindenwoodLions.com

Southeast Missouri
• Football Picked Third in 2025 OVC-Big South Preseason Poll - SEMORedhawks.com
• SEMO football picked third in preseason poll - Kaiden Karper, Southeast Missourian
• SEMO Football picked to finish 3rd in preseason OVC-Big South Poll - KFVS 12
• SEMO’s Matukewicz excited about coaching big quarterback - KFVS 12

Tennessee State
• Six Named To The OVC/Big South Preseason Watch List - TSUTigers.com
• How new coach Reggie Barlow filled Tennessee State football roster after 46 players transferred - Mike Organ, Tennessean
• Tennessee State Gets No Respect in First Post-Eddie George Poll - HBCUGameday.com

Tennessee Tech
• Golden Eagles focusing toward performance on the field to prove itself as league's best at OVC/Big South media day - TTUSports.com

UT Martin
• UT Martin Picked Second In OVC-Big South Preseason Poll - UTMSports.com
• McGoy Named OVC-Big South Preseason Defensive Player of the Year - UTMSports.com
• Five Skyhawks Named Preseason Offensive Players To Watch In OVC-Big South - Jared Davidson, Martin Post

Western Illinois
• Improved learning, growth mark Western Illinois’ development under Davis - Prairie State Pigskin
• Shaking off frustration, Western DE Bradford perseveres to develop into game-changing catalyst - Prairie State Pigskin

SOCIAL MEDIA

 

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— OVC-Big South Football Association (@OVCBigSouthFB) July 17, 2025

ICYMI: Our ?????????????????? ???????? ?? was released yesterday. Check out the poll and our Preseason Players to Watch/Players of the Year.

Poll: https://t.co/GqLfMERdVa
Players: https://t.co/wqUNLUGdah#StrongerTogether | #OVCBigSouthFB pic.twitter.com/KK742MOcc0

— OVC-Big South Football Association (@OVCBigSouthFB) July 17, 2025

?????????????????? ?????????????????? ???????????? ???? ?????? ????????@UTM_FOOTBALL DB JaMichael McGoy Jr. (@jamichael_mcgoy)

?? 2024: 43 tackles, 3 INT, 18 PBU, 1 FF
?? 1st Team All-OVC-Big South
?? 2nd Team All-American (AP)#StrongerTogether | #OVCBigSouthFB pic.twitter.com/LRU5l9fdFm

— OVC-Big South Football Association (@OVCBigSouthFB) July 16, 2025

Southeast Missouri, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech and UT Martin combined on a four-team share of the OVC-Big South title last year.
The conference's 2025 preseason poll: pic.twitter.com/nhotPaRmJk

— FCS Football (@OptaAnalystFCS) July 16, 2025

WIN THE DAY??#WeNotMe | #BleedBlue https://t.co/4PPrHdX6t0

— Eastern Illinois Football (@EIU_FB) July 18, 2025

Preseason Praise

Steve Hall ???? has been named the Preseason @OVCBigSouthFB Offensive Player of the Year

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— Lindenwood Football (@LindenwoodFB) July 16, 2025

???????????? or "???????????????????? ??????????????????????" is an important part of the @GWUFootball philosophy under @CoachReisert. ??#StrongerTogether | #OVCBigSouthFB | #skodawgs pic.twitter.com/wND9LGsbZy

— OVC-Big South Football Association (@OVCBigSouthFB) July 18, 2025

Trench Work ?? ??

DL Nasim Cairo landed on the OVC-Big South 'Player to Watch' list! He will also attend the association's 2025 Media Day this morning ??? #FeelinRowdy x #BrickByBrick pic.twitter.com/qy3UocdcHg

— SEMO Football (@SEMOfootball) July 17, 2025

Coach Barlow set the tone at OVC Big South Media Day! pic.twitter.com/QslJmRxdHA

— Tennessee State Football (@TSUTigersFB) July 17, 2025

OVC Media Day!

Head Coach Bobby Wilder with Captains Tim Coutras and Aaron Swafford locked in for today’s OVC Media Day! #AimHigh | #WingsUp pic.twitter.com/xzIhYPcX7i

— TTU Football (@TNTechFootball) July 17, 2025

Today is OVC-Big South Association Football Media Day!

Head coach Jason Simpson, graduate OL Josiah Tingley and graduate S Josh Hastings represented 4-time defending conference champion @UTM_FOOTBALL virtually on the Zoom ??#MartinMade | #StrongerTogether | #ovcbigsouthfb pic.twitter.com/FBSoozDMgq

— UT Martin Athletics (@utmsports) July 17, 2025

MEDIA DAY IS HERE??

Peyton Bradford, Dagen Miller, and Head Coach Joe Davis will represent the Leathernecks at OVC/Big South Media Day on July 17!#GoNecks | #OneGoal | #ECI pic.twitter.com/OEzs8EBFmC

— Western Illinois Football (@WIUFootball) July 16, 2025