Scarano sees exciting, challenging future for UNH athletics

DURHAM — Marty Scarano says he's more excited about the upcoming University of New Hampshire football season than he's been for one in a long time. But in his next breath Thursday, he acknowledged two main challenges in maintaining this feeling that's shared by fans across the state: the ongoing effort to raise money for a new stadium, and making sure the program has a home in the right conference. Forty-four days before the Wildcats kick off their new season at Army, the school's athletic director looked even farther ahead. By now, we know the Colonial Athletic Association the 'Cats are part of now isn't the one that we'll see in the future. Old Dominion, a Norfolk, Va.-based public university with an enrollment of more than 20,000, will join it in 2011. Georgia State, whose enrollment is even higher, is slated to come... [read full story]