Categories: Southland Conference, Central Arkansas Bears, McNeese State Cowboys, Nicholls State Colonels, Northwestern State Demons, Sam Houston State Bearkats, Southeastern Louisiana Lions, Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks, Texas State Bobcats
Thomas Confirms Ouster As Nicholls Coach
Nicholls State football coach Jay Thomas confirmed a poorly-kept secret only minutes after his team had wrapped up its 2009 season Thursday night.
The Colonels’ 45-30 win over rival Southeastern Louisiana was his swan song, as he will not be retained as head coach. An official announcement of his ouster is expected Friday morning.
FCS Conference Players of the Week
Honors from all 14 conferences.
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Varsity Club and SFA season-ticket holders priority registration deadline Monday at 5 p.m.
SLC Title Hunt New territory for Lions
HAMMOND — Southeastern Louisiana University’s football program recorded a few firsts in last week’s 27-0 win over Northwestern State. Now the Lions are looking to add to that list heading into Saturday’s key 2 p.m. Southland Conference clash with Stephen F. Austin at Strawberry Stadium.
The Lions (6-3, 4-1) and No. 15 Lumberjacks (7-2, 4-1) are two of the teams in a four-way tie for first place in the SLC standings. The other two first-place teams — No. 10 McNeese State (7-2, 4-1) and No. 25 Texas State (6-3, 4-1) — meet at 6 p.m. Saturday in San Marcos, Texas.
SLU recorded its first shutout since 1984 and its first winning season since 2004 in the victory over Northwestern State.
Southland Conference Champion Must Win Saturday
Four first-place teams meet in games Saturday
Two games Saturday will go a long way in determining the 2009 Southland Conference champion. No. 17/15 Stephen F. Austin will play at Southeastern Louisiana at 2 p.m. and No. 10/10 McNeese State will play at No. 25/25 Texas State will play at 6 p.m. in the Toyota Game of the Week on the Southland Conference Television Network. All four teams are in a first-place tie entering the final two weeks of play making Saturday a must-win to stay in the hunt.
- 421 words - Southland Conference, Southeastern Louisiana Lions, McNeese State Cowboys, Texas State Bobcats, Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks Monday night football coming to Lamar campus
BEAUMONT - Monday night football - Lamar University style - will hit campus under the lights and with all of the other normal trimmings at the Lamar Soccer Complex on Nov. 9.
Coach Ray Woodard and his staff will put their 65-man squad of scholarship players and walkons through a game-like scrimmage that will conclude the Cardinals’ fall workouts in preparation for their fulltime return to football during the 2010 season. The scrimmage, which will be open to the public free of charge, will begin at 7 p.m.
- 405 words - Southland Conference, We Want FCS Football, Lamar Cardinals UTSA names Shane Elder as Director of Football Operations
SAN ANTONIO — UTSA head football coach Larry Coker announced Tuesday that he has hired Shane Elder as Director of Football Operations.
Elder’s appointment is effective immediately and he will be responsible for coordinating team travel, on-campus recruiting visits, the walk-on program and housing and meal programs for student-athletes, assisting with summer camps, overseeing the program’s compliance paperwork, scheduling and organizing community service outings and serving as the NFL and high school coaches liaison.
- 239 words - Southland Conference, We Want FCS Football, Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners Lamar's Woodard to enter Kilgore College Hall of Fame
After enrolling as a freshman student at Kilgore College in the fall of 1979, Ray Woodard decided to take a stab at football as a walkon candidate during spring training.
It was a decision that paid huge dividends for the then gangly 220-pounder who had played in the offensive and defensive lines at Corrigan-Camden High School. Not only did Woodard make the Kilgore team in the fall of 1980, he earned second team Junior College All-America honors as a defensive tackle, and he was an honorable mention selection as a sophomore.
- 511 words - Southland Conference, We Want FCS Football, Lamar Cardinals Sam Houston State and Stephen F. Austin to Play at Reliant Stadium in 2010
HOUSTON - The second-oldest Division I Football Championship Subdivision rivalry in Texas will have a new home at Reliant Stadium beginning next season, Lone Star Sports & Entertainment announced Tuesday. Sam Houston State and Stephen F. Austin will face off in the Battle of the Piney Woods in Houston next October.
“The Battle of the Piney Woods is one of the great traditions in college football in the state of Texas, and we are proud to bring it to Reliant Stadium,” LSSE president Jamey Rootes said. “We want to make Reliant Stadium the premier venue for every level of college football in Texas; and this rivalry brings us one step closer to that goal.”
- 698 words - Southland Conference, Southeastern Louisiana Lions, Sam Houston State Bearkats Late FG Give Lumberjacks Huge Road win
CONWAY, Ark. — Evan Engwall’s 35-yard field goal with three seconds left gave Stephen F. Austin a 33-30 victory over Central Arkansas, capping a wild flurry of momentum swings in the final two minutes and giving the Lumberjacks a 2-0 start to the Southland Conference football race.
Engwall’s game-winner came after Central Arkansas had scored 10 points in the final 1:09 of the game to tie the score at 30-30.
But given one more chance with the football, SFA made it count.
Frisco, Texas Partners with Southland, Submits Bid To Host Division I Football Championship Game
FRISCO, Texas - The City of Frisco, in partnership with Hunt Sports Group, LLC and the Southland Conference, submitted a bid this week to serve as the host of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Games following the 2010, 2011 and 2012 seasons. Should the city be successful in its bid effort, the contest, formerly known as the NCAA Division I-AA Championship game, will be played at Frisco’s 23,500-seat Pizza Hut Park. The Southland will serve as the host conference.
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After guiding Southeastern Louisiana to a 51-50 overtime victory at Texas State in the Southland Conference opener, the Lions’ offensive coaching staff was recognized Tuesday during the award winning in-season weekly installment of the FootballScoop Game Changing Coaches presented by Adidas.
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Bobcat linebacker James Clavell-Head has been arrested for reckless driving, and men’s basketball player Ryan White has been hospitalized along with freshman women’s basketball guard Diamond Ford in a wreck that occurred in the Speck Lot on campus last Friday at approximately 1:10 pm.
UCA, stadium after title game
If officials at the University of Central Arkansas and War Memorial Stadium have their way, the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision title game will be in Little Rock in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
FCS Conference Players of the Week
All 14 league honors.
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Since last season and during a 3-1 non-conference start, the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks spoke of actually contending for the Southland championship this season.
While it was just one game, one step, SFA’s performance in a league opening showdown with the powerhouse of the Southland should validate the Lumberjacks’ chances of being a major player in the league race.
Behind two first-half touchdowns and a big defensive effort, the Lumberjacks defeated McNeese State 16-13 at Homer Bryce Stadium Saturday night.
The loss ends a four-game losing streak to the Cowboys.
Bearkat homecoming history full of memorable games
Saturday marks the 76th annual homecoming football game at Sam Houston State, making the Bearkats part of a great national tradition.
The University of Missouri and the University of Illinois lay claim to playing the first homecoming football game in the early 1900s. Baylor University in Waco was the first to hold a Homecoming sports event in Texas. That contest was in 1909.
SFA Announces 2009 Hall of Fame Class
Robert Pearce among those honored.
The SFA Athletics Department will be honoring its 11 inductees during the Hall of Fame festivities Friday and Saturday. The inductees will be formally enshrined during a special Hall of Fame dinner Friday and will be publicly honored during halftime of the SFA football game against McNeese State Saturday evening.
FCS Conference Players of the Week
All 14 league honors.
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While a student at Lamar University in the mid-1970s, Bart Simmons learned many things that helped him move on to a successful career in business - one that has seen him become owner of five Dallas area companies.
All that Simmons learned at Lamar, however, did not come in the classroom. Much of his knowledge was picked up on the football field where he received valuable inspiration from Cardinal head coach Vernon Glass.
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