Bobcats address one of last season’s biggest problems San Marcos — Success for a defense begins with the fundamentals of its players. Coaches can preach the importance of tight coverage and zone blitzing, but when it comes down to it, if the players… more »

Gas is nearly $4 a gallon, home foreclosures are rampant and 401Ks are down to "four-ohs — hope I'm going to be OK." I'm thankful that another college football season is quickly approaching. Here's a quick question-and-answer session on the upcomi… more »

Donovan King remembers the fall of 2005, when the then-freshman and his Texas State teammates gave San Marcos another reason to party, as the Bobcats rolled to an 11-3 mark and came within three points of advancing to the Division I-AA (now Football Cha… more »

Bobcats put on the shoulder pads San Marcos — Texas State clamped on the pads for the first time in fall football practice on Wednesday. After going in athletic shorts and helmets the first two days, the Bobcats are beginning to hit. Several playe… more »

Brown, Bomar lead list of talented players Nathan Brown of Central Arkansas, Rhett Bomar of Sam Houston, Bradley George of Texas State, Brian Babin of Southeastern Louisiana and Derrick Fourrox of McNeese. They were the top five passing quarterbac… more »

San Marcos — Texas State football fans rejoice — the season is so close, you can hear the first bone-crunching hit. After a strong group of spring practices, the Bobcats look to continue the progress made beginning Monday. Texas State officially beg… more »

HOUSTON—For a conference that fancies itself as "the SEC of I-AA", embarrassing was about the only applicable word for its FCS playoff showing last season. After an outstanding undefeated run through the meat grinder Southland Conference schedule, th… more »

While the Texas State athletic department pushes for big time football in the near future, its Southland Conference brethren suggest that the Bobcats still have to master the small time. The league’s coaches and sports information directors both pick… more »

HOUSTON—For the first time since the Hal Mumme years of the Southeastern football resurrection, the Lions bring back a starting quarterback this season for their fourth run in the Southland Conference. But unlike recent years, there's not much of an… more »

Bobcats hope defensive changes will help reverse bad fortunes. A glance back at last season’s defensive statistics and it’s not hard to understand why Texas State head football coach Brad Wright and defensive lineman Donavan King found themselves ans… more »

Somebody had to be picked No. 1 in the Southland Conference. When it came down to it, there was really only one choice. McNeese State was picked as the overwhelming favorite in preseason polls at SLC media days in Houston this week. The Cowboys were… more »

The Southland Conference is trying to slice into what is becoming the cutting edge of college sports programming. The Southland Conference Television Network, which will debut this fall along television stations and cable systems across the league's… more »

When the University of Central Arkansas ripped apart Texas State, 63-21, last year on a Thursday night on regional telecast at Estes Stadium, it caused more than a little soul-searching in the TSU camp when the Bobcats returned to San Marcos. "We scr… more »

FRISCO, Texas – The Nicholls State football team has been picked to finish fifth overall in the Southland Conference head coaches and sports information directors’ preseason polls released Tuesday. McNeese State, a team which has won the last two SLC… more »

The Southland Conference football race could be an example of the more things change, the more they stay the same. While change is consistent in the league — new teams settling in, another (Lamar) on its way in a few years and one team (SFA) with who… more »