NATCHITOCHES -- In any other year, the luster would be off today's Northwestern State-McNeese State showdown. In any other year, teams with two Southland Conference losses with two games to play would be out of the race, or at least pinning their hop… more »

SAN MARCOS — Usually football teams need to wait until the weekend to find a change in the standings, but on Tuesday, Texas State suddenly found itself in a three-way tie for first place in the Southland Conference. The league office announced that C… more »

LAKE CHARLES, La. - McNeese State canceled Saturday's home football game against Cal Poly because of Hurricane Ike's potential effects on Lake Charles. The university is scheduled to close Thursday at noon, and Calcasieu Parish has called an 8 p.m. t… more »

While college football teams across the nation are battling first-week jitters and injuries, the Southland Conference squads are also combating the elements. Three of the eight teams in the SLC are in the middle of hurricane season. Nicholls State, M… more »

The atmosphere Monday around McNeese State's practice was noticeably different. The happy-go-lucky team that went through two-a-days was replaced by a squad with some attitude in its step. "Game week is definitely more exciting," left tackle Kyl… more »

The number of games between ACC teams and Division I-AA teams will double this season. Three ACC teams — Clemson, Florida State and Georgia Tech — have the audacity to play two Football Championship Subdivision, or FCS teams in the politically correc… more »

McNeese State began to get a look at North Carolina on Thursday, the team the Cowboys open the season against on Aug. 30 in Chapel Hill, N.C. The Cowboys were back on artificial turf in Cowboy Stadium for their Thursday workout because of wet grounds… more »

LAKE CHARLES, La. - Toddrick Pendland is used to winning championships. He carried Newton to a Class 2A title in 2005 and has since been a part of two Southland Conference title winners at McNeese State University. Another league title would be McNee… more »

Every year McNeese State welcomes a group of football recruits, all itching for a shot at playing time. This year the Cowboys have 16 recruits in camp — all incoming freshmen. They signed 21 players but three were non-qualifiers, one will be gray-sh… more »

Lake Charles, La. - Blake Bercegeay kicked five field goals and Todd Pendland caught two touchdown passes during McNeese State’s first full scrimmage of the fall practice session on Saturday. Now in his senior year and ranked among the top five all… 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 »

McNeese State's 10th practice of August camp drew the biggest crowd yet as roughly 100 people turned out for the Cowboys' first scrimmage of the fall. "It's nice to see this many people out here," McNeese coach Matt Viator said. "It's nice to have t… more »

LAKE CHARLES, LA - Signing on with McNeese State back in the spring was like coming home to Cowboy linebacker coach Mike Collins. And, why shouldn’t it have? He had spent almost a third of his coaching career earlier with the Cowboys, helping them… more »

Below is a report from The Advocate on preseason training camp, files on August 7th, 2008. Southeastern Louisiana DEFENSE STANDS OUT AS LIONS WORK IN PADS FOR FIRST TIME: In Hammond, the Southeastern Louisiana University football team put on sho… more »

Who says the Golden Age of Southeast Texas football is in the past? Look at the AP Top 25. There you see the Texas Longhorns, sitting at the end of the preseason Top 10 with a secondary that leans heavy on Golden Triangle talent. Look at the th… more »