Category: McNeese State Cowboys
Southland stacked with solid QBs
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 »
Southland downplays recent playoff performances
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 »
Cowboys open training camp
McNeese State head coach Matt Viator and his staff welcomed the Cowboys back to campus on Friday, went through preliminaries and got ready to open football practice today.
Newcomers to the squad took physicals (holdovers had taken physicals before t… more »
Southland Well-Armed as Veteran QBs Return
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 »
McNeese State once again picked No. 1 in Southland
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 »
Commentary: New Southland Conference TV network addresses several needs
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 »
KVHP agrees to pick up SLC Network
The Southland Conference's new syndicated broadcast network is off to a solid start, locally.
KVHP (Ch. 29), the local Fox affiliate, announced Friday that it would pick up the SLC Television Network's full schedule, which includes nine football gam… more »
Lamar To Face Rival McNeese State In Football In 2010
BEAUMONT, Texas - Lamar and McNeese State athletic department officials have reached an agreement to play a non-conference game during the 2010 football season against each other at Cowboy Stadium in Lake Charles, La.
The contest, scheduled for Sept… more »
Nicholls State picked fifth in Southland Conference
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 »
GORE: League of change should be won by familiar team
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 »
Eagles sign 3rd round pick Smith
PHILADELPHIA - Third-round draft pick Bryan Smith signed with the Eagles on Tuesday, becoming the eighth of the team's 10 picks to agree to a contract.
Smith, a 6-foot-2, 245-pound defensive end, starred at Division I-AA McNeese State, recording 31 s… more »
McNeese State: This Years Appalachian State?
What is it that draws us in, like obese people to a buffet, to college sports? Why it is plain and simple, the underdog, the upset, the unsung hero.
We get home from weeding out the garden, or mowing the lawn, or washing the car and we tune in to see… more »
Lamar Head Football Coach Ray Woodard Has Plenty To Do
BEAUMONT - For now, Ray Woodard's makeshift office in the Montagne Center has all the charm of a prison cell.
There's a desk with a few doodads on it. There's a bookshelf littered with a few VHS tapes. A cardboard box sits on the floor, and a single… more »
For McNeese State LB Bryan Smith, Size Doesn't Matter
It's no secret, the NFL trend is toward smaller, lighter, quicker defensive ends. A 6-5, 275-pounder like the Giants' Michael Strahan stands out these days, like a chrome-bumpered, tail-finned Cadillac with fender skirts.
Still, the Eagles might be p… more »
Lamar's Grid Return Pleases SLC Boss
HUNTSVILLE — Southland Conference commissioner Tom Burnett said he was delighted to see Lamar University reinstating football after a 20-year absence.
Burnett remembered Lamar football from his collegiate days at Louisiana Tech. The league's commissi… more »
