West is best in the Southland Conference. At least, it has been. In the two years since the SLC split into divisions, the West has clearly had the upper hand. In the four divisional sports -- baseball, men's and women's basketball and volleyball -… more »

BATON ROUGE - Four football coaches for Louisiana colleges have already called Ryan Perrilloux's former high school coach to see about having the talented quarterback transfer to their school. "My phone's been ringing off the hook," East St. John Hig… more »

Bryan Smith was the first defensive player for McNeese St. since 2001 to receive the team’s Most Valuable Player Award. He was one of the most feared pass rushers in FCS football and was the Southland Conference Player of the Year. Smith was a partici… more »

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Eight touchdowns are scored through the air. McNeese State held its first scrimmage of the spring football workouts on Saturday and the Cowboys did all of their scoring in the air. A total of eight touchdowns were tallied in the two hour workout o… more »

Southern and McNeese State finally schedule the game cancelled in 2005 from Hurricane Rita, and Southern and Alabama State are close to inking a 4-year deal for the Gulf Coast Classic. Southern’s return date to play a football game at McNeese State i… more »

Sixty-three players bench press 300 or more pounds. McNeese State's two time defending Southland Conference football champions completed their off-season work last week with players going through weight room testing. Sixty-three of the players ben… more »

A former Demon makes history. LAKE CHARLES -- Tommy McClelland, a deep snapper on Northwestern State's 2004 Southland Conference football championship team and also a javelin thrower for the NSU track and field team during his undergraduate career, w… more »

McNeese State head football coach Matt Viator announced the signing of 20 athletes to scholarships Wednesday, noting that it was an outstanding recruiting class for the Cowboys. "I think that this class is a very talented one," he said, "and I am ver… more »

The USA Today details the story of a soldier who used McNeese State's undefeated run through the regular season to get through his tour in Iraq. Kenrick Cormier would come back exhausted from 10-hour patrols in Iraq — and begin working out in the gym… more »

The frustration of Alonzo Landry's final year of high school football has proven to be to McNeese State's benefit. After an all-state junior campaign, the Carencro Golden Bears' tailback endured a senior season plagued with illness and injury, not to… more »

The All-American Football League, a for-profit, professional football league, held their inaugural draft on Saturday, January 26th. In that draft were 47 alumni of schools who played Football Championship Subdivision football (formerly known as I-AA fo… more »

Former Newton football player Jason Rollins Jr. might have followed his father's path to Lamar University if the school still had a football program. Now a coach, he may get a chance. Or he'll soon face a new challenge. Rollins, 33, is a co-defens… more »

BEAUMONT - In the last football game they ever played, the Lamar Cardinals came from behind in the fourth quarter to upset McNeese State. But Lamar has never had a comeback to match this one. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Lamar University students wil… more »

There’s a common theme among the latest three commitments from the local area. The Southland Conference. Defensive tackle Devan Walker of Catholic High switched his commitment from McNeese State to Southeastern Louisiana, Baker linebacker Jessie S… more »