The Sam Houston State Bearkats put on the full pads earlier this week and are about ready to start hitting each other in more of a game setting. The Bearkats will hold an 80-play scrimmage on Saturday morning, their first of the spring. The Bearkats… more »

Four former Sam Houston State student-athletes – three football players and one from baseball – will comprise the 2009 male inductees for the Hall of Honor. The late James M. “Sonny” Hair, Billy Hayes, Ryan Klaus and Mike Nau have been selected by th… more »

Rhett Bomar has been to the NFL Scouting Combine. He has had his Pro Day. He has worked out for two teams. All the Sam Houston State quarterback can do now is wait. "It just feels like this process has been so long," Bomar said in a telephone inte… more »

There is no doubt as to what the big question is as Sam Houston State opened spring football practice Wednesday afternoon at Bowers Stadium. Who is going to replace All-Southland Conference quarterback Rhett Bomar? Bearkat fans have been wondering ab… more »

Spring football begins Wednesday March 25 for the Sam Houston State Bearkats. Head coach Todd Whitten and his staff will welcome back 39 lettermen including 10 starters for the month-long spring drills. The football team will hold practice session… more »

Scott Stoker, former head football coach at Northwestern State University, and Lee Hays, who served as offensive coordinator for the Baylor Bears, have joined the Sam Houston State football coaching staff, Bearkat director of athletics Bobby Williams an… more »

Proximity, history could charge UD-DSU meetings. The University of Delaware and Delaware State University have some catching up to do. Football rivalries don't form overnight. But UD and DSU already have many of the ingredients to make this one sp… more »

INDIANAPOLIS - There is a quarterback with University of Oklahoma ties at the NFL Scouting Combine. It just isn't Sam Bradford. Rhett Bomar once seemed destined for the same collegiate success as Bradford. Bomar was the nation's top quarterback re… more »

The Sam Houston State football program has announced the 2009 schedule which is highlighted by a pair of Football Championship Subdivision out of conference home games and a trip to take on FBS Tulsa. The Bearkats will open the 2009 slate at home ag… more »

BOILING SPRINGS - In the time since Gardner-Webb University moved to NCAA Division I-AA in football, now called the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), Runnin' Bulldog fans have had to get used to playing non-conference opponents they've heard litt… 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 »

Senior linebacker Frank Simon’s face lit up the moment he started talking about East Central Oklahoma on Wednesday. That’s because for the past two weeks the Sam Houston State football team had just been going through the motions to get back into pla… more »

Most football coaches are quick to point out that the defense is usually ahead of the offense at this point in fall camp. Last weekend, that wasn’t the case as the Bearkats moved the ball with ease during a situational scrimmage. But Saturday morning… more »

While the consensus among Southland Conference football followers is that McNeese State is the favorite, another team receiving high praise in the preseason is Sam Houston. What's to like? How about a veteran quarterback, Rhett Bomar? Three rec… more »

While the consensus among Southland Conference football followers is that McNeese State is the favorite, another team receiving high praise in the preseason is Sam Houston. What's to like? How about a veteran quarterback, Rhett Bomar? Three… more »