I know I am excited about seeing the New Orleans Saints play Thursday night. I want to watch the Saints play a couple of games before I give an opinion on their upcoming season. One team I did watch practice and have plenty of opinions about is th… more »

THIBODAUX -- Even the rains associated with Tropical Storm Edouard couldn’t stop Nicholls State from completing its third football practice of fall camp on Monday night. The Colonels went through a two-hour session under the lights at John L. Guidry… more »

THIBODAUX -- Nicholls State’s 2005 Southland Conference championship is widely regarded as its finest season on the football field. But things could have gone differently. As an underclassman struggling to adjust to college football, one of that… more »

THIBODAUX -- After months of waiting, the Nicholls State Colonels returned to the football field this weekend. The Colonels opened fall camp with practices on Saturday and Sunday. Nicholls coach Jay Thomas said he was glad to get things started fo… more »

A football program that usually exceeds expectations, Nicholls State players have to like their current setup heading into this season. A tough non-conference schedule that includes two Division I-A teams, the loss of several running backs, an unsett… more »

THIBODAUX -- In some ways, this is the best part of the football season. Everyone has the same record. No dreams have been crushed by a last second field goal. Every team’s fans are excited. It’s a brand new start, and finally, after months of with… 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 »

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 »

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 »

So far, it’s been an incredible year for Nicholls State senior defensive back Lardarius Webb. After a stellar 2007 season, Webb has attracted a lot of attention. Heading into the 2008 season, he was named a member of the Southland Conference’s pre… 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 »

HOUSTON – When the Southland Conference’s preseason football polls came out on Tuesday, the Nicholls State Colonels weren’t anywhere near the top of them. They were picked to finish fifth in both the league’s coaches and sports information directors’… more »

CEDAR FALLS --- Northern Iowa's non-conference football game with Nicholls State has been tentatively moved to a new date, director of athletics Troy Dannen said Wednesday. Originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 4, the Panthers will now host the Col… 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 »