Category: Northwestern State Demons
Dozen Demons Set For 2010 Pro Day Workouts
A dozen former Northwestern State football players will go through the Demons' annual Pro Day workouts Friday with several NFL team representatives taking notes, including staff from the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints and the AFC champion Indian… more »
Spring Practice Tees Off Tuesday For Eager NSU Demons
Spring practice begins Tuesday afternoon for the Northwestern State football team, as second-year coach Bradley Dale Peveto is looking to replace 12 starters with 48 letterwinners and some talented redshirt freshmen and transfers working toward the Apri… more »
Former Nicholls head coach Jay Thomas joins Demon football staff
NATCHITOCHES -- Former Nicholls head football coach Jay Thomas, who guided the Colonels to the 2005 Southland Conference championship, has joined the Northwestern State coaching staff, Demons head coach Bradley Dale Peveto said Tuesday.
Thomas, head… more »
UTSA Now Plans to Go It Alone in Football
Switching gears from a tentative plan to join the Southland Conference in football, UTSA has charted a new course for its fledgling program.
University of Texas at San Antonio athletic director Lynn Hickey said the school, which is slated to begin pl… more »
SLC Title Hunt New territory for Lions
HAMMOND — Southeastern Louisiana University’s football program recorded a few firsts in last week’s 27-0 win over Northwestern State. Now the Lions are looking to add to that list heading into Saturday’s key 2 p.m. Southland Conference clash with Stephe… more »
Demons visit LSU in Tiger Stadium in 2011
NATCHITOCHES - LSU officials announced Wednesday the Tigers will host Northwestern State for a 2011 game in Tiger Stadium, a year after LSU will welcome NSU's fellow Division I FCS and Southland Conference colleague McNeese State to Baton Rouge.
Whil… more »
Fourteen Former Southland Players Named on NFL Rosters
FRISCO, Texas - When the National Football League kicks off this weekend, a total of 14 former Southland Conference players appear on league rosters. Nine players have found roster spots in the AFC, leaving five others on NFC rosters.
McNeese State a… more »
Southland Conference Renews, Expands Lease at Hall Office Park
FRISCO, Texas - Mark Depker, president of Hall Financial Group's management division, announced today that the Southland Conference, an NCAA Division I college athletic conference, which operates in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas, has signed a new lease… more »
Nebraska transfer Quentin Castille joins Demons
NATCHITOCHES - Northwestern State has added Nebraska transfer Quentin Castille, a junior tailback, to the Demons' football team, first-year NSU coach Bradley Dale Peveto said Friday.
Castille, a 6-1, 235-pound native of La Porte, Texas, ran for 810 y… more »
Demons determined, confident about 2009
NATCHITOCHES -- Determined and confident.
That was the attitude of Northwestern State football players Thursday during annual Fall Sports Media Day activities.
All-Southland Conference safety Wesley Eckles, among 21 seniors, didn't mince words.… more »
Demons report Sunday to begin preseason camp
NATCHITOCHES -- Since he was a little boy, Bradley Dale Peveto has been involved in preseason football camps, but Sunday, he's finally in charge of his own.
Peveto will welcome 90 players to the Northwestern State athletic fieldhouse to begin the fir… more »
2009 Southland Conference Football Media Day Quotes
The following is a compilation of quotes from coaches and players at Southland Conference Football Media Day:
Central Arkansas Head Coach Clint Conque
On Momentum from the 10-2 Season
"We certainly carried a lot of momentum and a lot of energy… more »
Southland Conference Television Network announces 2009-10 affiliates
LAKE CHARLES, La. - The Southland Conference Television Network will be seen in a minimum of 13 broadcast markets when the 2009 football season begins, and the league's programming will also be available via video streaming at no cost to a worldwide aud… more »
Texas State Picked in Preseason Polls to Repeat 2008 Southland Title, All SLC Teams Named
Coaches, sports information directors pick Bobcats, who won first outright Southland title last season
Texas State, coming off its first outright Southland Conference title and its first league football championship since 2005, is favored by both the… more »
Football media guide dedicated to the Werner family
NATCHITOCHES - Northwestern State’s 2009 football media guide has been dedicated to Coach Dan Werner and his family, daughter Maya and son Ian, and the late Kim Werner.
Coach Werner joined the Demon football staff in January, but withdrew after the s… more »