Even after signing with Central Michigan in 2005, Duane Brooks had a feeling he was destined to play for Stephen F. Austin. The 6-0, 180-pound Brooks had been a three-year starting quarterback for Irving MacArthur, and his athleticism and speed made… more »

SFA hosts Langston Aug. 30 to open season After spending the early part of the day in team meetings, the 2008 version of the SFA Lumberjacks stepped onto the practice field for first time in preseason camp. The practice was the first of 29 scheduled… 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 »

The winds of change are here for the SFA Lumberjacks. With four new coaches, new players and new offensive and defensive philosophies in place, fans will certainly need a roster handy, when the Lumberjacks first take the field Aug. 30 for the season… 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Stephen F. Austin football team to kickoff 2009 slate against the Mustangs. NACOGDOCHES - The dust has barely settled on the 2008 spring schedule, but the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjack football team is already making plans for the 2009 season. The 'Ja… more »

Since leaving the school where he earned All-American status as a player and a degree, David Gibbs has been a nomad — traveling roads such as Hwy. 64 and Hwy. 69, among others. In the coaching profession, it's called paying your dues, working up the… more »

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 »

Mr. Perrilloux isn't the only LSU Tiger transferring to an FCS school. The realization for Max Holmes didn’t come easily. Leaving home and the program you idolized from an early age never is. However, after four years with LSU’s football program H… more »

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 »