30 years ago if there was one word to describe what was going on in Commerce, Texas and on the campus of East Texas State University, it would be uncertainty and change. Those two words never go well together. There is nothing worse in life that having a situation leads you into change that is…
The 1980’s were the definition of up and down for the East Texas State football program. In the first 4 seasons, the Lions went 29-13 with a top 3 finish in 1980, where they finished as national semifinalists, Winning Records in 1981 and 1982, their first season after moving from the NAIA to NCAA Division…
From 1990-1996 in the State of Texas, Texas A&M University was the top college football program in Texas. Who was the second best? The East Texas State Lions, and 1992 showed that. From 1990-1996, The Lions went 51-29 with 3 NCAA playoff appearances and a conference title in 1990. Commerce, Texas was playing great football.…
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2 decades can be a long time. For the 2017 Texas A&M-Commerce LIon Volleyball team, not a single member had even been born the last time that Lion Volleyball had been to the NCAA Division II postseason. It had been a long and trying time. After 7 seasons and 185 wins, Coach Kathy Goodlett decided…
For 17 seasons, Sam Walker roamed the sidelines of The University Fieldhouse in Commerce, racking up wins, winning conference championships, and taking teams to the NCAA tournament. Walker was a mainstay in the University community. He had broken Jim Gudger’s record, he had become the standard as far as most wins in a career, but…
After Sam Walker and his Lion squad had the enormous success of the 2004-2005 season, Lion Basketball appeared to be in a rut regarding postseason play. From the 2006-2014 seasons, Walker and his program had done quite a lot. They had 5 winning seasons, 2 second place LSC North finishes, 5 third place finishes and…
This isn’t what you think it is. If you have been listening to the Call The Roll Podcast, and many of you have been and I appreciate it, you will know that I have been talking about how the new facilities that are coming and the future improvements, and how our storied past will help…
The late 1990’s were a rough time for Texas A&M-Commerce in athletics, but during the Fall and Winter, Men’s Basketball was heating up the campus and keeping fans on the edge of their seats, and Paul Peak had built a program that had duplicated the success that the Jim Gudger era teams had. Heading into…
For East Texas A&M Lion Basketball in the late 1990’s, it was a time of change for the Lion program. After 2 years of positive momentum and winning the Lone Star Conference and making the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history in 1996, Paul Peak & his Lions the change and went…
For the East Texas A&M Lion Men, it is rare for them to have back to back losing seasons. For Jaret von Rosenberg, it was even more rare to have ANY losing season. The first five seasons, including a COVID shortened ’21 season, Coach Rose was 88-46 with 3 NCAA Tournament Apperances, Two Second Round…
Well, it is not technically the halfway point from a numerical standpoint, but halfway through the season, the ET Women’s Basketball team has shown that have made major improvements from last season, so lets take a deeper look. This year’s record-4-5 through 9 games. Last year’s record-3-6 through 9 games. Now, you may be tempted…
1991 was the end of an era for Men’s Basketball. Jerry Matthews, who had been a vanguard of the Lion Basketball program and guided them to 2 conference titles, decided to ride into the sunset after a Hall of Fame Career as a Football player and Head Basketball Coach at ETSU and also a hall…
Last week I published two different takes on what the future should look like when it comes to Lion Football and whether Clint Dolezel should be a part of it long term. One side is frustrated with losing winnable games, not recruiting the FBS transfer portal the way many in our conference are and feel…
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