The No Huddle Preview-Game 4-East Texas A&M Lions@ Tulsa Golden Hurricanes
Who: Versus Tulsa Golden Hurricanes When: Saturday, September 19, 7 PM Where: HA Champman Stadium, Tulsa, OK Weather: Sunny and 90 Degrees at Kickoff, 47% Humidity, Winds @ 10 MPH Watch/Listen/Stats- Watch-https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/eventCalendarId/401862775?gameId=401862775&sourceLang=en&om-navmethod=espn%3Aglobalsearch%3Aresults Listen-Lion Sports Network – KETR 88.9 FM (http://www.ketr.org) Stats-https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=673305 The No Huddle Preview-The Lions, fresh off of their first win of the season, head…
Call The Roll Podcast-Going Into a Hurricane
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1UfBaO9292IRUM7g882DH0?si=MjyNWpbTT1yTl-IhwtaHQw Just a Note: If you hear what sounds like radio and audio static, that is the issue I have been having with my intro music and I have no idea why. Please excuse this while I get it fixed.
Game Balls-Northwestern State
Jack Jacobs-You probably didn’t know this, but Jack Jacobs had never made a start in college. In fact, he had never taken A SNAP at Quarterback in College. He had not seen game time since he was a Senior in High School at St. Francis High School in Southern California. His first college start and…
East Texas A&M Lions-38, Northwestern State-14-Instant Reaction
I mean, a win is a win. This is one of those games that you will have to have watched from start to finish. It wasn’d as dominant as it could have been, but it did not look quite as bad as some might think. It was a gritty win. The game was won in…
The No Huddle Preview-Game 3-East Texas A&M Lions VS. Northwestern State Demons
Who: East Texas A&M Lions Versus Northwestern State Demons When: Saturday, September 12, 6 PM Where: Ernest Hawkins Field at Memorial Stadium, Commerce, TX Weather: Sunny and 93 at Kickoff, Humidity 45%, Wind SE at 9 MPH LIVE AUDIO: Lion Sports Network – KETR 88.9 FM (http://www.ketr.org)LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+ | https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/1192d0f8-081d-4acd-8833-8ed141e7aa62LIVE STATS: https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=673207 The No Huddle- For both of the teams,…
Call The Roll Podcast-Demons To Battle
Division I Diatribes-Needs Before Wants
I remember the first time I was confronted with what a need was and what a want was, and why one came before the other. It was a text book in second grade I think and it was a social studies class. It was illustrated and it had a diagram of pictures of things that…
East Texas A&M Lions-7, Stephen F. Austin St.-44-Instant Reaction
Let’s start with this obvious fact. SFA kicked our butts in every way, shape and form. I really dont know what else to say. Its one thing to play hard and lose, its another thing to play sloppy, turn the ball over, Everything I praised us for NOT doing last week, we did this week.…
Game 2 Capsule Preview-East Texas A&M Lions @ # 11 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks
Who: Versus No. 11 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks When: Saturday, September 5, 7 PM Where: Homer Bryce Stadium, Nacogdoches, TX Weather: Mostly Cloudy and Scattered T-Storms at Kickoff. Very Humid. Watch/Listen/Stats- TV-https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/e120e3e4-12f0-4ebb-b196-5b7396ba4fb7 Radio-88.9 KETR (Commerce) Charlie Chitwood, (Play by Play), Brock Callaway (Color/Analysis) Stats-https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=661970&vislive=tame Streaming-ww.KETR.org Overall-Last week, ET almost continued the weekend trend of FCS…
Call The Roll Podcast-Axe The Jacks
Lion Football: It Ain’t Easy Being E-Rod
Back in 2005, I remember an interview I listened to with former Texas Tech Quarterback Cody Hodges. He played QB at Tech from 2001-2005. He was from Hereford, a local guy and had a storied high school career, but he was now moving into his Senior year after Texas Tech had left the middle of…
East Texas A&M-15, # 17 Mercer-23-Instant Reaction
A very winnable game. At the start of the game, Mercer looked like they were going to buzzsaw their way after both teams traded 3 and outs. Then the Lions were within two scores before the offense handed Mercer their final 7 points. Turns out to have been the difference. The Lions had some great…
Game 1 Capsule Preview-East Texas A&M Lions @ # 17 Mercer Bears
Who: Versus When: Saturday, 6 PM, Where: Five Star Stadium, Mercer, GA Weather: Cloudy and 84 Degrees at Kickoff Watch/Listen/Stats- TV-ESPN Radio-88.9 KETR (Commerce) Charlie Chitwood, (Play by Play), Brock Callaway (Color/Analysis) Stats-https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=672795&vislive=tame Streaming-ww.KETR.org Overall- This has been a crazy week in FCS football so far, especially in the Southland. NAIA Louisiana Christian defeated Northwestern…
Call The Roll Podcast-Football Preview And Fall Sports
2026 East Texas A&M Lions Football Preview
Overview: August of 2022 was the start of a new journey for the East Texas A&M football program and indeed, the entire athletic department. However, in Texas, specifically rural Northeast Texas, football comes first, middle, and last in regards to what needs to be a winning program. Anything else is considered a disappointment. 2026 East…
Call The Roll Podcast-Cory Hogue Sports
Division I Diatribes-“Why Don’t We Have Baseball?”
I get a lot of questions asked about ET athletics all the time, especially after the move to Division I. They are usually ones that are redundant, such as “When are we going to get a new stadium or renovate the existing one?” “What is going to happen to the Fieldhouse?” “Why can’t we have…
Unsung Heroes Vol. 3-1996 Texas A&M-Commerce Lions Football
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…
Unsung Heroes Vol. 2-1988 East Texas State Lions
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…
Unsung Heroes- The 1992 East Texas State Lions Football Team
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.…
