LSC Media Days were held Thursday at the MGM Events center in Odessa, perhaps a way to welcome UT-Permian Basin into the conference. TAMUC was picked to finish first in the LSC, followed by Midwestern. HC Colby Carthel was accompanied by Junior defensive back Steven Baker and Senior tailback Richard Cooper. Cooper was also…

First and foremost, I would like to thank the great people on staff at KETR radio in Commerce for having me on to discuss the blog. I was thinking this morning as I got up to listen to it live, I have to say how blessed I am and how that almost 5 years ago…

First off, I hate to print retractions, but I did confirmation that Derrick Macon is NOT with the program anymore for reasons undisclosed. That is the final word. I had been told both stories by different sources but D-Mac is no longer with us, so there is that. Anyway, onto the second piece regarding the…

Congrats are in order for the TAMUC Lady Lions Softball Team for winning the Academic Conference Championship as well as the Women’s Golf Team. The mission of the athletic department was to leave Commerce with a Championship ring on one hand and a degree in the other, and that is what is happening. Congrats to…

Who will be the trigger man?-Gabe Rodriguez and Luis Perez are locked in a tight battle for starting quarterback. This is probably the tightest competition that had been in Commerce for quite a while. One would think that Rodriguez has the upper hand as he backed up Harrison Stewart last season and saw action in…

Monday afternoon I had the opportunity and privilege on being on the KETR program “The Backlands Cafe” with John Mark Dempsey. We had been in the works of having a brief interview, but I could not pass up this chance to plug the blog to the region’s source for news and information. I want to…

Quick Hits: Texas A&M-Commerce University Fieldhouse (Formerly East Texas State Fieldhouse) Capacity 5,000 Tenants: Texas A&M-Commerce Lion Basketball, Texas A&M-Commerce Lady Lion Basketball, Texas A&M-Commerce Volleyball, TAMUC Recreation and Intramual Sports Championship Games, UIL Class AAAA Region II Boys and Girls Championships.   Pluses: A cool looking building.-Many people talk about how we have an…

The idea of a person being an “All-American” has been romanticized in books, movies, TV shows, and in many places in the culture, but if one was to look at the life and Football career of former ETSU Lion Fred Woods, someone could make a pretty intriguing story and use Woods’ journey as a template…