Versus   When: Thursday, 7:00 PM Where: Memorial Stadium, Commerce, TX Weather: 90 Degrees, North Wind @ 5 MPH Storylines: It is nearly impossible to do a decent preview of this game other than to just basically look to see what we have to start the season.  I looked near and far for just about…

A very Happy Birthday to Head Coach Colby Carthel, just a handful of days before he starts his 4th season as the head football coach in Commerce. It has been a great run and we look forward to many more. Winning is not just what HC Carthel has brought back to the Blacklands, but good…

Congratulations to former ET Lion QB Clint Dolezel who led his team to the Arena Bowl Championship last night, defeating the Arizona Rattlers 56-42. This just puts another cherry on top of Dolezel’s illustrious Arena Career. It is past time to nominate him to the Hall of Fame. Congrats to # 13 of old ET!…

  Congrats to former Lion QB Clint Dolezel who was named the Arena Football League’s Coach of the Year. The future AFL Hall of Famer notched his second straight coach of the year award. In 4 seasons as Head Coach, Dolezel owns a 49-21 record in addition to his record setting career as a Quarterback…

Some new preseason polls have come out that affect all Lions athletics. So lets get to it. Lions Soccer-Soccer Picked to repeat as Conference Champions.  With preseason defensive MVP Vicky Back tabbed as a favorite, Neil Piper’s Lions are looking to grab their 2nd Conference Championship in 3 years. HC Piper on the preseason selection.…

I usually do not write about things that are not sports related, those are for rare occasions and the is somewhat off base, but after the events of the past week in regards to a group that I was involved with while I was an undergraduate student, and with things that have happened the past…

The American Football Coaches Association released their top 25 pre-season poll and they have the Lions at # 9, the highest ever pre-season ranking since the coaches poll started back in 2000. This is a pretty big deal to come out ranked in the top ten, and one thing you notice is that the Lions…

Quick Facts: Mascot: Mustangs Founded: 1893 Location: Silver City, NM Distance From Commerce: 830 Miles Enrollment: 3,528 Notable Alums: Antia Scott Colmen-Noted American Poet and Essayist Rod Windsor-Wideout for the Cleveland Browns Kenneth Brewer-Award Winning Poet Laurete Henry Morales-New Mexico Politician and State Congressman Overall Opining: First, Western New Mexico is a beautiful campus with…

The Fieldhouse. Memorial Stadium. The Stadium Track. Lions Soccer Field. Yawn. Do you what makes me not yawn? Coach K Court at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Phog Allen Fieldhouse. Darryl K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium. Mike Myers Track and Field Complex. The Reese Soccer Complex. Do you what these schools did to their complexes that…

Quick Facts: Mascot: Falcons Founded: 1973 Distance from Commerce: 418 Miles Enrollment: 5,660 Notable Alums: George West, Texas Congressman Overall Opining: UTPB was founded during the height of the Permian Basin Oil Boom in West Texas. The school is just over 40 years old, but has become a big part of the town of Odessa,…

The 1980 East Texas State Lions are one of the best teams in school history. Led by future Pro Wade Wilson and standouts like Blake Cooper, Cary Noiel, the team was literally two fumbled possessions from being 1980 National Champions. For years in the record books the team was named as finishing first in the…

For those wondering about the future of the Fieldhouse, I found out what the master plan does call for. The special events center will be built within the next 4 1/2 years. The school has been waiting for state funds and appropriations, but the building of the new events center is what kicks it all…

Quick Facts: Mascots: Aggies Founded: 1909 Location: Goodwell, OK Distance from Commerce: 490 Miles Enrollment: 1,720 Notable Alums: Jim Holder, College Football Hall of Fame Member Frank Beede-Former NFL Football Player Overall Opining: OPSU is a good addition to the conference for two big reasons. Reason one, joining the LSC for many schools has ended…