Who:

Texas A&M-Commerce Lions

Versus

Prairie View A&M Panthers

When: Saturday, October 27, 2 PM

Where: Panther Stadium, Prairie View, TX

Weather: Mostly Sunny and 88 Degrees @ Kickoff, 44 % Humidity, Wind NNW @ 2 MPH

Watch/Listen/Stats-

LIVE AUDIO: Lion Sports Network – KETR 88.9 FM, Commerce (http://www.ketr.org) – Charlie Chitwood (Play by Play) Brock Callaway (Color/Analysis)

LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+ | https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/d111fdf3-b5b0-4f94-bd34-849440195c36
LIVE STATS: https://statb.us/v/tame/530610

Projected Starters-

Offense-Shotgun Spread

QB-Ron Peace, 6’2, RS-JR, Malakoff, TX (Malakoff HS)

RB-B.K. Jackson, 5’11 RS-JR, Missouri City, TX (Ridge Point HS)

WR-Nick Johnson, 5’10 JR, Rancho Cucamungo, CA (The Webb School)

WR-Brooks Rigney, 6’0 JR, McKinney, TX (Boyd HS)

WR-Christian Jourdain, 6’0 SR, New Orleans, LA (Archbishop Shaw HS)

TE-Sean Sallis, 6’5, RS-Soph, Carrollton, TX (Creekview HS)

OL-Khris Love, 6’3 SR, Miami Gardens, FL (American Heritage HS)

OL-Billy Thursland, 6’1 RS-JR, Houston, TX (Heights HS)

OL-Javirea Moore, 6’4 RS-JR, Lancaster, TX (Lancaster HS)

OL-Jaidyn Jones, 6’5 JR, Glendora, CA (Los Osos HS)

OL-Jadin Jones, 6’5 RS-JR, Killeen, TX (Killeen HS)

Defense-4-2-5 Nickel

DL-Leon Young, 6’0 SR, Dallas, TX (Cedar Hill HS)

DL-Clifford Funderburk, 6’3 RS Senior, Forney, TX (North Forney HS)

DL-Anthony Gray, 6’1 RS-Soph, Duncanville, TX (Duncanville HS)

DL-Warren Robinson, 6’3 RS-SR, Houston, TX (Fort Bend Marshall HS)

LB-Brandon Tucker, 5’10 RS-Soph, DeSoto, TX (DeSoto HS)

DB-Jaden Rios, 6’0 RS JR, Frisco, TX (Lonestar HS)

DB-Max Epps, 5’11 RS-SR, Spring, TX (DeKaney HS)

DB-Kyree Anderson, 5’11, RS-JR, Cypress, TX (Cy-Lakes HS)

DB-Kendall Paul, 5’9 SR, Dallas, TX (Bishop Dunne HS)

DB-Christian Shaw, 5’10 RS-JR, Mansfield, TX (Lake Ridge HS)

DB-Lavon Williams, 5’8 RS-Soph, San Antonio, TX (Roosevelt HS)

Specialists-

Deep Snapper-Josiah Kennard, 6’2 RS-JR, Manvel, TX (Manvel, HS)

Place Holder-Brock Nellor, 6’2 SR, Mount Vernon, TX (Mount Vernon HS)

Kickoffs-Aidan Martin, 6’1 RS-JR, Houston, TX (Klein Cain HS)

Extra Points/Field Goals-Luke Jackson, 5’8 JR, Bensalme, PA (Conwall-Egan Catholic HS)

Punter-Mitchell McGarry, 6’4 RS-SR, Tannum Sands, Australia, (Gregory-Portland HS)

Storylines: After losing a heartbreaking homecoming game last week, the Lions head down to East Central Texas to take on another historic HBCU out of the SWAC conference. Prairie View does not have the tradition that Grambling does, but they did schedule this game as their homecoming, which means they believe that a large crowd of former students and alums will return and watch their team defeat the Lions. However, the Lions look to be the favorites in this one just based on mutual opponents. For Clint Dolezel and his squad, it is a chance to double last year’s win total and get back into the win column, but also looking at the rest of the season, the Lions do have a chance to win out and while that idea might be laugable at this point, there is a reason to believe if you take each game one by one. Every game that the Lions lost last year has show improvement, and three teams that hammered the Lions last year were all games the Lions could have and should have won (UC-Davis, Southeastern LA, Lamar). Progress is being made, how fast it is being made is the test of patience, but one thing is for sure, this team is only as good as the offense goes. If they are in high gear, they can hang with anyone, if they are slow to start, its a tough go. The offense needs to learn to attack from the word go and I believe you will see a different set of results going forward, starting tomorrow against the Panthers of Prairie View A&M.