East Texas A&M Lions VS. # 16 (FBS) Southern Methodist Mustangs-Storylines, Starters, & Stuff You Need To Know-

Who: When: Saturday, August 30, 8 PM Where: Gerald J Ford Stadium, University Park, TX Weather: 78 and drizzle at Kickoff. 86 % Humidity, Wind NW @ 5 MPH Watch/Listen/Stats LIVE AUDIO: Lion Sports Network – KETR 88.9 FM (http://www.ketr.org) Charlie Chitwood (Play by Play) Brock Callaway (Color/Stats) LIVE VIDEO: ACC Network | https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/4b3f0531-0f4d-4117-9d84-0ccec35ac2f5LIVE STATS: https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=605049&vislive=tame Starters- Offense-Spread QB-Ron Peace, 6’2,…

Call The Roll Podcast-Time To Pony Up

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Banner Years & Tournament Tales-The Golden Goodlett Era Begins-1986 East Texas State Lions Volleyball

After Donna Tavener helped establish a volleyball program and tennis program for Women at East Texas State, the University saw that the success both programs had won was worth the investment in trying to hire some new coaches. They did that in 1983 when they hired Kathy Goodlett. Goodlett was a young, smart, and intense…

Division I Diatribes-The Joy of Hate-Part 2

A few years ago, I wrote a column called “The Joy of Hate, our 5 Biggest Rivals.” It was well received and hated by the right kind of people and the target audience. When ET was in the Lone Star Conference, we were around for almost a century and basically knew who we hated, kind…

Banner Years & Tournament Tales-Gritting One Out-1984 East Texas State Lions Basketball

“Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.” Those immortal words, spoken by the great Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, speak of the nature of life…

Call The Roll Podcast-Straight Outta Compton

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Banner Years & Tournament Tales-It’s The Ladies Turn-1980 East Texas State Lions Volleyball

When people think about the fall of 1980 at East Texas State, most people think about the Lion football team that rode the arm to future NFL quarterback Wade Wilson to the NAIA National Semifinals that finished 3rd in the nation and almost won their second national championship in 8 years, but in that time,…

2025 East Texas A&M Lion Football Preview

Overview: In Commerce, Texas, there is a lot going on, and for a town of only 10,000 residents on the Northeast Texas Blackland Prairies, that says quite a bit. However, when what was a teacher’s college 75 years ago and a member of the NAIA is now officially an NCAA Division I athletic institution, it…

Banner Years & Tournament Tales: Gudger Leaves His Mark-1979 East Texas State Basketball

When Jim Gudger took the head basketball coaching position at East Texas State, he had a tall order, which was to turn around a team used to winning that was not winning, and turn them into winners again. After his first 4 seasons resulting in a 35-68 record, Gudger recruited and brought winning basketball back…

Call The Roll Podcast-Alabama, The Cotton Bowl, and Israel Hughes

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