30 Years ago this September, Dallas Morning News SportsDay Writer Kevin Sherrington took the 50 minute trip up Interstate 30 to cover a town that few knew about and a college football team that about as many seemed to have any idea existed. 10 Minutes north of the I-30 exit sat a campus of 9,000…
Every school has traditions. Some are great, some are not. But, traditions are there for a reason. There is reason and rationale behind them. At Texas A&M-Commerce, we have abandoned some traditions or have downplayed some of them. Some of them simply got placed by the wayside, and some of them have been outright abandoned.…
Russell has already said his final words to Tim as our AD, so I am taking this chance to do the same thing, but with a different twist. Tim, Well, I hate to say I knew this day would come, but I have to say I am thrilled for you to find what you found…
Hard to believe that I have been covering Spring Football games since 2011. I was thinking about how time has just flown and how I have seen the evolution of a program from Conference doormat to conference champions, to national champions, to national powerhouse, and not to Division I, all in the span of a…
Let’s talk about Ernest Hawkins Field at Memorial Stadium. Our favorite place to be on a fall afternoon in Northeast Texas. I would have a hard time believing that when then-President Dr. James Gee, Coach Milburn Smith, US Speaker of the House and ETSU Sam Rayburn, and Lt. Governor Walter Woodul, along with 12,000 fans…
I apologize for the lack of write ups as of late, but so much has been happening in the college sports world, it has been hard to keep up. Either way, time for the second edition of Division I Diatribes. Let’s talk…….$$$$$$$$$$$$$ MONEY $$$$$$$$$$$$$$. Ah yes, that thorny subject. The thing that is responsible for…
Well, I guess now is the time. I have been meaning to start sharing thoughts on the transition to Division I since September of last year, but I really underestimated how difficult last football season would be in so many ways, but that being said, it is time to tie up some loose ends. This…
It was quite a week in Lion Hoops for both Men and Women. Big wins, heartbreaking losses, and everything in between. Let’s take a look. Lion Women- On January 6th, the Lion Women traveled to the South Plains to face West Texas A&M, and had a major letdown against the Lady Buffs. It was a…
Now that I have covered a few things regarding the Lion Women’s Basketball team, it is time for us to look at our Men’s Program. Let’s get to it. First, whenever you think of Lion Basketball, you think of one word….tradition. The banners that hang inside University Fieldhouse tell the story of a program that…
Well, football season has been over for a few weeks now, and this weekend Ferris State and Valdosta State will be playing in McKinney for the Division II crown, but for the past few weeks, Basketball has been going hot and heavy and the Texas A&M-Commerce Lion Women are picking up where they left off…
I think it is fair to say that everyone associated with Lion football, from the coaches, players, fans, and students are all disappointed in how this season has gone. Last Saturday’s loss….the worst in the Bailiff era, erased any doubt about the Lions making the playoffs. They had been hanging by a thread for weeks,…
I have far more questions than thoughts. Lions are assured now not to make the playoffs.
Well, it was nice while it lasted.
What a horrible first half. Lions receive the ball to start the second half.
Go Lions. Defense doing awesome, offense sputtering again.
Who: Versus When: Saturday, November 6, 6 PM Where: First Community Credit Union Field at LeGrand Stadium, San Angelo, TX Weather: 66 Degrees and Clear at Kickoff Listen/Watch/Stats- Radio-Lion Sports Network via 88.9 KETR (Commerce)-Charlie Chitwood (Play by Play), Brock Callaway (Color/Analysis/Updates) or Stream via http://www.ketr.org Watch-https://lonestarconferencenetwork.com/tamuc/ Live Stats-http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=352531&vislive=tame Projected Starters- Offense-(Multiple) QB-Miklo Smalls, 6’2, 225…
Yes…playoffs. Actually, we can talk the entirety of the postseason chances for the Lions. The first round of Regional Rankings came out almost 2 weeks ago. Most of us were shocked, or rather not shocked that the Lions are not even in the top ten in Super Region 4, and to make the playoffs, you…
Here are the 5 Game Balls for the UTPB Game. David Bailiff and Coaching Staff-Now, I know that game balls to go players, but the way that David Bailiff and his staff handled the situations that they faced tonight to make sure that UTPB understood despite the intensity of the game, that we wanted to…
Five Thoughts Tomorrow. A huge win and their best of the season, and one monumental stride back to the playoffs.
Bring us home, Lucky Lions, bring us home.
