Traditions Part 3-The Blue Gang Defense

This is Part 3 in a Multi-Part series of the great traditions of our Alma Mater. In sports, the old saying goes that “defense wins championships.” Personally I have not bought totally into that, I prefer that “the best defense is an unstoppable offense.” That being said, nobody can doubt that a team that plays…

Traditions Part 2-The Roll Call

This is Part 2 in a Multi-Part series of the great traditions of our Alma Mater. Part of this article is taken from my piece on the Championship Chronicles for the 1958 team.  Every great college team has a tradition. Texas A&M has yell practice the night before home games. Texas Tech picks members of…

Traditions Part 1-The Victory Bell

This is Part 1 in a Multi-Part series of the great traditions of Alma Mater Dear.  In the Fall of 1964, Sports Illustrated visited the small hamlet of Commerce, Texas to feature the Football program of East Texas State College. They were there to cover the recent passing of Head Coach J.V. Sikes, and the…

BREAKING: Lone Star Conference cancels all sports for remaining season.

Note: The following information is NOT from the Texas A&M-Commerce Athletic Department. It is from the releases of the Lone Star Conference. The Lone Star Conference has just announced that all spring sports and postseason sports have been cancelled due to the Coronavirus emergency that has now hit the national, state, and local levels. This…

BREAKING: # 4 LION WOMEN ROAR

Congrats to The Lion Women as they move to 20-0 and defeat # 8 ranked and defending national champions Lubbock Christian Lady Chaps 59-54 . The Fieldhouse was loud and proud and no doubt the biggest win on the court for the Women in the history of the program.

Lion Men’s Hoops-5 Thoughts

At 7-3 and 3-1 in LSC play, the Lion Men find themselves right in the thick of the Lone Star Conference upper tier once again. The season did not start out well, as the Lions dropped their first two games, albeit close losses, still losses none the less. However of the 3 schools the Lions…