Greetings, Lion fans, and to borrow a phrase, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” Never more true than this week, when the Lions face the Tarleton State Texans for the fourth and final time in the past two seasons. The stakes have never been bigger than they are right now. The…

Greetings, Lion fans, and in this week’s edition of the Notebook, we’ll take a closer look at the final opponent of the regular season, the Angelo State Rams. The Blue Gang is coming into this week on a roll. In the past two weeks, they have produced a total of 8 turnovers, and outside of…

Greetings, Lion fans, this week we’ll take a look at the regular season finale with a longtime Lone Star Conference foe, the Rams of Angelo State. First, though, the staff here at The Wire would like to express our sincere appreciation and thank you to all of our veterans on this Veterans Day. We wouldn’t…

Greetings, Lion fans, and after two pre dawn airplane flights, and being reminded of just how cold it can get in the Texas Panhandle, we’re back at it to break down the upcoming match up between the Lions of Texas A&M-Commerce, and the UT-Permian Basin Falcons. Thoughts on last week…..while not a pretty win, the…

Greetings, Lion fans, and in this week’s edition of the Notebook, we’ll take a closer look at the Buffaloes of West Texas A&M. In last week’s victory over Western New Mexico, the run defense of the Lions stood tall, allowing just over 2 yards per rush attempt. While they did surrender 315 yards passing to…

Greetings, Lion fans, I apologize for the delay in this week’s Notebook, but like most sports fans in the Houston area, I got involved in watching the Astros in the World Series. Now, it’s back to business, and a look at a homecoming match up with the Western New Mexico Mustangs. In last week’s loss…

Greetings, Lion fans, and in this week’s edition of the Notebook, we’ll take a look at the Lions toughest opponent of the season, the fourth ranked Tarleton State Texans. The Lions come into the game ranked 20th, and are fresh off of a 58-24 thrashing of rival Midwestern State. The Texans are undefeated at 6-0,…

Greetings, Lion fans. In this week’s edition of the Pre Snap Read, we take a closer look at what looks to be the de facto Lone Star Conference Championship game, vs. the fourth ranked Tarleton State Texans. The Lions are coming in on a roll. With last week’s 54-28 thrashing of Midwestern State, they seem…

Greetings, Lions fans, and in this week’s edition of the Notebook, we’ll take a look at a team that has been a real thorn in our paws, Midwestern State. The past few seasons, the Mustangs have enjoyed upsetting the Lions season. Now, though, it’s time to return the favor. Before we begin, let’s take a…

Greetings, Lions fans, and welcome to this week’s edition of the Pre Snap Read. The meat grinder of the Lions 2019 schedule begins this week with what has become one of the biggest rivalries at any level of college football in the state, our friends from out west in Wichita Falls, the Midwestern State Mustangs.…

Greetings, Lion fans, and welcome to this week’s edition of the Blue Gang Notebook. The Lions travel to the Rio Grande Valley to face a longtime Lone Star Conference foe the TAMUK Javelinas(for some of us older alums, it’s still Texas A&I.). The 1-3 Javelinas would like nothing better than to extend the Lions misery…

Greetings, Lion fans, and this week, we’ll take a look at an old rival, the Javelinas of TAMU-Kingsville. First, though, this take a look back at was a very tough week. LOOKING BACK-The game against CSU-Pueblo was a very frustrating loss. There was no area the Thunderwolves particularly dominated in, yet the Lions still came…

Greetings, Lion fans, and before we begin this week’s edition of the Notebook, I’d like to give a shout out to an assistant coach who I think deserves mention and congratulations. The Blue Gang was on the field last week for 82 plays, and almost 40 minutes. That’s just shy of three quarters. They were…

Greetings, Lion fans, before we begin the in depth look at how the Lions stack up against the defense of the Thunderwolves of Colorado State-Pueblo, let’s do a quick review of the highs and lows of the victory over Eastern New Mexico: LOOKING BACK-The Blue Gang defense did an outstanding job of limiting the Greyhound…

Greetings, Lion fans, and in this week’s edition of the Blue Gang Notebook, we’ll take a look at the triple option offense of the Greyhounds of Eastern New Mexico. First, though…. LOOKING BACK- The Blue Gang, despite some lapses in pass coverage, were at the top of their game last week. Given plenty of rest…

Greetings, Lion fans, now after a hard fought win in Pacific Northwest, this week, the Lions open Lone Star Conference play with an old foe, the Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds. Let’s take a look: LOOKING BACK-The Lions came out on top of a hard fought 34-27 game with Western Oregon. We got a first look…

Greetings, Lion fans, and while it may be week 2 on the schedule, for your Lions, it really is week 1A. This time out, we take a closer look at the Western Oregon Wolves offense, and how they size up against the Blue Gang. It should be an interesting match up, so let’s dive right…