BREAKING: TAMUC Names Former Quarterback Jeff Cleveland as New Director of Athletic Advancement for Texas A&M University-Commerce
Former ETSU Lion Quarterback Jeff Cleveland, who played for Coach Eddie Vowell in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s has come home for the second time to serve as the University’s Athletic Director for Athletic Advancement. He replaces Keith McCluney who left the athletic department at the end of the last semester, as the Lion…
BREAKING: TAMUC Hires Clint Dolezel as new Head Football Coach
One of Texas A&M-Commerce’s most decorated Quarterbacks and one of the best Quarterbacks and Coaches in Arena League History is now the Head Coach in Commerce. Clint Dolezel has been named the new Head Football Coach in Commerce. An official announcement is expected soon. Dolezel was a two year letterman in Football, coming from Cisco…
BREAKING: Craig Case Steps Down as Head Volleyball Coach
After 13 seasons and a school record 267 wins to go with a Division Championship and LSC Tournament Championship an 3 NCAA Tournament appearances, Craig Case announced today he would be stepping down as Head Volleyball Coach at Texas A&M-Commerce. Case released a statement earlier today; “Thank you to A&M-Commerce, the players, coaches, department personnel,…
BREAKING: David Bailiff to step down as Head Football Coach
The Lion Wire has received word that Texas A&M-Commerce head coach David Bailiff will not return as Head Football coach next year. We do not know if this was due to the University releasing him or a resignation, but this happened this Monday afternoon according to sources. We will have more on this when we…
Division 2 Playoff Scores-Semifinal Round
Scores from the Division 2 Semifinal Playoff Round: Valdosta State 34, Colorado School of Mines 31 Ferris State 55, Shepherd 7 This game is a rematch of the of the 2018 title game, won by Valdosta State, 49-47. The game will be at McKinney ISD Stadium in McKinney, Texas.
Division 2 Playoff Scores
Playoff results today: Super Region 1 Final: Shepherd 30, #1 Kutztown St. 28 Super Region 2 Final: #1 Valdosta State 41 #3 Bowie State 26 Super Region 3 Final: #1 Ferris State 41 #3 Northwest Missouri State 20 Super Region 4 Final: #1 Colorado School of Mines 34 #2 Angelo State 26 National Semifinals: Shepherd…
Division 2 Playoff Scores
Scores from Week 2 of the Division 2 playoffs: Super Region I Kutztown St. 10 New Haven 7 Shepherd 38 Notre Dame (OH) 34 Regional Final: #2 Shepherd at #1 Kutztown St. Super Region II #2 Bowie St. 13 Newbery 10 #1 Valdosta St. 66 West Georgia 35 Regional Final: #2 Bowie St. at #1…
Around the Division 2 Playoffs…..
Greetings, Lion fans, scores from the Division 2 football playoffs yesterday: Super Region I #2 Shepherd 38, Findlay 31 #3 Notre Dame (OH) 33, Slippery Rock 25 #4 New Haven 38, Bentley 13 Next week, the bracket looks like this(Home team listed first) #1 Kutztown State vs, #4 New Haven #2 Shepherd vs. #3 Notre…
100 Reasons, 100 Days: What Makes College Football Great: Reason #99
Greetings, Lion fans, today we’re back with reason #99 of what makes College Football so great, and why we love it so……rivalries. The Game, The one on the schedule that everyone points to as soon as it comes out. Oh my goodness, rivalries. There’s nothing else like them. Again, unlike the pro game, where players…
100 Days, 100 Reasons: What Makes College Football Great
Greetings, Lion fans! Today marks 100 days until the opener of the 2021 football season in Pueblo, Colorado, against the Thunderwolves of CSU-Pueblo, a very difficult opponent for the Lions in recent memory. Today, though, we’re taking a look at college football overall, and what makes it the great game that it is. Going forward,…
Gone With The Wind
Greetings, Lion fans. The thing that we all thought would never happen, has. For the first time since the end of World War II, the Lions will not be taking the field this fall. Today’s announcement from AD Tim McMurray, in essence, stated, that with no Lone Star Conference or Division II championship to play…
Tryin’ To Reason With Hurricane Season
Greetings, Lion fans, I wish we had more to write about for the upcoming season, but for now, it’s the Great Unknown. If you’ve been under a rock (given the events of the past 24 hours, it’s not a bad idea), or otherwise out of contact, the Beaumont/Port Arthur area, and southwest Louisiana are just…
A Day of Days
Billy and I here at The Wire wanted to pass along the best of birthday wishes to our editor and, more importantly, our friend, Brian Pate. Brian’s love for Commerce, superb writing style, and willingness to take a chance with a couple of older Lions make him a great friend. Happy Birthday, sir.
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: Lions Ranked Preseason # 13 in AFCA Coaches Poll.
Here is the complete top 25 poll from the Coaches Association: Rank School (1st votes) 2018 Rec. Pts. 2018 Rank 1 Valdosta St. (Ga.) (29) 14-0 792 1 2 Ferris St. (Mich.) (3) 15-1 768 2 3 Minnesota St. 13-1 686 3 4 Notre Dame (Ohio) 13-1 623 4 5 Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 12-1 585…
Gone Fishing-Summer 2019
Just a head’s up for everyone, the Wire staff will be taking our August Sabbatical starting today. We will be back the week before the Lions kick off against our guests from south of the Border, Seleccion Nuevo Leon. I have been doing this since 2017 as it gives us all a chance to get…
LSC Media Days-5 Thoughts
3- That is how the Lions are picked to finish, third in the conference. Not a complete knock, but below Tarleton and Midwestern State. I have to say I understand the ranking. The media knows we have too much talent to be any lower but any higher with a new coach, new offensive systems, new…
BREAKING: Lions to play Universidad Nuevo Leon to open season.
Hat tip to Russell, who always seems to get this stuff. American Football South of the Border is coming to Commerce, America. The Lions will have a home game to open the season on September 7 at Ernest Hawkins Field at Memorial Stadium, as they will host the Nuevo Leon Universidad Tigres (translation: Nuevo Leon…
LSC Basketball Tournament: Onto the Semi’s.
Just got back from the Comerica Center in Frisco, the Lion Women put together a well played and hard fought game to weather a late Eastern New Mexico rally to take down the Zias 77-70. This win was huge as the Lion Women were holding onto the 8th seed in the South Central Region, and…
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