Who: Texas A&M-Commerce Lions Versus McNeese State Cowboys When: Saturday, October 7, 7 PM Where: Ernest Hawkins Field at Memorial Stadium, Commerce, TX Weather: Sunny and 63 Degrees at Kickoff, Winds NNE @ 10-15 MPH Watch, Listen, Stats- Listen: Lion Sports Network – KETR 88.9 FM, Commerce-Charlie Chitwood (Play by Play) Brock Callaway (Color/Analysis) (http://www.ketr.org) LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+…

Greetings, Lion fans, and this week in the Notebook, we take a look at the McNeese State Cowboys, who, like the Lions, are winless in 2023. Before we dive in and see how the Lions break what has been a very unfamiliar thing- a losing streak. To say defensive coordinator Kyle Williams and his staff…

Greetings, Lion fans, and finally, the Lions return to the friendly confines of The Hawk after what seems an interminable 37 days. Let’s begin by addressing the elephant in the room. Yes, the Lions are 0-4. There’s no getting around that. Yes, the offense, up until last week, was absolutely horrendous. The Blue Gang, other…

I apologize for the late post, but I have not been feeling well on this Sunday, hopefully the last warm weekend of the year before Autumn rolls in, which is what we are looking at next week. Let’s get to it.

Who: Texas A&M-Commerce Lions Versus Stephen F. Austin State Lumberjacks When: Saturday, September 30, 6 PM Where: Homer Bryce Stadium, Nacgadoches, Texas Weather: Sunny and 87 at Kickoff, Humidity 36%, Wind @ 4 MPH Listen/Watch/Stats- Listen: Lion Sports Network – KETR 88.9 FM, Commerce-Charlie Chitwood (Play by Play) Brock Callaway (Color/Analysis) (http://www.ketr.org) LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+ | https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/eventCalendarId/401540438?gameId=401540438LIVE STATS: https://sfajacks.com/sidearmstats/football/summary Impact…

Greetings. Lion fans. This week, the Lions find themselves, while still on the road, back in the state of Texas. They take the short trip east to Nacogdoches to face the Lumberjacks of Stephen F. Austin, coached by a former Lion, Colby Carthel. It is unbelievable to be happy after a loss to go 0-3,…

Who: Texas A&M-Commerce Lions Versus Old Dominion Monarchs When: Saturday, September 23, 2:30 p.m. EDT, 3:30 p.m. CDT Where: SB Ballard Stadium, Norfolk, Virginia Weather: Rain and Storms W/ East Wind @ 22 MPH Watch/Listen/Stats- Listen: Lion Sports Network – KETR 88.9 FM, Commerce-Charlie Chitwood (Play by Play) Brock Callaway (Color/Analysis) (http://www.ketr.org)LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+ | https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/f6707669-5326-4e0a-83cb-9231f3763262LIVE STATS: https://statb.us/v/tame/473277 Storylines: History…

Greetings Lion fans. The staff here at The Wire enjoyed the week off, we were able to watch this week’s opponent, Old Dominion, as well the rest of the Southland Conference, but now it’s back to work. This week will certainly be the Lions biggest challenge of the 2023 season. When the 2023 season was…

Greetings, Lion fans, and in this week’s, Pre Snap Read, we’ll take a look at how the Lions match up against the Old Dominion University Monarchs and see if they’re able to snap out of their 0-2 and offensive funks. To that point, it won’t be an easy task. Old Dominion, despite coming into this…

Back in 2010, current Houston University coach Dana Holgerson was the offensive coordinator for the Oklahoma State Cowboys. A spread offense guru who had coached and played under the OG’s of the Air Raid offense in Mike Leach and Hal Mumme, Holgerson was known to vary from air raid orthodoxy and tinker with different formations.…

Who: # 8 Sacramento State Hornets (1-0) Versus Texas A&M-Commerce Lions (0-1) When: Saturday, September 8, 9 PM CST, 7 PM Pacific Time Where: Hornet Stadium, Sacramento, CA Weather: 80 Degrees at Kickoff Precipitation: 0% Humidity: 36% Wind: 7 mph Watch/Listen/Stats- Radio-88.9 KETR (Commerce) Via the Lion Sports Network-Charlie Chitwood (Play By Play) Brock Callaway (Color/Analysis) or KETR.org…

Greetings, Lion fans, and in this week’s edition of the Blue Gang Notebook, we’ll take a look at how the Lion defense matches up against a very good Sacramento State Hornet offense. Much like was mentioned on the Call the Roll podcast last night, we speak of last week’s outing against UC-Davis here, then it…

Greetings, Lion fans, and while it might be difficult to discern positives from a 48-10 loss to UC Davis, there were some, and Head Coach Clint Dolezel and his team are going to have to seize on those positives and get ready to travel to the west coast for a date this Saturday night with…

Who: # 16 California-Davis Aggies Versus Texas A&M-Commerce Lions When: Thursday, August 31, 7 PM Where: Ernest Hawkins Field at Memorial Stadium Weather: Sunny & 90 Degrees at Kickoff, Precipitation: 0% Humidity: 34% Wind: 7 mph NNW Watch/Listen/Stats- Radio: 88.9 KETR (Commerce) or KETR.org, Charlie Chitwood, (Play by Play) & Brock Callaway (Color/Analysis) via The Lion Sports Network…

Greetings, Lion fans, Game Week is finally here. Labor Day weekend always seems to mark the end of summer, and the beginning of another football season. While the summer heat shows no signs of abating anytime soon, the 2023 season begins in earnest this Thursday at the friendly confines of The Hawk. Here, we take…

Greetings, Lion fans, and finally, after roughly nine months……IT’S GAME WEEK! This Thursday, 7pm at The Hawk, the Lions begin the Clint Dolezel era hosting the Aggies of UC-Davis. In their second season of Division I-FCS play, one thing is apparent…. the Lions have significantly upgraded their schedule. Opponents like Lincoln, North American, University of…

For the first time in program history, there are no Division II, Division III, or NAIA opponents on the schedule. 2023 is comprised of 1 FBS Group of 5 team and 10 FCS Schools with 2 out of the Big Sky Conference, 1 out of the American Sun, and the rest out of the Southland.…

Greetings, Lion fans, and the time that we as football fans have been eagerly awaiting since November of 2022 is drawing ever closer. With the 2023 season just over three weeks away, it’s time we here at The Wire break it all down now that the roster has somewhat settled, with incoming freshmen now on…