When: Saturday, September 10, 6 PM Where: Tucker Stadium, Cookeville, TN 2021 Record: 3-8 Overview: Almost 70 years ago, these two squads faced off for the first and only time. Both were respective Champions of their conferences. They met in Orlando, Florida in the Tangerine Bowl, the de-facto national championship game for small colleges. The…
When: Thursday, September 1, 7 PM Where: Ernest Hawkins Field at Texas A&M-Commerce Memorial Stadium Overview: Our first game as a Division I school will be a cupcake. One of the great things about being Division I is that you get some of these sometimes. I looked at who Texas, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech…
As of July 1, we are finally members of NCAA Division I. It has been something that has been imminent for almost a year now, but finally, Texas A&M-Commerce is at the top of the college athletics rung. We are here. Now, I will admit, and actually this was the opinion of the entire staff…
Greetings, Lion fans, and believe it or not, there’s only 56 days remaining until the opener against Lincoln University on September 1, we here at The Wire are eagerly anticipating the start of football season. There are so many new challenges, new opponents, and the now official move to Division 1, and Brian and I…
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…
Greetings, Lion fans, and after a long winter of what can only be described as complete disappointment and frustration, a new day dawns in more than one way across Lion Nation with this week’s Blue-Gold Spring game. After being denied an opportunity get a look the past two years due to COVID restrictions, it appears…
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…
Greetings, Lion fans. Even in the off season, there is football news to be had. National Signing Day is just around the corner on February 2, 2022, and we’ll have a deep dive on every Lion signee and transfer this year. We currently have a request in to head coach David Bailiff for an interview…
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…
Greetings, Lion fans, and with the 2021 Division 2 football season in the books, and with it, one that closes the chapter of Lion football as a Division 2 and founding Lone Star Conference member. New horizons await in 2022 as a full fledged Division 1-FCS and Southland Conference member. Brian and I will have…
Greetings, Lion fans, and welcome to the football off season, but the beginning of the men’s and women’s basketball season. Brian will have more of that on the Morning Wire tomorrow, but there are some very exciting things going on inside the Field House. Jason Burton has the women undefeated and ranked #7 in the…
Dear Seniors, A lot of you may not know me, unless you’ve read my writing on here. Some of you, I know well. Some, I’ve shaken hands with once or twice, and others, I’ve met in passing. Almost all of you, I met during the fall of 2019 during camp. That summer marked 40 years…
Greetings, Lion fans, and we are fast approaching the end of what has been the most disappointing season in recent Lion football history. There are some bright spots to be had, however. If UT-Permian Basin upsets Midwestern, and A&M-Kingsville is somehow able to upset Angelo State, then the Lions will have a share of the…
Greetings, Lion fans, and Brian and I wish that there were more to talk about., like a final regular season tune up, and getting ready for a playoff berth. Sadly, though, after the debacle in San Angelo last Saturday, all that’s left is a final regular season face off against an improving Eastern New Mexico…
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…
Greetings, Lion fans, and in what amounts to Round Four of the playoffs for Commerce, we take a look at the matchup with the offense of Angelo State. Games bigger than this one don’t come around very often, and the Lions will be fighting for their playoff lives. As Brian discussed earlier, there are some…
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…
Greetings, Lion fans, and while we’ve said that every game beginning with Western New Mexico has been a playoff game for the Lions, this week’s trek to San Angelo for a date with the Angelo State Rams an even bigger one.. Angelo State arrives this week with a record of 7-2, 3-2 in the Lone…
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