It’s hard to believe and yet exciting that in just a little over 2 weeks, we will be starting our Division I Journey by kicking off against Lincoln U California at The Hawk on the Thursday night before Labor Day. It is exciting and even as I am down in the Hill Country relaxing on…
Our Final Preview capsule for the 2022 season will feature a truly interesting program that we match up against. The Tennessee State Tigers are a Historically Black College or University (HBCU) and the traditions that HBCU’s have are some of the coolest things in all of College Football. The Marching Bands, the fraternity and sorority…
About the Matchup- When: Saturday, October, 12, 3 PM Where: John L. Guidry Stadium, Thibodaux, Louisiana Mascot: Colonels Enrollment: 6,400 Distance from Commerce: 464 Miles 2021 Record: 6-5 Head Coach: Tim Rebowe (8th Year, 44-35) Overview: Nicholls has never been exactly known as a Football power, but they are certainly respectable as a program. They…
Greetings Lion fans, and with being in the middle of the dog days of summer, and current heat wave in Northeast Texas bringing up memories of the crucible of the summer of 1980, we realize that on the surface, there may not be much to get excited about outside of the promise of rain, or…
Yeah, we know, we are out of order, but here is the Week 8 Preview against a former Lone Star Conference foe, The University of The Incarnate Word Cardinals. Let’s dive in.- About IWU- When: Saturday, October 29, 2 PM Where: The Hawk, Commerce, TX IWU Mascot: Cardinals Distance from Commerce: 340 Miles 2021 Record:…
(Note: No, we did not forget to preview the Incarnate Word game in week eight. This is an oversight on my part. We’ll have the UIW preview this weekend-Russell) Greetings, Lion fans, and this is that time of year that drives all of us football fans as crazy as ever. With just over thirty days…
Let me be forward with this one. When the 2022 softball season started, I had no idea what was going on and not going on. All I knew is that one day I woke up and got a text that Richie Bruister, the Man who had built our softball program from the ground up, was…
In 2012, it was announced that Houston Baptist University would have their first season as a football program in the fall of 2013. That meant they needed a schedule, and in their attempt to make things look good, they needed some cupcakes, and really, you can’t blame them. They reached out to a Texas A&M-Commerce…
Greetings, Lion fans, and in Week 6, Head Coach David Bailiff and the Lions continue in the midst of their toughest stretch of the season. Three weeks after perennial FCS power Sam Houston, and two weeks after Southeastern Louisiana, who is the preseason pick to win the Southland, the Lions go on the road for…
The Lions’ week 5 opponent will bring a huge challenge and just two weeks after playing their biggest opponent in recent history. The Lions will head south to Hammond, Louisiana where they will face off with the team favored to win the Southland Conference, the Southeastern Louisiana Lions. Let’s take a quick look- When: Saturday,…
When: Saturday, September 24, 6 PM Where: Ernest Hawkins Field at Memorial Stadium About NAU: Mascot: Stallions Location: Stafford, TX (Houston Metro Area) Distance from Commerce: 290 Miles Enrollment: 600 Students 2021 Record: 5-4 Overall Conference: NAIA Independent Head Coach: Kenneth Apande Overview: This team, and school is a lot like Lincoln University. North American…
When: Saturday, September 17th, 6 PM Where: Bowers Stadium, Huntsville, Tx. 2021 Record: 11-1; Lost in FCS Quarterfinals to Montana State, 42-19 Distance from Commerce to Huntsville: 233 miles Overview: Without a doubt, the visit south down I-45 to face the Bearkats will, by far, be the measuring stick for the Lions team progress as…
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…
