This past weekend was the NFL draft, and while no Lions got the call, 3 of them were either signed to Undrafted Free Agent Deals or were invited to Rookie Mini-Camps. Luis Perez-Los Angeles Rams (Mini-Camp Invite) Jared Machorro-Indianapolis Colts (Mini-Camp Invite) Yusef Sterling-Lowe-Arizona Cardinals (Mini-Camp Invite) To provide some context as to what these…
A Busy past week in Lion Athletics, lets get to it. Track and Field- Memorial Stadium was home to a large crowd of teams and spectators as The Lion Track team hosted the East Texas State Relays On Saturday. The Women ran away with the Title scoring 231 points, beating rival Tarleton State, who placed…
Its been a busy couple of days in Lion Hoops so let’s get to it. Thursday, March 1st, LSC Women’s First Round Texas A&M-Commerce Lions-93 Cameron Aggies-89 In a huge win that avenged an earlier season loss. The win gives the Lions an 18-11 record overall, their best record since Jason Burton took over. Brianna…
I guess this is a team that just has a flare for the dramatic. For the past 6 games, 4 times have gone into Overtime. Good news is that the Lions are 4-1. The Bad News, this means that the Lions have had a chance to finish 5 of the past 6 games, and 4 times…
Women take a much needed win heading into a crucial game against Tarleton State Tuesday Night in Stephenville. It will be the final road game of the year for the Women, as they host UT-Permian Basin and West Texas A&M at home to close there regular season. These next three games are super crucial for…
What a day. If Kickoff is Christmas Day, and the release of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football is Christmas Eve, then national signing day is Thanksgiving. (Being tongue in cheek). Anyway, let’s start with the class. Full List: 2018 A&M-COMMERCE FOOTBALL SIGNEES NAME HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL HT. WT. POS. Emmanuel Adagbon Mesquite, Texas Mesquite Horn HS…
Luis Perez will be suiting up for the final time before the NFL draft in April as he will suit up with the National Team in today’s game slated for a 3 PM kickoff at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. For Perez, it is his final ever college game, and fitting that after…
Per Lionathletics.com, Colby Carthel’s contract has been extended through the year 2021. Great news and needed to be done. Dr. Ray Keck’s thoughts on signing Carthel to another year: “Colby Carthel’s leadership of our football program has transformed our institution in ways we have never experienced,” Keck noted. “To celebrate a national championship has our proud…
This is Part 2 in a 2 part series on the thoughts about the Lion Football season This section covers the effect on the University and institution as a whole. Winning a national championship for a school usually means big time pride and good feelings all around. The first thing that this season did was…
A lot of thoughts to put down, so let’s get to it. `1. Surreal. That is the first and only word I can use. It was just five years ago that I was sitting in Memorial Stadium watching the Lions get pummeled by West Texas A&M. There were MAYBE 500 people in the entire stadium,…
Welcome, readers to a very happy analysis of what was one of the finest team efforts that I have ever witnessed, and one of the best in Lion football history. You have reason to believe, Lion fans! Now, onto the game recap……. Offense-What else needs to be said? Luis Perez was who we thought he…
This week has been pretty busy so far and it is really cranking up at work, so Russell McLean, a good friend and great Lion, will be filling in and sharing some thoughts on the upcoming matchup. He will have the ability to do it on Facebook. Here is the link- https://www.facebook.com/thelionwire/ Cheers and here…
Here are Six Thoughts on perhaps the best game I have seen in a long, long time. First, this win was huge for the program. This is the deepest ANY Lion football team has gone since 1991, and also since TAMUC joined the NCAA in 1982. 1990 and 1991 saw the Lions go to the…
Here are the 5 thoughts on yesterday’s big playoff win. History-You have to go back to 1990 for the last time the Lions won a road playoff game. It seems that every year the Lions leap one hurdle after another. 2013, The Lions get to a Postseason Bowl game. 2014, The Lions win a postseason…
First the above image is something I have dreamed of seeing for years now, and I want to emphasize how important the naming of the field after Coach Hawkins. First, it was a long overdue honor for the greatest man to ever lead our program. Second, it gives us an identity. No longer do we…
First and foremost, I want to congratulate Luis Perez who is now the all time leading passer yardage wise in Lion football history. That is a huge accomplishment as the program has had some fantastic passers go through it. It took a long time for someone to break Bob Bounds record. When you think about…
A lot of people have asked me over the past few hours “What the heck is up with the whole “fortune favors the bold” quote? I watched a back episode of Gotham and that line was used. When the game was close and we needed a score with the clock moving to give the Lions…
A few extras to today’s five point post game analysis. Let’s get to it. A lot of good things happened to good people yesterday. Coach Ernest Hawkins will have the field at Memorial Stadium named after him, and I am so thrilled to have been there when it was announced. This was long overdue, and…
Some of you may have received a letter from University President Dr. Ray Keck that outlined what has been going on in Commerce in relation to both the school and town. A lot of things coming up so let’s get to what is going on and why we Lions should be excited. In his letter,…
Ahhh…..the bye week. The first time I have had one since I started blogging in 2012. With the exception of the weeks The Lions had to prepare for the Bowls in 2013 and 2014. So, I am going to go off the radar the rest of the week but leave some bits here and start…
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