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The Blue Gang Notebook: Falcons Offense vs. Lions Defense

Greetings, Lions fans, and in this week’s edition of the Notebook, we’ll take a closer look at the match up this Saturday afternoon in Commerce, America, between the Lions and the Falcons of UT-Permian Basin. In last week’s 34-20 win over West Texas A&M, the Blue Gang, in usual fashion, gave up a touchdown on…

November 7, 2019 in Commentary & Previews, News & Commentary.

The Pre Snap Read: Lions Offense vs. Falcons Defense

Greetings, Lion fans, and after two pre dawn airplane flights, and being reminded of just how cold it can get in the Texas Panhandle, we’re back at it to break down the upcoming match up between the Lions of Texas A&M-Commerce, and the UT-Permian Basin Falcons. Thoughts on last week…..while not a pretty win, the…

November 5, 2019 in Commentary & Previews, Lion Football, News & Commentary.

The Blue Gang Notebook: Lions Defense vs. Buffaloes Defense

Greetings, Lion fans, and in this week’s edition of the Notebook, we’ll take a closer look at the Buffaloes of West Texas A&M. In last week’s victory over Western New Mexico, the run defense of the Lions stood tall, allowing just over 2 yards per rush attempt. While they did surrender 315 yards passing to…

October 31, 2019 in Commentary & Previews, Lion Football, News & Commentary.

The Blue Gang Notebook: Lions Defense vs. Mustangs Offense

Greetings, Lion fans, I apologize for the delay in this week’s Notebook, but like most sports fans in the Houston area, I got involved in watching the Astros in the World Series. Now, it’s back to business, and a look at a homecoming match up with the Western New Mexico Mustangs. In last week’s loss…

October 25, 2019 in Commentary & Previews, Lion Football, News & Commentary.

The Pre Snap Read: Lions Offense vs. Mustangs Defense

Greetings, Lion fans, and after a disappointing weekend in Stephenville, it’s time for the Lions to pick themselves up, dust themselves off, and prepare for a Homecoming battle with the Mustangs of Western New Mexico. Before we break the upcoming match up down, lets take a quick look back at the Lions loss to Tarleton…

October 22, 2019 in Lion Football, News & Commentary.

The Blue Gang Notebook: Texans Offense vs. Lions Defense

Greetings, Lion fans, and in this week’s edition of the Notebook, we’ll take a look at the Lions toughest opponent of the season, the fourth ranked Tarleton State Texans. The Lions come into the game ranked 20th, and are fresh off of a 58-24 thrashing of rival Midwestern State. The Texans are undefeated at 6-0,…

October 17, 2019 in Commentary & Previews, Lion Football, News & Commentary.

The Pre Snap Read: Lions Offense vs. Texans Defense

Greetings, Lion fans. In this week’s edition of the Pre Snap Read, we take a closer look at what looks to be the de facto Lone Star Conference Championship game, vs. the fourth ranked Tarleton State Texans. The Lions are coming in on a roll. With last week’s 54-28 thrashing of Midwestern State, they seem…

October 15, 2019 in Commentary & Previews, Lion Football, News & Commentary.

The Blue Gang Notebook: Mustang Offense vs. Lions Defense

Greetings, Lions fans, and in this week’s edition of the Notebook, we’ll take a look at a team that has been a real thorn in our paws, Midwestern State. The past few seasons, the Mustangs have enjoyed upsetting the Lions season. Now, though, it’s time to return the favor. Before we begin, let’s take a…

October 10, 2019 in Commentary & Previews, Lion Football, News & Commentary.

The Pre Snap Read: Lion Offense vs. Mustang Defense

Greetings, Lions fans, and welcome to this week’s edition of the Pre Snap Read. The meat grinder of the Lions 2019 schedule begins this week with what has become one of the biggest rivalries at any level of college football in the state, our friends from out west in Wichita Falls, the Midwestern State Mustangs.…

October 8, 2019 in Commentary & Previews, Lion Football, News & Commentary.

# 21 Texas A&M-Commerce Lions-33, Texas A&M-Kingsville-6–5 Morning After Thoughts

Before we get to the five thoughts, The Lion Wire wanted to express our deepest sympathies to AD Tim McMurray and his family, as his Father passed away recently. I did not want to go public with it but in his post game interview, HC David Bailiff mentioned it and I wanted Tim to know…

October 6, 2019 in Lion Football, News & Commentary.

The Blue Gang Notebook: Javelina Offense vs. Lions Defense

Greetings, Lion fans, and welcome to this week’s edition of the Blue Gang Notebook. The Lions travel to the Rio Grande Valley to face a longtime Lone Star Conference foe the TAMUK Javelinas(for some of us older alums, it’s still Texas A&I.). The 1-3 Javelinas would like nothing better than to extend the Lions misery…

October 3, 2019 in Commentary & Previews, Lion Football, News & Commentary.

The Pre Snap Read: Lion Offense vs. Javelina Defense

Greetings, Lion fans, and this week, we’ll take a look at an old rival, the Javelinas of TAMU-Kingsville. First, though, this take a look back at was a very tough week. LOOKING BACK-The game against CSU-Pueblo was a very frustrating loss. There was no area the Thunderwolves particularly dominated in, yet the Lions still came…

October 2, 2019 in Commentary & Previews, Lion Football, News & Commentary.

The Blue Gang Notebook-TWolves Offense vs. Lion Defense

Greetings, Lion fans, and before we begin this week’s edition of the Notebook, I’d like to give a shout out to an assistant coach who I think deserves mention and congratulations. The Blue Gang was on the field last week for 82 plays, and almost 40 minutes. That’s just shy of three quarters. They were…

September 26, 2019 in Commentary & Previews, Lion Football, News & Commentary.

Midweek Minor Thoughts…week 4

Big game ahead for our Lions as they go to Colorado to attempt to avenge a loss from last season. A few thoughts to close out last week first though. Great job against a very good ENMU team. Our QB Smalls is the real deal. Special teams is still very special…and once our defense puts…

September 25, 2019 in Lion Football, News & Commentary.

The Pre Snap Read: Lion Offense vs. Thunderwolves Defense

Greetings, Lion fans, before we begin the in depth look at how the Lions stack up against the defense of the Thunderwolves of Colorado State-Pueblo, let’s do a quick review of the highs and lows of the victory over Eastern New Mexico: LOOKING BACK-The Blue Gang defense did an outstanding job of limiting the Greyhound…

September 24, 2019 in Commentary & Previews, Lion Football, News & Commentary.

Blue Gang Notebook: Greyhound Offense vs. Lion Defense

Greetings, Lion fans, and in this week’s edition of the Blue Gang Notebook, we’ll take a look at the triple option offense of the Greyhounds of Eastern New Mexico. First, though…. LOOKING BACK- The Blue Gang, despite some lapses in pass coverage, were at the top of their game last week. Given plenty of rest…

September 19, 2019 in Commentary & Previews, Lion Football, News & Commentary.

The Pre Snap Read: Lion Offense vs. Greyhound Defense

Greetings, Lion fans, now after a hard fought win in Pacific Northwest, this week, the Lions open Lone Star Conference play with an old foe, the Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds. Let’s take a look: LOOKING BACK-The Lions came out on top of a hard fought 34-27 game with Western Oregon. We got a first look…

September 17, 2019 in Commentary & Previews, Lion Football, News & Commentary.

The Blue Gang Notebook- Wolves Offense vs. Lions Defense

Greetings, Lion fans, and while it may be week 2 on the schedule, for your Lions, it really is week 1A. This time out, we take a closer look at the Western Oregon Wolves offense, and how they size up against the Blue Gang. It should be an interesting match up, so let’s dive right…

September 12, 2019 in Commentary & Previews, Lion Football, News & Commentary.

The Pre Snap Read: Lion Offense vs. Western Oregon Defense

Greetings, Lion fans, and welcome to this week’s edition of the Pre Snap Read, where we take a look at the defense of the Wolves of Western Oregon University. THE SKINNY- The Wolves are a member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, and are also home to Central Washington, an opponent Lion fans are familiar…

September 10, 2019 in Commentary & Previews, Lion Football, News & Commentary.

Blue Gang Notebook-Lion Defense vs. Tigres Offense

(Note: After all this time, I was finally able to get my name corrected for writing here on The Wire. Lionmojo I thought was a screen name, and I just was able to get it figured out. Thanks for you patience.) Greetings, Lion fans, and today in the Blue Gang Notebook, we’ll take a look…

September 5, 2019 in Commentary & Previews, Lion Football, News & Commentary.

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