Halftime: Texas A&M-Commerce-3, California-Davis-31
Lions finally get on the board and get the ball to start the second half.
End of Quarter 1-Texas A&M-Commerce-0, California-Davis-10
Go Lions
Week 1-Texas A&M-Commerce Lions VS. # 16 California-Davis Aggies-Storylines, Impact Players, and Stuff You Need To Know
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…
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The Blue Gang Notebook: Aggie Offense vs. Lion Defense.
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…
The Lion Wire’s 2023 Rules For The Road & What To Expect
T Minus 5 Days until kickoff for 2023. Our Volleyball team and Soccer teams have already started their season and notched impressive wins already. For those of you who have been following us for a while I want to take this chance to thank you for all your support as We start year number 11…
The Pre Snap Read: Lion Offense vs. Aggie Defense.
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…
Lion Football 2023: Ranking The Opponents
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.…
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Texas A&M-Commerce Lions: 2023 Season Preview
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…
Division I Diatribes: Babies and Bathwater
It has been a busy and interesting past 3 years if you are a Texas A&M-Commerce or East Texas State Lion. As I was preparing to write this newest diatribe, I had to think carefully about how I could express some thoughts and ideas in a positive way, while at the same time not trying…
Scatter Shooting, Part Two: Waiting Impatiently
Greetings, Lion fans, and it’s almost that time of year again. The Bible of football in Texas, Dave Campbell’s, has finally arrived. Dave Campbell’s Texas Football. It has been a staple of media coverage in the state since 1960. What began with Dave Campbell himself, a sportswriter and editor for the Waco Tribune Herald, and…
The Lion Wire’s Call The Roll Podcast-NIL Goes to Washington, and The Other Lions.
Hawkins’ Last Hurrah-1983 East Texas State Lions
As we head into yet another season of Lion football, 40 years ago there was a team that faced many of the challenges that the current team faces today. They were in their second year moving up classifications, they were on the lower end of the financial totem pole, and there was change on the…
The Lion Wire’s Call The Roll Podcast New Episode: Cardinal Red
Roll Called-Johnie Hurndon 1968-2023
Another Lion has answered the roll call. Johnie Herndon lettered at East Texas State from 1988-1989, where he was an All-LSC Conference Back in 1989 and an integral part of the 1988’s team resurgence back into the Lone Star Conference. Before his time in Commerce, Herndon was an outstanding back for the Dangerfield Tigers of…
The Lion Wire’s Call the Roll Podcast-Howling About the Huskies
Division I Diatribes: Return Serve
When the announcement was made that Texas A&M-Commerce would become a Division I NCAA institution, most of you know I did not agree with the decision. However, there was a hope that maybe the school would add some sports we either used to have or had never really had, such as Baseball or Soccer for…
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