I once heard a story about a hiker who had gotten lost in the thick mountain forests of Southern Colorado. He was at least 3 miles from his base camp when he had gone off the trail. He cut his way to and fro among the dense woods, but could not find his way back…
Greetings, Lion fans, and the staff here at The Wire hopes everyone is staying safe and healthy as things begin to return to normal. Again, we’re one day closer to a solution. Ordinarily, we would be breaking down the match up against the Lions week six opponent, the Knights of Middle Georgia State. Alas, there…
In many Football programs across the country, there is somewhat of an initiation for new players who come into the program. Usually it involves pain, a test of endurance, and an attempt to see who has what it takes to be in that respective program. For over 60 years, there was a tradition that every…
Greetings, Lion fans, and the staff here at The Wire would like to wish everyone health and happiness, and we hope you are staying safe. We are closer to a solution. In this week’s edition of the 2020 season preview, we’ll break down the Lions week five matchup with the Cougars of Azusa Pacific University,…
Contrary to what some might think or might not even know, Texas A&M-Commerce/East Texas State has a strong tradition in Men’s Basketball, and as many know has had a lot of recent success in Women’s Hoops. This past season saw the largest attended Women’s game in program history as the Lion Women took down defending…
Billy and I here at The Wire wanted to pass along the best of birthday wishes to our editor and, more importantly, our friend, Brian Pate. Brian’s love for Commerce, superb writing style, and willingness to take a chance with a couple of older Lions make him a great friend. Happy Birthday, sir.
Lion Wire contributor Billy Minor has a ton of great stories when it comes to his playing days. The two time All-LSC Receiver and 1990 conference champion told us the story of playing in one of the best small college towns in America, Pittsburg, Kansas. B.Minor recounts; ” I saw for me what was the…
The 1980 football season in Commerce was eagerly anticipated. After a lackluster 4-7 season in 1978, 1979 showed promise despite an average looking 5-5 record. They had shut out the defending NAIA champions in Texas A&I, and were in the hunt for a conference title until the very end of the season. The Wizard of…
Greetings, Lion fans. Here’s hoping everyone is staying safe, healthy, and in these uncertain times, sane. We here at The Wire are doing our best to help everyone through these days. We’re one day closer to a solution. In this week’s edition of the 2020 season preview, we take a look at one of the…
This is Part 3 in a Multi-Part series of the great traditions of our Alma Mater. In sports, the old saying goes that “defense wins championships.” Personally I have not bought totally into that, I prefer that “the best defense is an unstoppable offense.” That being said, nobody can doubt that a team that plays…
This is Part 2 in a Multi-Part series of the great traditions of our Alma Mater. Part of this article is taken from my piece on the Championship Chronicles for the 1958 team. Every great college team has a tradition. Texas A&M has yell practice the night before home games. Texas Tech picks members of…
Greetings, Lion fans, and we here at The Wire hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. We’re starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel. In this edition of the 2020 season preview, we take a closer look at the Bowie State Bulldogs, who make the trek south to Commerce from Maryland…
Just a little more quarantine fun. The only qualification to make this team is to have been a teammate of mine at East Texas State. Each guy will have the year they played labeled. That means players who roamed the Hawk between 88-92. This is strictly my picks. Again we will do it two-deep style…
This is Part 1 in a Multi-Part series of the great traditions of Alma Mater Dear. In the Fall of 1964, Sports Illustrated visited the small hamlet of Commerce, Texas to feature the Football program of East Texas State College. They were there to cover the recent passing of Head Coach J.V. Sikes, and the…
Before I get started in revealing who I believe is the greatest ETSU/TAMUC football team ever, I just wanted to say a few words with this being Easter (or as I call it, Resurrection Sunday). First I wanted to wish everyone a Blessed Sunday and let everyone know those of us at the Wire are…
Greetings, Lion fans. The staff here at The Wire hope all of you are staying safe and healthy during all of this madness. We’re one day closer to a solution. To help everyone maintain their sanity during these uncertain times, today we’ll take a look at what has become the Lions most bitter rival, the…
Greetings, Lion fans. The staff here at The Wire hopes that all are remaining safe and healthy during this unprecedented time. Like all of you, we much rather be covering the Blue-Gold game, discussing position battles, and, in addition, seeing just how far the Lady Lion basketball team would go. Softball. Track and Field. Golf.…
So as I prepare to submit my nominations for the Texas A&M-Commerce athletic Hall of Fame, I want to focus this year on another teammate that I feel has waited long enough…Allen Roulette. Allen was a 4 year Letterman for the the Lion teams from 1985-1988. While the squads he played on early did not…
Note: The following information is NOT from the Texas A&M-Commerce Athletic Department. It is from the releases of the Lone Star Conference. The Lone Star Conference has just announced that all spring sports and postseason sports have been cancelled due to the Coronavirus emergency that has now hit the national, state, and local levels. This…
Yesterday the Lion Football program released the 2020 Football schedule that had some nice surprises and some thought provoking things came to mind. With what returns next year, is this the year that the Lions go undefeated during the regular season for the first time since 1953? We will have weekly preview during the offseason…
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