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Early Impressions
Pokes, Tigers, And Saints Three words come to mind regarding the three aforementioned football clubs so early in the season. Patience. Transition. Expectations. I will give you a few seconds to couple those three
Read More »Hogs At The Trough
I don’t know how much more I can take. Before too long, I will require some form of sports therapy to sort out all these titanic changes, but even after that, I’m not sure
Read More »Construction Zone Ahead
McNeese coach Gary Goff is in the business of building a football program. And like many businesses around the region, state and country, he is short on workers. For now, anyway. On a weekly
Read More »Polar Opposites
With first-year head coaches and almost entirely new rosters, I didn’t expect sterling results from either of McNeese’s basketball teams this season. The Cowboys and Cowgirls have both surprised me, but in totally different
Read More »Sean Payton: A Sweet Sixteen Years
Just a few weeks ago in these pages of Lagniappe I wrote a column on the season that was for the New Orleans Saints and what their priorities would be for the upcoming off-season.
Read More »From Touchdown Jesus To Death Valley
I’m sure LSU athletic director Scott Woodward has caught his share of largemouth bass, speckled trout, maybe a few monster reds and a trophy tarpon or two. He can now add a whale to
Read More »Thanks But No Thanks
McNeese Sacks The WAC I have said for years now that McNeese had to get off their keisters, get their athletic house in order and make an aggressive run at moving out of FCS
Read More »Dream Job Comes To An End
There is an old saying used by those who are fishing on the bayou. “Cut bait.” Simply put, you cut the line. It doesn’t matter what hook, lure, bait or move is on when
Read More »Buried But Not Dead
You haven’t forgotten about the McNeese Cowboys have you? Based on the fans’ attendance over the two home games so far, I have to ask the question. You Blue and Gold diehards, don’t take
Read More »Spring Sports Shutdown At MSU
A light switch comes to mind as a good metaphor for how the McNeese Cowboys basketball season extended into tournament play on a Dru Kuxhausen 3 pointer with .5 seconds left. That same light
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