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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.
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A Saints Season To Remember And Forget
Sean Payton survived 2021. But you can’t blame him if he had some PTSD flashbacks from Hurricane Katrina some 15 years ago. It was 2006 when Payton became the New Orleans Saints’ head coach
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New Head Cowboy Pulling The Reins
As expected, Gary Goff said all the right things for a 48-year-old football coach who has been around the game for his entire adult life. Goff emphasized his culture of toughness and discipline, winning
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
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Conference Chess Match
A full dose of college football games is played on the field every week. While those games are seen and known about, there are more than a few games of sorts being waged behind
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