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Loom-ing Problems
I have always likened New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis to Steph Curry at the free throw line. He hardly ever misses. Uh, until 2022 or thereabouts. I wouldn’t say Loomis, the consummate
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McNeese’s G.O.A.T.
How can the man with the most accomplished and decorated sports career in McNeese school history be so grateful about having a simple basketball court named in his honor? The answer is simple but
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LSU: From Chumps To Champs
Former LSU coach Ed Orgeron had college football’s best Hollywood script going while it lasted. The Cajun born on the bayous of Larose finally got his dream job as the Tigers’ head coach and
Read More »Slip Sliding Away
The two highest profile and most notable first-year head football coaches in Louisiana have their teams going in opposite directions. My GPS must have been wacky back in August, because I thought Brian Kelly
Read More »In The Cards
It may not be to the exact week or month, but as the McNeese football fortunes were descending in 2018, Incarnate Word began its rise from the football ashes, so to speak. And if
Read More »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
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POTENTIAL, PROMISE, AND PITFALLS: THE 2022 MCNEESE COWBOYS
By Rick Sarro I can offer up a slew of metaphors to describe McNeese’s 2022 football program and the season fast approaching. The Cowboys, with their fourth head coach since 2018, are building from scratch.
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
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The Saints’ New Path
We’ve come to learn that former New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton was much more popular and in demand than first thought. Recent reports outlined that the Miami Dolphins were ready to shell
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
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