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New Head Cowboy Pulling The Reins

Rick Sarro January 21, 2022 Comments Off on 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

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Buried But Not Dead

Rick Sarro October 28, 2021 Comments Off on 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

Rick Sarro October 8, 2021 Comments Off on 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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McNeese Cowboys: Spring Forward to Fall

Rick Sarro September 20, 2021 Comments Off on McNeese Cowboys: Spring Forward to Fall

Story by Rick Sarro  Photo Courtesy of MSU Sports Information McNeese is part of a unique football fraternity as one of a small number of teams that played a spring season just a few

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Road Well Traveled

Rick Sarro June 20, 2019 Comments Off on Road Well Traveled

Fair or not, in the landscape of collegiate athletics, with the Power Five, mid-majors and all others, a program is judged on whether play continues after the regular season ends. Postseason conference tournaments, bowl

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Ho-Hum Transfer

Rick Sarro June 6, 2019 Comments Off on Ho-Hum Transfer

When Cameron Smith was recruited and signed out of Delray Beach, Fla., more than a year and a half ago, there was no doubt he was considered the heir apparent at quarterback for the

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New Season With Familiar Faces

Rick Sarro March 7, 2019 Comments Off on New Season With Familiar Faces

By Rick Sarro It’s very rare for a college baseball team to have two or three players back for a fourth season. The usual culprits come into play: graduation cycles, being a junior college

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Star Search

Rick Sarro December 21, 2018 Comments Off on Star Search

By Rick Sarro Over the past year, the McNeese State athletic department has fired two of the program’s highest-profile head coaches — a thing that’s never been done before: at least in the department’s

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Basketball Rebirth

Rick Sarro December 6, 2018 Comments Off on Basketball Rebirth

The McNeese Cowboys’ new head basketball coach Heath Schroyer has been somewhat akin to the CEO of a company going public on the New York Stock Exchange. Since his hiring in March, Schroyer has

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Weathering The Southland Storm

Rick Sarro November 16, 2018 Comments Off on Weathering The Southland Storm

By Rick Sarro You didn’t think this Southland race was going to proceed through the fall without some drama did you? The McNeese Cowboys were sitting pretty atop the league just a few weeks

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