The athletic department at Texas State is encouraging tailgating Saturday at Bobcat Stadium, where the annual Maroon vs. Gold football scrimmage will give fans a look at the Bobcats well before the 2010 season.
Texas State’s 2010 football schedule includes six home games, including five within a span of seven weeks. The Bobcats will open at Houston and close at Sam Houston State, with their first home game on Sept. 11 against Southern Arkansas and their last coming on Nov. 6 against Central Arkansas.
The Texas State football team began spring drills Monday as they gun for their third straight winning season under head coach Brad Wright. The Bobcats will return six offensive starters, another eight on defense and three kickers. The Maroon-Gold Spring Game is scheduled for March 20.
Texas State announced Tuesday morning that it has signed head football coach Brad Wright to a three-year contract extension. The university also extended the contracts of four other coaches.
A football season ended at Texas State as one hasn’t ended around here in a while. The Bobcats aren’t going to the playoffs after their 28-20 win Saturday against Sam Houston State at Bobcat Stadium, but neither are they mopping their brows over the end to a dismal story.
The Texas State Bobcats lost a hard-fought game to McNeese State, 30-27, at Bobcat Stadium Saturday night, all but ending their hopes to win the Southland Conference and advance to the NCAA playoffs.
The football season won’t end at Texas State Saturday evening, but some kind of finality will almost certainly be established by the result between the Bobcats and McNeese State at Bobcat Stadium (6 p.m.).
The Texas State football team will continue its grind towards the Southland Conference Championship Saturday night at Central Arkansas (6 p.m.). The Bobcats have won three straight games.
The Texas State defense shut down Stephen F. Austin’s prolific offense, while Texas State quarterback Bradley George threw for 324 yards and four touchdowns Saturday afternoon, leading the Bobcats to an unquestionable 28-7 win against Stephen F. Austin at Bobcat Stadium. The Bobcats, SFA, McNeese State and Southeastern Louisiana now are in a four-way tie for first place in the Southland Conference.
Texas State faces a tough run of four games to end the football season, none tougher than Saturday’s homecoming meeting with Stephen F. Austin, which ranks in the top 15 nationally behind gun-slinging quarterback Jeremy Moses.
