Daily Roundup 12-18

West Texas A&M releases 2009 football schedule
West Texas A&M released its football schedule for 2009, and the Buffs will face three teams that qualified for this past season's NCAA Division II playoffs.

WT opens the season at home against perennial power Grand Valley State. Abilene Christian and Central Oklahoma are the other playoff teams on the schedule, which has five home games and six road games.

WT plays Texas A&M-Kingsville at home Sept. 26, and that will mark the 50th anniversary of the Buffs' first game at Kimbrough. On Sept. 26, 1959, the Buffs played Arizona State in the first football game Kimbrough.

Aug. 29: vs. Grand Valley State
Sept. 5: vs. Central Oklahoma
Sept. 12: at Central Washington
Sept. 19: at Southwestern Oklahoma State
Sept. 26: vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville
Oct. 3: at Midwestern State
Oct. 10: vs. Eastern New Mexico
Oct. 17: at Abilene Christian
Oct. 24: vs. Angelo State
Oct. 31: at Northeastern State
Nov. 7: at Tarleton State

Coaching saga at LSU is on final legs
NSU was making tentative plans for a press conference for Friday or Monday to announce a new coach.

ASU roundup
Buffs face OPSU
Texas A&M-Kingsville surges past MSSU women
ACU takes third straight victory
College notebook
Commerce star nets 30, has help to beat MSU

Harding's Ross Conn Selected to Cactus Bowl
Washington and Dowdell to Play in Cactus Bowl