Thursday, August 13, 2015

Around the LSC...

AVCA Preseason Poll
Coming in at #22, West Texas A&M is the only LSC team ranked in the preseason poll.  Angelo State and Tarleton State are receiving votes.

Tampa, Concordia-St. Paul, Southwest Minnesota State, Minnesota Duluth, and Nebraska-Kearney are the top five ranked squads.  Other regional schools ranked are #8 Colorado School of Mines and #10 Colorado Mesa.
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Rams open fall camp to media, debut at No. 13 - Paul Harris, San Angelo Standard Times
Tarleton receives votes, but not enough to crack preseason top 25 -  Brad Keith, theflashtoday
TexAnns, All-American Roberts embrace higher expectations -  Brad Keith, theflashtoday

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AFCA Preseason Poll
Angelo State checks in at #13, while Texas A&M-Commerce is #22.  West Texas A&M, Midwestern State and Tarleton State also are receiving votes.

Minnesota-Mankato, last year's runner-up is the choice at #1, with defending champion Colorado State Pueblo right behind at #2.  Minnesota-Duluth, West Georgia and Northwest Missouri round out the top five.

In what could be the top matchup of the season, #1 and #3 square off in week one in Mankato.

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Good news LSC fans, it appears that Scripps has changed their online access again, this time in our favor.  So, for now at least, we have some LSC news to share.  Enjoy it while it lasts...

Buffalo Football returns - Kale Steed, Amarillo Globe News
Javelinas open practice for 2015 season - KIII-TV (video)


Rams open fall camp days after teammate's death - Paul Harris, San Angelo Standard Times
Christian Taylor mourned online, at ASU - Jennifer Rios, San Angelo Standard Times
ASU football player shot, killed by officer in Arlington - Paul Harris, San Angelo Standard Times
Lions picked to finish second in conference in 2015 - Caleb Slinkard, Commerce Journal
Now at defensive end, highly-touted Speed still recovering from foot fracture - Brad Keith, theflashtoday
PHOTOS: Texans hit gridiron for start of fall camp -  Brad Keith, theflashtoday
Two-time all-state Yellow Jacket Manley transferring to Tarleton -  Brad Keith, theflashtoday
‘Woerner is the guy’ at QB for Tarleton
Experienced O-line means better sleep for Tarleton head coach
Javelinas open drills with plenty of new faces - George Vondracek, Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Mustangs picked 3rd - Times Record News
Top-flight QB makes Angelo St. the LSC favorite - Andy Newberry, Times Record News
WT picked 5th in LSC - Kale Steed, Amarillo Globe News
WT kicker named to watch list - Kale Steed, Amarillo Globe News
Hounds start practice Tuesday - Portales News Tribune

Lone Star Conference

Angelo State University

Cameron University

Eastern New Mexico University

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Texas A&M-Commerce

Tarleton State University

Texas A&M-Kingsville

Texas Woman's College

University of Texas of the Permian Basin

West Texas A&M University

Western New Mexico