Blake Joseph News

After falling asleep in the second half, the Sam Houston State Bearkats suffered a 28-20 loss to rival Texas State this weekend.

Texas State quarterback Bradley George felt the pain of losing the final game of his senior season before.

Cornerback Jarvis Pippen knew the Bearkats needed a big play to have any hope at rallying to tie Saturday's game against Texas State.

Sam Houston State's young defense finally grew up last week in a 17-14 victory over Central Arkansas.

Sam Houston State is becoming a haven for cast-off FBS quarterbacks. Three years ago, Rhett Bomar left Oklahoma in search of more playing time.

The University of Central Arkansas Bears limped out of the piney woods of east Texas on Saturday, again the victim of self-inflicted wounds and riddled by a blitzing, clawing defense by the Sam Houston Bearkats.

The Bearkats defense that gave up more than 600 yards of offense and 63 points to McNeese State last week looked like a completely different team on Saturday.

Ahead of the pack. McNeese running back Todd Pendland breaks free from the back as he runs for a touchdown.

The injuries keep piling up, but the Bearkats' latest could be the biggest. Sam Houston State senior running back James Aston is likely done for the rest of the season after suffering an ACL injury in the first half of last week's win over Northwestern State.

Matt Hogan kicked a 51-yard field goal as time expired to lift No. 13 Houston to a 46-45 victory against Tulsa on Saturday night, finishing off another thrilling comeback led by quarterback Case Keenum.

Toddrick Pendland rushed for 171 yards and four touchdowns and McNeese State rolled up 608 yards of offense in a 63-42 victory over Sam Houston State on Saturday night.

The Southland Conference football race looks like it will be a photo finish. Stephen F. Austin's 28-7 loss to Texas State Saturday threw the league race into a four-team scramble of one-loss squads that includes SFA, Southeastern Louisiana, Texas State and McNeese.

If there is a good thing about the 0-8 Northwestern State Demons, it's that they have resurrected a struggling offense.

The Bearkats insist that they are not taking Northwestern State lightly and that the Demons' 0-7 record doesn't mean a thing.

Blake Joseph threw for 332 yards and two touchdowns, ran for another score and Jason Madkins caught seven passes for 147 yards and two TDs as Sam Houston State got past winless Northwestern State 34-30 in a back-and-fourth contest Saturday night.

While the Southland Conference football season won't pass the midway mark until after Saturday's games, the upcoming flip of the calendar from October to November signifies that the race is intensifying.

Sam Houston State played about as bad offensively as it could last week in a 37-21 loss at Southeastern Louisiana.

The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks took out five years of frustration on the Bearkats on Saturday afternoon at Homer Bryce Stadium.

Wins against Southland Conference contenders the last two Saturdays have put the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks into the position where every game holds big-time ramifications.

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette and Southeastern Louisiana University are aiming to keep their respective conference winning streaks going, while Tulane is looking to notch its first Conference USA win of the season to highlight today's games involving state football teams.