McNeese State Cowboys NCAA Football News

WEB EXCLUSIVE: The trumpeting sound of the Longhorn band could be heard throughout Cowboys Stadium Saturday before the Big 12 Championship.

Everyone involved with McNeese State football is still frustrated, including the head coach.

AP photo UNH's Brian McNally, left, and Lance Mailloux, right, contain McNeese State's Toddrick Pendland in the third quarter of Saturday's NCAA playoff game in Lake Charles, La.

Practicing on a field that sinks a good 10 feet from stadium entrance level, the University of New Hampshire football team was reminded one more time on Friday that it was in uncharted territory.

After watching the University of New Hampshire football team hold explosive McNeese State to its lowest point total of the season in Saturday's 49-13 Division I first-round game, local followers marveled at the defense.

Before The University of New Hampshire's 49-13 win over McNeese State was a rout, it was a tight game in the third quarter that could have tipped either way.

Like a wonderfully seasoned bowl of gumbo, all the ingredients came together for the University of New Hampshire football team on Saturday.

R.J. Toman and his University of New Hampshire buddies tossed footballs around Cowboy Stadium -- "The Hole" as they call it in these parts -- on the edge of the McNeese State University campus.

AP photo Villanova wide receiver Mike Reynolds, right, picks up a fumble in front of UNH linebacker Terrence Klein during the fourth quarter at Cowell Stadium Saturday.AP photo Villanova wide receiver Mike Reynolds, right, picks up a fumble in front of UNH linebacker Terrence Klein during the fourth quarter at Cowell Stadium Saturday.

Like their respective teams, which shared the 2009 Southland Conference championship, McNeese State quarterback Derrick Fourroux and Stephen F. Austin signal caller Jeremy Moses were named the league's co-players of the year Tuesday in conjunction with the release of the all-conference teams, which were selected by a vote of the conference's head ...

McNeese State football coach Matt Viator and running back Toddrick Pendland are among 20 candidates for The Sports Network's Eddie Robinson and Walter Payton awards.

You could pore over the field with a magnifying glass and an atlas and still not match up the University of New Hampshire football team with a more unfamiliar postseason opponent.

Bernardo Henry's third-quarter touchdown run proved to be the winning score and McNeese State clinched a tie for the Southland Conference championship with a 21-17 victory over Central Arkansas on Saturday night.

Diego Kapelan scored 12 points to pace McNeese State in a 73-36 rout over Louisiana College on Saturday.

League power McNeese State and upstart Stephen F. Austin, both 5-1 in the league, will be in football games with their title hopes on the line.

Texas State had one minute, 30 seconds to save its season last Saturday night against McNeese State.

The Southland Conference doesn't lack for drama. Four teams are tied for first place with two games to go.

When you think of consistency in the Southland Conference, your eyes should go one place on the map - Lake Charles, La.

The Southland Conference championship chase will be cut in half Saturday. The four 4-1 teams - Stephen F. Austin, Southeastern Louisiana, Texas State and McNeese State - are in games, one in Hammond, La., the other in San Marcos.

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