TexasTerror
January 30th, 2006, 07:16 AM
What we've known for sometime is now official. Two Big 12 games, one SEC game and we now have learned that NW State will play Delaware State. Pretty nice I-AA matchup for the Demons!
Three I-A teams dot NSU schedule
Ole Miss, Kansas, Baylor to face Demons on football field.
January 30, 2006
By Scott Ferrell
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Northwestern State will get a double dose of the Big 12 Conference to open the 2006 football season.
The Demons open the season at Kansas on Sept. 2 and then travel to Baylor on Sept. 9. NSU will also play Delaware State on Sept. 16 and at Ole Miss on Nov. 4 in addition to its Southland Conference schedule.
"I think it's a good schedule," NSU athletic director Greg Burke said. "Obviously, it's a very challenging schedule but I think it speaks well to the competitive level of our program to be able to play that kind of schedule. We recruit the kind of players that can play that type of schedule."
That type of schedule could be particularly tough at the start of the season with the trips to Kansas and Baylor.
"I think if you could lay it out ideally you may not want to have them back to back," Burke said. "At the same time, we're excited about the opportunity, especially excited about the game in Waco because we have got such a strong presence with our alumni base and our student base in the east part of Texas.
"That was the third piece. We already had the other two (Kansas and Ole Miss). That was exciting to us because of what it would mean for our alumni and students."
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060130/SPORTS02/601300307/1001/SPORTS
Three I-A teams dot NSU schedule
Ole Miss, Kansas, Baylor to face Demons on football field.
January 30, 2006
By Scott Ferrell
[email protected]
Northwestern State will get a double dose of the Big 12 Conference to open the 2006 football season.
The Demons open the season at Kansas on Sept. 2 and then travel to Baylor on Sept. 9. NSU will also play Delaware State on Sept. 16 and at Ole Miss on Nov. 4 in addition to its Southland Conference schedule.
"I think it's a good schedule," NSU athletic director Greg Burke said. "Obviously, it's a very challenging schedule but I think it speaks well to the competitive level of our program to be able to play that kind of schedule. We recruit the kind of players that can play that type of schedule."
That type of schedule could be particularly tough at the start of the season with the trips to Kansas and Baylor.
"I think if you could lay it out ideally you may not want to have them back to back," Burke said. "At the same time, we're excited about the opportunity, especially excited about the game in Waco because we have got such a strong presence with our alumni base and our student base in the east part of Texas.
"That was the third piece. We already had the other two (Kansas and Ole Miss). That was exciting to us because of what it would mean for our alumni and students."
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060130/SPORTS02/601300307/1001/SPORTS