College Football: The last time the Bobcats and Lions squared off (10-10-09)

Box Score — Southeastern Louisiana 51, Texas State 50 (OT)

Fan reactions (via Twitter)...

@aamcneil48MOH — "My girlfriend's folks were with us at the game. I believe [Justin Garelick] had already missed an extra point earlier in the game and when Texas State lined up to kick that fateful extra point, he says 'They should just go for two. He's gonna miss it again.' And then he did. I have never disliked my girlfriend's dad more than at that moment."

@JohnMcElfresh — "NO!"

@broncohighway — "Not sure you can print any of [mine]."

College Football: A few interviews with members of the Texas State football team

Texas State Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach Slade Nagle talks about true freshman QB Tyler Arndt's progression...

Nagle by Tyler Mayforth


Texas State redshirt freshman Dexter Imade on going up against Southeastern Louisiana's tough run defense...

Imade by Tyler Mayforth

College Football: Garelick wants retribution from last season's game against Southeastern

Chances are — if you're a Texas State football fan — you remember last year's game against Southeastern Louisiana.

The Bobcats took a 24-point lead with 11 minutes, 44 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter but soon collapsed. Texas State squandered the advantage and allowed the Lions to send the game into overtime. Click here for the box score.

Once in the extra frame Southeastern Louisiana struck first, leaving the game in the hands of the Bobcats' offense. Texas State scored the soon-to-be game-tying touchdown but then-freshman kicker Justin Garelick bounced the ensuing extra point off the upright.

While fans were in shock for the next week, Garelick didn't take too long to rebound. Garelick got it out of his system the next Tuesday at practice (converted 30 extra-point attempts) and then went on to earn Southland Conference Special Teams Player of the Week honors.

Don't think Garelick forgot last year's game though. He's ready for retribution.

Garelick SLU by Tyler Mayforth

College Football: Quotes and such from Tuesday's press conferences

Southeastern Louisiana head coach Mike Lucas

• On how many times he watched the game tape from the Lions' 51-50 win last year — "We definitely showed it a lot during recruiting."
• On how pre-existing injuries might hurt his team this Saturday — "We need to get some key guys back or it won't be very competitive."
• In his opening statement — "When we held our meetings on Sunday, we showed our guys the tape of [Justin Garelick's] extra point hitting the upright last year and us running on their field. We told them, 'You can bet [Texas State head coach] Brad Wright is showing his team the same thing to get them fired up.'"

Texas State head coach Brad Wright

• On the use of last year's game tape to fire up his team — "I haven't showed them yet and probably won't for a while. There's no sense in getting them fired up to have their best performance of the week on Tuesday or Thursday."
• On what his team learned from last year's collapse — "After that loss we had the second-best record in the Southland Conference. We learned that we needed to play hard for all four quarters in order to be successful in this league."
• On what he expects out of Southeastern Louisiana — "What we're going to see is a very disciplined football team. Coach Lucas and his staff do a great job down there getting their young men ready to play. They like to run a lot of different sets on both offense and defense and have talent on both sides of the ball."

Texas State Assistant Head Coach/Co-Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line Coach Ben Norton

• On Southeastern Louisiana head coach Mike Lucas — "I worked with him for four years at Sam Houston State and believe me, he's a defensive mastermind. He's like the guy from 'A Beautiful Mind.' He'll draw up 10,000 plays for us and try to work them all in the game somehow."
  

College Football: How Mayforth voted in the Oct. 4th TSN Top 25 Poll

1. Delaware
2. Appalachian State
3. Jacksonville State
4. William & Mary
5. Stephen F. Austin
6. James Madison
7. Massachusetts
8. South Carolina State
9. Montana State
10. Villanova
11. Richmond
12. Northern Iowa
13. Eastern Washington
14. Cal Poly
15. Texas State
16. Georgia Southern
17. South Dakota
18. Liberty
19. Southern Illinois
20. Montana
21. Central Arkansas
22. Elon
23. North Dakota State
24. SE Missouri State
25. Western Illinois

College Football: A preview of how Mayforth voted in the Oct. 4th TSN Top 25

Pretty simple to rearrange the Top 5 this week.

1. Delaware -- Undefeated, beat JMU without Pat Devlin
2. App. St. -- Couldn't move the Mountaineers up or down
3. Jacksonville St. -- Thwarting upset bids left and right
4. William & Mary -- Second-best team in a tough conference
5. Stephen F. Austin -- Can't move them up any further

What are you doing during the off-week?