By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The ACU football team won't be going to the playoffs this year. Despite a valiant effort by the Wildcat defense and redshirt freshman Danieal Manning, ACU fell 10-7 to Texas A&M-Kingsville at Shotwell Stadium Saturday, erasing all hopes of making the postseason. ACU (5-4, 4-1 Lone Star Conference South) had to be ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Talk about drama. Saturday's Lone Star Conference South Division matchup at Shotwell Stadium with No. 3-ranked Texas A&M-Kingsville has plenty of it. First, there's the playoff question. ACU still can qualify for the postseason, but only if the Cats are ranked in the top four of the final Division II West Region ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor It might as well have been scripted. Perhaps it was the way Danieal Manning fielded Texas A&M-Commerce's second-half kickoff from the 3-yard line and darted up the middle of the field. Or the way the redshirt freshman safety took the hit to his shoulderpad at the 20, re-adjusted and took the ball 97 yards to ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor When Midwestern State jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter of Saturday's ACU Homecoming game, the Wildcats found themselves with their backs against the wall. The feeling, however, was nothing new for the team. "We had our backs against the wall going into it," redshirt freshman safety Danieal Manning ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor On paper, the ACU football team is solid in Homecoming games. Since 1920, the Wildcats have gone 46-28-1 in the 75 Homecoming games they've played. On emotion, however, ACU is always sky-high come Homecoming game day. On Saturday, ACU welcomes Lone Star Conference South Division rival Midwestern State to Shotwell ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor As the doctor went to slap the X-ray on the light board, time froze for Colby Freeman. Two days before, the senior quarterback for ACU had been sandwiched by a pair of Angelo State defenders en route to a 3-yard touchdown scamper and knocked out cold. When he woke up, his left arm hurt-bad. The Brownwood native ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor It might've been Angelo State's Homecoming, but after ACU's 39-23 win in San Angelo Saturday, the Wildcats were the team that came home the happiest. For the first time since 1983, ACU beat the Rams on their home turf and did so with a potent ground attack that starred two underrated running backs. Junior Wil-lie ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The junior varsity football team got a lot of help from its defense but not enough from its offense, dropping its season finale, 18-15 to Cisco Junior College at Shotwell Stadium Monday. After freshman quarterback Brock Pierce went down with a knee injury in the third quarter, the team couldn't regain its ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor As history would indicate, Angelo State football coach Jerry Vandergriff doesn't have much to worry about going into Saturday's ASU Homecoming game against ACU. After all, throughout his 22 seasons coaching the Rams, he has lost to the Wildcats just five times. Even worse, ACU hasn't won in San Angelo since a 23-9 ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The ACU football team outran and outpassed unbeaten opponent Central Oklahoma in Saturday's Lone Star Conference crossover game in Edmond, Okla., but couldn't seem to outscore the Bronchos-who took advantage of ACU's numerous mistakes and prevailed, 17-14. UCO all but handed ACU the football game, but the nervous ... [Read More…]