By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Despite improved play from a year ago, the ACU football team has found itself in a strangely similar situation to that date: 0-2. Saturday's 34-17 loss to No. 5 California-Davis left the Wildcats with an empty win column and a tie for last place in the Lone Star Conference South Division. Improvement is seen, ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Coming off a 31-17 loss Central Arkansas, the football team travels to Division II powerhouse California-Davis this weekend. The No. 5 ranked Aggies were ranked No. 2 in last week's D2ootball.com Top 25 Poll, but lost 24-17 in their season opener to No. 1 Grand Valley State Saturday. "In my opinion, the better ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The ACU football team may have lost 31-17 to Central Arkansas on Saturday but was still able to see how it stood up to the No. 15-ranked team. The Wildcat's 17-point deficit at the final whistle Saturday was a drastically different outcome from last season's 49-point loss to UCA. "We made some progress over where ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor ACU football players aren't big on numbers. The fact that their first three opponents are all ranked in the top 15 and defeated the 'Cats by a combined score of 158-51 last season doesn't matter to them-they're just numbers. "Any given team can get beat on any Saturday," said junior offensive lineman Britt ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Writer Quarterback Colby Freeman took two snaps on the first play of the second half in last season's Sept. 29 game against Eastern New Mexico. First, there was the snap from the center, followed by the snap of his ankle as he was tackled. "I definitely knew something was wrong," said the 6-foot-3, 205 pound Brown-wood ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor When one fight breaks out at an ACU football practice, it's no big deal. But when two or three tangles occur, that's- "Intensity," said junior off-ensive lineman Britt Lively. "We're really seeing some fight this year that we haven't seen here in a long time." Oddly enough, the two or three exchanges that took ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor A summer isn't complete for ACU football players until they hit the gridiron for full-contact play at the Purple-White game, which the Wildcats completed Saturday to cap off 14 two-a-day summer practices. No point system was used in the game, which coach Gary Gaines labeled a "controlled scrimmage." The tired ... [Read More…]