LSC FOOTBALL
Eight games are on the schedule this week including one Lone Star Conference contest and seven non-conference games. Western New Mexico and Eastern New Mexico will open LSC play in Portales, NM.
Midwestern State, Texas A&M-Kingsville and UT Permian Basin started the season with wins in non-conference action last week.
LSC football teams are 3-6 overall this season. The squads are 1-2 combined versus the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Great Lakes Valley Conference and Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference teams, which are also in NCAA Super Regional Four.
LSC FOOTBALL ON ESPN3
A pair of Lone Star Conference football games are part of the 2016 Division II Football Showcase schedule and will be broadcast on ESPN3 and WatchESPN.
UT Permian Basin will host West Texas A&M on September 17 in the Falcon’s first LSC football game in the program’s initial season. The league opener for both teams will kickoff at 7 p.m. from Ratliff Stadium.
For a second straight season, A&M-Commerce will host a national broadcast on October 8 as the Lions welcome Midwestern State. The game starts at 7 p.m.
NCAA Division II announced 18 of the 22 regular-season football games that will be carried on ESPN3, WatchESPN and American Sports Network, after the division entered a three-year agreement in 2015 to deliver Division II athletics events. By comparison, only seven games were televised in each of the 2013 and 2014 seasons.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSIVE
Myles Carr, Texas A&M University - Kingsville, SR, QB, Arcadia, Calif., Arcadia
Carr surpassed the 300-yard mark in the 2016 season opener, completing 23 of his 28 passes for 313 yards and three scores... Carr, who began the game 8-of-8, found Jordan Thomas twice and Chris Cooper late in the game to seal the win... he has thrown three or more TDs four times in his Javelina career and the win led the Hogs to their first season opening victory since 2012.
DEFENSIVE
Josh Wydermyer, Midwestern State University, SO, S, Pflugerville, Texas, Hendricks HS
Wydermyer made a career-high eight tackles in his first collegiate start leading Midwestern State to a 31-19 win over Truman State Saturday night at Stokes Stadium in Kirksville, Mo. The sophomore from Pflugerville spearheaded a defensive effort that limited the Bulldogs to 255 yards of total offense and just 85 in the second half.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Bailey Giffen, UT Permian Basin, FR, PR/KR, Bryan, Texas, Rudder HS
Giffen was perfect in his first college game, connecting on a pair of 27 and 30 yard field goals and all three of his extra point attempts. The freshman punted five times with two downed inside the 20 and a long punt of 57 yards.