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Author:	TexasTerror [ Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:09 am ]
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WampusCats&PurpleBear wrote: Am I understanding it right? Is their SGA financing it like ours did the men's soccer? The student body increased their fee to fund it... Though, quite a few Lamar faithful are floating around numbers of $$$ that apparently do not exist...

Author:	Bear Fan 101 [ Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:24 am ]
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http://collegesportingnews.com/article.asp?articleid=90238 CSN West: Lamar Cardinals Reincarnation? Kent Schmidt, CSN Columnist Beaumont, Texas is a city of 115,570, and that community has been waiting for a February day such as we had last Wednesday — one of college football’s biggest days with its national signing day — for a long time. Why? Beaumont has been without a Division I college football team for nearly two decades after Lamar University dropped its football program following the 1989 season. That drought for those Texas community football-hungry residents appears close to ending. “Yes, I am very much in favor of the return of football to Lamar,” said Lamar athletic director Billy Tubbs, the former Cardinal, Oklahoma and Texas Christian University basketball coach...

Author:	Bear Fan 101 [ Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:56 pm ]
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bump...

Author:	Bear Fan 101 [ Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:34 am ]
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thanks to TT and Katfans.com... http://www.panews.com/sports/local_story_148222022.html?keyword=topstory Lamar's grid return pleases SLC boss By Tom Halliburton The Port Arthur News HUNTSVILLE — Southland Conference commissioner Tom Burnett said he was delighted to see Lamar University reinstating football after a 20-year absence. Burnett remembered Lamar football from his collegiate days at Louisiana Tech. The league's commissioner in the north Dallas suburb of Frisco, Burnett was elated when he talked about Lamar's intent to revive football...

Author:	Bear Fan 101 [ Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:18 am ]
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article mainly on Lamar Football http://www.thecabin.net/stories/072508/spo_0725080021.shtml Lamar re-institutes football with great energy HOUSTON For much of the afternoon Tuesday, Ray Woodard sat by himself at a table well away from the spotlight reading preseason media guides and talking on a cell phone. Woodard, the friendly, new Lamar University football coach, had more of a distance presence at Southland Conference Media Days. But he's a major face in the league's future. This year, Woodard joked he could bring no players for preseason interviews because he really has none. He's building on a dream a big, long-awaited dream....

Author:	Bear Fan 101 [ Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:34 am ]
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http://lamarcardinals.cstv.com/genrel/111008aaa.html Lamar University's Cardinal Stadium becomes Provost Umphrey Stadium $4 million donation from Provost Umphrey Law Firm and Umphrey family Nov. 10, 2008 Lamar University's football stadium will have a new name when the Cardinals return to the gridiron for the 2010 season, officials announced today. The stadium will become Provost Umphrey Stadium in recognition of a $3 million contribution to Lamar University from the firm and an additional $1 million gift from Walter and Sheila Umphrey, said James Simmons, president of the university. The gifts will "enable the university to move ahead with the return of a competitive football program," Simmons said...

Author:	Bear Fan 101 [ Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:51 pm ]
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from TT over on an AGS.com thread: Quote: Lamar's head coach has given fans a glimpse into their 2010 schedule as they return to the football field... Sam Houston State McNeese State Southeastern La. Stephen F. Austin South Alabama Georgia State Northern Colorado North Dakota Langston Working on FBS games against Hawaii, Oklahoma State, TCU down the road.

Author:	Bear Fan 101 [ Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:06 am ]
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Lamar has begun the process of overhauling everything to do with their football facility. Their new Pressbox has already been completed or close to it, I believe. Now, new turf and a new locker room facility is now being constructed...

Author:	Bear Fan 101 [ Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:19 am ]
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Lamar has released their 2010 Football Schedule: http://www.lamarcardinals.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/081409aaa.html Lamar to Play Six Home Games in 2010 Football Season Cardinals face eight Division I FCS schools Aug. 14, 2009 2010 Lamar Football Schedule Lamar University completed its football schedule for 2010 Friday with the addition of Panhandle State as the Cardinals' 11th opponent for the school's first season of competition since 1989. "We are certainly happy to finalize our schedule for what we believe will be a truly exciting season for our students and the entire community," said Billy Tubbs, Lamar's director of athletics. "We are particularly happy to have six home games and only five on the road."... 09/04/10 at McNeese State Lake Charles, La. TBA 09/11/10 vs. Webber International Provost Umphrey Stadium TBA 09/18/10 at Southeastern Louisiana Hammond, La. TBA 09/25/10 at Stephen F. Austin Nacogdoches, Texas TBA 10/02/10 vs. Sam Houston State Provost Umphrey Stadium TBA 10/09/10 vs. Langston Provost Umphrey Stadium TBA 10/16/10 vs. South Alabama Provost Umphrey Stadium TBA 10/30/10 at North Dakota Grand Forks, N.D. TBA 11/06/10 at Georgia State Atlanta, Ga. TBA 11/13/10 vs. South Dakota Provost Umphrey Stadium TBA 11/20/10 vs. Oklahoma Panhandle State Provost Umphrey Stadium TBA

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