CROSSOVER TIME
A full slate of LSC crossover games will be played in week three.  All the games will take place on Saturday including the third annual Harvey Martin Classic at the Cotton Bowl with Angelo State playing Texas A&M-Commerce at 5 p.m. 

 

IN 2010, ALL LSC GAMES COUNT
Due to the addition of Incarnate Word, all 14 LSC football teams will play 10 conference games with four crossover and six division contests.  Previously, each team counted only nine games in the conference standings and due to unequal teams in the divisions, three South Division teams played a crossover game that did not count in the standings.

 

NON-CONFERENCE GAMES
The LSC will play 13 non-conference games this year including five in week one, six in week two and two more in week four.  After 11 games, the LSC is 5-6 against foes outside the LSC.  Games are scheduled against opponents from the Mid-America Intercollegiate (MIAA), Great Lakes Intercollegiate, Gulf South, Northern Sun and Rocky Mountain conferences along with the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision and NAIA ranks.  Below is the breakdown:
 MIAA (5): Texas A&M-Kingsville 16, NW Missouri State 7; Abilene Christian 34, Washburn 26; Emporia State 27, Southwestern Oklahoma 7; Pittsburg State 31, Central Oklahoma 20; Fort Hays State 45, East Central 23
 GLIAC (1): Grand Valley State 34, West Texas A&M 31
 GSC (1): Henderson State 44, Southeastern Oklahoma 13
 NSIC (1): Texas A&M-Commerce 33, Upper Iowa 10
 RMAC (1): Midwestern State 52, New Mexico Highlands 6 
 NAIA (2): Langston 28, Incarnate Word 20; Eastern New Mexico 59, Southern Nazarene 21
 DIVISION I FCS (2): Northeastern State at North Dakota; Tarleton State at Northwestern State

 

PLUS ONE
The LSC has added a new member and 14th football team with the addition of Incarnate Word.  The Cardinals will play in the South Division, while Eastern New Mexico moves to the North resulting in seven teams for each.  UIW’s first LSC game will be a crossover tilt at Southeastern Oklahoma on Sept. 11.  Head coach Mike Santiago leads the team in the program’s second year.

 

FOOTBALL QUICK HITS
In week 2 the LSC had three quarterbacks throw for 300-plus yards, seven receivers and two rushers over the century mark and eight double-digit tacklers.  Top performances included:
  Passing: 421, Taylor Harris (37-53-4), WTAMU at Grand Valley State
  Rushing: 8-131, Marcus Mathis, MSU at NM Highlands
  Receiving: 11-215, Jeken Frye, Tarleton vs Northeastern State
  Tackles: 14, Linvel Mosby, ENMU at Angelo State

 

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
NORTH OFFENSIVE
Trey McVay, Northeastern State University, WR, Ft. Gibson, Okla./Fort Gibson HS
McVay had three catches for 89 yards and one TD to help pace Northeastern State to a 31-23 win at Tarleton State in the season opener. McVay’s 43-yard reception inside the Texans’ 5-yard line to open the fourth quarter set up a Kenny Davis one-yard plunge to put the RiverHawks up 24-7 with 13:39 to go.

 

NORTH DEFENSIVE
Donald Dangerfield, Northeastern State University, JR, LB, Hugo, OK/Hugo HS
Dangerfield had nine tackles, two for losses of 14 yards, a QB sack and one interception in Northeastern State’s 31-23 win at Tarleton State. The junior rover picked off a Nick Stephens pass to thwart a potential TSU scoring drive in the first half.

 

NORTH SPECIAL TEAMS
Nate Robinson, Northeastern State University, JR, PR/KR, Rockingham, NC
Robinson’s 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown essentially put the game away for Northeastern State in its season-opening victory at Tarleton State. The Texans had reeled off nine straight points to pull to within 24-16 with 7:02 left. However, Robinson’s return reversed the momentum swing and his TD gave the RiverHawks a 31-16 margin just 16-seconds later.

 

CO-SOUTH OFFENSIVE
Nate Poppell, Texas A&M University - Kingsville, JR, QB, Spring, Texas/Spring HS
In his first career start, Poppell guided the Javelinas to a 16-7 win over No. 1 Northwest Missouri State. He was very efficient as he completed two-thirds of his passing attempts with one score. His 1-yard touchdown run on fourth-and-goal in the third quarter gave the team a two-possession lead.

 

Mitchell Gale, Abilene Christian University, SO, QB, Alva, Okla./Alva HS
ACU’s sophomore starting quarterback led a mistake-free Wildcat offense to a 34-26 win over Washburn in a matchup of top-10 teams at Yager Stadium. ... After an 8 of 10 performance in the first half, Gale was 16 of 20 in the second half to help the Wildcats to their third straight season-opening win over an MIAA team. ... At one point from midway through the second quarter to the end of the third quarter, Gale completed 13 straight passes for 148 yards and two scores. ... He threw touchdown passes of 41 and 51 yard to Edmund Gates and 4 yards to Emery Dudensing. ... The 51-yard pass to Gates with less than five minutes to play gave the Wildcats a 34-19 lead.

 

SOUTH DEFENSIVE
Matt Romig, Texas A&M University - Kingsville, SO, DE, Bells, Texas/Bells HS
Romig keyed a Javelina defense that limited #1 Northwest Missouri State to only 189 total yards of offense. He had 3.5 sacks for a loss of 35 yards and forced a fumble as he harassed All-American QB Blake Bolles all game long. He recorded the most sacks by a Javelina since Donovan Gans had four on Nov. 20, 1993 at Portland State. The school record is five held by Pro Football Hall of Famer, John Randle.

 

SOUTH SPECIAL TEAMS
Darrell Cantu-Harkless, Abilene Christian University, FR-RS, RB, Austin, Texas/Austin Crockett HS
In his first action as a Wildcat after sitting out a redshirt season in 2009, Cantu-Harkless made an immediate impression, helping the Wildcats dominate in the special teams area against Washburn. ... Cantu-Harkless returned four kickoffs for 163 total yards (40.8 yards per return), including a 93-yard return from two yards deep in the end zone to the Washburn 7-yard line. ... That 93-yard return is tied for the 11th-longest kickoff return in school history, and it’s the longest non-scoring kickoff return in school history. ... Cantu-Harkless was the return man on the game’s opening kickoff, and the first time he got his hands on the ball as a Wildcat he returned the kick 42 yards.