Street & Smith 2017 out with their rankings

1. SHSU
2. NDSU
3. JMU
4. SDSU
5. JSU
6. RICHMOND
7. VILLANOVA
8. WEBER ST
9. WOFFORD
10. EWU
11. ILL ST
12. CITADEL
13. CSU
14. UND
15. GRAMBLING
16. UCA
17. YSU
18. UTC
19. ALBANY
20. SAMFORD
21. TENN ST
22. NC CENTRAL
23. MCNEESE
24. LEHIGH
25. SAN DIEGO

Athlon

1. NDSU
2. JMU
3. SDSU
4. SHSU
5. UND
6. EWU
7. RICHMOND
8. VILLANOVA
9. JSU
10. WOFFORD
11. UNH
12. LEHIGH
13. UNI
14. YSU
15. UTC
16. CSU
17. UCA
18. SAMFORD
19. WIU
20. ALBANY
21. FORDHAM
22. CP
23. LIBERTY
24. MCNEESE
25. CITADEL

All-AMERICA
QB JEREMIAH BRISCOE, SHSU
RB CHASE EDMONDS, FORDHAM
RB ELIJAH IBITOKUN-HANKS, ALBANY
FB JOE PROTHEROE, CAL POLY
WR JUSTIN WATSON, PENN
WR JAKE WIENEKE, SDSU
TE DALLAS GOEDERT, SDSU
C JACOB OHNESORGE, SDSU
OL JUSTIN LEA, JSU
OL BRANDON PARKER, NCAT
OL TIMON PARRIS, STONY BROOK
OL AARON STINNIE, JMU

DL PAT AFRIYIE, COLGATE
DL ANTHONY ELLIS, CSU
DL PJ HALL, SHSU
DL DARIUS JACKSON, JSU
LB NICK DELUCA, NDSU
LB DARIUS LEONARD, SCSU
LB BRETT TAYLOR, WIU
DB MARLON BRIDGES, JSU
DB TRE DEMPSEY, NDSU
DB COLE REYES, UND
DB ROB ROLLE, VILLANOVA

K LANE CLARK, TSU
P IAN BERRYMAN, WCU
KR JOHN SANTIAGO, UND
PR KHRIS GARDIN, NCAT

Thanks for the update.

We may not have the weapons or depth to beat Prison Tech this year (Ouch, it hurt to even say that!), but the games vs. UCA and McNeese should definitely be winnable. Axe 'em!

We always give the Cowboys fits.

JUCO OL Ronald Ollie has been granted a release from Nicholls State. No details

Liked the kid a lot on Last Chance U. Wonder what happened there...

What would it take for SFA to get to the level of SHSU? Are we lacking in recruiting? Coaching? Facilities?

Is Huntsville really a better destination for college football?


Looking through the NCAA finances for schools, we're not much behind them in spending, and if our football team was at the SHSU level, we'd be a serious candidate to move up into the FBS tier. That would be amazing for visibility and prestige, but we'll likely have to do more than just be good at basketball.

That's an excellent point on facilities. I wonder if it would be possible to run some outside funding campaigns to help raise the cash for different things. Having a list of potential improvements and costs makes it easier to visualize than simply we need to raise more money. I think there are plent of

With a dream budget, I'd do these things:

• Remove the track and bring in the bleachers.
• Add overhands or giant awnings. Nice ones. Not as expensive as the Seahawks, but enough to cover some of the seating. It's freaking hot in Texas in the fall.
• Build a track/soccer specific stadium. Will a soccer field fit inside a standard track?
• Move Softball/Baseball on Campus.
• Replace the front and side of WRJ with a better facade. More glass, less brick.
• Turn the field house at Homer Bryce into a 3-4 story mix of field house, athletes gym, and classrooms/offices. That way you can have an appealing, somewhat imposing structure, and make use of precious campus space.

Overall though, I just wish we had more buy in from the students and alums. I've met Alums who've never come back for a game. We're not a small university when compared with others outside the state of Texas. With the right buy in, we could compete on higher levels in so many sports.

Exactly. Phone Jacks calls me every now and again to ask if I want to donate to the business school, but I don't know that I've ever heard from the athletic department either(outside of social media, SFA own that).

I also went to UT, and I get hit up by every organization I was a part of, the alumni association, the business school, the athletic department regularly. They announce fundraising goals and also the campus master plan and athletics facilities plan are atleast available online.

If we just had a master plan, or a known fundraising goal, I think it would be a great start. Hard to get excited about raising money when you don't know what it's for or how much. Or even if the campaign exists.