Monthly Archives: March 2012

Spring football wrapup: Another QB in the mix?

For Southern’s latest round of hopeful draftees, pro day has come and gone. For the returning players, spring practice has come and gone. The Jaguars were supposed to practice three more times after the March 17 spring game — but … Continue reading

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Good, bad and odd moments from (yet another) strange weekend at Lee-Hines Field

How’s that for a turnaround? In snapping a seven-game losing streak Sunday afternoon at Lee-Hines Field, the Southern baseball team pounded out 16 hits; scored seven runs; got super defense from its middle infielders and left fielder Taylor Roy; and … Continue reading

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Worth repeating: William Broussard

William Broussard isn’t officially the new athletic director at Southern University. Not yet. The SU System Board of Supervisors must still vote to approve Broussard at their meeting March 30 in Shreveport. But if you haven’t yet heard (or read), … Continue reading

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Committee unanimously approves William Broussard for A.D. job

At long last, Southern University seems to have found its next athletic director in young William Broussard. Thursday afternoon, the Southern Board of Supervisors athletic committee unanimously approved Chancellor James Llorens’ recommendation of Broussard, nearly ending a search that began … Continue reading

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Good, bad and odd moments from a strange weekend at Lee-Hines Field

What was that? As we’ve all come to know, the annual Southern-Grambling series at Lee-Hines Field is typically one of the highlights of the year — not just baseball season, but the entire sports season on The Bluff. The young … Continue reading

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Basketball season is over: SU women lose to Alcorn at SWAC tournament

GARLAND, Texas — Basketball season has ended for Southern University. Wednesday morning at the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament, the second-seeded SU women’s basketball team gave away an eight-point lead and went 3-for-24 from the field in the second half in … Continue reading

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Notes from a nutty spring

It has been, if nothing else, a spring semester to remember for the Southern University football program, peppered with all sorts of story lines. The Stump Mitchell Watch is over; one way or another, he is out of the running … Continue reading

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