... for pride and a winning season. But Matt Viator, the Cowboys’ coach, sees tonight ... Conque, UCA, 10th season, 73-41; Matt Viator, McNeese, 4th season, 32-9. Series: McNeese State ... particularly their front,” McNeese coach Matt Viator said.

... picked the top, are 1-1. “The (jumbled) race is pretty much what I thought going in,” McNeese State coach Matt Viator said. “I know five teams (Texas State, McNeese, UCA, Northwestern State and SFA) received first-place votes in the preseason poll, and I don’t think ...

... quarterback is Derrick Fourroux of McNeese State. "This league is rich in quarterbacks," said McNeese State's Matt Viator. "You look at the all-conference team at quarterback and you don't see either Rhett Bomar at Sam Houston or Bradley ...

... after-effects included Natchiotoches. "Many of our players went home to help their families," said McNeese coach Matt Viator. Stoker said several of his assistant coaches are without power at their homes in Natchiotoches. It is expected to ...

... course," Lucas said. "You just have to be prepared to play because you just don't know," said McNeese State coach Matt Viator, noting Lake Charles was at one point in the projected path of Ike and whose team is scheduled to host Cal-Poly on ...

... against Cal Poly. "We allowed our players and coaches to leave campus and help evacuate their families," McNesse coach Matt Viator said. "There was minimal damage to campus and we got electricity back in the fieldhouse Monday. It's kind of like ...

... are astute where the mismatches might be. "It's about matchups at different positions," said McNeese State coach Matt Viator. "Offenses are able to catch defenses in matchups they don't want to be in. And speed on offense can neutralize ...

... focus on anything else." "With five games left, I really haven't looked that far out," said McNeese State coach Matt Viator during the weekly SLC football teleconference Tuesday. "We lost our first game at home, so we considered our backs ...

... keep their first-team guy in the game," Conque said. BEST ANALYSIS OF THE BALANCE OF THE SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE: Matt Viator, McNeese State coach (whose Cowboys, the preseason favorites, were 2-2 going into the weekend): "It's not ...

... season, we'll realize who deserves to be conference champions as far as wins and losses," said McNeese State coach Matt Viator. "The conference has to do what it has to do for the automatic qualifier. We accept that. But if I were coach Conque ...