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University Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs David Payne, Ph.D., said degree programs and department budgets are not to be affected during the phase out of an existing college to create two new colleges next semester.

The transition will move departments from the College of Arts and Sciences and reorganize them into the College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication, which will comprise the departments of art, theatre and dance, mass communication and the School of Music.

The remaining departments will shift into the College of Sciences and include the departments of agricultural and industrial sciences, biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, geography and geology, mathematics and statistics, and physics.

A new nursing program will also be added after approval.

Payne says the creation of the new colleges will benefit students by providing a strong, clear focus to the programs.

“The outstanding programs that are already in this new college will continue to receive more clear attention and direction,” Payne said. “It will allow more focus and representation of their interest. We believe it will also attract new faculty because it is in its own college rather than just a department.”

The reorganization of the college will take

e f f e c t on Jan 1, 2011; but, no departments will be moved

to the new college until June 1, 2011, according to a letter sent to faculty and staff by Payne.

“The new colleges are created on paper and a dean [has been] assigned to it,” Payne said. “The acting dean will work with the chairs of those departments to get them used to working together and creating the policies

and procedures, in terms of faculty and finance, that will allow them to work more smoothly.”

Payne said the decision to wait until summer 2011 to move departments to the new college is due to faculty promotions and tenure decisions.

“If we moved the departments on Jan. 1, faculty members would be coming up for a promotion in a college which has no policy,” Payne said. “So it would be inappropriate.”

“It would be better for them to come up for promotion in a college with an existing policy

which they have known about for their whole time at Sam Houston,” he said.

Payne says there are several reasons why the reorganization of these colleges is necessary, but the primary reason is to give additional focus to the affected departments.

“This [will] separate [the college] into an entity that can receive administrative focus,” Payne said. “At the same time, it frees the College of Arts and Sciences from trying to do two jobs and it allows us to focus on the sciences and focus on the arts. Its also important as we are adding a nursing program and working on adding an engineering program to the College of Sciences.”

Dana Nicolay, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, who teaches dance at the university, has been appointed by Payne as the acting Dean of the new College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication.

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Tickets will be available for purchase online Nov. 9 for the world-renowned Harlem Globetrotters, who will be at Sam Houston State University Jan. 31, 2011.

The Globetrotters will stop at the Johnson Coliseum during their 2011 “4 Times the Fun” World Tour. The team will take the court at 7 p.m. for a show that promises dazzling feats and entertainment for the whole family.

Online tickets, starting at $20, will be open to the public

at 10 a.m. and can be purchased at www.harlemglobetrotters.com or ticketweb.com.

In addition, early buyers can get an extra discount through Nov. 8 by entering the special offers password GLOBIE during online checkout.

“You can get the best tickets before they go on sale to the general public and save 15% on all ticket prices,” said Ed Chatal, associate director of the Johnson Coliseum.

Beginning Dec. 3, tickets can also be purchased at the SHSU Recreational Sports Center Suite 162 or order by phone at 936.294.3021.

Team to trot into Johnson Coliseum

The Art and Science of new collegesReorganization spares department budgets

and academic programs

“PINK OUT, 2010”Several individuals were recognized by Kats for the Cause during the halftime performance at the Pink Out football game this past weekend. Pictured (from left to right) are Sherry Henke, a breast cancer survi-vor, Kalyn Cavzos, Relay for Life event chair, Emily Snyder, Colleges Against Cancer President, Vicki Bar-rilleaux, Colleges Against Cancer advisor and colon cancer survivor, Sandra Broussard and Robin Lowe, both breast cancer survivors.

SNEAKY SUPRISE. Several members of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority snuck into the football locker rooms Thursday afternoon to "pink out" the entire area. Nov. 5 marks the annual “Pink Out” football game, pitting Sam Houston State against McNeese State.

TOUGH CALL. Wide Receiver Seth Patterson has his hands on the ball for the game-winning touchdown, but the McNeese defender strips him of possession before the play is called dead. The rule requires players to maintain possession through the entire catch.

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By Kolby FlowersSenior Reporter

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Viewpoints.........page 2

Campus............page 3

Entertainment.......page 5

Lifestyle.............page 4

• Department of Agricultural

and Industrial Sciences

• Department of Biological

Sciences

• Department of Chemistry

• Department of Computer

Sciences

• Department of Geography and

Geology

• Department of Mathematics

and Statistics

• Department of Physics

• Department of Art

• School of Music

• Department of

Theatre and Dance

• Department of Mass

Communication

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College of Fine Arts

and Mass Communication

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Tuesday, November 9, 2010Viewpoints

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President Obama never stood a chance. When he announced that he would run for office, I talked about it frequently with people in my community.

“Is America ready for a black president?”

No one could tell. He was so popular in the beginning, most people just loved the way he spoke to audiences and embraced the concerns of so many Americans.

But things have gotten a bit dicey since 2008.

He’s been accused of being Muslim (which would be an irrelevant tidbit, even if he was), and the most common assertion is that he’s the anti-Christ (which doesn’t make much sense either). That’s a bunch of irrational racist talk, but Obama’s decline in popularity speaks deeper than his skin color.

It wasn’t so much that America wasn’t ready to visualize history, but it wasn’t ready for what that history entailed. Obama’s ideas, maybe even his values, are different from the white America I’ve always known myself to live in. So the answer to the original question was no, America wasn’t ready for a black president and, judging from last week’s midterm elections, it still isn’t.

This isn’t as heartbreaking to me as it might appear, given the fact that I have very low expectations for the progression of race relations

in this country, exceeding the progression that we’ve already made.

There’s a more alarming problem here. For the next two years, the evolution of our country will remain

stationary. My Republican

friends have suggested that Democrats go back to the drawing board, since none of the current

liberal ideas have a chance of making it

past the new Republican Congress.

The most common criticism of the president amongst his own party is that he hasn’t done enough since he’s been in office. Too much talking, not enough working. The widespread criticism from the other side is Obama’s agenda entirely. Why focus on healthcare when so many people don’t even have jobs to pay for it in the beginning? That’s a legitimate concern, one that I have as well.

But my biggest concern is that we can’t seem to agree on anything.

What makes this worst than the racial component to the story is instead of it being “Us against Them,” it’s “U.S. against U.S.” and we don’t even realize it.

There’s an obvious solution to the problem, it’s just not an easy one. Americans like easy, whether we want to admit it or not. That’s why our entire universe is bundled

up in the convenience of our cell phones.

Compromise. Everyone is talking about it, no one wants to do it.

“There is going to be no compromise on runaway government spending,” said Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana.

Sarah Palin and other well-known Republicans have echoed this sentiment. Pence even went on to say the previous mistakes from the Republican Congress is too much compromise. Funny, right?

President Obama hasn’t made things any better.

“We don’t mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they’ve got to sit in back.”

Why would he say something like that? As if they didn’t hate him enough already, Obama thought it was appropriate to provoke them.

Doesn’t sound like the

mature thing to do, does it?Well, that’s the reality

we’re left with. We’re living in a brilliant, yet unsavory and immature world.

Just look at the poll results after elections.

Obama was popular because of his timing, running after a Republican president who was absolutely terrible, with all due respect.

So everyone was ready for a change. Nevermind what we wanted to change exactly, we just needed a change.

But now it isn’t going so great. The president seems disconnected, like most presidents do.

He’s caught up in his agenda and the people who keep up with this stuff don’t like it. Let’s make another change. Let’s hand the country back to the Republicans, maybe they can save us.

America doesn’t stand a chance.

Brandon Scott

Viewpoints editor

Ready for a Civil War

The individual opinions on the Viewpoints page are not necessarily affiliated with the view of The Houstonian or SHSU. The Houstonian is published semi-weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It is a news publication of Sam Houston State University, a member of the Texas State University system, and is produced by students. It is self-supporting and welcomes all advertisers. Those interested in placing ads or classifieds should call (936) 294-4864. The Houstonian is a member of the Associated Press.

Brandon Scott shares his thoughts on last week’s elections

Comedy Cartoons

Check, pleaseIt’s very interesting what

you encounter as a part-time waiter. What’s even more fascinating is what you seldom experience.

I’m referring to the awkward moments in the dish return area when you grace the wrong body part of the opposite sex walking by.

I mean the torturous task of slowly delivering a plate that had been under a heating lamp for ten minutes without warning.

The seventh time you refill a drink for someone while neglecting the fact that they’ve already consumed a hazardous amount of sweetened tea. Even uncontrollably saying “sir” to a woman should bring nostalgia to anyone spacing plates on trays or quickly rolling silverware to end their shift.

Frustration rises early and often some days without warning or logic. Cleaning floors that will surely soon be littered with crayons, crackers and crab legs is humbling. The indecisive

girlfriend who shreds the last amount of time you have to personally deliver food because she can’t decide what she wants to eat, but insists she’s ready to place an order is textbook irony.

There is currently no defense against the portion hecklers who run rampant where you have no control over the size of food they desire.

Sometimes the best option is to duck and hide. This would also not be legitimate without mentioning the no-tip.

I have to work today so I will refrain from using details to avoid additional stress.

Be kind and appreciative to those with notepads and a smile. Behind the politeness is often a person who just wants a day to pass without trivial complications and a hole in their wallet. Will you help them achieve this or complain that your catfish tastes extra fishy today?

- Sean is a senior psychology major

Sean Goree on a day as a server

On this day...• In 1913, the deadliest and most

destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, the Great Lakes Storm, killed more than 250 people. The financial loss was more than $5 million (today’s equivalent to $100 million).

• In 1967, the first issue of “Rolling Stone” was published.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010Campus

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key to success

The following are the student-related crime statistics for the month of October, according to University

Police Department records.

Harvest Schedule: 7:15 p.m. - Message by Mikey Osbourne8 p.m. - Band: In His Hands9 p.m. - Testimony by Eli Stewart9:30 p.m. - Acting on Faith9:45 p.m. - Message by Bert Lyle10:30 p.m. - Soul Lifters Gospel Choir

Approximately 192 students were inducted into the Golden Key International Honour Society Monday night. The organization, which is celebrating its 30th birthday this year, also recognized University President Dana Gibson, Ph.D., who spoke at the event. (Below) Economics professor William Green, Ph.D. distributes prospective members certificates. Golden Key is the collegiate honor society, it recognizes outstanding academic achievement and provides its members with the opportunity of reward and success. Membership is by invitation only.

- Dana Gibson, Ph.D.SHSU University President


“Dana has been instrumental in getting these departments to work together in the creation of the James and Nancy Gaertner Performing Arts Center,” Payne said.

“He helped them all pull together to agree on what kinds of things should be in that, and he has also been associate dean of arts and sciences. He has a lot of experience working with these departments,” he said.

Nicolay will be responsible for establishing policies and procedures of the college, as well as the financial structure and the staff that will be working in the office.

“A good portion of my job will

be pulling these different programs together so they can have a sense of belonging,” Nicolay said. “The Mass Communication department is coming from a different college all together, and my job is to get everyone working together and help things flow more smoothly.”

Payne says the grouping of these colleges is because of their growing similarities.

“There are many similarities between mass communication and fine arts,” Payne said. “Mass communication is moving toward more electric media and social media and further from traditional newspaper journalism.

“The more it moves to electric media, the more similar it is to theater and to

all the technical aspects of theater and music and those areas,” he said.

Payne also said that all of the departments affected by the reorganization are in support of it.

“It has been discussed for about two years now,” Payne said. “I had a meeting with each department and each department endorsed the creation of the new college.”

Nicolay says that, from his view, the departments seem to be happy about the change.

“It works to the advantage of all these departments for more specific representation,” Nicolay said. “In the past, the arts have been part of a much bigger college that had a much more diverse mission.”

Local Christian speakers will be featured in the upcoming “Harvest 2010” event on Wednesday.

From 7-11 p.m. in the Old Main Pitt, speakers Bert Lyle and Mikey Osbourn will help conduct a worship service for students, while speaker Eli Stewart will share his testimony with attendees.

Osbourne is a youth pastor at First Baptist Church in Crockett, Texas. Lyle is an educator and a stylist at The Facemaker, a Christian owned and operated salon in Huntsville. Stewart is a member of Chi Alpha campus ministries.

In addition, In His Hands, a Texas Christian band comprised of three brothers, and the Soul Lifters Gospel

Choir, the oldest collegiate choir in Texas, are also scheduled to perform.

The event has been hosted by Sigma Phi Lambda: Sisters for the Lord for the past four years as a time of worship for Sam Houston State University students and the public.

“Harvest is our open mixer for the semester,” said Kristin Knight, a member of Sigma Phi Lambda. “It is our outreach program to the university…and basically a worship service that is open to the public and the university to worship God.”

The event is free to the public, and the Sigma Phi Lambda members are awaiting approval to offer free food and drinks.

“We hope that students can take away an understanding of the messages that are presented, learn more about God, and enjoy the fellowship of the evening,” Knight said.

SHSU Chi Alpha campus ministries, Campus Crusades for Christ (CRU) and Truth helped to sponsor Harvest 2010.

For more information on Harvest, visit the “Harvest 2010” event page on Facebook.

Local Christian speakers, artists to “Harvest” fellowship

The following individuals were elected to positions within Student Government during the Tuesday, Nov. 2 general meeting:

• Romeal Dorasay Johnson, a junior victim studies major, was elected as a Justice to the Supreme Court.

• Cody Hatcher, a biology major and treasurer for the Bearkat Democrats, was elected as a senator for the College of Arts and Sciences.

• Kelsey Ray, a freshmen international business major, was elected as an intern for the College of Business.

SGA news brief

Contributing Reporter

By Janise Richardson

The next SGA meeting will be today at 6 p.m. in the LSC, Room 320. It will be the last meeting before Thanksgiving break.

“[Golden Key International Honour Society] truly epitomize the dedicated students and faculty that we have here at Sam Houston.”

From COLLEGE page 1

Tuesday, November 9, 2010Lifestyle

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Monopoly’s diamond yearOn Dec. 31, 1935, a poor

domestic heater salesman’s patent was approved for a board game that sought to bring happiness to Depression-era families.

Charles Darrow created the game of Monopoly as America knows it today, 75 years later.

In 1935, America was seeing the end of the Great Depression, a time when families had little money and little patience for the government.

Since then, Monopoly has gone on to become the number one board game of all time, selling more than 250 million copies and more than 500 million people have played the game, according to Hasbro.

There are over 120 unique, or themed, versions of the game, not counting the numerous games that have been made for colleges, universities and cities across the country.

Darrow’s Monopoly was adapted from a game that had been played since the early 1900s.

The game was inspired by economist Henry George, who believed high rent caused poverty and single taxation on the land would solve the country’s problems.

In a PBS show called “History Detectives,” Elyse Luray said that it was funny that a man that was so anti-capitalist made a game that delved into capitalist ideals.

“In the late 1800s, [George]

was one of the most famous men in America,” Luray said. “At a time of unprecedented e c o n o m i c growth, George c a m p a i g n e d a g a i n s t c o r r u p t i o n and the concentration of wealth among a small group of industrialists.”

D a r r o w wasn’t the originator of the game, according to Luray. Historians claim that people had been playing homemade

versions of Monopoly after Elizabeth Magie claimed a

patent for “The Landowner’s Game” in January 1904.

Ve r s i o n s of Monopoly, some valued at wellover $2 million, reside in the Museum of A m e r i c a n Finance in New York.

“This gives an opportunity to showcase a beautiful item like this, a game that’s symbolic to America,

popularized during the Great Depression, during the 1930s, during those tough economic times,” Museum President David Cowen noted when the exhibit opened in October. “Again, we’re facing tough economic times in this country.”

The popularity of the board game has spread worldwide, having been published in different languages and with different sets of rules, such as in the United Kingdom.

Its popularity is also seen in the emergence of the Monopoly World Championships in the late 1970s and the regional,

American Championships.Opposition to the famous

board game came in the ‘70s when 83-year-old economics professor Ralph Anspach tried to sell his version, Anti-Monopoly, and Parker Brothers sued for copyright

infringement. The case went all the way

to the Supreme Court whom eventually ruled in Anspach’s favor. His idea was that if he proved the game was popular before Darrow’s patent, then he wouldn’t violate their trademark.

The deal made sure that he “kept the right to tell the truth about the origins of Monopoly, something I have always insisted upon,” Anspach said, who retired from teaching in 2004. “That is a principle which is not for sale for me.”

Magie’s version of the game helped to prove Anspach’s claim, along with various household games, which used oiled cloth with hand-drawn boards.

Twenty-first century players may still use the traditional metal tokens and board, but new ways to play are popping up across the nation.

A partnership between Hasbro and Google developed for an online version of the game last year had 1.4 million registered players, and the company released an Apple iPhone application in February.

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Tuesday, November 9, 2010Arts & Entertainment

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Sam Houston State University faculty pianist Sergio Ruiz will kick off a week of concerts, including the School of Music’s Festival of Strings, on Wednesday.

The festivities will start with a piano solo recital at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center Recital Hall. The concert will pay respect to Frederic Chopin’s and Samuel Barber’s birthdays, in 1810 and 1910, respectively, with a program featuring songs by both musicians, as well as Johann Sebastian Bach and Enrique Granados, according to Ruiz. Admission is free, but tickets are necessary.

On Thursday, Italian guest artist Antonello Farulli will kick off the Festival of Strings with a viola master class at 9:30 a.m. in Music Building Room 217. He will host a second master class on Friday at 3:30 p.m. in the PAC Recital Hall. Both are free and open to the public.

On Saturday, School of Music faculty member David Cole and Roselin Pabon from the Conservatory of Puerto Rico will conduct the SHSU Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. in the PAC Recital Hall.

The festival will continue on Sunday with a performance from internationally renowned cellist Mike Block and jazz violinist Darol Anger in the PAC Recital Hall.

On Monday, Anger and Block will

host a master class with students from 12:30-3 p.m. in the PAC Recital Hall. The class is free and open to the public.

Finally, on Tuesday, Nov. 16, the Kolonneh String Quartet, with Deborah Dunham and Farulli, will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the PAC Recital Hall.

Tickets to the Festival of Strings concerts are $15 for general admission and $12 for senior citizens and students, which are available through the PAC Box Office at 936.294.2339 or [email protected].

Country music has a history of reaching out to more of a “real life” audience, meaning people who don’t buy a CD just to hear the artist brag about themselves or take shots at anyone. Music listeners want something genuine and pure. The Brian Burke Band delivers with “Unraveled,” a ten track crossover between country and soft rock.

Burke caught the attention of the Texas music scene while performing original songs at Blinn College and Texas State University.

Inside of the CD cover, “Unraveled” is discretely defined three times. The definition that best describes the album is “to free from complication of difficulty; make plain or clear.”

The message Burke’s band is sending is clearly one of love and heartbreak, with song titles like “Just Me and You,” “Country Girl,” “Hope You’re Gonna Be Mine” and “Near My Bed.”

Burke is the lead vocalist and wrote every song except the last one, “Bartender,” which his band mates contributed to. Jake Williams handles the drums. Clark Kaupke also plays acoustic guitar, with Brian Kirkpatrick

on the bass, singing background vocals.

In the first track, Shore to Shore, Burke sings about the hard work that comes with love.

“You say that you’ll never leave me. Drive a thousand miles to see me. Make it work for me, make it work for you. You’re not hear, it’s just pretending. When it comes to happy endings, only one way to even up the score. You gotta make that trip from shore to shore.”

The second song is a mimicked version of Fountain of Wayne’s “Stacy’s Mom.” The intro comes in with a distinct thumping of the electric guitar and makes Burke easier to relate to something that came before him.

Burke describes a heartbreaking lover in “Break Over You” before he transitions into “Country Girl,” my favorite record on the CD. He is full of love stories with a listener-friendly twang in his voice.

“Unraveled” was released on Sept. 14 and recorded in Fort Worth, Texas, where the band recently relocated. The record can be purchased on www.lonestarmusic.com. The band will perform on Nov. 27 in Houston at the Firehouse Saloon.

OOM-PAH. Two German bands entertained students on Friday as Oktoberfest made a late arrival to SHSU. The German Folk Band Alpenfest kicked off the festivities with a performance outside the Performing Arts Center at 2 p.m. Afterwards, the 35-piece Markt Erkheim Kappelle Original Brass Band performed Bavarian marches, popular German and American music and Oktoberfest favorites in the PAC Concert Hall.

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SATURDAY, Nov. 6

STANDINGS Stephen F. AustinMcNeese StateNorthwestern StateCentral ArkansasSam Houston StateTexas StateNichollsSoutheastern La.Lamar*

4-1 (7-2)4-1 (5-4)4-1 (5-4)3-2 (6-3)2-3 (4-5)1-4 (4-5)1-4 (2-7)1-4 (2-7)1-3 (3-7)

WEST DIVISIONUTSATexas StateUT ArlingtonSam Houston StateTexas A&M-CCStephen F. Austin

13-1 (19-9)10-4 (17-11)8-6 (14-14)7-7 (13-16)5-9 (12-16)4-10 (11-18)

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RESULTS SATURDAY, Nov. 6McNeese State 33 SHSU 28

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RESULTS

SHSU 3 Texas A&M-CC 1

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3 UTSA 6 Lamar

4 Texas State 5 SHSU

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2 Stephen F. Austin 3 UTSA

1 Southeastern La. 4 Texas State

FRIDAY, Nov. 5 - Rd. 2

1 Southeastern La. 3 UTSA

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CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

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Kats close, but no cigar SHSU fails to escape third consecutive heartbreakerBy Mike SilvaSports Editor

For the Bearkats, bad things really do come in threes.

After back-to-back, three-point losses, the Sam Houston State football team was left heartbroken once again, this time at the hands of McNeese State.

The Cowboys (4-1 SLC, 5-4 overall) edged SHSU (2-3, 4-5), 33-28, in the Kats’ first game back at Bowers since homecoming.

Down by five with less than a minute to play, the Bearkats had what looked like the go-ahead touchdown. On third-and-eight, quarterback Brian Bell hit wideout Seth Patterson in the endzone on a 20-yard toss. Patterson got his hands around the pass and hit the ground, only to lose grasp of it upon impact.

On the ensuing play, the pocket collapsed, forcing Bell to float the ball out the back of the endzone. MSU took over on downs, and took the knee for the win.

“Seth made a great catch last week and almost pulled it in this week, but that’s just the way things go,” said Bell, who finished with a season-high 301 yards. “But it doesn’t come down to that play at all. It comes down to all the plays we had up until that point.”

Missed opportunities and mistakes contributed most to the Kats’ loss.

SHSU turned the ball over three times and had a 38-yard field goal attempt blocked, all of which came in the fourth quarter.

In the second half, the Bearkats opened three possessions in MSU territory, only to come away with three points. The average starting field position for SHSU was its own 40, which resulted in just four scores.

“We are starting to show our age, unfortunately. I didn’t think we played real smart football throughout the game,” head coach Willie Fritz said. “There’s going to come a point in time in this program where we’re going to be able to not bring our ‘A’ game to the table and win ball games, but we’re not there yet.”

The run defense, usually the

stronghold for SHSU, struggled to contain MSU’s balanced ground attack.

MSU running back Andre Anderson finished with 100 yards on 19 carries, as the Cowboys totaled 158 for the game.

Quarterback Jacob Bower lit up the Kats’ secondary for 281 yards on 15 completions, an average of more than 18 yards per reception. Despite a solid pass rush, SHSU had troubles limiting the big plays of the Cowboys’ offense.

“We’re going to bring pressure every game… we’ve done it all year no matter who we’ve played,” linebacker Darius Taylor said. “But I know sometimes we get back there and we don’t always make the play, and that hurt us. Our [defensive backs] can’t cover forever, so when we get our chances to get back there and make the sack, we’ve got to make it.”

SHSU jumped out to a quick lead to open the game, when Richard Sincere took a direct snap and dashed 67-yards for the score.

The lead didn’t last long, as MSU scored on back-to-back drives. Wide receiver Diontae Spencer and running back Andre Anderson put points on the board with a pair of touchdown runs, giving the Cowboys a 13-7 lead after a missed extra point.

Both teams traded field goals before SHSU reclaimed the lead at 17-16 after Sincere ran the ball in for the second time of the game.

MSU squeezed in a field goal to close the second quarter, giving the Cowboys a 19-17 lead going into the locker room.

Coming out of the half, both offenses were dormant and in need of a spark.

Punter Matt Foster provided just that. Foster, who averaged 47 yards per punt in the game, pinned MSU at its own two.

Linebacker Will Henry and defensive lineman J.T. Cleveland gave SHSU life by forcing a safety, tying the game at 19.

The success on defense was short-lived. Following a Bearkat field goal,

the Cowboys added two touchdowns to the scoreboard in consecutive drives. After a touchdown pass to running back Champlain Babin and another score for Anderson, MSU led 33-22.

After turning the ball over in three out of four possessions, SHSU was desperate for a quick score. Bell responded to the call and hit wideout Melvis Pride for a 64-yard score. The Kats failed on the two-point attempt to close the gap to three.

The next step was to get an onside kick.

Craig Alaniz landed a perfect kick right into Taylor’s hands. SHSU moved the ball down to the MSU 20, but was unable to take the lead. The Cowboys took over on downs, and ended the game from the victory formation.

“[MSU is] a good ball club. They did a good job today,” Fritz said. “I thought our kids fought, and we’re playing to win every game. We’re close, but that doesn’t count.”

ACCIDENT PRONE. SHSU turned the ball over three times and had a field goal attempt blocked, all in the fourth quarter. Wide receiver Torrance Williams (above) holds his head in his hands after fumbling the ball away, uncontested, to a McNeese defender.

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