Apologies for the break in the blogosphere, so let's catch up on some notes and news ...
...Great visit Saturday evening at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center with former Demon football player Russell Roge. That's Capt. Russell Roge of the LSU university police.
Russell keeps very close tabs on Natchitoches, NSU and the Demons. Right now, he and his colleagues have the best and worst case scenarios. They are loving the football success, but the recent tragic double murder on campus has them working with a multi-jurisdictional task force -- all the way to the feds -- to solve the heinous crime. It's a reminder of what Russell constantly tells students, and especially athletes -- err on the side of caution, do not be confrontational, turn the other cheek, check your pride at the door and live to play another day.
Russell is the same gregarious fellow we all loved in Natchitoches, and he is highly regarded among his peers at LSU, that's easily seen in a few minutes around them. He deserves all the good things that come his way ....
... It's a matter of perspective. LSU radio announcer and NSU alumnus Jim Hawthorne was proud to attend Friday's commencement exercises at Prather Coliseum, watching his granddaughter become the fifth family member to earn a Northwestern degree. The whole bunch is from Anacoco.
Saturday night, Jim told me how very impressed he was with the ceremonies and the campus and how quickly it all went off ... I asked him if he had a long delay getting off campus, and he said no. Of course, when you are used to dealing with the traffic getting away from the stadium that Hawthorne faces each fall in 27 seasons of LSU football, it makes a packed Prather Coliseum crowd a lot less daunting ....
... Seen at the pregame alumni gathering in Baton Rouge at Walk-Ons Restaurant, former Demon football defensive coordinator and now LSU assistant coach Brad Peveto, known now as Bradley Dale Peveto. He gave a big shout out to all his Demon friends while hosting an LSU recruit at the restaurant ....
... The Lady Demon basketball team is headquartered in Vicksburg for its games Tuesday night at Alcorn State and Thursday night at Jackson State. Vicksburg is, among other things, the hometown of Lady Demon assistant coach Trina Frierson. The team will visit the National Civil War Battleground Museum during their stay, says head coach Jennifer Graf.
... The Demons are headquartered tonight in Conway, Ark., just past halfway to Fayetteville for their Wednesday night game at Arkansas. They will work out Tuesday morning at 9 at the arena at our Southland Conference cousins, Central Arkansas, then roll up to Fayetteville to set up shop.
There, we'll see a couple of former Demon baseball coaches. Dave Van Horn is the head coach at Arkansas. The Demons' head man from 1995-97 will be the halftime guest on the Demon Sports Network broadcast. It will be great to catch up with him.
Also watching the game, from behind the NSU bench, will be former third base coach Travis Janssen, now at Jacksonville State. Travis met his lovely wife Christy in Fayetteville, before he came to NSU on Mitch Gaspard's first staff in 2002. Travis was an assistant coach with the Razorbacks under the retired Norm DeBryan ....
...Assistant academic advisor Brad Hermann is on his second straight Demon basketball road trip. He went to LSU Saturday with the team, along with Dr. Bill Dickens, the venerable health and human performance professor. He's making this trip in part because he's a native Arkansan who does, in every other instance, love calling the Hogs ....
...Keep your eyes open, a revamped www.nsudemons.com is coming soon!
Doug Ireland, SID
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