Friday, August 29, 2008

Notes on the eve of the season opener

Retired head football coach Sam Goodwin stopped by today. He was in town a day after his Henderson State Reddies fell 38-14 to Southland Conference member Central Arkansas.

Coach Goodwin came by the athletic offices at the right time, joining the administrative staff including his longtime assistant coach Donnie Cox, for a pizza and chicken lunch put on by athletic director Greg Burke as a token of appreciation for the work leading into tomorrow's football opener.

Goodwin enjoyed visiting with everyone, especially his former football secretary and now NSU's athletic business manager, Roxanne Freeman ....

.... Football coach Scott Stoker and his assistant coaches were watching closely Thursday evening just after the first "Demon Huddle" radio show of the season ended, taking a look at the Fox Sports Southwest telecast of the Wake Forest-Baylor game in Waco. NSU visits Baylor next Saturday.

The color analyst for the FS Southwest telecast was Demons legend Gary Reasons ...

... We'll be blogging throughout game day with frequency picking up in late afternoon. Of course, there will be live stats, streaming audio (free) and video webcasting on a pay-per-view basis through www.nsudemons.com ...

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