Demetrius Bell working with starting line for Bills

Demetrius Bell, the basketball player turned Demon football All-American in 2007, continues to impress with his performance for the Buffalo Bills. He's currently lining up as the starting right tackle as the Bills head into the Hall of Fame exhibition game Sunday night in Canton, Ohio.

http://www.buffalobills.com/media-lounge/videos/bills-roundup-wednesdays-news-and-notes/8b1bf417-0ffa-442b-a4ad-09f066723756

Nice Baton Rouge Advocate story on Coach Peve

Gary Laney, Baton Rouge Advocate sportswriter and former McNeese beat writer for the Lake Charles American Press, did a nice column on NSU football coach Bradley Dale Peveto in this morning's paper.

http://www.2theadvocate.com/sports/52321057.html?index=14&c=y

Two Lady Demons in triathlon top 3

Former Lady Demon basketball player Anna Means and former Lady Demon cross country/track runner Linzie Ledford Hebert finished second and third, respectively, in Sunday's Rivers City Triathlon in Shreveport.

Sportswriter Jason Pugh of the Shreveport Times has comments from Anna in his story, and she is featured in photos 12 and 17 in the photo gallery by Times' photographer Doug Collier.

Here's the link:

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20090803/SPORTS/908030329/Texas-athletes-sweep-River-Cities-triathlon

The great eight?

OK, you can win something free! A copy of the 2009 Demon football media guide, and some sort of NSU attire, goes to the first 3 people to send me correct names and schools for the eight head football coaches in the Southland Conference this year. We'll take all the correct answers (staff and media not eligible, and yes, like in school, spelling counts) and draw for two more winners, too. The coaches are shown above.

E-mail the correct caption to ireland@nsula.edu please!

Monday night, the Demon Victory Tour rolled into my hometown of Shreveport. Despite a torrential--but much needed--downpour, the turnout was nice and enthusiastic.

The highlight of the program was head coach Bradley Dale Peveto getting Demon fans fired up about, as Peveto calls it, "their" program.

This is the third or fourth time I have heard Coach Peveto address a crowd, and he has always had something interesting and meaningful to say. However, on this evening, something he said really left an impression with me.

Coach Peveto introduced his staff, and had them line up so they could be seen, and acknowledged, by the crowd. When talking about his assistant coaches, Coach Peveto said that some coaches say they have a great staff "under" him. However, Coach Peveto likes to say he has a great staff "surrounding" him.

There is a big difference in the two phrases. Coach Peveto doesn't think of himself as "above" his assistants. He thinks of the entire staff as one unit, working for one goal--to produce a winning team on the field and in the classroom.

It is obvious Coach Peveto likes, and respects, his assistants. It is also obvious his assistants respect, and like, Coach Peveto.

I also like the way Coach Peveto said his staff is made up of good men, good husbands and good fathers. What great representatives of NSU, and what great role models for young men!

Good people, good food, and good football talk. What a great way to start the week!

Tony Taglavore
Demon Sports Network