Special visitors

More on this later, but what a pleasure it's been this afternoon to welcome the great grandson and the great great grandspn of H. Lee Prather are here in Natchitoches.

SLCTV taping Tuesday

The SLCTV network crew was on campus Tuesday, making preliminary preparations for their telecast of Saturday afternoon's football game in Turpin Stadium, and taping segments for the October SLC magazine show on the network.

Interviews taped were with head coach Scott Stoker, senior tight end Kedrin Seastrunk, punters Bradley Russo and Nic Russo, and volleyball coach Brittany Uffelman and two of her top players, preseason first-team All-SLC pick Yelena Enwere and Megan Dockery.

Also included - an impromptu opening to the show with a group of Demon football players in the football office lounge, and a great sight gag by redshirt freshman quarterback Adam Fayard. I am not going to spoil the surprise, except to say you won't recognize him!

Skipping ahead in the story

Wireless connection issues in the visiting radio booth at Baylor sidetracked Saturday night's in-game blogging after one entry. Maybe a sign of things to come that night ...

Anyhow, back to blogging now and lots of info to pass along this week.

Getting underway in Waco

A big turnout at the pregame tailgating party hosted by the NSU Alumni Association, but a frustrating start to the game for the Demons. On third down at midfield, Baylor throws a bomb and the Bears' receiver wins a jump ball at the goalline for a touchdown. The Bears miss the extra point, however, and true freshman Calvin Stoker get the kickoff out near midfield.

Giving LC a place to practice

Heavy rains creating flooding in Alexandria also inundated Pineville and left the Louisiana College football team without a field to practice on today and Thursday. Nearby Deville collected almost 20 inches of rain.

The Wildcats couldn't practice on campus or at nearby Pineville HS, so they cruised up I-49 and followed the Demons on the turf at Turpin Stadium Wednesday evening. They will practice again Thursday in early afternoon before the NSU team hits the turf for a 3:10 workout.

Both teams are on the road this weekend. The Demons head to Baylor. The LC Wildcats open their season at Bacone College in Muskogee, Okla., about an eight-hour bus ride from home, according to head coach Dennis Dunn.