The Lone Star Conference's annual Football Media Day will be held Thursday (July 27) at McKinney ISD Stadium's Community Event Center in McKinney, Texas.
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All nine LSC football teams – Angelo State, Central Washington, Eastern New Mexico, Midwestern State, Texas A&M-Kingsville, UT Permian Basin, West Texas A&M, Western New Mexico and Western Oregon – will be represented.
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Registration begins at 11 a.m., followed by lunch at 11:30 a.m. The program will begin at Noon and includes remarks from LSC Commissioner Jay Poerner, the announcement of the preseason poll and preseason players of the year and a question and answer session with each school's head coach and student-athlete representatives. Dave Campbell's Texas Football Managing Editor Greg Tepper will serve as emcee.
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An open interview session for the media will be held from 1:30-2:30 p.m.
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The entire event will be streamed live on theÂ
LSC Digital Network at beginning at Noon.Â
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The season begins as early as Aug. 31 with defending conference champion ASU, CWU, ENMU and WOU kicking off that day. MSU, TAMKU, UTPB, WT and WNMU open on Sept. 2. All nine league teams will play eight conference games to determine the LSC champion.
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McKinney ISD Stadium, a 12,000-seat state-of-the-art facility, is the home of the NCAA Division II Football Championship. The LSC and McKinney ISD have hosted the 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 national title contests and are set to host the next three championships games (Dec.16, 2023, Dec.21, 2024 and Dec. 20, 2025).
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2023 LSC FOOTBALL MEDIA DAY:
Agenda:
11 a.m. – Registration opens
11:30 a.m. – Lunch
Noon – Program begins
12:05 p.m. – Remarks from LSC Commissioner Jay Poerner
12:10 p.m. – Announcement of Preseason Poll/Preseason Awards, Remarks from LSC football head coaches and student-athletes (reverse order of poll)
1:30-2:30 p.m. – Open interview session
Scheduled to Attend:
Angelo State
Jeff Girsch, Head Coach
Zorhan Rideaux, WR, Jr., Kinesiology, Houston, Texas / North Shore HS
Eric Rascoe, LB, Jr., Business Administration, San Antonio, Texas / Warren HS
K'hari Watson, DB, Sr., Kinesiology, Keller, Texas / KHS