Coach Stitt is Confident in His Starting Quarterback, Whoever That May Be

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Coach Stitt is Confident in His Starting Quarterback, Whoever That May Be

By Jude McClarenAssistant Sports Director While there have been a lot of storylines following Texas State Football this fall, the one question everyone is still asking is who will be Texas State’s starting quarterback? Luckily for Bobcat fans, that question has been answered — in part. After this past Saturday’s scrimmage, head coach Jake Spavital announced that junior Gresch Jensen and sophomore Tyler Vitt would be apart of an “ongoing […]

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Coach Berger Preaches Consistency, Physicality and Relationships

By Josephfer WilliamsSports Reporter In the Bobcats new-look offense, head coach Jake Spavital looks to transform the tight end position into a vertical threat. Tight end coach Morris Berger preached the importance of consistency and physicality from the tight end position. “We’ve got to get more physical,” Berger said. “We do some nice things in the pass game or have the ability to, we have some athletic guys, we have […]

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Texas State defensive end Ishmael Davis celebrates on the field during a football matchup against a non-conference opponent.

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Coach Jackson and Defensive Line “Revel” in Continuity and Young Talent

By Jude McClarenAssistant Sports Director Ahead of their final practices of fall camp, the Texas State football team took the field for a scrimmage that put the Bobcats in multiple game time situations. Head coach Jake Spavital has made crucial in-game capacities a core part of team practices throughout fall camp. The defensive line has been considered to be “in the trenches” ahead of their season opener in less than […]

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“Strength of the Unit” is in bold maroon letters at the top of Texas State’s press conference room.

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Whitworth Coaching the Rushing Charge

By Garrett MartinSports Director Heading into Jake Spavital’s first season as Texas State’s head football coach, there are a lot of areas of uncertainty. In the midst of all this unpredictability, one group of players has made Coach Spavital’s job much easier; the running backs. After the Bobcats spring game this April, Spavital said that the “running backs jump off the tape a little bit”, in response to the running […]

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New Texas State football head coach Jake Spavital represents the Bobcats along with Aaron Brewer and Bryan London II during the Sun Belt Football Media Day in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Texas State Participates in 2019 Sun Belt Media Day

By Joshua Orozco Assistant Sports Director With the 150th anniversary of college football approaching, the Sun Belt conference kicked off the 2019 season during media day in New Orleans, Louisiana on Monday, July 22. Level of competitiveness throughout the league is expected to be “strong,” according to new Sun Belt Commissioner Keith Gill. The Sun Belt ranks highest amongst group of five conferences in bowl winning percentage at 55% last […]

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Jake Spavital Joins Bobcat Radio’s Semester Finale

By Mark BrownAssistant Sports Director Ladies and gentlemen, this is officially the last Bobcat Radio of the spring 2019 semester. I know, time just keeps slipping into the future just like Seal said in his 1996 hit single, “Fly Like An Eagle” off the "Space Jam" soundtrack. The Monday crew included the usual Mark Brown, Deshaun Hartley and Connor MacKinnon. The crew discussed some updates of the Bobcat baseball and […]

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Jake Spavital Joins Bobcat Radio for the First Time

By Reily Chestnut Sports Director Do you love Texas State football? Excited for the new head coach in town? Then you will definitely want to tune into this episode of Bobcat Radio. Our Wednesday crew featuring “The General” Geno Perez, “G-Man” Garrett Martin & myself got to welcome head football coach Jake Spavital onto the show for the first time! We asked him about how spring football has been working […]

March 29, 2019 40

Texas State Athletic Director Larry Teis introduces Head Coach Jake Spavital to the media

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Head Coach Jake Spavital Begins Bobcat Tenure Committing to Finding a Spark

By Alexander Haynes Sports Reporter The palpable energy and wave of confidence that Head Coach Jake Spavital exuded at his welcoming press conference would leave people doubting that this was Spavital’s first introductory press conference as a head coach. The Texas State Bobcats football team introduced their new head coach, which he was only hired 10 days after beginning a search with Parker Executive. In a press conference that was […]

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