Bill Culhane Retires as Voice of Texas State Football, Men’s Basketball

Bill Culhane Retires as Voice of Texas State Football, Men’s Basketball

By Brady PowersSports Reporter Texas State Athletics announced today that veteran broadcaster Bill Culhane is retiring as the university’s play-by-play announcer for Bobcat football and men’s basketball. Culhane recently entered his 27th year announcing for the Bobcats, calling nearly 600 men’s basketball games and over 250 football games during the length of his career. Culhane was the go-to-guy for Texas State announcing, filling in wherever he was needed during his time at […]

April 9, 2020 591

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2020: A New Era of Texas State Football

By Kory GuidrySports Reporter To round out their 2020 recruiting class, Texas State head football coach Jake Spavital and his staff have brought in five new players since the early signing period to complete their 20-man recruiting class. Spavital emphasized to the media that they were looking to change the profile of their team by increasing their size and athleticism across the board, and they look to have done just […]

February 5, 2020 79

Jake Spavital stands at the front of the room in front of student reporters with his hand in the air mid-explanation.

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Ahead of National Signing Day Jake Spavital Visits with Young Reporters

By Brady PowersSports Reporter SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texas State Football Head Coach Jake Spavital visited a sports media class today, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, to answer questions about the current state of his team from inspiring sports journalists. Spavital, despite being offered multiple NFL coaching positions over this off-season, will be entering his second year as head coach of the Bobcats. He compared the university’s prior program from where […]

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Football Crawls Closer

Garrett MartinSports Reporter Bobcat Radio is a 30-minute to an hour specialty show discussing everything Texas State and San Marcos sports. Three staff members jump on the mics three times a week: Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11 a.m. and discuss sports. A guest joins each episode, namely a coach, player or figure close to the athletic programs at Texas State and San Marcos High School. In this episode, host […]

January 31, 2020 22

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Texas State Athletics Top 10 Moments of 2019

By Garrett Martin, Connor MacKinnon, Jude McClaren and Josh OrozcoSports Director and Assistant Sports Directors Narrowing the list down to only 10 of the best moments within Texas State sports was challenging yet exciting when reflecting on the entire year. Not to forget the incredible performances by underrated sports such as soccer, golf, and track and field, our “last three out” barely missed the cut within the top 10, but […]

December 31, 2019 22

Jake Spavital stands on the field, looking towards the camera at the end zone complex with the Texas State Marching Band lines the field behind him.

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Grading Texas State’s 2020 (Early) Recruiting Class

By Garrett Martin and Josh OrozcoSports Director & Assistant Sports Director Texas State football head coach Jake Spavital inherited a full team from former head coach Everett Withers when he was hired back on Nov. 28, 2018. Spavital brings recruiting experience from Power Five programs such as Texas A&M and West Virginia, giving him the opportunity to fill key positions and future depth needs while focusing on assessing current talent. […]

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Early Pickins for Spavital

By Garrett MartinSports Director Now is the time. Bobcat fans and Bobcat football players alike should be very excited on a day like yesterday, because young, new players will join the division one football team here in San Marcos, Texas. At last year’s early signing period, Jake Spavital wanted to, “sign a smaller class right now so that we could take some time and evaluate the players on our current […]

December 19, 2019 58

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Bobcat Radio: Conversations with the Enemy!

By Garrett MartinSports Director Bobcat Radio is a 30-minute specialty show discussing everything Texas State and San Marcos sports. Three staff members jump on the mics three times a week: Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11 a.m. and discuss sports. A guest joins each episode, namely a coach, player or figure close to the athletic programs at Texas State and San Marcos High School. In this week’s Friday edition of […]

December 3, 2019 37

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Bobcats Unable to Stop the Trojan’s Up-tempo Offense

By Reilly LowSports Reporter On Saturday, Texas State struggled to keep Troy from scoring resulting in a 63-27 loss at Jim Wacker Field. The Bobcats also honored 22 seniors prior to the game since it was the last time they would step on the field at home. Emotions were running high from the beginning of the game to the very last play. The seniors made their mark on Bobcat football […]

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