Wrappin' Up 2011 (Season 2 @ LU)

Record: 4-6 There's always next year! :)

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DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT/TIME
Sat, Sept 3	vs Texas College	W 58-0
Sat, Sept 10	@ South Alabama	L 30-8
Sat, Sept 17	vs Incarnate Word	W 45-35
Sat, Oct 1	@ Southeastern Louisiana	W 48-38
Sat, Oct 8	vs Northwestern State	L 37-17
Sat, Oct 15	@ Texas State	L 46-21
Sat, Oct 22	vs Central Arkansas	L 38-24
Sat, Oct 29	@ Sam Houston State	L 66-0
Sat, Nov 5	vs Stephen F. Austin	L 69-10
Sat, Nov 12	@ Nicholls State	W 34-26
Sat, Nov 19	vs McNeese State	L 45-17	

The End of the Beginning

Lamar finished the season 5-6. Not too bad for their very first season.

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4, 2010	7:00 PM	at #11 McNeese State*		Cowboy Stadium • Lake Charles, LA		L 30–27	19,235
September 11, 2010	6:00 PM	Webber International*		Provost Umphrey Stadium • Beaumont, TX		W 21–14	16,600[5]
September 18, 2010	6:00 PM	at Southeastern Louisiana*		Strawberry Stadium • Hammond, LA		W 29–28	4,217
September 25, 2010	6:00 PM	at #7 Stephen F. Austin*		Homer Bryce Stadium • Nacogdoches, TX		L 71–3	13,281
October 2, 2010	6:00 PM	Sam Houston State*		Provost Umphrey Stadium • Beaumont, TX		L 38–10	17,187
October 9, 2010	6:00 PM	Langston*		Provost Umphrey Stadium • Beaumont, TX		W 14–0	17,306
October 16, 2010	6:00 PM	South Alabama*		Provost Umphrey Stadium • Beaumont, TX		L 26–0	16,150
October 30, 2010	12:00 PM	at North Dakota*		Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND		L 31–6	6,238
November 6, 2010	1:00 PM	at Georgia State*		Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA		L 17–23	14,689
November 20, 2010	6:00 PM	South Dakota*		Provost Umphrey Stadium • Beaumont, TX		W 24–20	15,103
November 20, 2010	6:00 PM	Oklahoma Panhandle State*		Provost Umphrey Stadium • Beaumont, TX		W 44–6	14,125
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time. Looking forward to next season!

Our weekend back in LA... and Lamar vs. SLU

This weekend we got to go home and visit some family and friends! It was a fun road trip :) We stayed at my dad and Jamie's on friday night. Saturday morning we woke up to sweet little McKenna! She is too precious. She's saying her name now.. "Kenna Alec Coo". We ate breakfast and hung out with them for a little bit and then went to Hammond! We got to see Cole, The Chances, ( or as Josh calls them.. The Wayne Chances) and Casey and Joey. Josh had to head to the field, and I went to eat with Josh, Hannah, and Casey. Then at the game I got to catch up with soo many great girls and I loved it :) Hayley, Kelly, Jenee, Heather, Taylor, Cali, Heidi... to name a few! Can't wait to see them all again!

Now about the game...

I was the ONLY Lamar fan in the SLU student section (obviously) and I got some dirty looks! But it's ok... I dealt with it. :) At half time we were down... and when Josh stopped by to say hey before heading to the locker room he said that we were going to win. I was pretty confident that what he said was true! I wasn't sure how, but I just knew that we would win. 2nd half... we score 3 touchdowns and win by 1 point. Oh, how sweet! Before we came to Hammond, I thought that I wouldn't care who won the game, because I'm attached to both teams. Turns out that's not true. I'm a Cardinal! Who would've though?! Josh and I are still talking about the game... and I think we may all season!!

After the game, we stayed the night with The Blacks :) we just love those 2! The plan was to wake up and go to church with them at 9... but we woke up at about 10:30 :( I guess Saturday was just a little too much excitement for us! Great weekend! Love family! Love friends! Love football! :)

Lamar vs. Webber International

1st Home Game!

...and it was a good one! The game was sold out, plus some! There were way more people there then there were seats! Linh and Brandon came to the game with me. We had passes to go into the new facility (which was so great just to get out of the heat!) and to go onto the field before and after the game.

Fireworks at half time...

Fans all over the field after Lamar's very first WIN!





My favorite part of the game :)

This is Josh's new office... Still waiting for his name!

And thisss.. is Mark Henry. Josh's new friend.

He hung out with the team and coaches before the game, and then gave them a pep talk and ran out with them!

A little backround on our buddy, Mark:

• 6'1'' 392 lbs (that's a 6x that he's wearing)
• In high school he was a three-time state champion with records in squat, bench press, and deadlift.
• He broke 4 national junior records in olympic lifting.
• In his first year of competing, he broke the 3 junior American records 12 times, and became United States' top super heavyweight.
• He was named the "World's Strongest Man" after qualifying for the '92 Summer Olympics. He finished 10th in the super heavyweight class.
• At the '95 Pan American Games he won a gold, silver, and bronze medal.
• A year later he became a North America Central America Carribean Islands (NACACI) Champion.
• Now he's a pro wrestler! We watched him on Monday Night RAW this week! :)

Lamar Football

So, as you all know... Josh is the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at Lamar University. This is Lamar's first football season since 1989! We are so excited to be a part of that! The players are pumped, the coaches are ready, and the people of Beaumont cannot contain themselves. Everywhere we go people are asking about Lamar football and they are so ready for the season to begin!

Anddd.. It's finally here! September 4th was Lamar's very first game in 21 years against McNeese State (Sept 4th was also the one year anniversary of our very first date... hehe)! My family came to Beaumont to stay with us before the big game! All 7 of us (me, josh, mom, mr. chris, tj, cam, & dex) stayed in our little bitty apartment on Friday night! It worked though, and we had a blast. Off to Lake Charles Saturday afternoon for the game.

We weren't exactly sure what to expect from Lamar, but we were so excited and pretty nervous, too! The game was sold out, and there were tons of Lamar fans there. Everywhere you looked you saw red! Our boys start the game off with a touchdown! WOW! Everyone was going crazy! It was a great game... fans were on their feet and cheering the entire time! Sadly, McNeese won the game 30-27, but we are still so proud of them! Their very first game, and they almost won! It was so close throughout the entire thing!

Looking forward to next week :) Lamar vs. Webber International