Month: September 2020

An areal view of destruction in Lake Charles is the Sports Illustrated cover.

Sports Illustrated: The Search for Normalcy in a Football Town Left in a Hurricane’s Devastating Wake

September 26, 2020

ROSS DELLENGER SEP 25, 2020 LAKE CHARLES, La. — They call Cowboy Stadium “The Hole” because it plunges into the ground. This place is sacred, an archaic cathedral to college football, protected on all four sides by mounds of earth guarding this community’s spiritual center—a green, artificial turf field marked with blue-and-yellow signage of the…

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Robert MacIntyre photo

After Strong Showing at U.S. Open, Former Cowboy Donates $35,000 to McNeese Hurricane Relief Fund

September 23, 2020

Bob MacIntyre, a former Cowboy golfer at McNeese State University who has since rocketed to the top of the world of professional golfing, has donated $35,000 to the university’s Hurricane Laura Relief Fund after a strong showing at the U.S. Open. MacIntyre attended McNeese on a men’s golf scholarship from 2014-15, winning both the Louisiana…

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MacIntyre on golf green

Former Cowboy Golfer Raises Money for University Relief Fund at U.S. Open

September 19, 2020

Former Cowboy standout and professional Golfer Bob MacIntyre is raising funds for McNeese State University’s Hurricane Laura Relief Fund while he competes at the U.S. Open. From Oban, Scotland, MacIntyre attended McNeese on a golf scholarship from 2014-15 and competed on McNeese’s Men’s Golf team, where he received the 2015 Southland Conference Freshman of the…

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Dr. Chip LeMieux, alumni and agricutlural sciences students prepare sausage dogs

Agricultural Sciences Students and Alumni Give Back During Hurricane Recovery

September 4, 2020

Students and alumni from McNeese State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences are giving back in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura by preparing and serving free meals to Southwest Louisiana residents. Thanks to a partnership with the Louisiana Pork Producers Association, JBS Pork and Smithfield Foods Inc., McNeese hopes to serve over 2,000 hot meals through…

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