Cory Hogue

The adults made this harder than it ever needed to be.

The legal fight between Utah Valley and the WAC may have blame on both sides, but threatening to remove the Wolverines from the conference tournament on the eve of tipoff was a terrible look for the league. At some point, what’s best for the student-athletes has to matter more than petty power plays.

My latest: The WAC Chose Pettiness Over Student-Athletes

Read here: https://coryhoguesports.substack.com/p/the-wac-chose-pettiness-over-student

Seeing a protest in baseball is rare, but seeing a protest upheld is even rarer. Inside what happened in the contest between Islanders Baseball and Nicholls State University Athletics that forced the Southland Conference to make the rare decision to uphold the protest and resume the game in the bottom of the first.
https://coryhoguesports.substack.com/p/southland-conference-upholds-rare

Texas Wesleyan Promotes Fran Johnson to Head Football Coach as Rams Build Toward NCAA Division II - Texas Wesleyan University Athletics FORT WORTH, Texas — Texas Wesleyan University has promoted Fran Johnson to head football coach, university officials announced Tuesday.

Here's Cory Hogue's bracket for the CUSA Women's Basketball Tournament. Tell him your opinion of this bracket, and scan the QR code to fill out your own.

Big news in Texas college athletics: Texas Wesleyan’s Board of Trustees has authorized the Rams to formally apply for NCAA Division II membership. If accepted, TWU will remain NAIA through the 2027-28 academic year and transition to Division II in 2028-29.

In this piece, I break down why this move makes sense, why the Lone Star Conference angle matters, where the real travel savings are (hint: football), and why I think this can raise the competitive temperature across the LSC.

I also share what’s next for this Substack—expanding beyond just Non-FBS coverage, and a new X/Twitter account.

Read it here: https://coryhoguesports.substack.com/p/texas-wesleyan-to-division-ii-a-lone

Kris McCullough will soon be named the head coach at Gardner-Webb, first reported by The Athletic’s Chris Vannini. Congratulations to McCullough, who led the UTPB program to new heights, including three consecutive postseason appearances.

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Texas A&M-Texarkana football is getting real in a hurry: a head coach (expected), a Division II runway, and a stadium project underway.
Full breakdown: https://coryhoguesports.substack.com/p/sources-joshua-eargle-expected-to

Sources: Joshua Eargle is expected to be named the first head football coach at Texas A&M-Texarkana. Chris Low was first
Here’s what we know so far about the hire, the program timeline, and what comes next.
Read: https://coryhoguesports.substack.com/p/sources-joshua-eargle-expected-to

Monday night catch-up: Week 16 brought a trench-war reality check, a ball-control upset, and one of the wildest finishes of the season.
Cory’s Clipboard: https://coryhoguesports.substack.com/p/harsh-lessons-and-heartbreaks-texas

MSU men's soccer has won the school's first national team title in any sport with a 2-0 win over Rollins. It's fitting that men's soccer is the first program to bring home the hardware. They've been good for decades.

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