The Stephen F. Austin football team always wanted to play this week. That its opener will come Saturday in the Sun Bowl against UTEP is even sweeter.
In the second season under coach Colby Carthel the Lumberjacks see the strides they are making.
At no point this summer did they consider joining most of the rest of the FCS in moving to an uncertain spring season.
The chance to play an FBS school is always special for a team like SFA, and just getting to play this season is also special. This is a team that, in the good ways, is happy to be here.