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Happy Birthday!!!

We would like to wish Coach Huck a happy birthday! May the Lord bless him, and us, with many more years on this earth.

Thanks, Coach Huck for all you do for Harding University, Harding Football, the thousands of young men you have coached, your family, and God's eternal Kingdom as a whole.

New Weight Room

New Facility Update

Jeremy Holt Earns Honorable Mention Preseason All-America

SEARCY – Harding University senior kick returner Jeremy Holt was named an honorable mention Preseason All-American by Consensus Draft Services on Monday.

Holt (5-9, 180), who is a starting slot back in Harding's option offense, earned 2nd Team All-Gulf South Conference honors last season as a special teams player. He returned 25 punts for 176 yards (7.0 avg.) and 19 kickoffs for 440 yards (23.2 avg.). He ranked fifth in the GSC in kickoff return average and 10th in punt return average.

Holt's junior season was his first as a kickoff and punt returner for the Bisons.

A management major from Nashville, Tenn., Holt has also been outstanding in the classroom while at Harding. He earned Academic All-GSC honors in 2010 and has twice been on the GSC Academic Honor Roll.

Holt flourished last season as the “pitch-man” in the option. He ranked second on the team with 527 rushing yards on 66 carries (8.0 avg.) with three touchdowns. Holt was ninth in the GSC with 52.7 rushing yards per game.

Holt and the Bisons open the 2011 season on Sept. 3 against Southern Arkansas in Magnolia.

by Scott Goode (6/20/11)

Facility Updates

Facility Update

The first pieces of steel were erected on the new facility today! Things are moving forward each day.

There is also a sample locker outside of Coach Huck's office that looks very nice. Come check it out if you're in Searcy. Maybe I can get a picture posted tomorrow.

Jordan Watson Signs with CFL's Hamilton Tiger-Cats

SEARCY – A second Harding University football player has signed a professional contract with a Canadian Football League team, as wide receiver Jordan Watson became a Hamilton Tiger-Cat on Monday.

Watson, a native of Pensacola, Fla., played four seasons at Harding from 2007-10. He had 131 receptions for 2,019 yards and 18 touchdowns. Watson ranked fourth in reception yards, tied for fourth in receiving touchdowns, and fifth in receptions at Harding.

A week ago, former Harding defensive back Eddie Russ, Jr., signed with the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Canadian Football League teams are allowed to carry 68 players into training camp, but must cut down to 46 active players for its first game. A team cannot have more than 22 non-Canadian players on its active roster.

The Tiger-Cats begin their training camp in early June and play their first preseason game on June 18 against the Toronto Argonauts. The first regular season game is July 1 against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

The Canadian Football League plays a 19-week regular season that culminates with the Grey Cup, the Canadian version of the Super Bowl, on Nov. 27 in Vancouver.

by Scott Goode

Russ Signs CFL Free Agent Contract

SEARCY – Former Harding University football player Eddie Russ, Jr., recently signed a professional free agent contract with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League, according to the team's website.

Russ, a 6-0, 185-pound cornerback, played the last two seasons at Harding after transferring from Antelope Valley College in California. Russ recorded 70 tackles and six interceptions in his two-year career as a Bison.

Canadian Football League teams are allowed to carry 68 players into training camp, but must cut down to 46 active players for its first game. A team cannot have more than 22 non-Canadian players on its active roster.

The Roughriders begin their training camp in early June and play their first preseason game on June 17 against the Edmonton Eskimos. The first regular season game is July 1, also against the Eskimos.

The Canadian Football League plays a 19-week regular season that culminates with the Grey Cup, the Canadian version of the Super Bowl, on Nov. 27 in Vancouver.

by Scott Goode

Quote of the Day

"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery." -Paul (Galatians 5:1)

Quote of the Day

"This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us, and we ought to do the same for our brothers." -Jesus (1 John 3:16)

New Facility Update

The concrete pad for our new facility was poured last night, Thursday, May 26. The steel for the framing is being unloaded from trucks today. There is progress going on. We are going to have a wonderful facility to workout in, dress in, have meetings in, and get rehab/treatment in. Be thankful!

Message from Coach Beason

Bisons,
I hope your first 2 weeks of the summer manual has been great! Wow, 2 weeks already. This summer will fly by. We are confident you are taking care of business in the weight room AND on the field, as well as outside of your workouts! The guys are Searcy are getting after it! Keep it up!

The concrete pad for our new facility was poured last night. The steel for the framing is being unloaded from trucks as I write this email. There is progress going on. We are going to have a wonderful facility to workout in, dress in, have meetings in, and get rehab/treatment in. Be thankful!

If any of you are in town this weekend (Friday/Saturday) and can volunteer an hour or so with Special Olympics, that would be great! I need some helpers to officiate the flag football competition. Call me or come find me! It would be fun and a good thing to do.

Keep working hard! Stay in touch with us!

Go Bisons!

Coach Beason

Wednesday

3:10-3:20pm - Report to the field
3:20 - Warm-up
3:30 - PUNT TEAM (Both "Right" and "Left" calls)
3:40 - Team Prayer
3:45 - TEAM TACKLE
3:50 - Practice

A Father's Relentless Love

A few years ago, there was a severe earthquake in Turkey. Many buildings and homes were leveled. Among the thousands of casualties, a 6-year-old boy named Armand was missing. His father, knowing his son was at school the time the earthquake hit, raced to the collapsed structure. Climbing to the top of the pile, Armand's father began to pull off the shattered mud bricks. The sharp corners of the bricks sliced up his hands as he carried them down the pile and tossed them aside. He continued to offload the bricks. Every time people would try to stop him and tell him it's useless, he'd reply: "Join me or leave me alone! Join me or leave me alone!" Well after forty-seven hours of consecutive digging he heard a voice: "Daddy, is that you?" Armand's father exploded with joy as he found his son along with his classmates huddled together under collapsed walls. Armand kept telling his school companions: "I told you my daddy would come! I told you my daddy would come!" And indeed he came - a father's relentless love.

Link to the story here.

Wednesday

3:00pm - PUNT TEAM MEETING

3:15pm - Offense/Defense Meeting

4:05pm - On the Field (Full Pads)

Bison Camping Trip

Tuesday's Schedule

3:15 -- Position Group meetings
3:45 -- Report to field
3:50 -- Warm up
4:00 -- Team/Prayer
4:05 -- Team Tackle
4:20 -- One-on-one: O line vs. D line; One-on-one & Pass Skel
4:50 -- O and D separate

Wednesday

3:00pm - PUNT TEAM Meeting (the personnel is attached)
3:15pm - Offense and Defense Position Meetings

Come to your first meeting already dressed for practice. Be early to everything.

These guys are on PUNT TEAM:
Jasper, Farrel, Devonte, O'Quin, Ragsdale, Feher, Eldon, Darby, Duke, LJ, Tory, Gillaspie, Ty Powell, Rubey, Kennard, Tribble, Tramaine, Aldridge, Joe Calvin, Gabe, Ty Finley, Quinton, Holt H, BJ Jones, Buehler, Bracken, and the punters

Spring Practice

Spring practice begins tomorrow for the Bisons. The weather is going to be great this week, and we're ready to get back on the field. We'll practice Wednesday and Thursday of this week.

2011 National Signing Day

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Three Bisons Named to Football All-Region Team

Story here.

LR Touchdown Club Names Blanchard MVP

Story here.