Saturday, August 23, 2014

College Preview: Texas Southern Tigers

HOUSTON, Texas  -- It's been a rough three years for the Texas Southern Tigers. 

After having to vacate the SWAC title they won in 2010 because of NCAA violations, TSU has only won 8 games since. 

But they have now come in compliance with the NCAA and several sanctions are starting to go away. Now the program can focus on getting back to their championship form.

The first good thing the Tigers have going for them is experience. Because the program put so much emphasis on recruiting freshman instead of bring in transfers, the team returns 17 starters and 50 players overall to the 2014 team. 

Head coach Darrell Asberry called last season's 2-9 campaign one of the worst he's ever gone through but he's anxious to see what his guys do now that the weight of sanctions is starting to come off.

Offensively, quarterback Homer Causey will have to ...

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