First, they were climbing and then, they flew. That is how the Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks shook off a long 0-11 and 4-8 two-season trip by joining McNeese State in the Southland Conference throne room during the 2009 football season.

Call it the "Thrown Room" if you will and you can call that for good reason. With quarterback Jeremy Moses back in the fold after a 385-566 4,124-yard 40 touchdown season that saw the Lumberjacks go 10-3 and reach the second round of the Championship Division playoffs, a-re-christening may be very much in the offing for J C Harper's club as they ready for the 2010 campaign.

As everyone who follows SLC football realizes, it is a race that unfolds on three levels-the Texas schools, the Louisiana school and both segments casting a weary eye toward Central Arkansas.