‘Night and day difference’ for Demons on first day of spring practice

  • Second-year Northwestern State football coach Blaine McCorkle is excited about the team’s improvement from last year’s first spring practice to this year’s. Photo by Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
    Second-year Northwestern State football coach Blaine McCorkle is excited about the team’s improvement from last year’s first spring practice to this year’s. Photo by Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services

    It is early, but Blaine McCorkle is pleased with the start.

    Entering his second year at the helm of Northwestern State, McCorkle was eager to see the difference from year one to year two during the first spring practice Tuesday.

    “It was a night and day difference from day one 2025 to 2024,” McCorkle said. “It was not even comparable— not even the same football team. We still have a long way to go, t…