- The Southland Conference and its broadcast partners have announced selections and start times for football games to be played on Thursday, Nov. 15, and Saturday, Nov. 17.The final Thursday night of the regular season features two rivalry games. The River Bell Classic trophy will be on the line when Southeastern Louisiana visits Nicholls, which will be broadcast regionally by Cox Sports Television. ESPN3 is set to stream Lions vs. Colonels, subject to blackout in Cox territory.The Battle for Chief Caddo, featuring the largest trophy in sports, is set for national television coverage on Eleven Sports. Stephen F. Austin hosts Northwestern State in the annual affair. Eleven Sports is available on DirecTV 623, while the Southland Digital Network will simulcast the action. The streaming platform can be accessed at Southland.org/live and Southland Conference apps , available for iPhone, Android, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku.Shifting to Saturday, the Southland Conference Game of the Week on ESPN3 features Lamar at McNeese. The Cowboys are currently part of a three-way tie for first place, while the Cardinals are just one game back. McNeese won last year's Battle of the Border by a 13-3 score in Beaumont, and this season it'll be Lamar crossing over the Sabine River and heading to Lake Charles.Central Arkansas at Abilene Christian will be covered exclusively by ESPN+, a premium multi-sport, direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer and International group in conjunction with ESPN. The network can be accessed through ESPN.com and ESPN apps. The service costs $4.99 per month, with a seven-day free trial available.The Southland Conference Digital Network will have live coverage of Sam Houston State at Houston Baptist.Southeastern Louisiana at Nicholls, 6 p.m. CT, Cox Sports TV Northwestern State at Stephen F. Austin, 6 p.m. CT, Eleven Sports Central Arkansas at Abilene Christian, 2 p.m. CT, ESPN+ Sam Houston State at Houston Baptist, 2 p.m. CT, Southland Digital Network Lamar at McNeese, 3 p.m. CT, ESPN3 Broadcast selections for Nov. 10 were announced last Monday