Editor’s note: After the conclusion of this interview, during the Texans’ game on Sept. 19 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX against West Texas A&M University, Tandy was injured, resulting in four broken ribs and a collapsed lung. We at JTAC News are praying for a safe and speedy recovery for Tandy and wish him all the best.

Bubba Tandy and Le’Nard Meyers are the two starting wide receivers on the Tarleton State University football team. Tandy, a junior from Hopkinsville, KY, has proven himself as a viable asset to the Texans leading the Texans with 830 receiving yards on 45 catches with four touchdowns in the 2014 season. Meyers, a senior from Gatesville, TX, has been effective for the Texans in his four years, recording 13 touchdowns for the Texans so far.

With you both being experienced upperclassmen, how does it feel being seen as the primary leaders of this team?

Meyers: Since we’ve been here and since we are a young team in terms of our backups and defense they tend to look up to us more. So, we have to set an example and do the right things.

Tandy: Well, I’m pretty young myself, so I still look to all the guys sometimes, as well. I’ve been in this program for three years, but because of that experience it does result in [underclassmen] looking to me as a leader.

This past off-season, the team dealt with adversity with the lost of a teammate, as leaders, what was the focal point in maintaining the team’s overall focus?

Meyers: [With the loss of Christain Champine] I feel like we used it as motivation to work harder and bond as a team because when you lose people you don’t expect to lose, that automatically brings you closer together.

Tandy: He pretty much summed it up; it brought us closer together because it was your motivation.

You were both named pre-season All-Americans, how has this degree of merit shaped each of your motivation to work harder?

Meyers: That is what we’ve been hearing is that some coaches are going to game-plan, and some will go with their normal scheme. Whatever approach they take, we are going to just attack it head on, and do the best we can to outplay their defense.

Tandy: In terms of the pre-season stuff, that’s just how they rank you. Teams are going to do what they do regardless because a lot of the time they feel like they got someone or something better.

Coach Mason Miller, the offensive coordinator is a known student of Hal Mumme, who is accredited as the designer of the spread offense. How important has his influence been in improving an offense that was already dynamic to begin with?

Meyers: I think it’s pretty cool, because he’s more of a simple guy who prefers us to master simple concepts before we start throwing in different calls. Even in our first game, we only used our fundamental plays, we didn’t attempt any tricks or anything.

So, it’s safe to say that by default, this style of play calling generates opportunities not only for yourselves, but everybody?

Tandy: Definitely, he coached under Mumme, who created the spread, so he can break it down and explain it more, which helps a lot.

What is each of you guys vision for yourselves and Tarleton football this 2015 season?

Meyers: My vision for the team is to just keep coming closer as a family and want to work hard because you want to better the team, not just because your coach asks of you. As long as we continue to do that, then the sky is the limit for our team. We have team goals that have been set, but know it starts with our preparation first. As far as individual goals are concerned, I just want to give it my all and do my best to communicate with the younger guys.

Tandy: My vision is getting everybody to believe in the program, once everyone believes, then we all know what comes after that. When we all play together, there’s no team that can compete with us.