The first stop of the Texas College Tour for the 2026 Dave Campbell’s summer magazine was in San Marcos to visit with head coach G.J. Kinne. He’s raised the floor in San Marcos, leading the Bobcats to three consecutive bowl victories after inheriting a program that hadn’t previously played in a bowl game at the FBS level. The next step is to raise the ceiling, and the challenge ahead is the maiden voyage in the new-look PAC-12.
Kinne is excited about his 2026 roster, comparing it a loaded 2024 roster that entered the season with Sun Belt championship aspirations. He believes that Texas State is no longer 100 percent reliant on the portal and that his Bobcats have found a good balance between developmental players signed from high school and the JUCO ranks and the cherry-picked pieces in the portal.