'When you get married, you get that ring. That's what we want — that OVC championship ring.' Tennessee State's Trabis Ward says. TSU (5-0, 1-0 OVC) vs. EASTERN KENTUCKY (4-1, 2-0) • Where: Hale Stadium • When: 1 p.m. • Radio: 102.1-FM • Storyl… more »

Rod Reed doesn’t mind plucking from the top rung. The Tennessee State football coach has riddled his roster with 11 transfers from Football Bowl Subdivision schools – including former players at LSU, Florida, Miami, Kansas, Illinois and Michigan Stat… more »

Tennessee State needed a boost of confidence. After nine straight Ohio Valley Conference games, the Tigers just kept coming up short. With second-year coach Rod Reed at the helm, things just kept looking grim for TSU, who had entered last week's game… more »

Travis James was in the clear — or so he thought. Thinking he avoided being tripped up by the last player any kick returner wants to be stopped by — the kicker — James eyed the end zone. The Tennessee State junior didn’t get there. Jackson State’s… more »

Dr. Cavil’s (HBCU) Black College Major Division Preseason Football Top 10 Poll (9-12-2011). It is the original HBCU sports poll that separates the rankings (since 2003) of NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NAIA Division I member HBCU institutions in… more »

The end goal this season for Jackson State is clear: These Tigers want a black college national championship. "We're that good," offensive lineman Rodrick Gladney said recently. "They say we can't go to the SWAC championship. They can't stop a nation… more »

Dr. Cavil’s (HBCU) Black College Major Division Preseason Football Top 10 Poll (9-5-2011). It is the original HBCU sports poll that separates the rankings (since 2003) of NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NAIA Division I member HBCU institutions int… more »

It was sunny and comfortable with a gentle breeze blowing across Tennessee State's campus Saturday. So why was the school’s football team inside? The players and coaches were showing off the school’s new indoor practice facility to their fans. Sev… more »

If there was anything Rod Reed learned as a first-year head coach last season, it's that you can never have enough good running backs. That was painfully obvious when he began last season with one running back academically ineligible, then saw his to… more »

Coaches vote Bethune-Cookman tops in Boxtorow FCS HBCU Coaches Poll Defending HBCU champion Bethune-Cookman has been tabbed as the top FCS HBCU team by the coaches in the Boxtorow HBCU FCS preseason Coaches Top 10 Poll. The Wildcats and head coach… more »

For years, the Tennessee Tech football team was working out in some of the worst conditions imaginable. A leaking roof. Outdated equipment. A room that could almost have been confused with a closet. After years of fundraising, the TTU athletic depart… more »

A Grand Valley State (D-II) fan 'tells it like it is' about non-FBS schools. What happened along the way? Back in the "Good ole' days," we saw small schools being held in, actually, high regard when it came to college football. Grambling was respe… more »

FLORENCE - Presidents of the Ohio Valley Conference universities spent part of Sunday and Monday acquainting themselves with the University of North Alabama and its athletics program just in case there is a relationship between them down the road. Th… more »

Tennessee State began the season with a four-man rotation at running back, but Preston Brown changed that — at least for one game — last week. The senior from Antioch rushed for 218 yards on 33 carries in a 33-26 loss to Jackson State. He leads the O… more »

Six members of the defending SWAC champions from Prairie View A&M, including their all-conference backfield of quarterback K.J. Black and running back Donald Babers, are part of the 2010 BoxToRow.com/BASN HBCU Preseason All-American team. The pre… more »