ALACHUA -- Joe Taylor concluded his off-season fund-raising tour Friday night, announcing that a fund has been set up at Florida A&M to pay for the installation of artificial turf inside Bragg Stadium. Taylor said he expects to have sufficient money… more »

A plan that was discussed by the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference as recently as March to revive the Heritage Bowl under a new name doesn't appear to have majority support from schools in the conference, including Florida A&M. Participating in the… more »

On paper, it seemed brilliant and simple. The Legacy Bowl would pit the champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and the Southwestern Athletic Conference -- against each other. Airing on ESPN, it would guarantee a $3 million payout to be spli… more »

The below memorandum was sent to College Sporting News by a member of the Florida A&M community via university president James H. Ammons, pertaining to the Legacy Bowl. The Legacy Bowl, as reported by the Jaguar Journal in Baton Rouge, would pit… more »

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Heritage Bowl, pitting schools from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) will be restored under the name of the "Legacy Bowl". This report comes to College Sporting News through… more »

The 2010 football schedule is out and features a season opener against the University of Miami Hurricanes along with a home opener against reigning Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Champions, the South Carolina State Bulldogs. Although the Rattlers wi… more »

The MEAC Hall of Fame's door have swung open to a quintet of inductees who have made indelible marks on the conference while helping elevate its profile on the landscape of collegiate athletics. The inductees are: * § Jacquay Nunnally, a re… more »

Former NFL greats Walter Payton, Jerry Rice and Deacon Jones and coaching legend Eddie Robinson will be among the inaugural induction class of the Black College Football Hall of Fame that will include 8 players, two coaches and a journalist. Atlanta'… more »

The Florida A&M Rattlers and Bethune-Cookman Wildcats will play in the 30th annual Florida Classic presented by State Farm on Saturday, November 21, at the Florida Citrus Bowl (1510 W Church Street) in Orlando, Florida. Kickoff is scheduled for 2:3… more »

FAMU's first game began with cheers and chanting and ended with screams and gunshots. "It was like boom, boom, boom, boom, boom," said street vendor James Dozier. He was describing the shots fired near the Rattler football game on Saturday. He said h… more »

NEW YORK -- For the third straight football season, Black Athlete Sports Network and DWCommunications, LLC -- the company that produces "From The Press Box To The Press Row" -- will put out an HBCU All-America team (pre-season and post season) and a wee… more »

From the moment the 2009 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football schedule was finalized, South Carolina State and Florida A&M have circled Oct. 17 on their calendars. The Bulldogs and Rattlers, who meet that day at South Carolina State's Dawson… more »

South Carolina State Picked to Win 2009 MEAC Crown South Carolina State’s Will Ford and Norfolk State’s Terrell Whitehead earned the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference’s (MEAC) top football preseason awards, as announced by the league on Friday afternoo… more »

Randolph among four named to Payton watch list Two-time Walter Payton Award finalist Dominic Randolph is one of four players who have been added to the 2009 Payton Award watch list, bestowed annually upon the top player in FCS. Randolph has 9,689… more »

The Green team of mostly starters from last year did what it was expected to do at Bragg Stadium, handily beating the Orange squad with plenty of help from a defensive unit that scored three touchdowns. But on a balmy Saturday afternoon, a handful of… more »