Category: Howard Bison
Georgetown, Howard Agree to Four-Game Series in Football
The Georgetown and Howard football teams have agreed to a four-game series that will begin on Sept. 6 at Howard. The division I-AA schools have not met in football previously.
"I have seen both schools play over the years and as a Washingtonian,… more »
HBCU's Talent-Rich For NFL Scouts
This USA Today columnist talks about how Historically Black Colleges & Universities - still - produce great NFL talent.
Historically black colleges and universities have produced two of the greatest players in NFL history — Jackson State running… more »
Montana State To Play FBS Minnesota And K-State This Fall; Howard Loses Rutgers
With FBS Kansas State dropping FBS Fresno State from their schedules, when all the dominoes fell Howard lost a game with Rutgers but Montana State gained a game versus Kansas State.
The Montana State Bobcats will continue their football tour of the B… more »
NFL Learning Curve Not Steep for FCS Players Says Colts President
FCS, small-school players getting a look — Of the approximately 333 college players on hand for this week’s National Football Scouting Combine, 30 attended what most people would describe as smaller colleges (such as the Football Championship Subdivisio… more »
Details Emerge In Deal For Southern/FAMU Game
With a little help from South Carolina State, the rematch of last year's FAMU/Southern game became a reality.
Southern and Florida A&M will play football in 2008 after all.
The schools, with the help of South Carolina State, came to an agreeme… more »
HBCUs struggling to survive
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- As a record-setting superstar quarterback at Grambling State, Doug Williams enjoyed all the glory and fame that goes with being a shark swimming in a kiddie pool.
As a head coach at his alma mater, Williams lived in the underbell… more »
Howard's Moses Mines South Carolina for Talent
WASHINGTON D.C. -- There were plenty of dejected faces inside the Howard University lockerroom at Greene Stadium on Nov. 3 following the 59-21 shellacking by South Carolina State.
Yet for Bison outside linebackers coach James Moses, the demoralizing… more »
Super Fat Tuesday
Sure it's "Super Tuesday" and it's "Fat Tuesday". But only one day before high schools ceremonies where their players sign national letter of intent on National Signing Day, many followers of college football had their own "Super Fat Tuesday" compiling… more »
Diversity on Their Fields
The Washington Post weighs in on a new trend: some historically black colleges & universities are recruiting more white players for football.
Joey Christine spent two years waiting for a scholarship offer. An All-Met offensive lineman at Sherando… more »
Super time for Torrey
Local FB star on practice squad for the Giants at the Super Bowl this weekend.
Brandon Torrey has one of the best seats or one of the worst for Sunday's Super Bowl.
Torrey will be on the New York Giants' bench for the NFL's championship game against… more »
Howard's Pope helps Giants' piecemeal secondary becomes resilient unit
New York's biggest clutch performance in the secondary might have come from cornerback Geoffrey Pope.
Pope helped keep Terrell Owens in relative check, and a week later he was a factor in limiting Green Bay's aerial damage when the Packers tried five… more »
Colts Safety Antoine Bethea to Make First Pro Bowl Appearance
An undersized walk-on at Howard University will be in the NFL Pro Bowl just 6 short years later.
INDIANAPOLIS - The Colts' defense emerged as one of the NFL’s best units this past season, and a big reason was the development of a young secondary. On… more »
A Bison's Fast Track To the Super Bowl
There Geoff Pope stood Tuesday morning, hand on a buzzer with the hub of commerce frozen beneath him, waiting for the call to work. He pushed the button. A bell clanged. The New York Stock Exchange exploded to life.
And how exactly did he get here?… more »
Savannah State's Wells Hires Five Assistant Coaches
SAVANNAH, Ga. - Savannah State University head coach Robby Wells' first coaching staff at SSU will be an experienced group.
Wells, who was Benedict's defensive coordinator last season, named John W. Montgomery II assistant head coach/offensive line… more »