Category: Savannah State Tigers
SSU football player arrested on drug charges
Savannah State University football player Byron Leggett was arrested Saturday and charged with possession of a drug-related object for use, driving under the influence in a less safe manner (drugs) and driving too fast for conditions, according to Savannah-Chatham police.
Leggett, a rising senior wide receiver and graduate of Savannah High, was booked into the Chatham County jail.
SSU announces tentative 2010 football schedule
SAVANNAH, Ga.- Savannah State University athletics department has announced its tentative 2010 football schedule.
Major renovations to Theodore A. Wright Stadium have forced SSU to schedule less home games. In 2010 the Tigers will play nine road games and two home contests.
Savannah State Joins Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) announced today that Savannah State University has been extended provisional membership to the MEAC beginning July 1, 2010, as voted on by the conference’s Council of Chief Executive Officers (CCEO’s).
Hall Returns to SSU Staff
Alan Hall will return to the Savannah State University football coaching staff as offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach, interim athletics director Marilynn Suggs announced. Hall’s first day at SSU will be March 1, 2010.
SSU Tigers Open Football Camp
SAVANNAH, Ga.- The Savannah State University football team reported to campus on Tuesday as the Tigers prepare for the 2009 season under second-year head coach Robby Wells.
SSU players spent Tuesday checking into their residence halls and getting physicals.
Former Appalachian State Standout, One of Two SSU Hires
SAVANNAH, Ga.- Savannah State University football coach Robby Wells recently added two coaches to his staff.
CJ Frye will coach the running backs and Hans Batichon will coach wide receivers.
- 314 words - Appalachian State Mountaineers, Independents, Savannah State Tigers Could PV and SSU Solve Each Other's Scheduling Dilemma?
Scheduling is a crazy business. With economics involved and teams bidding against each other for opposition in this high stakes’ game of filling out one’s calendar, scheduling across the major revenue sports has reached an all new level.
With the problems that have been created, several schools have run into their share of troubles.
- 428 words - Independents, SWAC, Savannah State Tigers, Prairie View A&M Panthers SSU Ready For MEAC Visit
As Savannah State University gears up for a visit from officials from the Mid- Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), this writer sat down with Dr. Earl Yarbrough (SSU president), Dr. Claud Flythe (SSU vice president of administration) and Bart Bellairs (SSU athletics director) last week to ask questions about SSU’s preparation for the upcoming visit.
MEAC representatives to visit SSU
NCAA: SSU’s three-year probation ‘is now over.”
Savannah State University’s bid to be admitted to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference is moving forward following a three-year delay.
MEAC commissioner Dennis Thomas told the Savannah Morning News on Tuesday that he and other MEAC representatives will be at SSU June 29-30 for an official site visit - one of the final steps before joining a conference.
SSU takes to the practice field
Tigers expect new workout facility to strengthen players
Savannah State’s football team will conduct the first of its 15 spring practices at 4 p.m. today, but preparations for the Sept. 5 season opener began last winter inside a new weight room.
MEAC Expansion Could Bring 2 Divisions, Title Game
Fourteen schools. Two divisions. One conference.
That’s the direction the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference has set for itself in announcing last week that the league has lifted a moratorium on expansion.
The MEAC, which includes Norfolk State and Hampton, could soon be adding North Carolina Central and Savannah State. Both institutions have submitted applications to join the league, currently comprised of 11 schools, nine of which play football. Winston-Salem State, which also plays football, is working toward inclusion in the MEAC in 2011.
SSU close to joining Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Savannah State’s long wait for conference affiliation could soon be over.
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference lifted a moratorium on expansion last week, according to SSU vice president for administration Claud Flythe. The move clears the way for the presidents of the MEAC’s 12 universities to vote on Savannah State’s membership.
“In the near future, they will vote on who gets in,” Flythe said. “If we are accepted, we would become a full member immediately.”
Savannah State To Stay Division I, Despite Declining To Join GWFC
Here’s what did not happen at Savannah State University on Saturday morning:
The football team did not conduct a scheduled 9 a.m. scrimmage. Excessive rain from Tropical Storm Fay turned the practice field near Tiger Arena into a slippery, muddy mess that presented a safety hazard to players.
SSU President Earl Yarbrough did not address alumni and fans at the “Tigers’ Scholarship Extravaganza” at Tiger Arena. Yarbrough was in Virginia attending the Saturday funeral of his father-in-law, who died Tuesday night, according to Claud Flythe, vice president for administration.
Jacksonville University CB Guarantees Win in Opener
When your team goes 3-8 the year before, it might be considered a little bold to be making “guaranteed win” comments.
But Jacksonville University cornerback Robson Noel is brash, outspoken, confident and talented.
That led to his declaration on JU’s media day that the Dolphins will open the 2008 season with a victory in their game at Savannah State.
Savannah State Conducts First Football Scrimmage
The sounds of sawing, hammering and drilling echoed throughout Savannah State’s campus Saturday morning.
It started at T.A. Wright Stadium, which is being renovated, and drifted to the practice field near Tiger Arena, where SSU’s football team did some building of its own.
The offense worked on mastering the Tigers’ new spread offense during the first scrimmage of fall practice. SSU’s six quarterbacks took turns operating the no-huddle attack, which involves spreading the field vertically and horizontally to open up gaps for the running and passing games to exploit.
ODU Drops W&M from 2009 Football Schedule
NORFOLK, Va. – Old Dominion University has opted out of its contract to play William and Mary in its second football game of the 2009 season.
The Monarchs found a substitute opponent rather than paying the $75,000 to buy out of that game. They will pay Central Connecticut State a $50,000 guarantee to visit William and Mary on September 12, 2009.
Georgia Pigskin Prevew Features Two GSU's And A SSU
With just barely a hint of football in the air, the coaches and some players, representing 12 college and university football teams throughout the state made themselves available to the media Tuesday at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in Macon for the seventh annual Peach State Pig Skin Preview.
Big challenge for SSU coach
Robby Wells says he likes a challenge. He’s got one, all right.
Wells was named head coach of the Savannah State University football team on Dec. 22, 2007, taking over one of the most maligned and moribund football programs in Division I. The Tigers have not had a winning season since 1998. They haven’t won more than two games in a season since 1999, and they went 1-9 in 2007.
- 580 words - Savannah State Tigers Mercer Needs to Pass on Football Talk
One columnist doesn’t like the idea of six Division I universities playing football in the Peach State.
Last week, Georgia State unveiled a plan that we all knew was coming for some time: The school is going to start a football program.
When the Panthers begin play in 2010 in the FCS, it will give the state five Division I football programs: Georgia and Georgia Tech in FBS play and Georgia State, Georgia Southern and Savannah State in FCS.
Let’s hope Mercer doesn’t raise that number to six.
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