The Championship Subdivision News Log

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 preseason team is made up of 27 of the top Black college football players in the country. The voters are comprised of some of America’s top writers and media members who cover HBCU football.

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School unveils $60 million plan that includes new football stadium

When Henry Frazier III interviewed for the Prairie View A&M coaching job in 2003, he was given an artist’s rendering of the school’s vision for a football stadium.

Seven years later, the picture — and the future landscape of Prairie View A&M athletics — has changed.

School officials unveiled an ambitious $60 million first phase Friday to build a football stadium and an athletic department center and upgrade its basketball facility.

“I’ve always said this was the last piece of the puzzle,” Frazier said. “This was one of the selling points when I took the job. It’s been talked about since I arrived on campus. I’m excited to see it start to take shape.”

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NEW YORK – The Hampton University athletics program was tabbed as the top-ranked NCAA Division I Historically Black College & University (HBCU) program on Monday, based on the final standings of the 2009-10 Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup.

The Directors’ Cup is presented annually to the best college programs in NCAA Divisions I, II, III and the NAIA. The Pirates wound up 125th in the overall rankings with 131.88 points. Most of those points came thanks to the women’s basketball program, as well as the indoor and outdoor track & field teams.

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As bad days go for football coaches, Karl Morgan’s story ranks up there.

It was last winter - Morgan doesn’t remember the date, and it’s hard to blame him - when he was summoned to a campus-wide meeting to discuss Gov. Haley Barbour’s proposal to merge his new employer, Mississippi Valley State, with the state’s other two historically black public universities.

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HOUSTON - College Sporting News learned Wednesday night that Troy quarterback Dantavious Parker will transfer to the program with two years of eligibility remaining. The Dothan Eagle broke the story early Wednesday.

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A man fatally shot inside a Bessemer nightclub early this morning has been identified as 23-year-old Maurice Thomas, a standout scholarship football player at Alabama A&M University.

Thomas and two other men were shot about 3 a.m. inside the Getties Boyz Club, a biker bar, on 22nd Street and First Avenue North.

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You thought the mud debacle at the Citrus Bowl was bad?

Just wait. The long-anticipated installation of artificial turf could be caught up in a legal tangle, potentially damaging the hopes of putting in the new turf in time for the 2010 season.

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Open Letter to the HBCU Conferences - Please Post & Pass Along

The following letter was sent to each of the HBCU Conference Commissioners on Thursday 24 June 2010 . As an Alum & Fan I was concerned about the direction in which HBCU sports were headed. As a business man I am disappointed with the process and conduct as a whole in regards to the way that ” our business” was being managed. With that in mind and in an effort to assist with the correction of our path I reached out to the leaders of the CIAA, MEAC, SIAC, & SWAC. This gesture was to offer assistance in creating an aggressive plan that will benefit ALL HBCU’s athletically and academically!!! I am pleased to say that I have gotten positive, open-minded responses from most of the commissioners and we are now into the next phase of planning a summit.

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As unassuming off the field as he was dramatic on it, Sammy White is finally finding recognition for a too-often overlooked football career.

A three-time SWAC champion, twice both All-SWAC first team and NCAA Division II All-America, a three- time NFL All-Pro, then a five-time league champion over an 11-year stint as assistant coach at Grambling State University, White was apt to let his actions do the talking.

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Much to our regret, we are shifting our focus and planning for a 2010 Angel City Classic (ACC) to a 2011 event. In spite of the economy, our organization remained optimistic up until the extended deadline however; we were not able to gain the needed sponsorship agreements necessary to produce the event in a manner which fans have come to expect. Our efforts did activate much verbal interest in the Angel City Classic and we look forward to continuing to cultivate this into future formal agreements with corporate sponsors. While our Title Sponsor, Farmers Insurance Group remained committed to the 2010 event, other challenges directly affected our ability to proceed towards a September classic this year.

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Prairie View A&M football coaches Michael Bryant and Roy Jones have been invited to participate in the 2010 NCAA Expert Coaches Football Academy in Anaheim, Calif. on June 22.

Bryant and Jones are two of 20 coaches from across the nation to be invited to the three-day event which spans from June 22-24. The academy, which is designed to address the critical shortage of ethnic minorities in head coaching positions in college football, primarily at the Division I level, also offers assistance with career advancement, networking and exposure opportunities at NCAA colleges and universities. Both coaches will undergo an extensive three-day academy format that covers areas such as communications, fiscal responsibilities, compliance, academic issues and program building.

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Prairie View A&M football defensive coordinator Heishma Northern has been selected to attend the 2010 NCAA Champions Forum in Anaheim, Calif. beginning on June 22.

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The Mississippi Valley State Department of Athletics announces changes to its 2010 football schedule. The revisions to the schedule come as renovations are planned for Rice-Totten Stadium – the home field for the Delta Devil football program.

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Mississippi State and Ole Miss will each spend about four percent more on athletics than they did a year ago, according to athletic department budgets approved Wednesday by the state College Board.

Ole Miss has the larger of the two totals, checking in with a projected $43.7 million. Mississippi State’s 2010-11 budget is $37.4 million. Both budgets are among the smallest in the Southeastern Conference.

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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 split by the conferences. It would also end the arguments, such as when South Carolina State edged out Prairie View A&M for the Sheridan Broadcasting Network’s Black National Championship – neither team played each other (in fact, the MEAC and SWAC rarely play each other).

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NEW ORLEANS – Former NFL and Southern University stars Isiah Robertson and Aeneas Williams will be the newest inductees to the Allstate Sugar Bowl’s Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame the organization announced on Saturday. The official induction will be at the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame banquet on Friday, July 23 at the Louisiana Superdome. In addition to the Hall of Famers, the Corbett Awards for the state’s top amateur athletes and multiple annual awards will be presented.

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The Montgomery Advertiser is reporting that Alabama State fired interim athletic director Sterling Steward. Steward replaced Monique Holland last October and felt the decision came down to disagreements over the future of the ASU athletic department.

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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 sources on TSPNSports.com, who heard the initial report on the Jaguar Journal radio show out of Baton Rouge, La.

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DALLAS, May 4, 2010 - The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) announced today the members of the 2010 NFF Hampshire Honor Society, which is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who each maintained a 3.2 GPA or better. A total of 620 players from 246 schools qualified for membership in the society’s fourth year, an 80 percent increase from the inaugural class in 2007.

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