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Jackson State receives highest APR since 2006
For a change, Jackson State received some good APR news on Wednesday, but the news wasn't so good for several other Southwestern Athletic Conference members when the NCAA released the latest batch of academic scores.
The JSU football program, which h… more »
Texas Southern Banned From Postseason Play For APR Score
Texas Southern is one of three college football programs nationwide to receive a one-year postseason ban for low APR scores (Hampton and North Carolina A&T did as well).
Texas Southern University will spend a second consecutive year banned from p… more »
FCS ADA Announces Academic Progress Rate (APR) Award Winners
The Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association (FCS ADA) has announced the recipients of the Academic Progress Rate (APR) Award. The APR Award recognizes one institution at each of the 14 FCS conferences that has the highest APR… more »
Face of SU football: Richardson brought Jaguars to new heights as coach
Richardson brought Jaguars to new heights as coach
The team always found ways to disappoint. Championships were a pipe dream. And the end of every season came with yet another loss to Grambling.
Southern’s football program, once the class of the S… more »
McCall tabbed to run offensive show this fall for Jackson State
New offensive coordinator won't abandon 'Air Raid' attack
Derrick McCall helped guide Jackson State to a pair of Southwestern Athletic Confernence titles as a player.
Now, he's hoping to do the same as the Tigers new offensive coordinator.
McCa… more »
Alabama A&M Bulldogs not on the tube
Alabama A&M will have to make it to the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship game if it wants to be on any of the ESPN family of networks this season.
The SWAC announced its ESPN network lineup of football games Monday and the Bulldogs d… more »
Alcorn State hires first ever white head football coach in the SWAC
Alcorn State hires first ever white head football coach in the SWAC
Published: Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 1:31 PM Updated: Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 2:16 PM
Jay Hopson has been named the new head football coach at Alcorn State University today , mak… more »
Ban news focus of Jackson State spring game
Offense, defense split decision on field according to Comegy
Coach Rick Comegy won't make a decision until after spring practice on whether to keep co-offensive coordinators Gregory Black and Derrick McCall or hire a new one to replace ex-coordinator… more »
Doug Williams suing Grambling over contract
Grambling State University football coach Doug Williams sued the school Friday claiming the school reneged on contract promises and now is trying to pressure him to sign a reduced deal on a "take it or leave it" basis.
The state court suit says that… more »
Jackson State extends Coach contract
Jackson State University has renewed head coach Rick Comegy’s contract as the Tigers head football coach through 2013. JSU Athletics Director Dr. Vivian L. Fuller made the announcement at an 11 a.m. press conference Wednesday, Nov. 30, in the Sports Hal… more »
Comegy status still up in the air
Jackson State athletic director Vivian Fuller plans to meet with football coach Rick Comegy soon and hopes to decide the coach's future with the school "before the holidays," she said Monday.
Comegy is in the last year of his contract with JSU, a dea… more »
Alabama State stays active on open date
If you want a day off, wait until December.
That was the message to the 19th-ranked Alabama State Hornets, who returned to the practice field on Tuesday morning in preparation for next week's Magic City Classic matchup with Alabama A&M.
While… more »
Prairie View DE Hamilton taking control of spotlight
Prairie View A&M defensive end Adrian Hamilton had to wait five years for his turn in the spotlight.
Now that it's here, Hamilton is making up for lost time.
Hamilton has gone from a little-known asset to one of the Football Championship Subdi… more »
No time to rest for Alabama A&M Bulldogs
Coach Anthony Jones had hoped to relax a little Saturday after Alabama A&M dismantled Mississippi Valley State 37-14. But with yet another important Southwestern Athletic Conference game on the horizon, Jones didn't have much time to celebrate the B… more »
Alabama State #1 in the HBCU Major Division Poll
Dr. Cavil’s (HBCU) Black College Major Division Preseason Football Top 10 Poll (10-10-2011). 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 i… more »
