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Former FCSers Owens and Romo Lead NFC Comeback in NFL Pro Bowl
HONOLULU -- They could have played this Pro Bowl on the beach with flag football rules. All of which was to the liking of Terrell Owens and Adrian Peterson.
Making up for early sloppiness, Owens caught two touchdowns passes, including a 6-yarder fro… more »
Alabama State able to get help in the trenches
On the Division I-AA level, recruiting is all about meeting needs. You don't have the glitz and glamour of top-ranked recruiting classes and five-star players. You don't have 12 analysts measuring your recruits' 40-yard dash times or fans clamoring abou… more »
Jackson State Receives Senate Proclamation
JACKSON, Miss. - The Jackson State football team received another honor Thursday morning as the Tiger football staff and star quarterback Jimmy Oliver received a proclamation from the Mississippi Senate.
Head coach Rick Comegy and his staff was recog… more »
SWAC Rivals Happy with Hauls
Wednesday was "another great day in Pantherland" in the eyes of Prairie View A&M football coach Henry Frazier, who signed 20 players to build upon a team that should contend for the Southwestern Athletic Conference title this fall.
"This was a gr… more »
Black College Exhibit Opens at College Football Hall of Fame
"Blood, Sweat, and Tears: A History of Black College Football"
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The National Football Foundation (NFF) announced today the opening of a new exhibit at the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind., that showcases the strugg… more »
Former top coach moves on
In 1999, John Shannon received the Division I-AA Offensive Coordinator of the Year award from the College Football Association of America. The following season, Shannon was named the I-AA Assistant Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Asso… 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 »
UAPB, UCA set for football matchup
LITTLE ROCK -- Arkansas-Pine Bluff will face Central Arkansas on Sept. 13 at Little Rock's War Memorial Stadium in the first football game between the teams since 2003.
"I anticipate it being for two or three years," UAPB coach Monte Coleman said of… more »
Grambling State Adds A Defender
The story of this recruiting season at Grambling State, so far, has been a string of commitments by offensive linemen.
That's not to say that GSU isn't looking for defenders. Tackle/linebacker Devin Herd, from Louisiana Class 5A program Pineville Hig… 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 Bowl to Salute Doug Williams' Feat
Honored on Sunday will be Grambling State QB Doug Williams, the quarterback who broke one of those "unofficial" color barriers twenty years ago.
GLENDALE, Ariz. - We think little of it today, what with Warren Moon in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, wi… more »
FAMU Officials Contradict Alabama State Story
Out of Tallahassee, it sounds like Miami isn't going to be making it on FAMU's 2008 schedule after all, contradicting an earlier report by Alabama State claiming this was so.
Florida A&M Athletic Department officials have told me that there is no… more »
Scheduling Mix-up Costs Alabama State
Oops... a scheduling snafu that affects Alabama State, Jacksonville State, FAMU and B-CC...
Alabama State interim athletic director Ron Dickerson likes to map his days out weeks in advance and hates surprises.
Unfortunately, his school's 2008 foot… more »
Super Strahan 'a very long way from TSU'
PHOENIX — Michael Strahan flashed his gap-toothed grin Wednesday and asked the media to hold their questions.
"One quick second, let me get you first," he said.
He then stood on the podium at the New York Giants' news conference and scanned the fe… more »
Grambling Snatches One -- and it's a Big One -- From Saban
Grambling State has picked off a massive offensive tackle commitment from under the nose of Nick Saban and the University of Alabama.
Greg McGrue, a 6-8, 360-pound Huffman (Birmingham, Ala.) High prospect, also reported interest from Auburn, Georgia,… more »
