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Coach Rob Was Many Things To Many People
Coach Eddie Robinson is thought by many, including me, to be the best college football coach to ever coach the game. He Was the Martin Luther King of Football by Denny Dressman sheds light on the life and times of Robinson, coach of the Grambling State… more »
Chicago Classic aims to 'Stop the Violence'
Widely known as the nation’s largest reunion of alumni of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the 13th Chicago Football Classic will feature two storied football programs an highlight a critically important public service message aimed at addr… more »
Familiar Foes; New Looks
Forget about team tendencies and favorite plays. Over the past few years, Grambling’s Rod Broadway and Jackson State’s Rick Comegy have spent so much time together, they probably know each other’s favorite musicians, restaurants and TV shows.
This we… more »
Coach to Cure MD Celebrates Third Season with Coaches Wearing Patch
For the third year in a row, college football coaches nationwide will join together in support of the Coach to Cure MD program, which will be held during games of Saturday, September 25, 2010. The rapidly growing annual effort has raised more than half… more »
Legacy Bowl Decision Off Until Spring
What looked like a full-speed effort toward holding the Legacy Bowl has apparently slowed down for now.
On Monday, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Commissioner Dennis Thomas said the conference's executive council is still involved in the vetting pro… more »
First HBCU Network Set for 2011 Launch
*An Atlanta-based company is set to partner with ESPN to launch a new sports, education, entertainment and lifestyle channel dedicated to the 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the US.
The HBCU Network is currently negoti… more »
SWAC coach says S.C. State should stay in FCS playoffs
Sitting outside the visitors locker room Saturday night at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium, a drained Mississippi Valley State head coach Karl Morgan watched his players limp quietly into the dressing quarters.
His Delta Devils were physically pounded on bo… more »
Prairie View, TSU see chance to prove ability
Jacksonville State inspired Football Championship Subdivision programs across the country when it stunned Mississippi in a 49-48 double-overtime victory last Saturday at Oxford, Miss.
Later that evening, North Dakota State outlasted Kansas 6-3 in Law… more »
Valley's Morgan finds 'big guy' for his schedule
Yes, new Mississippi Valley State coach Karl Morgan might have been better off scheduling schools like Lincoln College and Texas College, two of three games the Delta Devils won last year.
But he wanted to go bigger and better. So, Morgan scheduled S… more »
2010 Boxtorow.com/BASN preseason HBCU All-American Team
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 pre… more »
A great day for Prairie View
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… more »
Hampton Reigns as Top-Ranked HBCU Division I Program
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 D… more »
Hard times dog Mississippi Valley State athletics
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 mer… more »
Alabama A&M Schedule Preview
2010 Alabama A&M Bulldogs
2009 record: (7-5 overall; 4-3 SWAC)
1st place SWAC East
Lost 30-24 to Prairie View in SWAC Championship Game
September 4: vs. Tennessee State at Nashville, TN's LP Field in the John Merritt Classic (6 pm)
2009 res… more »
Sources: Texas Southern Adds Troy Quarterback
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.
A native of Miami, Parker played i… more »
