Category: Grambling State Tigers
Jacarde Carter next in line at Grambling
Cliff Exama was always in Jacarde Carter’s ear during Carter’s freshman football season at Grambling State.
“Your whole playing career, you have to seize the moment, take it for what it is and build from that,” Carter said of Exama’s advice.
When… more »
City of Grambling wants Paterno record vacated
An attorney for the city of Grambling, La., has filed a request to the NCAA asking the governing body vacate some of Joe Paterno's record 409 Division I victories.
Grambling is the home of Grambling State University. Coach Eddie Robinson led Gramblin… more »
Grambling preseason favorite for SWAC West
In a preseason poll of Southwestern Athletic Conference football coaches, sports information directors and selected media, the favorite for the Western Division crown was a landslide.
With 20 of 25 first-place votes, reigning SWAC champion Grambling… 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 »
South Carolina State is HBCU Major Division Poll's #1
Dr. Cavil’s (HBCU) Black College Major Division Preseason Football Top 10 Poll (9-12-2011). 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 in… more »
Little things pile up on Grambling
Grambling State head football coach Doug Williams says little things can hurt a team no matter who it is playing.
When the team committing those minute miscues is a Football Championship Subdivision team playing against a Football Bowl Subdivision op… more »
Bethune-Cookman Tops HBCU Major Division Poll
Dr. Cavil’s (HBCU) Black College Major Division Preseason Football Top 10 Poll (9-5-2011). 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 int… more »
Doodads from SWAC land
Prairie View got demolished on national television. Arkansas-Pine Bluff lost to an NAIA team. Southern got thumped by Tennessee State.
Yeah, it wasn’t exactly a scintillating first week for the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
There were more tha… more »
Williams, Rivers battle for Grambling quarterback job
Grambling quarterback D.J. Williams may only be a freshman, but he's certainly got the confidence of a fifth-year senior.
"I feel like the guys just rally around me," Williams said. "I'm good friends with all of the guys, on and off the field, and th… more »
Boxtorow National Preseason HBCU Coaches Poll
Coaches vote Bethune-Cookman tops in Boxtorow FCS HBCU Coaches Poll
Defending HBCU champion Bethune-Cookman has been tabbed as the top FCS HBCU team by the coaches in the Boxtorow HBCU FCS preseason Coaches Top 10 Poll.
The Wildcats and head coach… more »
Grambling hopes the second Doug Williams era is as good as the first
If Doug Williams’ second time around as head coach at Grambling State is as successful as his first stint, the Tigers should be in good shape.
As the successor to Eddie Robinson, the Tigers’ All-America quarterback and Super Bowl Most Valuable Player… more »
Sanctions, TSU investigation add up to rough year for the SWAC
Doug Williams returned to his alma mater, Grambling State, for a second stint as head football coach earlier this year to find the Southwestern Athletic Conference seemingly encountering one problem after another.
"If we keep doing business the way… more »
Doug Williams 'coming home' as Grambling coach -- again
Carve a Mt. Rushmore tribute at Grambling State, there could only be one face on the monument. It would be Eddie Robinson, the late coach who won 408 games in his storied 57 year career.
So, then, it's almost sacrilege to suggest anyone else could be… more »
Grambling Legends to induct third class into Sports Hall of Fame
The Grambling Legends Sports Hall of Fame will induct its third class of honorees during a gala ceremony to be held Saturday, July 16, at the Frederick C. Hobdy Assembly Center on the campus of Grambling State University.
This year’s honorees include… more »
For Melvin Spears, Grambling lawsuit wasn’t about the money
He says he didn’t do it for the money. That point may be moot, anyway, since Grambling — the Louisiana-based HBCU that fired Melvin Spears as head football coach after the 2006 season — says it’s going to appeal a dramatic half-million dollar judgment h… more »