GRAMBLING – No one, through the first month of the season, saw this coming. Jackson State and Grambling, fresh off a shared trip to the 2007 Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship Game, had lost their starting quarterbacks. Had struggling r… more »

Jackson State coach Rick Comegy has a message for his football team. And it's all about looking in the mirror. "I don't want them to read a whole lot of stuff about what they're saying about Grambling and forget who they are," he said. "I think we've… more »

Nearly 40 people have applied to be Northwestern State's next football coach, including some names familiar to local and national college football fans. A couple of candidates -- NSU defensive coordinator Brad Laird and former NSU and current Arkansa… more »

During much of the early part of the season, the Grambling State Tigers' defense carried the offense. Then last week, the Tigers scored 40 points in a 40-16 win over Prairie View. Suddenly, the Grambling defense may have some help when the Tigers… more »

The SWAC might as well be in the dark ages - and commissioner Duer Sharp is desperate to do something about it. Conference coaches currently exchange game tape early in the week before playing each other. And it's literally tape. Sharp knows the l… more »

There’s already a change in starting quarterbacks at Grambling State. Sophomore J.P. Tillman will get the start Saturday at Northwestern State. Tillman completed 12-of-25 passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns in a 29-0 win against Alcorn State. Tillma… more »

The Grambling State Tigers open their season Saturday at Football Bowl Subdivision Nevada, but the name of their starting quarterback hasn't been determined. Tigers coach Rod Broadway said in the Southwestern Athletic Conference weekly teleconference… more »

Grambling, La. - Rod Broadway made Grambling State a winner again. An 8-4 overall record and a Southwestern Athletic Conference Western Division crown made Broadway’s debut season as coach a successful one. But losses to Southern in the Bayou Classic… more »

Jackson State and Grambling State faced off in the 2007 SWAC Championship Game and, according to members of the media and preseason polls, the two will meet again at the conclusion of the 2008 season for the league crown. The defending champion Tiger… more »

Jackson State coach Rick Comegy has a list of most influential mentors, from a coach he admired from a distance to a college president who helped shaped his public persona. "My dad wasn't around all the time," Comegy said. "I love my dad to death, bu… more »

The subject was raised in a conversation eight years ago. A diehard Florida State Seminoles fan was trying to convince me that the "Team of the Decade" for the 1990s was his beloved FSU. My almost immediate response took him by surprise. Taking no… more »

Grambling State was picked this offseason to win the Southwestern Athletic Conference’s Western Division for the eighth time since 2000. That was before it lost a fifth-year senior quarterback to ineligibility. Brandon Landers, a former News-Star… more »

GRAMBLING — With less than a week to go before its season opener at Nevada, the Grambling defense is looking strong. But the offense? There's still a lot of work to be done. "Actually, I wish we had a couple more weeks, but it's time to go play,"… more »

GRAMBLING — The responsibility of protecting Grambling's young quarterback — whoever it may be when the Tigers open their season on Aug. 30 against Nevada — will fall on the shoulders of an equally young offensive line. Though the Grambling line will… more »

GRAMBLING — Quarterback play was erratic at Grambling's second scrimmage of training camp on Saturday. Quarterbacks Greg Dillon and J.P. Tillman both made their share of highlight-worthy plays during the 90-play scrimmage, but both were also plagued… more »