Southern University coaches recently spent time explaining the Southern-Florida A&M rivalry to current players. Wow. Really? The series, once so essential and defining of the fabric of black college football, now needs to be taught like a hist… 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 »

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Still smarting from Southern's 41-34 come-from-behind victory over his team at A.W. Mumford Stadium last season, Tennessee State quarterback Antonio Heffner had redemption on his mind in the John Merritt Classic on Saturday night at… 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 »

Here’s Southern senior right tackle Myles Williams. He’s got his shoulder pads and helmet in one hand. He’s got a host of sleepy teammates, trying to shake the double whammy of the early hour and the grind of being deep into the long week of two-a-days,… more »

Everything is coming together for Southern University wide receiver Del Roberts. He enters his senior season as the veteran leader among the wideouts. He’s on course to graduate in psychology in December and then pursue his master’s, likely at SU, as… more »

The Southwestern Athletic Conference will kick off a new and somewhat controversial conference schedule on Aug. 30. The new format calls for seven games to decide the SWAC divisional races instead of nine. The thought process is that fewer conference… more »

Ramon Chinyoung gazed at his shiny, new No. 61 jersey and unfurled the purest smile of satisfaction Saturday. In his hands was all he had missed. In his hands was all he worked to regain. In his hands was his place and pride restored and the promise… more »

To his friends and teammates, Southern defensive tackle Joseph Selders is known simply as Midnight. To his coach, defensive coordinator Terrence Graves, Selders has another handle. “He’s basically the engine of the train,” Graves said between mops… more »

In the hunt for qualified black coaches at the NCAA Division I-A level, a seemingly logical place to begin looking would be the Southwestern Athletic Conference, a Division I-AA league that is home to 10 historically black universities. But Floyd Kei… more »

Southern University will start Camp Richardson XVI this afternoon. Ready? “Pete’s going to be ready,” junior quarterback Bryant Lee said of Southern’s football coach, Pete Richardson, now entering his 16th season with the Jaguars. And what abou… more »

Will Michael Williams’ better be better than everyone else’s better? He hopes so. As one of the two leaders in Southern’s secondary, the team wants to see that, too. The Jaguars have always gotten the best out of the fifth-year senior and graduate… more »

Southern coach Pete Richardson is looking forward to the actual start of Camp Richardson XVI. These last few days, as his staff focused on lists of players and all sorts of paperwork related to his team checking in, aren’t his favorite. “It’s roug… more »

Once again, in the Southwestern Athletic Conference, seven means seven, for sure, but not necessarily just seven. The 10-team Southwestern Athletic Conference is returning to its seven-game format this season — going away from making teams play all n… more »

As Southern gets ready to welcome back its football players to the practice fields this week, the program’s future depends more on what they’ll do in the classroom rather than on the playing field. In May, the NCAA slapped Southern’s football program… more »