Coppin State Win Brings Drama to Karl Hobbs
Know what happens when you lose to a one-win MEAC team? Your coach gets a website dedicated to his firing.
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Black College Basketball Scoreboard – 12/30/2008
MEAC Coppin State 59, George Washington 53 – The Eagles, led by standout guard Tywain McKee earned their second win of the season with a win over the George Washington Colonials in the Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic in Hawaii. Yeah, I’ve never heard of Outrigger Hotels either. Anybody else noticing that McKee is far and [...]
Black College Football Officials Improving? Not Really
One of the toughest jobs in the world is to be an official of a sporting event. Knowing this, there should be a lot of credit given to those persons that work the games in the black college conferences. A lower level of talent combined with a passionate fan base can make for a volatile [...]
Former Savannah State Baller Starts Energy Drink Company
Joel Davila used to make moves on the court for Savannah State, and now he’s making moves in the energy drink business. No word on if his product, Liquid X, will become the official energy drink of Savannah State athletics.
Why the CIAA Has the Best Basketball Tournament
The CIAA doesn’t reign supreme because they have the best quality of black college basketball, or because it is the oldest black college athletic conference. The CIAA Basketball Tournament reigns supreme because of this image.
MEAC Fans Don't Care About Football
Here’s a list of the top 30 most-attended black college football games in 2008. In the 12 games with attendance of 30,000 or more, 11 of the contests featured at least one team from the SWAC. Not a big surprise, considering that the SWAC regularly is among the national leaders in college football attendance. But [...]
Give the Gift of Rumors and Opinion…A Subscription to HBCUSportsBlog.com
I can’t say that I’m a big rumor monger or the hottest reporter in the streets, but I can say that I don’t curse in my posts, I degrade decisions and not people, and I love what I’m doing. That’s why you should get HBCUSportsBlog.com delivered right to your email or RSS reader. Just in [...]
A More Perfect Black College Union
Even if Hal Lamar’s column has some merit to it, and members of the SWAC and other conferences are discussing the possibility of a playoff system for black college football teams, there’s no way the NCAA is going to sanction it. If they can’t get a playoff going for power conference teams, and the FCS [...]
Rough Road Ahead for Holland at Alabama State
Alabama State University could not have found a more qualified person to lead its athletic program than Monique Holland. She has a wealth of experience with compliance, and has been success at previous stops at Georgia State and Georgia Tech.
What About Top Black Football Coaches…At Black Colleges?
There’s a lot of discussion these days about African-American coaches and the disparities they face in trying to get head coaching jobs in college football. That discussion is well-warranted and way past due, but is there room in the discussion for these same coaches going back to their roots? As in, being hired to head [...]
