The consensus among most black college football enthusiasts, myself included, is that Florida A&M is going to run away with the MEAC football championship. Too many weapons, too many seniors, perfect timing. But Bethune-Cookman may have other plans, particularly since their last memory of regular season competition was a 58-35 drubbing at the hands of [...]
Not too bad from the House of Funk to start off the 2009 season. Aside from the old Juvenile track, a pretty decent show. What do the other black college marching bands have up their sleeves so far this year? Feel free to send videos to jarrett-at-hbcusportsblog-dot-com.
A few weeks back, I asked why people were hesitant to pick the Shaw Bears for a third-consecutive CIAA football championship. Saturday against the Elizabeth City State Vikings, the Bears made me look real good with a 54-30 mauling in the champs’ season opener. Obviously, the story of the game is the three interceptions returned [...]
There’s nothing I hate more than black colleges playing guaranteed games. They don’t help teams improve their experience or talent, they have a negative effect on recruiting, and they cause severe morale problems among the alumni and supporter base. But, until that same alumni and supporter base steps up its donation swag, black colleges will [...]
Bill Hayes might be coming back to Winston-Salem State University to fill its vacant athletic director position, according to John Dell’s report with the Winston-Salem Journal. Bill Hayes, who led the WSSU football program to its greatest heights in the late 1970s and early 1980s, is being targeted by Chancellor Donald Reaves for the AD’s [...]
At some point, HBCU’s are going to get tired of being the butt of jokes, the answer to a random trivia question of dubious college sports lore, or just plain ignored. St. Pauls College had to cancel today’s game against West Virginia Wesleyan because they had no helmets and pads to compete in. (West Virginia [...]
Just a week after he was introduced in his new gig, Walter McCoy is out as track and field coach at FAMU. McCoy resigned amid an arrest for employment fraud earlier this week, and the announcement came from FAMU administration on Thursday night. To most observers of black college sports, a track and field controversy [...]
Grambling running back Frank Warren was expected to do great things in 2008, but conditioning was one of the early reasons given for what ultimately turned into a sophomore slump that yielded just 546 yards and four touchdowns on the season. Greg Dillon came into his own last season, but his early problems with turnovers [...]
If you are a fan of great offense and resilient defense, then you certainly got a treat in Albany State’s 36-21 season-opening victory over Chowan. The projected champs of the SIAC looked anything but in the opening half of the contest, but buckled-down on defense, forcing five fumbles and three interceptions against the CIAA preseason [...]
There’s a team in the SIAC with a senior-laden offensive line, an all-conference tight end, and a senior quarterback with the ability to make plays through the air or on the ground. It may sound like Albany State or Tuskegee, but it’s actually the Lane Dragons, and they may be one of the upstart teams [...]
