Author: Brandon King

Eddie George named Big South-OVC Coach of the Year

Brandon King

title image via Tennessee State Football In a season rife with accomplishments for the Tennessee State football program, the accolades continue to rain down on TSU.  Head coach Eddie George was named Big South-OVC Coach of the Year.  In his fourth season at the helm of Tennessee State football, the NFL legend has led th Tigers to their most successful season in a quarter century. Tennessee State was able to lay claim to the conference championship for the first time since L.C. Cole led the Tigers to the OVC crown…

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SWAC concludes not enough evidence of malfeasance in UAPB practice film investigation

Brandon King

Days after Jackson State’s convincing 41-3 shellacking of Arkansas Pine Bluff on November 2, speculation of chicanery surrounding the game began to swirl. Initially reported by OffScript, the issue stems from unauthorized access to UAPB practice footage. A subsequent ESPN report corroborated that of Scottay’s , indicating that a UAPB indicated to a member of the Pine Bluff coaching staff that he’d been informed by a Jackson State player that JSU defensive player at the team’s facility were watching film of UAPB’s practices from that week. Tuesday the SWAC released…

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Sanders Ellis once again named Big South-OVC Freshman of the Week

Brandon King

For the fifth time this season, Tennessee State linebacker Sanders Ellis was named the Big South-OVC Freshman of the Week.  In TSU’s 28-21 win over no.11/12 Southeast Missouri that secured a portion of the conference crown for Tennessee State, Ellis recorded a team-high tackles ( 7 solo) and a pass breakup. The Nashville, TN product also posted 0.5 tackles for loss in helping the Tigers defense stand tall in helping the TSU defense hold SEMO’s offense to 21 points and 308 yards of offense, numbers which are well below their…

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Dr. Cavil Inside the HBCU Sports Lab Week 13 Major Division Top 7

Brandon King

Dr. Kenyatta Cavil contributed to this report Week 13 of Dr. Cavil’s Inside the HBCU Sports Lab poll rankings saw no movement for six teams, while a familiar name re-enters the polls.  7. Alabama State (6-5, 5-3)  The Hornets remain in 7th spot in this week’s rankings. In their most recent outing, Alabama State was able to grind out a 9-6 victory over Prairie View. All of Alabama State’s offense came off the foot of kicker Brandon Gillams, who booted field goals of 42, 29, and 30 yards. The Hornets’…

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Prairie View will not renew Bubba McDowell’s contract

Brandon King

As with the same certitude that day follows night and the tax man will always come for his cut,the collegiate coaching carousel will never cease spinning.In the Southwestern Athletic Conference, the first domino has fallen with Prairie View A&Mannouncing that the contract of head coach Bubba McDowell would not be renewed. “Coach McDowell’s commitment to helping our student-athletes succeed in life both personally and professionally is admirable and a true reflection of his character.”, said Prairie View athleticdirector Anton Goff. AD Goff also said the University’s focus will be securing…

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Alabama A&M defeats Mississippi Valley 49-35

Brandon King

image via AAMU Athletics Courtesy of Brian Howard, Assistant AD for Communications Cornelious Brown IV tossed five touchdown passes as the Alabama A&M University football team won its third straight game, rolling past Mississippi Valley State, 49-35, on Saturday at Rice-Totten Stadium in a Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) game. Brown threw two touchdowns in the opening half of 29 and 14 yards, and adding three more in the second half of 35, 9 and 13 yards as Alabama A&M (6-5 overall, 4-3 SWAC) racked up 508 total yards of offense. Mississippi…

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Tennessee State defeats SEMO 28-21, wins share of Big South-OVC crown

Brandon King

title image via Tennessee State Athletics The last time Tennessee State claimed the OVC Championship in 1999, the world had not yet been introduced to the PlayStation 2, basketball shorts ended at or below the knees and snake was the pinnacle cellular phone entertainment.  For the first since coach L.C. Cole led TSU to the conference-promised land, the Tigers laid claim to a share of the Big South-OVC Championship with a 28-21 defeat of Southeast Missouri, their first victory over the RedHawks since 2017. In addition to securing a portion…

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Another Air Jordan 1 Low coming in 2025

Brandon King

It should come to no surprise that the Air Jordan 1 in all many of it iterations- ‘85 High, OG High, Mid, Low, and Low OG- is in Jordan Brand’s 2025 release plans. One of those planned colorway is this upcoming Jordan 1 Low. It’s black upper features a combination of leather paired with nylon that appears at the mid panels. A Jumpman is perched atop the nylon tongue, with reflective Swooshes adorning the sides, along with a reflective Wings logo on the rear heel. Underneath this upper resides a…

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PE Corner: “FAMU” Nike LeBron TR1

Brandon King

This Nike LeBron TR 1 is one of the latest additions to Florida A&M’s LeBron footwear fleet, which includes some bangers, spread across several LeBron models , including the LeBron VII, XIX, XX, XXI and a host of others. They sport a light cream synthetic upper adorned with a large green Swoosh on the lateral side, with smaller such branding appearing on the toe box. Orange appears on the lace loops and interwoven on the rear pull tab as well on the LeBron logo emblazoned tongue label. Additional orange appears…

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Trei Oliver sums up season as “disappointing”

Brandon King

There are but a precious few coaches in America that would not be pleased with their teams having a 7-3 overall record, 3-1 in league play, with a potential berth on the line heading into their last game.  At 7-3 and 3-1 in the MEAC, this is the position that North Carolina Central finds themselves in, and while for many coaches this would be a banner year, NCCU head coach Trei Oliver is not breaking out the pom-poms for the season his team has had. Asked on the most recent…

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