Category: NCAA

MEAC football recap week 1

Brandon King

Norfolk State 34, Virginia State 13 NORFOLK, Va. – Aaron Savage tied his career high with 112 rushing yards and scored two touchdowns, and Norfolk State pulled away with a strong second-half performance to top Virginia State 34-13 in the Union Bank & Trust Labor Day Classic on Saturday night at William “Dick” Price Stadium. Box Score | Recap Ohio 38, Howard 32 ATHENS, Ohio – Coach Mike London and the Howard University football team came up short as they were edged out by Ohio University, 38-32, despite putting up an impressive 645…

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SIAC Football Recap September 1

Brandon King

Clark Atlanta 30, Mississippi College 31 From clarkatlantasports.com: In his first game at quarterback for Clark Atlanta University, Charles Stafford threw for 277 yards and two touchdowns and had a big pass to set up a go-ahead fourth-quarter TD, but Drake McCarter’s 18-yard field goal with 3:58 left lifted Mississippi College to a 31-30 win over CAU Thursday in Clinton, Miss. With CAU (0-1) down 28-23 early in the fourth quarter, Stafford threw a high-arching, 45-yard dart to Drakar Jerry to the Mississippi College 1-yard line.  Two plays later, Stafford…

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SWAC Football Recaps Week 1

Brandon King

Alabama State 26, Tuskegee 20 (OT) The Alabama State had not defeated in-state Tuskegee in six years and as they trailed for most of the game, it appeared that the streak was headed to a seventh year. However when the Hornets’ quarterback Darryl Pearson, Jr. scored to tie the contest at 20 apiece with 5:09 remaining in the game. Tuskegee was unable to make anything happen on their subsequent drive and Alabama State got the ball back and ran out the clock to take the game into overtime. In the…

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Wingate blanks Johnson C. Smith in season opener 36-0

Brandon King

It was a rough opening night for the Johnson C. Smith Golden Bulls. They matched up with the Wingate University Bulldogs in the season opener for both teams. Wingate got right to work, going 50 yards in 10 plays on the game’s opening to take an early 3-0 lead on a 43-yard McLean Robertson field goal. JCSU went three-and-out on their subsequent drive and following that, Wingate only needed 4 plays to go 57 yards, scoring on quarterback’s Shaw Crocker’s 21-yard touchdown pass to JT Stokes to give the Bulldogs…

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North Carolina A&T defeats Jacksonville State University 20-17 in FCS Kickoff game

Brandon King

Although it was pretty at times, North Carolina A&T managed to hang on to defeat Jacksonville State, 20-17 in the Guardian Credit Union FCS Kickoff. Aggies’ quarterback Lamar Raynard did not look like himself and struggled, completing only 12 of his 34 passes for 111 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. A&T got the scoring going when a 9 play, 65 yard drive ended in a 24-yard touchdown pass from Raynard to Zachary Leslie. The Noel Ruiz extra point put the Aggies up 7-0. After several fruitless drives from both…

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Week 0 HBCU Analysis and Predictions

Brandon King

The start of the 2018 college football season will be upon us this Saturday and two HBCUs will be taking part in the opening day action. Here are the games and our predictions: Prairie View A&M at Rice, 7 p.m. (ESPN+) Prarie View A&M Panthers travel to Houston, Texas to take on the Rice Owls. Both teams feature first time head coaches who recently assumed the role, Eric Dooley for Prairie View and Mike Bloomgren for Rice. The Panthers were picked to finish fourth in the Southwestern Athletic Conference’s (SWAC)…

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Albany State releases 2018 football schedule

Brandon King

Courtesy of Albany State University: ALBANY- The Albany State University Athletics Department has released the football schedule for the 2018 season. The Golden Rams will have travel laden slate this fall with seven games on the road, including neutral site contests in Phenix City, Alabama (White Water Classic) and Columbus, Georgia (Fountain City Classic). The Golden Rams will open the season on the road September 1st at Valdosta State in Valdosta, Georgia. This will be the fifth straight year the Golden Rams and Blazers have squared off in the season…

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Courtney Jean Thornton will face no charges for false rape allegations

Brandon King

We shared with you a story from blacksportsonline.com regarding Oklahoma Sooners’ running back Rodney Johnson facing false rape allegations from a young lady he met socially. In another piece they have laid out how the false accuser, a Ms. Courtney Jean Thornton, despite leveling these grave allegations is facing no repercussions for her reprehensible actions. http://blacksportsonline.com/home/2017/12/courtney-jean-thornton-who-falsely-accused-ou-rb-rodney-anderson-of-rape-because-he-curved-her-is-a-white-woman-photos/

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Witnesses and Text Messages proves OU Running Back Rodney Anderson did not rape accuser

Brandon King

This story, written by Robert Littal of blacksportsonline.com, discusses how Oklahoma running back Rodney Anderson was falsely accused of raping a female because he told her he did not want to be in a relationship. http://blacksportsonline.com/home/2017/12/da-wont-charge-ou-rodney-anderson-with-rape-after-text-messages-witnesses-proved-accuser-only-said-he-rape-her-after-he-didnt-want-to-be-her-boyfriend-photos/2/

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Tennessee State smoked by no.2 Jacksonville State, 36-6

Brandon King

A tough season for Tennessee State came to a rough end with a 36-6 loss at the hands of the no.2 ranked Jacksonville State Gamecocks. The scoring did not get going until 4:07 to go in the first half with a Cade Stinnett 19-yard field goal, to give the Gamecocks a 3-0 lead. Two minutes later Jacksonville State would find the end zone for the first time in the game when quarterback Bryant Horn connected with tight end Austin Cummins for a 45-yard touchdown pass. The PAT gave JSU a…

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