Category: football

SIAC game schedule for September 8

Brandon King

Here is the lineup of tomorrow’s SIAC football action Central State (0-1) vs Clark Atlanta (0-1) 1:00 p.m. CST/ Wilberforce, OH Morehouse (1-0) vs Lane (0-1) 2:00 pm CST/ Jackson, Tennessee White Water Classic Tuskeegee (1-0) vs Albany State (0-1) 4:00 p.m. / Phenix City, Alabama Kentucky State (0-1) vs McKendree University (1-0) 4:00 p.m. EST/ Frankfort, KY Benedict (0-1) vs Johnson C. Smith University 6:00 p.m. EST / Charlotte, NC Fort Valley State (0-1) vs Valdosta State University (1-0) 7:00 p.m. EST / Waycross, GA

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Miles Falls 37-21 to West Alabama

Brandon King

This is courtesy of Miles Athletics: LIVINGSTON, Ala. — A week after accumulating just 115 yards of total offense, Miles spent the first half against West Alabama moving the ball up and down the field with relative ease. But a small halftime deficit mushroomed after two quick scores to open the third quarter as the No. 11 Tigers (2-0) pulled away from the Golden Bears (0-2) with a 37-21 win at Tiger Stadium Thursday night. Daniel Smith threw for 278 yards and two touchdowns, both to Leonard Tyree, who had…

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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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The NFL showing what they are really about with anthem rule

Brandon King

Since Colin Kaepernick began sitting, and then kneeling, during the national anthem in 2016, to protest police brutality against black people, other players across the league joined in there was kneeling at nearly every game. The growing protest and the conversation ( that was later hijacked) that it sparked was going to force America to look in the mirror and really examine the systematic terrorizing of black people by certain segments of law enforcement. However , a concerted effort was launched by the media and their talking heads to divert…

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National Anthem issue at the heart of President cancelling Eagles’ White House Visit

Brandon King

At approximately 7 P.M. Monday night, President Donald Trump canceled the visit of the Super Bowl LII Champion Philadelphia Eagles that was scheduled for the next day. A statement released by the White House, the President referenced the continuing national anthem issue and stated that “a different type of ceremony” will be held for the 1,000 fans who will attend tomorrow’s event. White House canceled on the Eagles. pic.twitter.com/rcgTnTTLEh — Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) June 4, 2018 Shortly after the announcement, Mike Garafolo said on the NFL Network less than ten…

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