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Norfolk, Virginia – Weather was the story of the day for the James Madison Dukes in their matchup against Norfolk State Spartans. The start of the game was delayed an hour and a half due to a lightning delay. After kickoff, the teams got to play one full quarter before the lightning hit the area.
Howard at Kent State When: Saturday, September 8th, 3:30 PM EDT Where: Dix Stadium, Kent, OH TV/Streaming Coverage:ESPN+ (subscription) Howard (0-1, 0-0 MEAC, last week L 32-38 at Ohio) Last week, head coach Mike London and the Bison came up just short as they were edged out by Ohio University, 38-32, despite putting up an impressive 645 total.
Early in the season, teams move up and down in the polls as teams show that they are what we thought they would be; better than anticipated; or way over ranked versus their actual performance. We had a lot of movement from the preseason in the FCS after week one. There were 5 FCS teams that upset.
College Sports Journal announces their 2018 Fearless Prediction for the Order of finish of the MEAC. Winners of the Celebration Bowl last season, North Carolina A&T was the runaway choice to repeating as MEAC champions. Aggie fans are accustomed lately to great football teams, but a historic 12-0 season, with a win over an FBS team.
North Carolina A&T Aggies Location: Greensboro, NC Coach: Sam Washington (0-0) Stadium: Aggie Stadium (Capacity: 21,500) CSJ Projections: 1st: MEAC 7th: North Carolina 1st: HBCU 14th: FCS 121st: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: Aggie fans were accustomed lately to great football teams, but a historic 12-0 season, with a win over an FBS team.
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats Location: Daytona Beach, FL Coach: Terry Sims (20-12) Stadium: Municipal Stadium (Capacity: 10,000) CSJ Projections: 2rd: MEAC 8th: Florida 4th: HBCU 64th: FCS 191st: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: After losing on the road to Howard 26-24 on September 24th, lesser teams might have stumbled, but the Wildcats rebounded and finished the.
Howard Bison Location: Washington, DC Coach: Mike London (7-4) Stadium: William H. Greene Stadium (Capacity: 10,000) CSJ Projections: 3rd: MEAC 1st: District of Columbia 6th: HBCU 71st: FCS 200th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: Head coach Mike London made an enormous splash last season by going to Las Vegas and pulling off what could be.
North Carolina Central Eagles Location: Durham, NC Coach: Granville Eastman (0-0) (interim) Stadium: O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium (Capacity: 10,000) CSJ Projections: 4th: MEAC 11th: North Carolina 8th: HBCU 74th: FCS 204th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: After a great run at North Carolina Central, ending with a bit of a tough-luck 7-4 record, head coach Jerry.
Florida A&M Rattlers Location: Tallahassee, FL Coach: Willie Simmons (0-0) Stadium: Bragg Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 25,500) CSJ Projections: 5th: MEAC 9th: Florida 11th: HBCU 97th: FCS 227th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: What’s a FAMU season without drama? After a 3-8 season and yet another loss to their bitter Rival Bethune-Cookman in the Florida Classic,.
South Carolina State Bulldogs Location: Orangeburg, South Carolina Coach: Oliver “Buddy” Pough (120-64) Stadium: Oliver C. Dawson Stadium (Capacity: 22,000) CSJ Projections: 6th: MEAC 8th: South Carolina 13th: HBCU 99th: FCS 229th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: Though still 3-2 at home, a rough 2017 season that didn’t start until mid-September (thanks to hurricanes) saw.
Norfolk State Spartans Location: Norfolk, VA Coach: Latrell Scott (37-30, overall; 12-21 @ NSU), 4th Season at NSU Stadium: William “Dick” Price Stadium (Capacity: 30,000) CSJ Projections: 7th: MEAC 14th: HBCU 14th: Virginia 103rd: FCS 233rd: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: With more than half of its starters in their first or second career years.
Savannah State Tigers Location: Savannah, Georgia Coach: Erik Raeburn (141-54, overall, 6-15, SSU) 3rd Season @ SSU Stadium: Theodore A. Wright Stadium (Capacity: 8,500) CSJ Projections: 8th: MEAC 7th: Georgia 16th: HBCU 106th: FCS 236th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: With a very young team, the Tigers improved to 3-5 within the MEAC and 3-8.
Morgan State Bears Location: Baltimore, MD Coach: Earnest T. Jones (11-10) 1st Season at MSU Stadium: Earl Banks Field at Hughes Stadium (Capacity: 10,000) CSJ Projections: 9th: MEAC 19th: HBCU 4th: Maryland 118th: FCS 248th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: The Bears finished just 1-10 overall and 1-7 in MEAC play last year and.
Delaware State Hornets Location: Dover, DE Coach: Rod Milstead (0-0), 1st year at DSU Stadium: Alumni Stadium (Capacity: 7,193) CSJ Projections: 10th: MEAC 21st: HBCU 2nd: Delaware 123th: FCS 253rd: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: The Hornets were a very young team last year and only managed a 2-9 overall record but did win.
The Week that was and the Huge Weeks Ahead Last week of HBCU football was a week that sent waves through the MEAC and SWAC landscape, this week isn’t quite over and those waves have now impacted the world of FCS football and we’ve yet to get to the games. Last week we saw Celebration.
Welcome to November where the road to the Celebration Bowl has officially heated up. Last week in the MEAC we saw Celebration Bowl hopes take a major hit for Hampton and Norfolk State, conference front runner North Carolina A&T enjoyed a much needed bye. In the SWAC, Alabama A&M was left searching for answers after.
Top 10 Twitter Highlights No. 10. The No. 22/RV Northern Arizona football team scored 35 unanswered points after falling behind 7-0 to extend its current winning streak to five consecutive games as it rolled to a 45-31 victory over UC Davis in Big Sky Conference action on Saturday at the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome. The five-game.
On Tuesday, tickets for The Celebration Bowl went on sale for the general public, but the teams still have work to do and games to win to have their tickets punched. North Carolina A&T, North Carolina Central, and Hampton are all unbeaten in the MEAC with crucial matchups still on the horizon. Over In the.
The calendar has turned from September to October, and now we start to separate the pretenders from the contenders. The season has gotten off to an exciting start with a few early season upsets and exciting games but now the dreams of playing in the post season will now be made or broken during the.
In week 3 we North Carolina A&T pick up FBS win number 2 for the MEAC, while conference foe Howard come crashing back down to reality and Norfolk State’s nightmare of a season only got worse against the defending National Champion. In the SWAC, we saw Jackson State travel to the house that Eddie Robinson.
Welcome to week 3 of the college football season and we’ve almost gotten to the point where we can separate the pretenders from the contenders. Week 3 provides us with several contests to see which teams are the real thing and which teams are fool’s gold. The races to the Celebration Bowl and post season.
Week 1 in HBCU football saw quite a few upsets, but none was bigger than Howard going out west as a 40+ underdog and defeating UNLV. In week 1 we saw North Carolina A&T flex its muscles and look like a serious contender for the MEAC crown, and we saw Southern show that they’re just.
Football season is once again upon us and the race for the Celebration Bowl and post season play is now on! Can anybody in the SWAC Challenge Grambling for the crown, will anyone in the MEAC challenge the North Carolina schools, and is this Tennessee State’s year to bust into the post season? This week.
Coming into 2017, the MEAC is looking to bounce back from a disappointing year as a conference. 2016 saw the conference have 9 of 11 members finish the season below .500 with North Carolina A&T and North Carolina Central being the only 2 exceptions. The conference also went 0-fer in the post season with A&T.
PHILADELPHIA, PA -There is so much to love about the FCS Playoffs. I know, because I’ve been following and writing about the teams involved with the FCS Playoffs for almost twenty years. The simple premise of getting together the best teams of the subdivision, putting them in a big single-elimination tournament and determining a.
INDIANAPOLIS—The field of 24 teams competing for the 2016 NCAA Division I Football Championship was announced today by the NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee. The top eight national seeds will host winners from the first-round match-ups. Five-time defending national champion North Dakota State (10-1) tops the bracket as the number one seed after tying.
To close out the FCS Playoff projection brackets, Kent Schmidt and Chuck Burton will post their final sample brackets. Tune in tomorrow to ESPNU at 11:00AM Eastern to see how close they got! NOTE: Home team in CAPS in the brackets. Conference Champions Autobid Winners: Big Sky: North Dakota Big South: Charleston Southern CAA:.
PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The defending BOXTOROW national champion North Carolina A&T Aggies received the majority of the first-place votes in the BOXTOROW Media poll and begins the season No. 1 in HBCU football. N.C. A&T opened the season with a 62-0 beating of Saint Augustine’s. The Aggies outpaced No. 2 Alcorn State by 35 points. Speaking of Alcorn.
PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The 2016 college football season is upon us and media members from around the country have selected the 2016 BOXTOROW Preseason All-America Team. Former BOXTOROW Rookie of the Year and two-time BOXTOROW All-American North Carolina A&T running back Tarik Cohen and another two-time BOXTOROW All-American Alabama State linebacker Kourtney Berry lead the 28-man team..
PHILADELPHIA, PA. — After a 2015 season which saw the North Carolina A&T Aggies finish as BOXTOROW national champions and win the inaugural Celebration Bowl 41-34 over Alcorn State, it’s no surprise the Aggies sit atop the preseason BOXTOROW Coaches poll. MEAC co-championships Bethune-Cookman and North Carolina Central – North Carolina A&T was MEAC co-champions as well.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see Eastern Washington’s star wideout Cooper Kupp as one of the best receivers at the FCS level, or dominating Sam Houston State defensive end P.J. Hall as a great pass rusher. It seems, in fact, that all anyone talks about in the FCS preseason is the painfully obvious..
