NCCU’s Malcolm Bell battle-tested after injury filled 2015 season
North Carolina Central started last season with great expectations, many of them centered around quarterback Malcolm Bell. NCCU started with a 72-0 win over former CIAA rival St. Augustine’s, but the win against the D2 school would be their last for a while, as the team dropped three games in a row after that. Not […]
Tarik Cohen hoping to become third HBCU player to win Walter Payton Award
HBCUs have produced many of the greatest players in NFL history, and Walter Payton is arguably the best. The former Jackson State star has had the FCS Offensive Player of The Year Award named after him since 1997, but only two players from HBCUs have won it. North Carolina A&T running back Tarik Cohen will […]
HBCU Gameday Top Five 2016: MEAC RBs
1. Tarik Cohen, North Carolina A&T Unless you’ve been asleep the past three seasons, this one is a no-brainer. Already North Carolina A&T’s all-time leading rusher, he needs just over 600 yards to take over the all-time lead for the conference as well. Every one knows that Cohen is getting the ball, (he ran the […]
HBCU Gameday Top Five 2016: SWAC QBs
1. Trey Green, Prarie View This time a year ago, folks at Prairie View were wondering who would replace Jerry Lovelock at quarterback. It turned out to be Green, and the team couldn’t have asked for better results. Green threw for more than 300 yards three times last season, including a season-high 414 against Grambling. […]
Bethune-Cookman, North Carolina A&T headline MEAC TV schedule
The MEAC football schedule is out, and it’s interesting to say the least. Two of the three defending MEAC Co-Champs–Bethune Cookman and North Carolina A&T–will make multiple appearances on national television. The third, North Carolina Central, could make it just once or not at all. Bethune-Cookman will be featured in at least five of the […]
Tarik Cohen named 15th best athlete in college football
We’re still three months from the start of the football season, but pre-season accolades are starting to roll in. North Carolina A&T’s Tarik Cohen figures to get a lot of them, and he’s off to a good start by being ranked as the 15th best athlete in all of college football by Bleacher Report. Whether […]
New NFL diversity outreach to MEAC and SWAC could produce the next Sashi Brown
Last weekend we watched as only players from HBCUs heard their name called in the NFL Draft. A week later, it looks as though the NFL is hoping to increase the number of HBCU alumni it employees – off the field. There will soon be more job opportunities in the NFL for students at schools […]
Four MEAC, two SWAC teams banned from postseason by NCAA
The new APR info is out, and there is both good and bad news for HBCU programs in it. The good is that scores are up across the board. The bad, is that there is still a long way to go. All five FCS football programs and both men’s basketball program hit with postseason bans […]
Four Takeaways From North Carolina A&T’s Spring Game
North Carolina A&T climbed the mountain top last season, winning a share of the MEAC title, beating Alcorn State in the first-ever Celebration Bowl, and being named Black College Football National Champions. Here is our assessment of A&T’s spring game. 1. Denzel Keyes will be a key part of the offense this season. The 6-4 […]
North Carolina A&T’s national championship rings are tough
North Carolina A&T’s 2015 season was a big success, and the student-athletes are seeing the fruits of their labor in a big way. The Aggies recently got their HBCU National Championship Rings and they are fitting of the accomplishment. Yessir. Ring me upðŸ’😎 #NCAT pic.twitter.com/qvtZXKzMxP – 4ï¸âƒ£’z Up (@xMVRCUZx) April 14, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js A&T went […]
Column: Either Jay Hopson is a unicorn, or black HBCU coaches are being ignored
Jay Hopsen was at Alcorn State for a good time, but not a long time. Why aren’t other HBCU coaches able to do the same?
NCCU releases schedule, will play two money games again
After getting a share of the MEAC title in each of the past two season, North Carolina Central is hoping to claim the crown all by itself in 2016. NCCU’s road map to that elusive sole-title is now set in stone, as it released its 2016 schedule on Thursday. This schedule is pretty similar to […]
2015 HBCU Gameday FCS All-American Team
Another great year of black college football has come to an end, so we’re highlight the best of the best at the FCS level. Check out our list of FCS All-Americans. QB– Jonathan Williams, Grambling Grambling has a tradition of great quarterbacks that dates back decades, and Williams had a season right up there with […]
FAMU AD wants classics to replace money games
Florida A&M athletic director Milton Overton Jr. hasn’t been involved in athletics at HBCUs long, but he’s already picked up on the fact that the current playbook needs overhauling. Overton Jr. told Tallahassee.com’s Jordan Culver that he hopes to eventually replace money games with FAMU-owned classics in Miami and Atlanta. The financial success of the […]
Tarik Cohen, Javon Hargrave headline All-MEAC Team
Preseason awards can often be tricky, and are usually a waste, but it looks like the MEAC got it right this year. North Carolina A&T running back Tarik Cohen and South Carolina State defensive lineman Javon Hargrave were named the MEAC’s Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year on Monday. Cohen rushed for 1,248 yards […]