LORMAN, Mississippi -- Alcorn State’s colors are the time worn purple and gold. This year, however, yellow has seemed to become one of the primary colors. Alcorn State is the most penalized of the 123 teams in the Football Championship Subdivision. It has been flagged 129 times for 1,246 yards, 12 penalties and more than 100 yards more than runner-up North Carolina Central.
By comparison, Furman is the least penalized team in the FCS with 36.
It hasn’t crippled the Braves. They still have a 7-4 record and won the SWAC’s East Division championship for the fourth year in a row. It is clearly a source of frustration for head coach Fred McNair, however.
“It’s about guys not doing the things that they’re supposed to. We should never be seeing this many chop blocks. We have two weeks to fix it and we will,” McNair said after Alcorn was penalized nine times for 111 yards in a 7-3 loss to Jackson State last week.
Alcorn has had at least 100 yards worth of penalties in six of its 11 games this season — including each of the past three — and at least seven penalties in every game. In the last three games alone it has been penalized 42 times for 443 yards.
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