SSU men in transition this season‎

SSU MEN'S BASKETBALL PREVIEW

The Savannah State men's basketball program is looking ahead to the future, literally and figuratively.

The Tigers have only one player competing that isn't a sophomore or freshman. Two juniors, Rashad Hassan and Arnold Louis, who were among the team's top players a year ago, will red-shirt this season to save a year of eligibility when the school joins the Mid-eastern Athletic Conference next season.

"The operative word is transition, as an institution and a program we're trying to transition into the MEAC," said SSU sixth-year coach Horace Broadnax, whose squad opens the season Friday at home against Brewton Parker.

Lady Tigers Opens with Edward Waters

SAVANNAH, Ga.- Thirteen home games and a pair of four-game home-stands highlights the Savannah State women’s basketball slate for the 2010-11 season. Despite 13 home games, SSU will travel through 10 states this season (Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kansas, Alabama, Louisiana, Virginia, Maryland, Indiana and New Jersey).

Cedric Baker, who is entering his 8th season as the Lady Tiger head coach, has SSU opening their 27-game schedule against NAIA opponent Edward Waters on November 12. After games at Florida A&M, South Carolina State and Charlotte, the Lady Tigers have home contests with North Florida (Nov. 27) and Central Florida (Nov. 30).

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Savannah State Officials Respond to Ex-Coach's Lawsuit

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC), Dr. Claud Flythe, VP for Administration at SSU is leaving the school at the end of the month. Flythe is named in the Well's lawsuit and chaired the search committee that selected Robert Wells as the Tigers football coach.

The January firing of Savannah State University head football coach Robert Wells was one of “the most poorly handled situations,” one school administrator said. “This should have been addressed in January,” when Wells was given a “resign-or-be-fired” ultimatum from university officials after they called his coaching ethics into question two years after he was hired. Wells last month sued the school and several administrators, including the interim athletic director and administration vice president Claud Flythe. Wells, the first white football coach in the school’s history, said he coached the team to the most victories it has had in years and that he was fired because his fiancée is black.

During his first year as coach, the team won five games -- equal to the total amount of victories during the five previous seasons. It was the school’s best season in 11 years, the lawsuit said. In Wells' second season, the Tigers were 2-8. In speaking with the AJC, Flythe called Wells a “pathological liar” and is adamant that race had nothing to do with his dismissal. “It’s ludicrous that someone would make those accusations,” a heated Flythe told the AJC. Wells was given a one-year contract extension in December 2009. The university confirmed other news reports that 13 of the players were ineligible to participate in spring practice and that 20 players had either quit or were dismissed from the team.

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Savannah State without 33 players for football spring practice

Starting QB Kurvin Curry is missing from SSU spring drills. The Tigers finished '09 with a 2-8 record.

Savannah State University's football team conducted the first of 15 spring practices Monday without 33 players. The Tigers' spring roster includes 49 players. Missing from the two-hour workout, which began at 5:15 a.m. at T.A. Wright Stadium, were 13 ineligible players and 20 players who quit or were dismissed from the team, SSU sports information director Opio Mashariki said. He declined to identify who was ineligible and who had left the team.

Starting quarterback Kurvin Curry, a sophomore last season, is among those missing from drills, although the veteran was present at practice. He is absent for a second consecutive spring. Five players are in the Chatham County jail on charges stemming from a Feb. 5 attack on two fellow students on campus.

Defensive backs Edward Ndem, Jevontae Jefferson and Patrick Thomas, defensive lineman Juvaro Goodman and running back Rashard Russell are charged with aggravated assault. All but Russell also are charged with aggravated battery. Their cases will go to a Chatham County grand jury, where prosecutors are expected to seek indictments within 90 days. Chatham County Recorder's Court Judge Tammy Stokes last Tuesday denied bond for the five defendants.

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NCCU's LeVelle Moton: No excuses necessary

Durham, N.C. -- North Carolina Central UniversityEagles ended its men's basketball season Feb. 25 with an 83-69 loss to Longwood University. Coach LeVelle Moton's first-season record concluded with seven wins against 22 losses. That's still three more wins than all of last year. Don't expect to find Moton in a corner with his head in his hands or polishing up his resume. He knew what the job description entailed when he applied. The Eagles have completed their third independent year of transition to Division I. (Women's basketball ends March 14.) They have won 15 games in three years, but that's going to change.

Next season, the university becomes a full member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, a Division I historically black conference, which will level the playing field considerably. Oh, there'll still be the "money games," where low- to mid-major teams play top Division I programs for financial gain, but they won't make up an entire season. "I had Coach K [Duke's Mike Krzyzewski] call me and tell me he couldn't do what I'm doing," said Moton, the school's third all-time leading scorer (1,714 points). "We've been through some trials and tribulations and some adversity, but that's what life is about. We didn't have Batman, we had a bunch of Robins."

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Savannah State: The Value of a Coach

Savannah State University Head Basketball Coach Horace Broadnax.

Taking a 0-28 team to a 15 win season in less than four years is an accomplishment that is pretty hard to miss. This is something Horace Broadnax was able to do with the Savannah State University men’s basketball program. Something even more compelling was Broadnax’s ability to do this with the second lowest basketball budget in all of Division I (339 out of 340)! But what does it really mean in comparison to the rest of college basketball?



Broadnax’s 2009 season produced argubly the best Dollar-Per-Win ratio in modern college basketball. With 15 wins and a budget of $376,968, it came to roughly $25,131 per win. This may sound like a lot, but when you compare Coach Broadnax to his colleagues it is pretty apparent he may be the best bang for your buck in college basketball. Compared to the likes of big names like Howland, Williams, Self, and Donovan, Broadnax’s productivity is astounding. The bottom line is for less than one tenth the cost of the coaches just named, Horace Broadnax can get you a win.

One point of hot contention is whether completely turning around a program or doing it on such a meager budget is greater accomplishment? Regardless, Horace Broadnax has proved himself amongst the coaching ranks. It is hard to imagine what this guy could do with a little financial support and a program with an already well-established tradition as some of the heavy hitters listed above possess. The only disparity in Broadnax’s case is in the wins columns. His 15 wins is less than the generously budgeted basketball powerhouses mentioned above were able to achieve. This raises the question, how did Broadnax compare to coaches with the same number of wins?

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N.C. State one stop on long road tour for N.C. Central

Eagles learning hard lesson on road

N.C. Central coach Henry Dickerson said that if his players can get through this season, they will be able to handle just about any hurdle they face in life. In its second season of Division I basketball, N.C. Central is traveling 25,344 miles for 21 road games in 14 states, including today's 7 p.m. game at N.C. State. The Eagles have scheduled seven teams from BCS conferences, including Wake Forest, South Carolina and Miami. When injuries hit on top of everything else, a dismal record became almost inevitable for N.C. Central.

The Eagles are 2-22 and ranked last among the 347 Division I men's teams in the Sagarin computer ratings through Sunday's games. NCCU was 4-26 last season. "No matter what they go through in life, this will truly prepare them," Dickerson said of his players. "It seems to me that everybody should go through it to see what it's like." N.C. Central was hurting before it even played its opener. Projected starting forwards Lamar Pittman and Dami Sapara suffered season-ending knee injuries.

In the Eagles' most recent game against Savannah State, 6-foot-9 center Stevy Worah-Ozimo broke an arm. The Eagles are a virtually guaranteed win for many of their opponents, which enrich N.C. Central's athletics budget for playing on the road without demanding a return trip. N.C. State (11-8) will pay N.C. Central $50,000 for playing at the RBC Center in Raleigh. Dickerson said players spend so much time on buses and jets that he has to cut short practice in order for them to keep up with their school work.

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NCCU Beats Savannah State On Senior Day

DURHAM, N. C. - North Carolina Central University scored 10 first half points and the Eagles' defense held Savannah State University to just 122 total yards as NCCU defeated the visiting Tigers 10-7 on Senior Day at O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium in Durham, N.C. on Saturday. Nine NCCU seniors closed out their college careers in style, winning three of their last four games to finish the school's second Division I (FCS) season with a 4-7 record.

NCCU amassed 330 yards of total offense, including a career-high 216 passing yards by red-shirt freshman quarterback Keon Williams, who completed 15-of-20 attempts through the air. Sophomore running backs Tim Shankle and Tony McCord combined for 155 rushing yards, with Shankle recording a team-best 88 ground yards, including a 5-yard touchdown run at the beginning of the second quarter which proved to be the game-winner.

Junior Will Scott topped the Eagles receiving corps with five catches for 83 yards, while senior Wayne Blackwell collected four receptions for 49 yards in his final college game. Blackwell finishes his career as the eighth leading receiver in NCCU history with 117 catches for 1,462 yards.

A stifling NCCU defense held Savannah State to only 23 yards rushing on the afternoon, including negative-4 yards on the ground in the first half. The Eagles recorded six tackles behind the line of scrimmage, including four sacks, while forcing two turnovers. In the critical fourth quarter, the NCCU defense held the Tigers to just one first down, 33 yards passing and zero yards rushing. NCCU sophomore lineman Teryl White had a fumble recovery to go along with six tackles, including a sack. Red-shirt freshman David Ingram collected his team-best fourth interception of the season.

Among the school's all-time career leaders, senior quarterback Stadford Brown (#2) ranks third in pass completions (399), third in passing touchdowns (46), fourth in passing yards (5,202) and fourth in total offense (5,207). Brown's college career was cut short when his collarbone was broken during the second quarter of the Eagles' win over rival North Carolina A&T on Oct. 4, 2008.

NCCU senior linebacker Troy McConico amassed a team-high 10 tackles, including a sack and two forced fumbles, while senior lineman Eric Smalls accounted for six tackles, including 2.5 hits for a loss with a sack. Senior defensive back Derek Harvey finished his Eagle tenure with a career-high six tackles.

NCCU senior kicker Brandon Gilbert hit a 42-yard field goal to give the Eagles a 3-0 lead at 3:44 of the first quarter, then made his 104th consecutive extra-point kick at 13:42 of the second quarter. Gilbert ends his college career as the school's all-time leading scorer with 279 points, and also tops the Eagles career lists for field goals (44) and extra-point kicks (147).

Savannah State (5-7) was topped by senior defensive back Javorris Jackson with 16 tackles, while senior linebacker Calvin Leonard added 11 stops, including two hits for a loss. The Tigers were led offensively by freshman quarterback Kurvin Curry, who completed 8-of-18 passes for 99 yards, including a 30-yard touchdown to Isaiah Osborne with 3:49 left in the third quarter.

The other NCCU seniors that ended their careers Saturday were offensive lineman Jovan Olafioye, offensive lineman Greg Greene, quarterback Stadford Brown and running back Jeff Toliver.

Attendance: 4,027 at O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium, Durham, N.C.

SSU QB has sprained shoulder

X-rays taken Monday afternoon of Savannah State starting quarterback Kurvin Curry's right (throwing) shoulder revealed no major damage, coach Robby Wells said. Curry, a 6-foot, 198-pound freshman from Hartwell, separated his right shoulder when he was tackled during a running play with 14 minutes, 50 seconds remaining in the second quarter of the Tigers' Homecoming game against Concordia-Selma.

"Nothing is broken. He's got a slight sprain," Wells said. "(The doctors and trainers) are telling me that he's going to be at least 80-85 percent this weekend. We're going to get him out there and let him do the mental reps in practice and just see how he progresses. I'll make a game-time decision."

SSU (4-5) will travel to Camden County on Saturday to play Edward Waters (2-7) at 5 p.m. at Gilman Stadium in Kingsland. If Curry is unable to start....

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SSU Tigers blows out Livingstone

SAVANNAH, GA - The monkey is officially off of Robby Wells' back, Wells and Savannah State picked up their first win of the season by beating Livingstone College 45-10 at Memorial Stadium Saturday afternoon. It was the Tigers first win in almost a year. Prior to their win over the Blue Bears, the Tigers were on a 9 game losing skid dating back to last season. Their last win came against Johnson C. Smith on September 7th until Saturday.

"Its really exciting," says Coach Wells, "I just want to thank everyone for all they've done who helped us get to this point. It's good to have my family here. We're going to celebrate tonight, that's for sure." Kurvin Curry had a total of 326 yards and 4 touchdowns. "Now everyone knows what it feels like and Coach Wells is going to coach us to a lot more wins. I know we can do it."





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Attendance: 2,157 (29%) Ted Wright Stadium, Savannah, GA (Capacity: 7,500)

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Jacksonville Third quarter does in Savannah State

SSU Coach Robby Wells starts Tiger career at 0-1, as he learned Saturday morning that 11 players were ineligible to play against Jacksonville because of NCAA Clearinghouse issues. The Dolphins are a non-scholarship program in the Pioneer League.

Jacksonville (Fla.) University cornerback Robson Noel guaranteed a victory against Savannah State University and his teammates delivered Saturday night. After a scoreless first half, Jacksonville scored 17 points in the third quarter and held on for a 20-7 victory. A Memorial Stadium crowd of 4,441 watched as the Dolphins spoiled the head coaching debut of SSU's Robby Wells, and gave JU second-year head coach Kerwin Bell his first road win.

"I just knew our team was ready to play," said Noel, who made four tackles. "I'm very relieved. I owe it all to my teammates." Jacksonville, which does not offer athletic scholarships, is a member of both the Football Championship Subdivision and the Pioneer Conference. The Dolphins won their season opener for the first time since 2002, when they beat Lenoir-Rhyne, 37-27. SSU has not won its season opener since 2004, a 41-34 double-overtime victory at Norfolk (Va.) State.

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Attendance: 4,441@ Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 15,000).

Jacksonville cornerback guarantees a victory over SSU

Teams meet at 7 p.m. at Memorial Stadium

It's Savannah State's football season opener. It's Robby Wells' first game as the Tigers' head coach. And if that's not enough intrigue then try this: Jacksonville (Fla.) University cornerback Robson Noel has guaranteed a JU victory against SSU at 7 p.m. today at Memorial Stadium.

Noel, a senior from Pompano Beach, Fla., last week told the Florida Times-Union, "We want to get off to a fast start this year. We've got a couple of big games ahead of us. We're focused in on Savannah State right now, and we're looking forward to Appalachian State (Sept. 6), but we're keeping that in the background. "We're thinking about this first game, and we're going to come out with a win ... and I guarantee it." Thanks to the Internet, word of Noel's guarantee spread quickly at SSU.

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NCCU Eagles continue upgrading

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This season, as they face nine FCS opponents, NCCU athletic director Ingrid Wicker-McCree said the school has negotiated -- not counting gate proceeds -- guaranteed revenues of $300,000, which includes a game against Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, Calif., that will pay $135,000. It's a revenue stream generated by the toughest schedule in school history. The Eagles host Fayetteville State in their season-opener on Sunday.

They play four games at home and seven on the road, where they travel to five states, including California for the first time since Nov. 27, 1988. Still, the Eagles could claim a school-record fifth consecutive winning season. But it will be a challenge, with the Eagles (who finished last season 6-4 overall with one victory over a Division I team) facing three FCS teams ranked in national preseason polls, including James Madison (Sept. 6) and Cal Poly (Nov. 8). JMU will pay the Eagles $75,000 for participating in that second-week contest.

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SSU strives for first winning season since 1998

Savannah State is at least nine months away from joining an athletic conference. The football program will complete its three-year NCAA probation in May, 2009. It is perhaps longer away from beating a Football Championship Subdivision opponent. Since joining the FCS in 2002, SSU has beaten only two FCS teams: Morris Brown in 2002 and Norfolk State in 2004. Morris Brown eliminated athletics in 2003.

SSU is 6-58 in that span, including two winless seasons (0-12 in 2003 and 0-11 in 2005). The Tigers haven't finished .500 or better since 1998, when they went 7-4 in Division II. With an aggressive new coach and an easier 12-game schedule featuring six non-FCS opponents, this might be the year SSU takes the next step toward progress and finishes .500 or better. "From a fan standpoint, I guess that's probably the goal," SSU coach Robby Wells said. "But from any coach who is competitive like me, I want to win every game."

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SSU 2008 SCHEDULE

Aug. 30 JACKSONVILLE 7 p.m. Memorial Stadium
Sept. 6 *LIVINGSTONE TBA TBA
Sept. 13 Winston-Salem St. 6 p.m. Winston-Salem, N.C.
Sept. 20 Bethune-Cookman 4 p.m. Daytona Beach, Fla.
Sept. 27 %Howard 6 p.m. Miami
Oct. 4 Clark Atlanta 1:30 p.m. Atlanta
Oct. 11 ^Ch. SOUTHERN 2 p.m. Memorial Stadium
Oct. 18 Mississippi Valley St. 1 p.m. Itta Bena, Miss.
Nov. 1 #CONCORDIA 2 p.m. T.A. Wright Stadium
Nov. 8 Edward Waters 5 p.m. Kingsland
Nov. 15 Webber International 1 p.m. Babson Park, Fla.
Nov. 22 North Carolina Central 1 p.m. Durham, N.C.

HOME GAMES ALL CAPS
*Joe Turner Classic
%Miami Classic
^Military Appreciation Day
#Homecoming

SSU to stay Division I; eyes conference

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According to Claud Flythe, SSU vice president for administration...

Flythe, before speaking briefly at the scholarship extravaganza - but not about SSU's Division I status - told the Savannah Morning News that SSU will remain in Division I. He also said the Tigers intend to join the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, and hinted that membership could come as early as December.

"We have had no discussions about going back to Division II," Flythe said of SSU, which left the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and joined Division I in 2002 without conference affiliation. "Savannah State's mission, its goal, its objective right now, is to stay in Division I and to become a full-fledged member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference."

SSU's football program will complete a three-year NCAA probation on May 18, 2009. In 2005, SSU paid the MEAC a $10,000 non-refundable application fee. In 2006, the MEAC put SSU's application on hold until it completes its NCAA probation in 2009. "We are full speed ahead," Flythe said. "We're working very closely with the MEAC's board of directors, and the (MEAC) commissioner, and the NCAA."

Click here to view photos from the SSU scholaship extravaganza.

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NCCU Eagles' young defense prepares for tough schedule

DURHAM -- N.C. Central has been used to moving the football and putting up points for the past four years, and the Eagles should be just as good at it this year. Although Mose Rison's club will face a much tougher schedule than did last season's 6-4 team, with seven returning starters including proven quarterback Stadford Brown, the offense should be in very good shape. And new defensive coordinator Jake Cabell's biggest challenge is simply to make sure his less experienced unit isn't on the field very much.

The first test is just 13 days away, as the Eagles will open their season on Aug. 31 at O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium against former CIAA rival Fayetteville State. "We get to work against a very good, proven offense every day in practice," said Cabell, a one-time star at Nebraska who will also be position coach for the Eagles' defensive backs. "We want to have them on the field as much as possible, so our motto is 'Get the ball back.'"

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NCCU Eagles eager to fly

N.C. Central begins second season as FCS program

DURHAM - Coach Mose Rison walked out to N.C. Central's practice field late Monday evening, thinking he would arrive ahead of players for the first preseason football practice. It was 8:40 p.m., almost an hour before practice was scheduled to begin under the new practice facility lights. Players buzzed about as if they had discovered gold buried in the end zone.

Eagles head football coach Mose Rison is preparing for a strong second season at the NCAA FCS Division I level.

"They were juiced," Rison said on Tuesday evening before the team's second practice, which was open to the media and just as euphoric. Added sophomore running back Tim Shankle: "It was a lot of smiles on people's faces."

A new season has arrived for the Eagles, and Rison and his players are ecstatic about their second year as an NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA) program.

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Savannah State Tigers have questions about running game

SSU Tigers starting QB Jacorey Kilcrease
Sophomore, 6-0/170, Macon, Georgia; Central Macon.

Savannah State's running game was an area of concern after sputtering for only 899 yards and five touchdowns last season. It became a bigger issue when leading rusher Antwan Edwards quit the team in May. SSU's running game suffered another blow Sunday when heralded freshman Kendal Blackshear quit the team.

SSU head coach Robby Wells said Blackshear, a 5-foot-10, 195-pound Houston native, returned to Texas. Wells said Blackshear's departure was not the result of a disciplinary decision. "Kendal came in, and it's a long way from home," Wells said following the completion of a Media Day press conference at Tiger Arena. "For whatever reason, he and his parents - his parents were still here (on campus) - decided that they wanted to go back home. It happens. We wish him well."



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SSU's Kilcrease leads QB competition

Locals DeFilippis, Wilson and Taylor in the mix

Savannah State first-year football coach Robby Wells has named JaCorey Kilcrease the Tigers' starting quarterback going into fall practice, which begins at 3:30 p.m. today. Kilcrease, a 6-foot, 170-pound junior, was SSU's starting quarterback last season. His playing time was shortened after he suffered a separated left (non-throwing) shoulder in the third game against Bethune-Cookman.

Kilcrease started five of the seven games in which he played. He was 62-for-126 passing for 490 yards, three touchdowns and four interceptions. His backup, freshman Greg McCrary, was 38-for-95 passing for 412 yards, three touchdowns and 13 interceptions. McCrary quit the team after last season.


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NCCU football set for preseason

Eagles report today, practice Tuesday

N.C. Central's football players will report today to begin preparation for the Eagles' second year of competing in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA). The Eagles will check in at 1 p.m., followed by a meeting with new athletic director Ingrid Wicker-McCree, dinner, physicals and a team meeting.

The team's first open practice will be Tuesday at 4 p.m. NCCU returns 44 lettermen (24 on offense, 20 on defense) from a team that went 6-4 in 2007. Second-year NCCU head coach Mose Rison has nine returning starters, and all but two are on the offensive side of the ball. Senior quarterback Stadford Brown, fifth on the Eagles' career passing yards list with 4,288 in just two seasons, leads the offense. Brown threw for 1,711 yards and 14 touchdowns a year ago.

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2008 NCCU FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Date Opponent / Event Location Time / Result

08/31/08 vs. Fayetteville State Durham, NC 4:00 p.m. ET
09/06/08 at James Madison Harrisonburg, VA 6:00 p.m. ET
09/13/08 at Morgan State Baltimore, MD 4:00 p.m. ET
09/20/08 at Central Connecticut State New Britain, CT 1:00 p.m. ET
10/04/08 vs. North Carolina A&T Charlotte, NC (Memorial Stadium) 5:00 p.m. ET
10/11/08 at Presbyterian Clinton, SC 1:30 p.m. ET
10/18/08 at Coastal Carolina Conway, SC 7:00 p.m. ET
11/01/08 vs. Edward Waters (HC) Durham, NC 1:30 p.m. ET
11/08/08 at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA 4:00 p.m. PT
11/15/08 vs. Winston-Salem State Durham, NC 1:30 p.m. ET
11/22/08 vs. Savannah State Durham, NC 1:00 p.m. ET

Big challenge for SSU coach

Robby Wells says he likes a challenge. He’s got one, all right. Wells was named head coach of the Savannah State University football team on Dec. 22, 2007, taking over one of the most maligned and moribund football programs in Division I. The Tigers have not had a winning season since 1998. They haven’t won more than two games in a season since 1999, and they went 1-9 in 2007.

“We’re doing the same thing Georgia State is doing,” Wells said, noting the Atlanta university’s plans to start a football program. “We’re doing it from scratch.” Problem is, Georgia State doesn’t plan to put its first team on the field for another two years. Savannah State’s been playing football since 1915. They are 7-47 since moving up to Division I in 2002.

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