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Sunday, September 5, 2010
Holy Cross 38, Howard Bison 7: Taggart on target in HC's debut
“Nervous and anxious were 1 and 2,” he said.
Taggart, who is succeeding record-setting quarterback Dominic Randolph, made his starting debut yesterday and, as it turned out, the senior didn't have too much to worry about. He completed 17 of 29 passes for 186 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Crusaders to a 38-7 victory over Howard University at Fitton Field.
“Overall, he had a good day,” Holy Cross coach Tom Gilmore said. “We did make some mistakes, and he was a little off on a couple of plays, but hey, first-game jitters. When he settled down, he was starting to hit the throws a lot better.”
• SLIDESHOW: Holy Cross vs. Howard football
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Newberry opens season with 55-0 rout of Livingstone
Senior wide receiver David Pressley (Anderson, S.C.) caught touchdown passes of two and 27 yards, while Edward Gilliard (Summerville, S.C.) caught a 39-yard touchdown and Cameron Winchester (Gilbert, S.C.) caught a 30-yarder.
In the midst of the offensive fireworks, senior defensive end Derrell Kinard (Boiling Springs, S.C.) put on a show of his own. While applying pressure to the Livingstone quarterback, Kinard made a spectacular one-handed interception and scampered 27 yards into the endzone.
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TUSKEGEE 34, BENEDICT 18: Just another solid start for the Golden Tigers
"We played like it was the first game," Slater said. "We played with good effort. We committed a lot of penalties, but all those mistakes are coachable. We turned the ball over, but I don't think they were crucial turnovers because we were ahead."
Nykeem Barton made all of his 37 rushing yards count by scoring three touchdowns. Josh Harris was 14-of-23 passing for 247 yards with a touchdown. Benedict's Renando Rose led all rushers with 72 yards.
Tuskegee defeats Benedict
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UNC-Pembroke blanks Fayetteville State 39-0 in Two Rivers Classic
"Can you throw this in the trash?" he said.
Indeed, Fayetteville State would like to forget last night's implosion as soon as possible. With an eleventh-hour change at quarterback, the Broncos' offense was lost in a 39-0 loss to UNC-Pembroke at Grace P. Johnson Stadium. In front of a UNCP record crowd of 6,429, FSU was steamrolled. The latest installment of this budding rivalry deflated from a blockbuster to a straight-to-DVD film before it even began. On Friday, the Broncos learned they'd be without star transfer quarterback Robert Benjamin.
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UTEP Miners wear down UAPB Lions 31-10
A Donald Buckram-less UTEP certainly didn't outclass the FCS's Arkansas-Pine Bluff as badly as it hoped Saturday, but the Miners' superior talent and numbers finally wore down the feisty Golden Lions for a 31-10 victory. Price improved to 4-3 in openers in front of 30,029 fans and UTEP came away with a list of things to fix.
"It was a good way we won it. It was a little bit frustrating at times, a lot of opportunities blown, particularly the first half. But we stuck together and that's good," Price said. "It was a good win because we're not fat and sassy. We've got a lot of work to do and the kids know that." The new 4-3 defense, after giving up an embarrassing 80-yard touchdown drive to UAPB to start the game....
Photo Gallery: UTEP Miners defeat Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Alcorn's defense scores three TD's in 50-27 win
“Defensive coordinator Zach Shay does an awesome job with instilling that attitude,” Alcorn head coach Earnest Collins said. “We call it BIA, Best in America, at hustle. It’s not about athletic ability, but 100 percent about hustle. He preaches that every day.” And Alcorn State needed every one of those defensive scores, as the Braves offense sputtered for a majority of the game.
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With strong defense, field goals, Morgan State beats Bowie State 14-7
The defense, however, showed vast improvement, forcing five turnovers, and paved the way for a 14-7 victory before an announced 7,419 at Hughes Stadium. The Bears will have little time to savor the win as they must get ready to play Saturday at Maryland for the first time in program history.
"We have a lot of new faces on the defense," coach Donald Hill-Eley "They played well together against a team that had a game to play before us. They looked sharp. Our defense had some three-and-outs and we held them until we could get something going on offense."
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Georgia Southern smacks Savannah State, 48-3
The result was an overwhelming 48-3 victory over neighboring Savannah State in the season opener for both teams. "The option is back," a speaker over the stadium public address system proclaimed after GSU's first offensive play. "I'm just glad they were happy at the end of the game," GSU first-year coach Jeff Monken said.
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ALABAMA STATE 34, MVSU 6: QB Dominguez, ASU's offense shine
"I'm not going to lie, I felt a little jittery when I was thinking about it before the game," Dominguez said. "But once you get on the field, it's football. The game takes over and you just have fun."
ASU coach Reggie Barlow gave his new quarterback high marks on his first start. As with any first start, there is room for improvement, but the Hornets liked what they saw. "Devin has a lot of talent," Barlow said. "He's calm and he made some good decisions and some good throws. He's got a couple of things to clear up with tempo and the clock, but all in all, he did well."
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Shaw Overpowers Virginia Union 57-27
Starting quarterback Kevin Atkins (right) threw for 212 yards and four touchdowns on the evening, while Quinshon Odom came in with the second team in the fourth quarter and added 103 yards and two touchdowns of his own – one a 60-yard bomb that was pulled in by Tyrone Craig in the endzone.
While the Shaw defense gave up some big plays at key moments, including a 25-yard touchdown pass from Panther quarterback Aris McGlone-English to Andre Winston as the clock hit zero at the end of the first half, they also managed to hold Virginia Union scoreless in the first and third quarters.
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Therriault leads Jackson State Tigers Air Raid
Jackson, MS - Casey Therriault took the snap. He stepped right, left, backpedaled, moved forward. Jackson State's new quarterback eluded one would-be sack, then another - all the while keeping his eyes peeled in search of an open receiver.In what became a pattern Saturday during Jackson State's 32-17 win over Delta State, Therriault found that open man.
"He's a special quarterback," Jackson State coach Rick Comegy said. "I'm not going to sit up here and call him average. He's special."
Therriault threw for 404 yards and three touchdowns, leading the Tigers to their first season-opening victory since 2006. In front of an announced crowd of 12,655 at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, Therriault helped...
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Tennessee State wins in Coach Rod Reed's debut
It made for a jubilant debut for Reed, the former defensive coordinator who took over the head coaching job after James Webster resigned after TSU posted a 4-7 record last season. Reed was doused with a bucket of Gatorade by his players in the final seconds of the game.
After redshirt freshman Ray Weatherspoon exploded untouched on the opening kickoff 89 yards for a touchdown the Tigers roared to 27-14 route over Alabama A&M in the John Merritt Classic at LP Field before a crowd of 22,607. It made for a jubilant debut for Reed, the former defensive coordinator who...
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B-CU rolls up 70 points, 396 rush yards in debut
It was the most points the Wildcats have ever scored in a coach's first game. And for the most part Jenkins was satisfied. "It was our first win and hopefully a sign of more to come, but we still have a lot of work to do," he said.
Jenkins chewed out his team late in the game when he felt like his players were losing their poise, and he was unhappy with his team's seven penalties, especially a personal foul and a delay-of-game call. But those are things that probably won't be remembered in the long run.
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ESPNU TV crew films B-CU band -
With their hands waving in the air, hundreds of Bethune-Cookman University Marching Wildcats shake their hips in unison and repeatedly chant "How low can you go?" as they shimmy closer and closer to the ground.
In just two weeks, about 320 band students, including dancers and flag corps, have learned routines and dozens of songs leading up to their first performance Saturday at Municipal Stadium, where the football team plays Edward Waters College.
"We move at a fast pace," said Donovan Wells, director of bands at Bethune-Cookman University. For about 80 freshmen who play instruments, they first had to pass an audition. Once accepted earlier this year, they received 26 songs to learn before practice started Aug. 16. In all, the band members learn about 55 songs they perform throughout the season.
FVSU loses home opener to Morehouse
Morehouse avenged last year’s 36-13 loss by coming out strong, making FVSU pay for mistakes and then holding off the Wildcats’ rallies throughout the night. The Maroon Tigers won 38-35 at FVSU in 2008.
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Kentucky State rolls past Lane
LOUISVILLE, KY – Kentucky State’s football team evened its overall and SIAC record at 1-1 with a 27-14 victory over Lane College Saturday in the Thoroughbred Classic. The game was played at Central High School. Lane (0-2, 0-2) had the first score of the game and led 8-6 in the first quarter, but it was all KSU after that as the Thorobreds took a 27-8 halftime lead.
K-State quarterback Jerrell Noland was 15-for-19 passing with four touchdown passes and no interceptions. His first touchdown pass was 11 yards to Shannon Frieson with 5:34 left in the first quarter. That tied the game at 6-6, with Lane having scored three minutes earlier on a 9-yard run by Marcus Woods.
Chris Spalding’s point-after kick was blocked, and Lane’s Travis Terry returned it for a safety, putting Lane ahead 8-6.
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Louisiana Tech knocks off Grambling in Port City Classic
Despite winning their season opener, the Bulldogs have a long way to go if they are to contend for a WAC title. A multitude of penalties and a lack of offensive consistency kept Tech coach Sonny Dykes’ team from the dominant performance their fans expected against the FCS Tigers.
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WSSU Rams Score With Under One Minute To Play As They Down North Carolina A&T 21-14
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The fifth-annual I-40 Showdown between the Rams of Winston-Salem State University and the Aggies of North Carolina A&T State University would come down to a drive dominated by a player with virtually no knowledge of the long-standing rivalry. Redshirt sophomore Kameron Smith, a transfer from the U.S. Naval Academy, accounted for 65 yards and the game-winning touchdown on the Rams final drive en route to propelling WSSU to a 21-14 victory over the rival Aggies on Saturday evening in Greensboro, N.C.
The contest would prove to be a matchup of two staunch defenses as both the Rams and Aggies used a physical style that generated a total of eight fumbles and two interceptions and held the two powerful offenses to a combined 464 total yards.
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Georgia Tech defense adjusts on fly, catches South Carolina State Bulldogs
Tech defense adjusts on fly, catches Bulldogs
Asheton Jordon rushed for 129 yards on 18 carries for South Carolina State.
Atlanta, GA - The time came quickly in Georgia Tech’s season when coach Paul Johnson began to wonder about his offseason hiring of defensive coordinator Al Groh.
Specifically, as South Carolina State drove 58 yards in 17 plays to a field goal and 53 yards in 11 plays only to miss a field goal while burning a combined 11 minutes and 27 seconds on the Bulldogs’ first two possessions Saturday, “I was hoping [Groh] could go out there and tackle somebody,” Johnson said.
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Nesbitt scores three TDs on Jekyll & Hyde day
Joshua Nesbitt and his coach were able to joke about it after Saturday’s game because a 41-10 win over South Carolina State was good medicine for a bad passing attack. Nesbitt was fabulous running the ball against South Carolina State, rushing 16 times for 130 yards and tying a career high with three rushing touchdowns.Final Georgia Tech 41, South Carolina State 10
Joshua Nesbitt lived up to his Heisman Trophy credentials against South Carolina State, rushing for two of his three touchdowns on 4th and 3 conversions enroute to amassing 130 yards on the ground against the Bulldogs' defense. His efforts, along with a rash of mistakes, proved to be S.C. State's undoing in a 41-10 loss before 51,668 fans which included a strong contingent of Bulldog fans who filled portions of the lower stands near the visiting end zone and upper deck.
Jackets Defeat SC State 41-10
A few thoughts from today’s scrimmage against South Carolina State…
Yet he had to acknowledge how much better the Bulldogs fared in Saturday's 41-10 loss at 16th-ranked Georgia Tech compared to his fellow Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference members. This past Thursday, Hampton, Florida A&M and Norfolk State were all shut out by Division I foes and the combined margin of defeat was 119-0. "Well it says that at least we can score......."
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Saturday, September 4, 2010
Bailey in charge at Saint Paul's
Bailey, the winningest football coach in CIAA history, said the incident, about which he declined to elaborate, startled him so thoroughly that he "dropped everything" to seek medical evaluation. During this period, he handed the reins of the program to defensive coordinator Kevin Grisby and offensive coordinator Hubie Bryant.
"I wanted to make sure that if I didn't come back, the program would be in great shape," he said. But tests performed in July at Norfolk's Sentara Hospital, Bailey said, exposed the scare as "just a false alarm."
NEXT GAME: University of North Carolina - Pembroke at Saint Paul's College, September 11, 1:00 p.m.
Expectations split on BCU Jenkins
DAYTONA BEACH, FL -- The gap is about as wide as the Grand Canyon. While Bethune-Cookman was picked to finish eighth out of nine teams in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference by the MEAC's coaches and sports information directors, Wildcats fans are generally expecting big things this season.
The reason for such disparate expectations is the same -- a new head coach. While the other coaches and SIDs seem to believe it will take time for the Wildcats to adjust to coach Brian Jenkins' system, optimistic B-CU fans are anticipating immediate improvement over last year's 5-6 (overall) and 4-4 (MEAC) marks.
"Everyone seems so impressed by how the kids have bought into what Coach Jenkins...
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Offseason of change leads SU to new look, era
Baton Rouge, LA - Neckties. When it came to neckties, the man decided he wouldn’t budge. In the eight months since Stump Mitchell drove to Southern University in his black SUV, he concerned himself with so many changes to the Jaguars football program. Then, in the final days of this hard, boiling-hot preseason at SU, the first-year coach had one more change in mind. He made men’s fashion a top priority.
Friday morning, the Jaguars boarded a plane for Orlando, Fla., site of the MEAC/SWAC Challenge. They begin their first season under Mitchell against Delaware State at 11 a.m. Sunday in Citrus Bowl Stadium, with a national audience watching along on ESPN.
But before they left town, Mitchell notified his players of one more change: No one, he said, is allowed to travel unless...
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Long, S.C. State Bulldogs hoping to knock off Georgia Tech today
ATLANTA - It's been just under 20 years since The Citadel upset the University of South Carolina in Columbia.
Lost in the excitement of Appalachian State's shocking win over Michigan in 2007 were victories by Northern Iowa over Iowa State, North Dakota State over both Central Michigan and Minnesota, Nicholls State over Rice, Southern Illinois over Northern Illinois and New Hampshire over Marshall.
A year later, New Hampshire did it again with a win over Army. And last year, Colonial Athletic Association teams Richmond, William and Mary and eventual Football Championship Subdivision national champion Villanova accomplished similar feats against Duke, Virginia and Temple, respectively.
WATCH GAME at 1 PM TODAY at ESPN3 (http://espn.go.com/espn3/index/_/sport/football)
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