Saturday, January 12, 2019

Grambling State Hill posts triple-double in loss against Southern Jaguars



Howard Bison End the B-CU Wildcats' MEAC Road Game Winning Streak


Former FAMU coach Billy Joe celebrates 50 years of Super Bowl glory

SIDE STORY: Boozer was a better NFL player than Billy Joe...Joe was Good! Boozer was Great!!

Another member of this famous NY Jets Super Bowl III Team was Maryland State College (MSC) Hawks (now UMES) running back, Emerson Boozer.  Boozer, #32 played for the Jets from 1966-1975 and is in the Jets Ring of Honor, rushing for over 5,100 years and scoring 52 Touchdowns over this professional career.  Boozer was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010, joining his coach -- Vernon 'Skip" McCain (2006), Tackle Roger Brown (2009) and Offensive Tackle Art Shell (2013).  Boozer was twice an AFL All-Star and was selected All-AFL in 1968.   

Super Bowl III between the NY Jets and Baltimore Colts, also had four alumni appearing in this game from UMES: Earl Christy (1961–1964), Johnny Sample (1954–1957), Emerson Boozer (1962–1965), and Charlie Stukes (1963–1967). This tied UMES with Florida State for the most alumni appearing in a single super bowl game.  Not bad for an HBCU with less than 1500 students in 1969.  

Boozer's coach, Skip McCain was the only coach that Grambling's Eddie Robinson never beat in four meetings with the Hawks.  Maryland State College was a football powerhouse in the CIAA and HBCU football; and a founding member of the Division I Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in 1970.  All of MSC programs were systematically underfunded so that the University of Maryland College Park Terrapins could excel in football. The football program at UMES was ended in 1979, due to lack of funding by the University System of Maryland. In short, by termination of the MSC football program, the Terps hoped to reap the benefits of the future, exceptional African-American football players (without competition) that were historically attending Maryland State College under HOF coach Skip McCain.  

I recommend you read the many articles and court documents on "Courts side with Maryland HBCUs in long-standing case over disparities in state higher education."  Sadly, an elite and successful HBCU football program was abolished for no other reason other than to execute the Jim Crow laws and attitudes that existed during this period.  

Funny how paths are crossed -- Billy Joe ended up coaching at the University of Maryland College Park in 1971, as an assistant coach.  He was hired the following year at Cheyney State as the head football coach.  Boozer met his wife Enez at Maryland State College and the rest is history.

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Congrats to TSU's redshirt senior Tia Wooten on scoring her 1,000th career point


Brown, Jack shine for Alabama State TFXC in Indiana


Congratulations To ASU Women's Head Coach Freda Freeman-Jackson on swishing her 300th career win




Congrats to Head Coach Dontae'Jackson for hitting milestone win 150 as the Tigers survive with a 69-63 win over Southern


Grambling Tigers survive scare in victory over Southern Jaguars


Final: PVAMU Panthers 79, Texas Southern 73


CAU Kameron Rogers Named to NCAA Division II All-Super Region II Team


The Lady Marauders lose to Miles, 69-57

Final: Miles College Golden Bears 67, Central State (Ohio) 48

Former CAU Panther Earns Degree and Signs Pro Basketball Contract


Alston's Triple-Double Leads #7 Morehouse To Rout Of Paine, 84-61

Tuskegee Track & Field Releases 2019 Schedule


Three Tuskegee Golden Tigers earn All-Super Region honors


VUU Panthers Defeat Fayetteville State in Overtime (Video)


Virginia Union Lady Panthers Defeat Fayetteville State 63-53


Final: Virginia StateTrojans 85, Livingstone Blue Bears 72


Congratulations to VSU's Chrisanna Green, who just scored her 1,000th point


Final: VSU Trojans 82, Livingstone Bears 71


Chowan Hawks Drop Back-To-Back Games For First Time


Stifling Defense Leads Chowan To Road Win Over WSSU Rams


Kalawan of SAU Selected CIAA Women's Indoor Runner Of The Week


Lincoln Lions Place Four in Double Figures as They Hold Off Falcons for Win