Division I Runningback Flowers Key for Bowie State

Ramono Flowers
(Courtesy Bowie State Athletics)

Bowie, MD - Following a standout career at Largo High School in Upper Marlboro, Ramono Flowers headed to Central Michigan University to play Division I football.

But after one redshirt season in 2003, Flowers left Central Michigan for personal reasons. His former Central Michigan head coach, Brian Kelly, left for Cincinnati in 2006 and is now the head coach at Notre Dame. Former CMU assistant Butch Jones is now the head coach at Cincinnati.

"I was working for a few years," said Flowers, who worked in the home security business. "I wanted to go out and play [college football], but I did not have the funds" to pay for college.

But then Flowers, who grew up in Largo, ran into Damon Wilson, the head football coach at Division II Bowie State. Flowers grew up playing with the brother of Wilson in a youth league in the Kettering area of Prince George's County.

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Maynor confident Winston Salem Rams can run the table

Winston Salem, N.C. - The offseason has been long for coach Connell Maynor of Winston-Salem State. He helped turn the football program around in his first season, taking the Rams to an 8-2 record and keeping them in contention for the CIAA title.

Fans were happy, alumni were thrilled, and wins over rivals N.C. Central and N.C. A&T — both Football Championship Subdivision teams — were icing on the cake. But all the success, after a 1-10 finish the season before he took over, wasn't enough for the ultra-competitive Maynor.

Close losses to Shaw and St. Augustine's left the Rams 11 points short of a perfect regular season and the chance to play for the CIAA championship.



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Bethune Cookman and Albany State Lead Off In HSRN’s 2011 Pre-Season Polls

Hartly, DE – Bethune Cookman and Albany State will open their 2011 football season on top in HSRN’s Pre-Season Division I FCS and Division II Top-10 polls. Each week during the 2011 season HSRN staff and writers, along with selected media representatives and SIDs, will rank Historical Black Colleges Division I FCS and NCAA Division II teams.

Division I FCS voting have the defending MEAC Co-Champions each receiving first place votes, but it was Bethune Cookman getting the top spot with 10. Albany State got all but three first place votes to beat out Shaw, who picked up three, for the top spot in Division II.

Division I-FCS Top-10 Pre-Season

#	Schools (1st Place Votes)	2011 Record	Total Points	Final 2010 Ranking (Record)
1.	Bethune Cookman (10)	0-0	174	1 (10-2)
2.	S.C. State (5)	0-0	171	3 (9-3)
3.	Florida A&M (3)	0-0	152	5 (8-3)
4.	Jackson St. (2)	0-0	138	6 (8-3)
5.	Grambling St.	0-0	127	4 (9-2)
6.	Texas Southern	0-0	110	2 (9-3)
7.	Hampton	0-0	69	9 (6-5)
8.	Alabama St.	0-0	55	7 (7-5)
9.	Prairie View	0-0	38	8 (7-4)
10.	Norfolk St.	0-0	24	10 (6-5)
	Others Receiving votes: Alcorn St. 20, N.C. Central 10, AL A&M 5, TN St. 4, Morgan St. 2,ARK PB 1

Division II Pre-Season

#	Schools (1st Place Votes)	2011 Record	Total Points	Final 2010 Ranking (Record)
1.	Albany St.  (17)	0-0	195	1 (11-1)
2.	Shaw  (3)	0-0	179	2 (9-3)
3.	Tuskegee	0-0	160	3 (9-2)
4.	St. Augustine’s	0-0	123	4 (9-2)
5.	Ft. Valley St.	0-0	108	5 (8-3)
6.	Winston Salem St.	0-0	105	6 (8-2)
7.	Morehouse	0-0	78	8 (8-3)
8.	Virginia St.	0-0	54	7 (8-3)
9.	Elizabeth City St.	0-0	49	10 (6-4)
10.	Bowie St.	0-0	34	9 (6-4)
	Others Receiving votes: Fayetteville St. 11, Miles 2, Langston 2

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