Durham, N.C. - The Henry Frazier III train is about to start. But what a first stop on the track back to respectability. N.C. Central opens its season Sept. 3 at Rutgers in a game that will be broadcast on ESPN3.
After three straight losing seasons, including last year's 3-8 embarrassment, Frazier was hired to do what he does best - turn losers into winners. But NCCU is not a hard fix. Despite their record, the Eagles have plenty of talent returning, including redshirt senior quarterback Michael Johnson (1,179 yards, 8 TDs) and top junior wide receiver Geovonie Irvine (758 yards, 5 TDs).
The offense averaged 307 total yards, 1,559 rushing yards and 1,818 passing yards per game. Still, it had trouble finding the end zone in the second part of the season. Turnovers caused the most problems, however with eight offensive starters returning, Frazier thinks he has a fix on that.
"I expect the offense to score some points," the former Prairie View A&M and Bowie State coach said. "We have weapons to be a true multiple offense and have true balance. I expect us to take care of the ball and take what the defense gives us."
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Saturday, August 27, 2011
Power-packed Sims gives JSU Tigers options in backfield
Jackson, MS - As Rakeem Sims ripped through Jackson State's defense during a scrimmage at practice last week, observing players gave their genuine opinions. "I told you he was the best running back," one said. Added another: "You can't tackle him at the legs."
Sims, a 5-foot-11, 225-pound bulldozing running back from Richton, has impressed just about everyone who's seen him barrel over defenders, hurdle would-be tacklers and race past others during the first three weeks of practice.
A 2010 signee who did not qualify academically to play last season but was enrolled in school, Sims is the new face in Jackson State's stable of running backs, the guy who might give the Tigers their first 1,000-yard rusher since 1999.
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Sims, a 5-foot-11, 225-pound bulldozing running back from Richton, has impressed just about everyone who's seen him barrel over defenders, hurdle would-be tacklers and race past others during the first three weeks of practice.
A 2010 signee who did not qualify academically to play last season but was enrolled in school, Sims is the new face in Jackson State's stable of running backs, the guy who might give the Tigers their first 1,000-yard rusher since 1999.
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Southern secondary seeks return to form
Baton Rouge, LA - Through a long winter, offseason workouts and spring practice, through summer conditioning and preseason camp, Levi Jackson couldn’t get one memory out of his head. Jackson, now a junior free safety at Southern, kept recalling the team’s heartbreaking 49-45 loss at Jackson State.
Everyone remembers how the Jaguars allowed JSU to score the game-winning touchdown with 2 seconds left. That was bad enough. But Jackson kept going back to another play. It came in the first half, when JSU went for broke on fourth-and-10, and quarterback Casey Therriault fired a 22-yard touchdown pass to wideout Marcellos Wilder.
If Jackson had stopped that play, he said, Southern could have saved itself from that last-minute meltdown.
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Everyone remembers how the Jaguars allowed JSU to score the game-winning touchdown with 2 seconds left. That was bad enough. But Jackson kept going back to another play. It came in the first half, when JSU went for broke on fourth-and-10, and quarterback Casey Therriault fired a 22-yard touchdown pass to wideout Marcellos Wilder.
If Jackson had stopped that play, he said, Southern could have saved itself from that last-minute meltdown.
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B-CU will return with ‘Speedway Offense,’ strong defense
Daytona Beach, FL - Bethune-Cookman University had a historic 2010 football season. In Head Coach Brian Jenkins’ first year, B-CU was HBCU National Champions, MEAC co-champion, won 10 straight games, hosted a FCS playoff game, and boasted the HBCU Player of the Year. Can the Wildcats do better in 2011?
At a glance
The B-CU Wildcats (10-2, 7-1 in 2010) lost to New Hampshire in the first round of FCS playoffs.
Head Coach Brian Jenkins is 10-2 and going into his second season.
Gone: QB Matt Johnson (2,753 total yards, 21 total TDs), WR JeVaughn Reams (41 receptions/catches, 714 yards, two TDs), RB Androse Bell (426 rush yards, eight TDs) DL Mike London (23 total tackles, one sack), S Aaron Bagsby (37 total tackles, one sack), DB Arkee Smith (33 total tackles, five interceptions).
Back: QB Jackie Wilson (556 total yards, nine total TDs), RB Isidore Jackson (514 rush yards, 11 total TDs); RB Jonathan Moment (six rush TDs); WR Eddie Poole (33 receptions/catches, 550 yards, eight TDs), WR/KR Courtney Keith (763 return yards, three receiving TDs); WR Maurice Francios (249 receiving yards); OL Nattiel Curry, OL Alex Monroe; OL Marquell Rozier; LB Ryan Lewis (81 total tackles, five sacks, four interceptions, three TDs), LB Reggie Sandilands (80 total tackles, four sacks, one interception), DL Ryan Davis (58 total, eight sacks, one interception), DB Mike Williams (44 total tackles, six interceptions); DB Xavier Rhodes (37 total tackles one interception), DT Jimel Farrington (29 total tackles, one sack).
New kids on the block: QB Jamaar Robinson (Maryland); RB Rodney Scott (Mississippi); LB Al-Ghaffar Lane (Rugers); WR Keith Stroud (Rutgers), DL Harold Love III (Feather River CC).
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At a glance
The B-CU Wildcats (10-2, 7-1 in 2010) lost to New Hampshire in the first round of FCS playoffs.
Head Coach Brian Jenkins is 10-2 and going into his second season.
Gone: QB Matt Johnson (2,753 total yards, 21 total TDs), WR JeVaughn Reams (41 receptions/catches, 714 yards, two TDs), RB Androse Bell (426 rush yards, eight TDs) DL Mike London (23 total tackles, one sack), S Aaron Bagsby (37 total tackles, one sack), DB Arkee Smith (33 total tackles, five interceptions).
Back: QB Jackie Wilson (556 total yards, nine total TDs), RB Isidore Jackson (514 rush yards, 11 total TDs); RB Jonathan Moment (six rush TDs); WR Eddie Poole (33 receptions/catches, 550 yards, eight TDs), WR/KR Courtney Keith (763 return yards, three receiving TDs); WR Maurice Francios (249 receiving yards); OL Nattiel Curry, OL Alex Monroe; OL Marquell Rozier; LB Ryan Lewis (81 total tackles, five sacks, four interceptions, three TDs), LB Reggie Sandilands (80 total tackles, four sacks, one interception), DL Ryan Davis (58 total, eight sacks, one interception), DB Mike Williams (44 total tackles, six interceptions); DB Xavier Rhodes (37 total tackles one interception), DT Jimel Farrington (29 total tackles, one sack).
New kids on the block: QB Jamaar Robinson (Maryland); RB Rodney Scott (Mississippi); LB Al-Ghaffar Lane (Rugers); WR Keith Stroud (Rutgers), DL Harold Love III (Feather River CC).
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Friday, August 26, 2011
Broussard, Johnson, Williams join Hamilton's XU staff
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| Coach Christabell Hamilton |
The Gold Nuggets will begin their season at 7 p.m. Friday at Belhaven, then play their first home match at 7 p.m. Monday against Mobile at The Barn.
This will be Broussard's second stint on the volleyball staff. She was Greg Castillo's assistant on the first two XU teams in 2003 and 2004. Broussard will retain her duties as women's associate head basketball coach, and the 2011-12 season will be her 11th on Bo Browder's staff. The Nuggets are 260-76 during Broussard's basketball coaching tenure, winning a combined 10 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament championships and qualifying for nine NAIA National Championships.
 Darrilyn Broussard |  Brittney Johnson |  Lashira Williams |
Johnson recorded 326 kills, 1,932 assists, 501 digs and 166 blocks the past four seasons as a setter and right-side hitter at LSU and helped the Tigers reach the NCAA Tournament every year. As a senior she led the SEC in assists per set, earned All-South Region honorable mention from the American Volleyball Coaches Association, was first-team All-Louisiana, second-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District and COBRA Magazine's Setter of the Year. She won the Jesse Owens Athletic Award, presented to the LSU student-athlete with the highest grade-point average, two consecutive years. She was LSU's nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year in 2010-11.
Johnson is a native of Baton Rouge, La., and was a volleyball and basketball standout at University High School.
Williams had 695 kills, 651 digs and 101 aces the past four seasons while playing outside hitter and middle blocker at Virginia Union University in Richmond. She was VUU Female Athlete of the Year in 2010-11 and had a 3.7 grade-point average in college.
Williams is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and a graduate of Glenville High School. She coached the 16s volleyball team in 2010 at U-TURN Sports Performance Academy in Richmond.
Johnson and Williams are first-year students in Xavier's College of Pharmacy. Both received bachelor's degrees in the spring — Johnson in accounting and Williams in biology.
By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director VISIT: XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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Alabama A&M: Bulldogs secondary looking like winner
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Alabama A&M's secondary was filled with wily veterans last season and as a result the Bulldogs finished in the top half of the Southwestern Athletic Conference in pass defense.
With redshirt seniors Korey Morrison and Chris Faush at the corners and junior Rico Porch at free safety, A&M allowed just more than 190 yards through the air, which was fourth-best in the SWAC. Despite losing Morrison and Faush, Porch believed the Bulldogs would be good again this season with senior Clarence Morris and sophomore Derrick Harris, who came down the stretch last season, moving into the starting lineup.
That was before Morris pulled a hamstring early on in training camp and has been limited ever since. With Morris out, redshirt freshman A.J. Clark, a converted quarerback, has come along nicely as well as redshirt freshman Nicolas Shoaf and true freshman Luther Snipe and because of that, Porch believes his unit won't miss a beat.
Alabama A&M University 2011 Black Cheer National Champions
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With redshirt seniors Korey Morrison and Chris Faush at the corners and junior Rico Porch at free safety, A&M allowed just more than 190 yards through the air, which was fourth-best in the SWAC. Despite losing Morrison and Faush, Porch believed the Bulldogs would be good again this season with senior Clarence Morris and sophomore Derrick Harris, who came down the stretch last season, moving into the starting lineup.
That was before Morris pulled a hamstring early on in training camp and has been limited ever since. With Morris out, redshirt freshman A.J. Clark, a converted quarerback, has come along nicely as well as redshirt freshman Nicolas Shoaf and true freshman Luther Snipe and because of that, Porch believes his unit won't miss a beat.
Alabama A&M University 2011 Black Cheer National Champions
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FAMU Rattlers set to strike with veteran team
Tallahassee, FL - The Florida A&M University Rattlers had another good season in 2010.
FAMU finished on a six-game winning streak. The Rattlers ruined archrival Bethune-Cookman’s bid for an undefeated season by beating them in the Florida Classic. FAMU claimed a share of the MEAC title but missed the FCS playoffs. Can this year’s squad do better?
Theme for Rattler Football Animation, with pictures from Rattler Booster Friday Night Strikes - pep rally. Held the Friday before every home football game at Bragg Stadium parking lot starting at 6 pm with special appearances by Coach Taylor and the football team, the Marching 100, junior cheerleaders and the FAMU cheerleaders.
At a glance
FAMU Rattlers (8-3, 7-1); co-MEAC champs in 2010
Head Coach Joe Taylor (25-9, fourth season at FAMU; 222-55-4 career)
Gone: RB Phillip Sylvester (968 rush yards, 10 TDs); DB Qier Hall (59 total tacks, one sack, one interception), DB Curtis Holcomb (41total tackles, 1.5 sacks, three interceptions); WR Isaac West (26 receptions/catches, 347 yards), QB Martin Ukpai (1,141 total yards, five total TDs transferred).
Back: QB Austin Trainor (580 yards passing, two TDs), WR Kevin Elliott (31 receptions/catches, 381 yards, one TD), LB Alvis Graham (55 total tackles, two sacks), RB Eddie Rocker (193 yards rushing, two TDs), RB Lavonte Page (185 yards rushing, six TDs), DE Jerry Willis (31 total tackles, 4.5 sacks), LB Demarius Folsom (58 total tackles, three sacs, one interception), K Trevor Scott (10/14 field goals, 25/28 extra points), P Brandon Holdren (40.1 average, five TDs) DB, Jon Ojo (57 total tackles, two interceptions), OL Robert Hartley, OL Branden Curry, OL Shelly Anthony.
New kids expected to impact: QB Damien Fleming, RB James Owens, RB/WR Al Terek McBurse, LB Kevin Nelson (transfer from Miami), DB Terry Johnson, OL Kawika Piepper.
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FAMU finished on a six-game winning streak. The Rattlers ruined archrival Bethune-Cookman’s bid for an undefeated season by beating them in the Florida Classic. FAMU claimed a share of the MEAC title but missed the FCS playoffs. Can this year’s squad do better?
Theme for Rattler Football Animation, with pictures from Rattler Booster Friday Night Strikes - pep rally. Held the Friday before every home football game at Bragg Stadium parking lot starting at 6 pm with special appearances by Coach Taylor and the football team, the Marching 100, junior cheerleaders and the FAMU cheerleaders.
At a glance
FAMU Rattlers (8-3, 7-1); co-MEAC champs in 2010
Head Coach Joe Taylor (25-9, fourth season at FAMU; 222-55-4 career)
Gone: RB Phillip Sylvester (968 rush yards, 10 TDs); DB Qier Hall (59 total tacks, one sack, one interception), DB Curtis Holcomb (41total tackles, 1.5 sacks, three interceptions); WR Isaac West (26 receptions/catches, 347 yards), QB Martin Ukpai (1,141 total yards, five total TDs transferred).
Back: QB Austin Trainor (580 yards passing, two TDs), WR Kevin Elliott (31 receptions/catches, 381 yards, one TD), LB Alvis Graham (55 total tackles, two sacks), RB Eddie Rocker (193 yards rushing, two TDs), RB Lavonte Page (185 yards rushing, six TDs), DE Jerry Willis (31 total tackles, 4.5 sacks), LB Demarius Folsom (58 total tackles, three sacs, one interception), K Trevor Scott (10/14 field goals, 25/28 extra points), P Brandon Holdren (40.1 average, five TDs) DB, Jon Ojo (57 total tackles, two interceptions), OL Robert Hartley, OL Branden Curry, OL Shelly Anthony.
New kids expected to impact: QB Damien Fleming, RB James Owens, RB/WR Al Terek McBurse, LB Kevin Nelson (transfer from Miami), DB Terry Johnson, OL Kawika Piepper.
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