Norfolk State Spartans at West Virginia Mountaineers

Norfolk State Spartans Coach Pete Adrian

When: Sept. 10, 2011 - 1 p.m. (BIG EAST Network)
Where: Milan Puskar Stadium (60,000), Morgantown, W.Va.

The Game: West Virginia (1-0, No. 19 Associated Press/No. 24 USA Today Coaches Poll)) faces Norfolk State (1-0) in a non-conference game on Saturday, Sept. 10 at Milan Puskar Stadium (60,000) at 1 p.m. The game will be televised live on the BIG EAST Network.

This marks the first meeting between the two schools and the two coaches. WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen is 1-0 on the young season, and Spartan head coach Pete Adrian (West Virginia, ‘70) is 35-33 in seven seasons at Norfolk State and 37-37-1 in eight seasons overall as a head coach. Adrian played three seasons at West Virginia and was the freshman football coach in 1969 under then-head coach Jim Carlen.

Game Coverage
Television: BIG EAST Network - (Rob King - play-by-play, John Thornton - analyst) will broadcast the game live. The game will be televised on Root Sports in West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania and on MASN in Baltimore and Washington, D.C.  It will be shown on a delay basis on SNY in New York on Sept. 13 at 7 a.m.

Radio: Mountaineer Sports Network - (Tony Caridi - play-by-play, Dwight Wallace - analyst, Hoppy Kercheval - host, Jed Drenning - sideline) will broadcast the game live.
Satellite Radio Broadcast: The West Virginia - Norfolk State game can be heard live on Sirius Channel 93 with the MSN broadcast.
Live Statistics:  MSNsportsNET.com
Twitter Updates: Twitter.com/WVUSportsScores; Twitter.com/WVUSportsBuzz

Against the FCS ...
Heading into Saturday’s contest against Norfolk State, West Virginia is riding an 11-game winning streak against NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) opponents. The Mountaineers are 11-0 all-time against the division with all games being played at Milan Puskar Stadium. Last season, WVU defeated Coastal Carolina, 31-0, in the 2010 season opener.

Non-Conference Play
West Virginia has a 1-0 record in non-conference action in 2011, defeating Marshall, 34-13, in the season opener. Currently, West Virginia is riding a 17 game non-conference home winning streak. West Virginia’s last non-conference loss at home was a 34-17 defeat to Virginia Tech on Oct. 1, 2005.  On their way to the 17 game non-conference home winning streak, the Mountaineers have defeated Marshall, Eastern Washington and Maryland in 2006, Western Michigan, East Carolina and Mississippi State in 2007,  Villanova, Marshall and Auburn in 2008, Liberty, East Carolina, Colorado and Marshall in 2009, Coastal Carolina, Maryland and UNLV in 2010 and Marshall in 2011.

COMPLETE WVU VS. NSU GAME NOTES
2011 NSU Media Guide

A Step Up in Class: NCCU Sights and Sounds at Rutgers

The NCCU Sports Network gives fans an inside look to the Eagles first-ever contest as an FCS member against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights from the Big East Conference. This video gives fans a chance to see inside the tunnel as the team hits the field, and the atmosphere surrounding the game.



VISIT: NCCUEAGLEPRIDE

Central State displays fight in ‘Classic’ defeat

Dayton, OH - Down by 25 points to Kentucky State in the closing minutes of the Dayton Classic at Welcome Stadium Sunday night, Central State took over the football at its own 6-yard line.

From there, many of the Marauder players couldn’t see the riches of the far end zone, much less anything else except the big loss about to be hung on them in their season opener. Some guys on the CSU bench were hanging their heads, a couple were in tears, but then there was quarterback Jeff Brooks, one of just a handful of seniors on his baby-faced team.

He was a man possessed. He had been sacked several times during the night and had come limping to the sidelines more than once, but now he was back on the field, willing life into his offensive troops as he began to make play after play.

“I’m never gonna quit on these guys ...





READ MORE

NEXT GAME: CENTRAL STATE VS. NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL -- CLEVELAND CLASSIC, CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM, OHIO, 12:00 Noon, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011

Fort Valley State gets ready for home opener

Fort Valley, GA - After taking FCS team Florida A&M down to the wire before losing 28-22 on Saturday, Fort Valley State began work Monday on visiting Delta State.

FVSU hosts Delta State at 6 p.m. on Saturday in the Wildcats’ home opener. Delta State fell to 1-1 after losing 24-23 at FCS opponent Northwestern State last Saturday. The Statesmen opened the season at No. 2 in Division II.





READ MORE

Morris: Glory days return in Orangeburg

Coach Buddy Pough Bulldog teams are 76-29
 with a MEAC record of 58-13 over the past 10 seasons.

Orangeburg, SC - When Buddy Pough returned to his hometown of Orangeburg and his alma mater of South Carolina State 10 years ago, there was little promise that the football program would return to its glory days of the 1970s and ’80s.

A decade later and S.C. State again is the king of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. A dynasty has been born again. If there is one college football constant in the state of South Carolina, it is the success of S.C. State.

Of course, Pough does not want to hear any of that talk. “Sometimes I think we should have done more,” he said. “That’s kind of what drives you. You’re always trying to make that next step.”

In the 18 seasons before Pough’s arrival, S.C. State had managed to win one MEAC championship, in 1994. One title in nearly two decades. Under Pough’s guidance, S.C. State has won outright conference crowns in 2008 and ’09 and shared titles in 2004 and ’10.

READ MORE

Hampton University: Jenkines is 6th area player to commit D-I

Clarksville, TN - Blake Jenkines doesn't attend Clarksville High. She just happens to be one of the top girls basketball players in this city who dons a different uniform but plays with the same kind of intensity.

Jenkines has said in the past she feels "overlooked" among the attention that has followed the Lady Wildcats' program the past four years, but college coaching staffs have been keenly aware of Kenwood High School's senior standout.

After a spring and summer full of Clarksville High verbal commitments, Jenkines takes her place among the city's elite who are now Division-I college basketball bound. Jenkines has verbally committed to play ball at Hampton University in Hampton, Va.


Kenwood player #10 Blake Jenkins kept them in the game, she is the #1 leading scorer in district 10AAA.

READ MORE

White Out Night: Thursday fashion statement for Xavier Nuggets

Xavier will attempt to go 2-0 at home this season in a match against Judson (Ala.) at 7 p.m. Thursday at The Barn.
(Click on photo to enlarge)

NEW ORLEANS — The Xavier University of Louisiana women's volleyball team is looking for uniformity in its next home match.

The Gold Nuggets have proclaimed their 7 p.m. Thursday contest against Judson (Ala.) as White Out Night. Fans are encouraged to wear white shirts to The Barn.

White Xavier shirts would be perfect for the occasion," XU coach Christabell Hamilton said. "But any white shirt will work."

It will be the second appearance at The Barn this season for the Gold Nuggets, who defeated Mobile in five sets in their home opener last week.

By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
VISIT: XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
VISIT: XULAATHLETICS