THURSDAY, AUGUST 31
Mississippi College at Clark Atlanta, 6 PM
Fort Valley State at West Georgia, 7 PM
Saint Augustine's at Catawba, 7 PM
Winston-Salem State at UNC Pembroke, 7 PM
Tennessee State at Georgia State, 7 PM, ESPN3
Delaware State at Delaware, 7 PM
Florida A&M vs. Arkansas at Little Rock, AR 8 PM, TV: SEC Network, ESPN
SATURDAY, SEPT. 2
MEAC
Bethune-Cookman at Miami, FL, 12:30 PM, TV: ACC Network, ESPN
Virginia State at Norfolk State, 6 PM
Morgan State at Towson, 6 PM, ESPN3
North Carolina A&T at Gardner-Webb, 6 PM
North Central at Duke, 6 PM, TV: ACC Network, ESPN
Hampton at Ohio, 7 PM, ESPN3
Howard at UNLV, 9 PM
SWAC
Mississippi Valley State at North Dakota State, 3:30 PM, ESPN3
Alabama A&M at Alabama-Birmingham, 3:30 PM
Morehouse at Arkansas Pine Bluff, 7 PM
Miles at Alcorn State, 7 PM
Jackson State at Texas Christian (TCU), TV: FOX
Grambling State at Tulane, 8 PM, ESPN3
Tuskegee at Alabama State, 8 PM
Prairie View at Texas Southern - Postponed
OTHER
Charleston (WV) at West Virginia State, 12 Noon
Lincoln (MO) at Langston, 3 PM
CIAA
Lincoln (PA) at Cheyney, 1 PM
Elizabeth City State at Cenral State (OH), 1 PM
Virginia Union at LIU Post, 1 PM
New Haven at Shaw, 1 PM
Bowie State at Seton Hill, 3 PM
Livingstone at Benedict, 5 PM
Wingate at Johnson C. Smith, 6 PM
Fayetteville State at Chowan, 6 PM
SIAC
Lane at Texas College, 1 PM
Slippery Rock at Kentucky State, 1:30 PM
Valdosta State at Albany State, 6 PM
SUNDAY, SEPT. 3
MEAC/SWAC Challenge
South Carolina State at Southern, 2:30 PM, TV: ESPN2, ESPN
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Monday, August 28, 2017
'If you haven't been through it, you can't even imagine it:' Preparation goes on at Southern as its thoughts go out to Houston
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- It was only a year ago that some Southern football players sheltered their families in their apartments after historic flooding inundated Baton Rouge and the surrounding area.
It hasn’t been long, but those days will not soon be forgotten by Southern coach Dawson Odums. What his community endured last August also provided some perspective for the situation Houston now finds itself in, suffering from widespread flooding brought on by Hurricane Harvey.
“If you haven’t been through it, you can’t even imagine it,” Odums said. “Our prayers go out to all those involved.”
Some of those involved are players on his current roster.
Four players on Southern’s roster list Houston as their hometown, and a few others come from surrounding areas also at risk of flooding. They are forced to deal with the disaster from afar.
Odums had a conversation with those players Sunday.
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Miami Hurricanes Spotlight: Bethune-Cookman
MIAMI, Florida -- Scouting Report:
The Wildcats finished last season with a 4-6 record (their first losing season since 2009), but came on strong at the end of the year winning four of their last five games. It was a subpar showing by the Wildcats standards as they have won the MEAC Championship in four of the past seven years (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014) and won the HBCU National Championship in 2010 and 2013. Third-year head coach Terry Sims said the team is is expecting to get back to its winning ways this season.
Series History with the Hurricanes:
Bethune-Cookman is 0-3 all-time versus Miami. The first game came in 2011, which was the Wildcats first game against a major college opponent in 86 years. Miami also won in 2012 and in 2015.
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The Wildcats finished last season with a 4-6 record (their first losing season since 2009), but came on strong at the end of the year winning four of their last five games. It was a subpar showing by the Wildcats standards as they have won the MEAC Championship in four of the past seven years (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014) and won the HBCU National Championship in 2010 and 2013. Third-year head coach Terry Sims said the team is is expecting to get back to its winning ways this season.
Series History with the Hurricanes:
Bethune-Cookman is 0-3 all-time versus Miami. The first game came in 2011, which was the Wildcats first game against a major college opponent in 86 years. Miami also won in 2012 and in 2015.
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Pough: SCSU Bulldogs ready to find out what kind of team they have
ORANGEBURG, South Carolina -- South Carolina State head football coach Oliver “Buddy” Pough is as excited as anyone to see how his Bulldogs perform in the season opener against Southern in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Sunday.
It’s partially the fact that it’s the MEAC/SWAC Challenge game and will be a bowl-type atmosphere for his players.
But, more important than that, it will be a new season with a new mix of players who can write their own history, separate from the disappointing 5-6 campaign that S.C. State posted in 2016.
“2017, I’m looking forward to this,” Pough said at his first weekly press conference of the season, on Monday. “This is a big deal for us and a big opener.
“We had kind of a rough year last year. So we are looking to kind of make some amends that way. Got a little bit better schedule, got home games this year. With six home games, that’s like a new sensation, after playing so much on the road last year.”
The Bulldogs only need to pack bags for this weekend to face a Jaguars team that was 8-3 in 2016, before hosting Charleston Southern (Sept. 9) and Johnson C. Smith (Sept. 16) in back-to-back weeks on Willie E. Jeffries Field inside the friendly confines of Oliver C. Dawson Stadium.
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WSSU Preview: Rams poised to make another run at CIAA title
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina -- Not since the glory days of a few years ago has Winston-Salem State felt this confident going into a football season.But that confidence is warranted, thanks to 16 of 22 starters returning and depth at every position. The Rams, 9-3 last season and winners of a second straight CIAA title, will once again be the team to beat in the conference.
Coach Kienus Boulware and his experienced coaching staff have assembled a team that hopes to go deeper in the Division II playoffs. Last year, the Rams lost to Long Island Post 48-41 in the first round.
Just how good can the Rams be this season?
“That’s the million-dollar question because you don’t know until you hit the field,” Boulware said. “With us, I would say the sky’s the limit, so we have to have fun, be sound fundamentally and be ready to go in that first game against Pembroke.”
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SIAC preview: Tuskegee Golden Tigers
TUSKEGEE, Alabama -- FOUR-DOWN TERRITORY
1. More playoff power: Tuskegee was ranked fifth in Division II after starting the season 6-0 last year. The Golden Tigers split their final six games, including losses to Kentucky State and Virginia State, to finish 9-3. The Tigers return 16 starters from a season ago, but lost plenty of production from both sides of the ball. Tuskegee head coach Willie Slater said it's hard to predict how his team will fare this season. "I think we'll do well," Slater said. "We haven't been in as good of shape as I expect them to be to start. We've been working on that." The Tigers made the NCAA playoffs for the fourth straight year, losing at North Greenville in the second round.
2. Life without Lacey: Tuskegee will enter the season with a new starting quarterback. Wetumpka native Kevin Lacey started at quarterback for the Tigers the last three seasons, throwing for 2,232 yards and 20 touchdowns during his senior season. Sophomores Jamarcus Ezell and Ahmad Deramus return from last season. "Our guys are doing well," Slater said. "Jamarcus was Lacey's backup last year, and we've got some young guys as well. I think they'll be able to carry the load." Ezell threw for 333 yards and five scores a season ago while Deramus threw only two passes all year.
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