Howard and Caylin Newton stun UNLV in one of the biggest upsets in college football history

Howard was actually paid $600,000 for the honor of beating UNLV.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Not long after Mike London accepted the head coaching job at Howard University — leaving the college football big-time as a University of Maryland assistant to take over a program that had won three games in two years — he coined a phrase for his first season. “Mission Possible” would be the team’s slogan this fall, even if the mission didn’t actually seem possible.

“That’s all we talk about,” London said Sunday afternoon. “We break every huddle down with that. We break every meeting with that. People are moved by the way you make them feel.”

What feels possible for Howard suddenly looks quite a bit different than it had before this weekend began. The Bison went to UNLV as 45-point underdogs late Saturday night. They left with a 43-40 win that goes down as one of the biggest upsets in college football history.

A $100 moneyline bet on Howard to win would have paid more than $50,000. And Howard was actually paid $600,000 for the honor of beating UNLV, according to USA Today, which reported that “Howard had to arrange for its band and cheerleaders to arrive in Las Vegas by noon the day before the game to participate in various events” to receive the full guarantee. The Bison had never beaten a team in college football’s top level — now called the Bowl Subdivision — and every game against a lower-division team may not have a printed point spread. In an opening weekend that saw plenty of stupefying surprises — Maryland winning at Texas, Liberty upending Baylor — Howard’s was perhaps the most stunning.

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Hampton Pirates Sailing Team Captures Teach Memorial Title

HAMPTON, Virginia  – The Hampton University sailing team opened their 2017 fall schedule this weekend hosting the Edward Teach Memorial at Strawberry Banks and the Pirates came away with the team title in a seven-team regatta. Hampton put in two teams with the second team coming in sixth place.

The winning team had 55 points on the weekend with an A Division boat of Maximilian Kuester and Dario Abou Rjeili who accounted for 25 points, while the B Division boat of Luca Taglialegne and Elisabeth Kuester accounting for 30 points. Kuester and Abou Rjeili finished in the top three in nine of 10 races over the weekend and won six of those. Taglialegne and Elisabeth Kuester was in the top two in six of 10 races.



The sixth-place Pirates boat had Filip Sevanovic and Mercedes Mattlock in the A Division and they accumulated 69 points, while the B Division boat of Khari Parrish and Lance Sharpe accumulated 134 points. Sevanovic and Mattlock finished in the top four in four of the team races to lead the second group of Pirates.

Virginia also had two teams and they came in second (85 points) and third (128), while William & Mary (160), Salisbury (202), Hampton B (203) and Virginia Tech (220) rounded out the field.

Hampton will see action in two regattas next weekend as they'll be at the Laser South hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy and the Riley Cup hosted by Old Dominion.

Hampton University friends and alumni, join us throughout the year in celebrating the 150th anniversary of Hampton University and the 40th anniversary of our President Dr. William R. Harvey.

For more information on Hampton University sailing, please contact the Office of Sports Information at 757-727-5757 or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.

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Ohio throttles Hampton 59-0 to win first game of season

ATHENS, Ohio -- Frank Solich was satisfied. His team hadn’t stopped scoring when it could have.

Ohio didn’t play a perfect game, but the game against Hampton on Saturday was as close as it could get.

The Bobcats defeated the Pirates 59-0 to open the season at Peden Stadium.



Ohio scored eight touchdowns, the most it's scored in a game since the Gardner-Webb game last season. The win against the Pirates also marked the Bobcats’ first shutout since a win over Kent State in November 2015.

The improvement on offense had materialized.

“Things can get a little sloppy sometimes in this kind of game, and we played a ton of guys,” Solich said. “It’s difficult sometimes to keep scoring and not having some turnovers, and then all of a sudden the game becomes a mess from your perspective as a coach.”

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No. 18 Miami Defeats Bethune-Cookman, 41-13

Wildcats rack up 350 yards of offense

MIAMI GARDENS, Florida -- A close game got away from Bethune-Cookman Saturday as the Wildcats dropped a 41-13 decision in their 2017 opener to 18th-ranked Miami at Hard Rock Stadium.

Malik Rosier threw for 217 yards and three touchdowns and Mark Walton rushed for 148 yards and two scores as the Hurricanes scored on four consecutive possessions – touchdowns on the final three – to erase an early 3-0 deficit.

Larry Brihm, Jr., called into service at the last minute as the starting quarterback, completed his first nine passes and finished 22 of 35 for 212 yards.



Bethune-Cookman scored first on a 36-yard Uriel Hernandez field goal with 7:25 remaining in the opening period. Michael Jones got the drive off to a strong start with rushes of 19 and 11 yards, with Brihm hitting Frank Brown for 11- and 12-yard completions on the 12-play march.

After tying the game, Miami pulled away on a Walton 5-yard score and Rosier's touchdown passes to Lawrence Cager and Darrell Langham.

Hernandez connected on his second field goal – a 35-yarder with 53 seconds remaining that made it a 24-6 game at halftime.

The Wildcats found in the end zone in the third quarter on Jones' one-yard run with 6:16 remaining. Brihm connected with Jamaruz Thompkins for 41 yards to get the Wildcats in the red zone then hit Donald Johnson IV for 13 yards on third down to put the ball at the one.

Jones finished with 43 yards on the ground and seven catches for 51 yards. Jawill Davis extended his pass catching streak to 22 as he caught five passes for 48 yards.



My boy Suber calls his first game and the offense puts up 350 yards against what is supposed to be the best defense in the Atlantic Coast Conference, if not the entire FBS. The Canes were off-balance for several parts of the afternoon affair. There probably is some chewing out going on in Coral Gables as we speak.

Not bad, Suber.

Those glorious 15 or 20 minutes when we're up 3-0 or tied 3-3 and both the stadium and the social media are oh, so silent.

Mike Jones is back. Then again, we knew that in training camp. Totally different team with him in the backfield, aren't we?

We had 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 receivers who caught the ball (and two more). Receivers who caught the ball (and two more). Receivers who caught the ball (and two more). Yeah, I know, but since the rest of the media is finally getting around to us having a Tupac (Isme) and a Montel Jordan on the roster, I just gotta drop some 21 Savage lines to stay ahead of the curve.

Diquan Richardson. He and Walton were going at it the entire game. Afterwards, they talked for two minutes and it was ALL respect between two players who are expected to be the best at their respective positions in their respective leagues. Richardson's going to have a heck of a season if he keeps this pace.

Positives all-around.

The serious injuries list? Nada.

And most importantly: Week one is OVER.

Bethune-Cookman travels to Hammond, La., to meet Southeast Louisiana next Saturday at 8 p.m,

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Howard Bison, led by Cam Newton's brother, pulls biggest upset in college football history against UNLV

LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Caylin Newton accounted for 330 total offensive yards and three touchdowns to lead 45-point underdog and FCS-member Howard to a stunning 43-40 win Saturday night in the season opener and debut for new Bison coach Mike London.

Howard spoiled the start of UNLV's 50th season of play with the biggest upset in college football history based on point spread. Stanford held the previous record when it was declared a 40-point underdog against USC in 2007 and beat the Trojans.

The Rebels started the game flagged for offside on the opening kickoff, and at one point, the officials stopped a play because UNLV's cheerleaders were still on the field.



As for the former Virginia coach, he inherited a team that was 3-19 in the last two seasons that included losses last year of 52-13 to Maryland, 52-14 against Rutgers, and in 2015, suffered a 49-0 loss to Appalachian State and a 76-0 defeat against Boston College.

Howard raced to a 21-9 lead when Devin Rollins returned a fumble for a 75-yard score. The Rebels responded by reeling off 24 consecutive points and led 33-21 when Charles Williams plunged in from a yard out with 6:45 left in the third.

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London Delivers Huge Upset in Debut as Howard's Coach

Cam Newton isn't the only quarterback in the family to lead a team to an improbable win.

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Cam Newton isn't the only quarterback in the family to lead a team to an improbable win.

Younger brother Caylin made his college debut Saturday, leading Howard University to one of the biggest upsets in the sport's history, 43-40 over UNLV. He ran for 190 yards and two touchdowns, along with passing for another 140 yards with a TD and interception.

"Last night, he made a name for himself," Howard coach Mike London said about his QB. "Caylin did a good job of running the offense and made some fantastic runs, often with guys hanging on him."

The Bison, a Football Championship Subdivision school, were a 45-point underdog to the Rebels. According to Pregame.com, which supplies odds to The Associated Press, a $100 bet on Howard to win outright would have paid $55,000.



The previous largest upset was in 2007 when Stanford defeated USC as a 39-point underdog. That win also featured another first-year coach in Jim Harbaugh.

"We're all ruled by the psychology of results. In terms of culture, perception and being competitive this is huge," London told the AP in a phone interview. "To go on the road, cross country and play these guys toe to toe with their allotment of 80-plus scholarship guys and with my 57 plus is big."

The pairing of London and Howard couldn't come at a better time since both are looking for redemption. The Bison — who were picked ninth out of 11 teams in the preseason Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference poll, were 3-19 the past two seasons. They also have had only one winning season in 11 years (2012) and haven't posted back-to-back winning seasons since 1998. Going into Saturday's game, they had lost by an average of 38 points in their past seven games against Football Bowl Subdivision teams.

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45-point underdog Howard University pulled off the biggest upset against the spread in college football history

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Howard University wasn't given much of a chance on Saturday in their matchup against UNLV.

As 45-point road underdogs, it was easy to think before the game that this would be little more than a tune-up match for the UNLV Rebels; a chance to put their team to a light test before taking on bigger schools on the schedule. Unfortunately for them, no one told the visitors that, and Howard University proved to be too much for UNLV to handle, winning the game 43-40.



Howard was led by Caylin Newton, younger brother of Cam Newton, and showed some of the same dual-attack ability his sibling is known for, finishing the game with 330 total yards and three touchdowns in the game. The upset came just a day after the ten-year anniversary of Appalachian State's wild upset over Michigan in Ann Arbor, but as ESPN notes, that game did not have a spread archived at the time it was played, making Howard's win the biggest upset in history in the context of Vegas lines.

While Las Vegas didn't offer a moneyline on the game, some online sportsbooks had Howard to win the game available at prices up to 600/1 ...

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