Carter takes SCSU hoops into cyberspace

Getting close to South Carolina State men’s basketball coach Tim Carter is now as easy as entering cyberspace. At www.CoachTimCarter.com, Bulldog fans can get the inside word about the program directly from the second-year sideline leader. The Web site contains a blog by Carter as well as his biography, information about S.C. State University and comments from fellow head coaches and former players.

“I just wanted people to have more of an insight into kind of what we’re doing,” Carter said. “So I kind of got my bearings having been here a year, and I wanted to make sure that our fans not only here, but our fans ... we’ve got a lot of fans all over the country. Georgia, Virginia, Florida. It gives them just a little bit of an insight to kind of what’s going on.”

Up and operating since August, Carter has provided such nuggets as:

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Update of Week Seven - MEAC/SWAC Football

Sorry for being missing in action this past week, but had to travel to South Carolina/North Carolina for consulting tasks for key Agency client. Unfortunately, it was a secure environment on a Federal facility (no outside Internet access) and my hotel had whacked Internet service and no ESPNU. I nearly went nuts, unable to access MEAC/SWAC Sports Main Street nor receive FAMCast of the Rattlers game with the WSSU Rams.

The best I received was 45 second packets of streaming audio of FAMU's game standing outside the hotel front doors and having to re-boot every 60 seconds. Folks thought I was crazy for holding the laptop upside down, at ground level, trying to receive the hotel's Internet signal.

More importantly, I got the opportunity to watch my son's soccer team (Cary, N.C.) play two great teams in Fayetteville and Wilmington, N.C. over the weekend. The kid has skills scoring 2 goals in a 2-1 victory (Sunday) and being a defensive force in the 0-0 tie on Saturday. I could retire in the Carolinas (Apex or Carolina Beach, N.C.), but must have excellent Internet service and Dish Network. Otherwise, you are in HBCU sports purgatory. Happy to be back!

If you live in the Savannah River basin, here's what happen last week in the MEAC/SWAC, as you wouldn't know this from the local press. Talk about being blacked-out, the South Carolina locals are oblivious on the happenings in HBCU sports...

• FAMU (4-2, 1-2) kicked Winston Salem (1-5, 0-2) as expected 23-0, with 15,448 (60.5%) attending on a Thursday night affair for ESPNU--that 95% of America will never see this game on television. The highlight of the night was the cute little Winston Salem State Marching Band that came to Bragg Memorial to challenge the FAMU Marching 100.


• Morgan State (3-3, 1-1) went to Greensboro and steamrolled North Carolina A&T 41-3 before 21,500 Aggie Fans. Are the Bears really that good or has A&T (2-5, 0-3) slipped back a notch?


• South Carolina State (5-2, 3-0) has just about wrapped up the MEAC conference title, crushing the hopes of Norfolk State Spartans 24-23 at Dawson Bulldog Stadium. S.C. State packed in 16,003 for the big payback to the Spartans (2-4, 1-2) for last season's upset.


• Delaware State pulled an upset of the Bethune Cookman Wildcats 26-20 at Municipal Stadium in Daytona Beach. A crowd of 9,136 saw the BCU Wyatt-bone get contained by the Hornets (2-3, 2-1). BCU fell to 4-2, 2-2 on the season.


• Tennessee State was Idle.


• Prairie View A&M (5-1, 2-1) crushed the Alabama State 27-6 before 9,257 home fans at Blackshear Stadium. The Hornets are 1-5, 1-1 and still has shot to win the SWAC.


• Grambling State (5-2, 2-0) gave AAMU a lesson in football on its home field, 27-7. The Bulldogs fans (15, 170) were not happy with the outcome or the season record of 2-5, 1-1.


• Jackson State (2-4, 1-1) gave UAPB (0-6, 0-2) another beatdown to keep the Golden Lions winless under former Redskins great Monte Coleman. Is it Coleman or UAPB is really that bad? Oh, the final score was 21-10 with 10,600 attending at Pumphrey Stadium, Pine Bluff, AR.


• Alcorn State beat Mississippi Valley 35-21 on the road with 7,852 attending. The Braves are 2-5, 1-1 and the Delta Devils fall to 1-4, 0-2 in hopefully--Willie Totten's last season as head coach. Valley fans should be tired of losing.


• Southern University (4-2, 3-0) rained on Texas Southern (3-4, 0-2) 45-14 in their homecoming party at Mumford Stadium. 25,512 watched as the Jaguars prepares to face the FAMU Rattlers this weekend in an important rivalry game.


• Charleston Southern had a rough time beating Savannah State 29-20 on the Tigers home field. Coach Robbie Wells has surprised most with a record of 3-4, starting a freshman QB and players he recruited in his first season as a head coach. A total of 3, 457 fans came out to support the Tigers.


• Presbyterian (3-4) beat North Carolina Central 28-24 before 2,987 home fans. The Eagles (1-5) are finding the competition difficult in their second season at the D-IAA level.

We are now all up to date and are ready for Week Eight in the MEAC/SWAC.

Hayes enjoying the AD job at FAMU

(L) William "Bill" Hayes and (R) FAMU president, Dr. James Ammons shares a laugh as part of the three headed monster--Ammons, Hayes and (Joe) Taylor that is giving the rest of the MEAC conference nightmares.

Prediction he would not like administrative work turned out to be wrong

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Many people who move to Florida late in life are often ready to retire. Not Bill Hayes. He's still hard at work. "It's about trying to build another program," Hayes, a former Winston-Salem State football coach and now the athletics director at Florida A&M, said last week as he watched FAMU defeat WSSU 23-0. Hayes, 65, has a soft spot for WSSU, where he coached from 1976 through the end of the 1987 season, and always calls it home when talking about his favorite stop. He made the Rams one of the most powerful programs the CIAA has ever seen, leading them to unbeaten regular seasons in 1977 and 1978 and becoming the school's leader in career coaching victories with 89.

Hayes still holds the record, but one of his former players, Kermit Blount, is two wins away from taking it. Hayes left WSSU in 1987 to take over at N.C. A&T, and eventually became that school's career victories leader, too. He compiled a 195-105-2 record in 27 seasons. Hayes was forced out at A&T after the 2002 season. Instead of pouting or holding a grudge, he made a seamless transition from coaching to administration.

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WSSU struggles in loss to FAMU

Rams able to cross midfield only once; band the main highlight

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Winston-Salem State's not-ready-for-prime time Rams had a rough go of it last night against Florida A&M. The game was televised by ESPNU, but the Rams probably wished nobody had seen a 23-0 loss in which they crossed midfield once. About the only bright spot for WSSU was the performance of its band at halftime. It more than held its own against the more famous FAMU band that has nearly 450 members.


The same couldn't be said on the field for the Rams, who fell to 1-5. The Rattlers (4-2) had a lethal combination -- an efficient offense that picked apart the Rams' secondary, and a defense that was relentless. The best chance the Rams had to score came early in the third quarter when linebacker Marcus Coates stepped in front of a pass from Curtis Pulley in the flat, but Coates couldn't handle it. Had he caught it, he had 25 yards of daylight in front of him and a sure touchdown.

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FAMU Marching 100 - "Cash Flow"


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ATTENDANCE: 15,448 (60.6%) @ Bragg Memorial Stadium, Tallahassee, FL (Capacity: 25,500).

Turnovers hurt Prairie View in loss to Grambling State

Early 9-0 lead fizzles in a hurry as Tigers roll

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DALLAS — Everything that had gone right for Prairie View A&M in the first four games went wrong in the span of 52 seconds Saturday. A pair of Grambling State touchdowns early in the second quarter helped the Tigers overcome an early nine-point deficit en route to a 40-16 win in the State Farm Classic at the Cotton Bowl. The loss not only dented Prairie View’s Southwestern Athletic Conference hopes but also extended its losing streak to Grambling State (4-2, 1-0 SWAC) to 23 games.

“There is nothing we can do about this,” PV coach Henry Frazier said. “There is still a lot of football left. We didn’t perform, but I can promise you that this team will be ready (next week at home against Alabama State).” The Tigers looked nothing like the team that entered with the SWAC’s worst offense. Quarterback Greg Dillon had four touchdown passes. Prairie View (4-1, 1-1), which entered the game with the second-best scoring defense among Football Championship Subdivision teams, allowed its most points since Grambling scored 53 against the Panthers in 2006.


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ATTENDANCE: 54,315 (71.5%) at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX (Capacity: 76,000)

Tuskegee makes a statement (over AAMU Bulldogs)

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Golden Tigers win their 21st straight

His team had won 20 straight games before Saturday, but Tuskegee football coach Willie Slater insisted he doesn't think about the streak. He prefers that traditional one-game-at-a-time model. Of course, even Slater knew that playing against Alabama A&M in the 25th Circle City Classic -- the first at Lucas Oil Stadium -- would be a little different. "I guess I was concerned about this game," said Slater, talking not only about the atmosphere, but about playing against an in-state foe.

"The guys, they showed a lot of maturity today." And that showed in the score, as Tuskegee's streak moved to 21 -- and its record this year improved to 5-0 -- with the Golden Tigers' 34-24 win over the Bulldogs (2-4). To senior quarterback Jacary Atkinson, the win was impressive, and not just because it came on a big stage. The fact that NCAA Division II Tuskegee was able to knock off I-AA A&M showed how strong his team is.

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Practice pays off for NMSU Aggies in win over Alcorn

LAS CRUCES, NM — The players said it. Coach Hal Mumme said it too. The New Mexico State Aggies went through possibly their most grueling practices of the year during the past week in preparation for Saturday's affair versus Alcorn State. The workouts came on the heals of the team's disappointing performance last weekend against the University of New Mexico — a 35-24 NMSU loss. The hard work paid off, as the Aggies pummeled the Braves 45-10 at Aggie Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

"We got after it," Mumme said. "We weren't happy after last week's Lobo game. It wasn't the best week of practice but It was an intense week of practice and I think everybody was like me — pretty much mad at the world." During the week, the team worked specifically on running the football and solid play along both the offensive and defensive lines. NMSU responded, pounding Alcorn for 220 yards on the ground and recording six sacks on the defensive side of the ball while holding the Braves to minus 13 yards rushing.

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ATTENDANCE: 11,374 (37.5%) at Aggie Memorial Stadium, Las Cruces, NM (Capacity: 30, 343).