New Orleans, Louisiana -- Needing a win against Southern in this Saturday’s Bayou Classic to clinch a berth to next month’s Southwestern Athletic Conference championship game, Grambling Coach Doug Williams said his team will be ready.
Williams and Southern Coach Stump Mitchell were in New Orleans today for the annual coaches news conference at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome that kicks off the week of events related to the big rivalry game.
Grambling (6-4, 5-3) is on a five-game winning streak since starting the season at 1-4. Southern (4-6, 4-4) can clinch a four-way tie for a share of the SWAC Western Division with a victory. Grambling has won the previous three games against Southern.
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Win Saturday puts GSU in title game
GRAMBLING, LA — Grambling head football coach Doug Williams had forgotten Alabama A&M and Prairie View were playing last Saturday afternoon until he heard A&M had a 14-0 lead on the Panthers.
And the reason for his distraction wasn't because he was watching the Tigers men's basketball team's home opener.
"It's not that I didn't have an idea, but it wasn't on my mind at the time," Williams said of A&M's 17-15 win that left Grambling alone atop the Southwestern Athletic Conference West Division. "I was probably thinking next week. Scotty (Boatright) came to me and said it's 14-0 A&M. At that time, my heart was like, 'Ummph.' I forgot."
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New events planned for Bayou Classic weekend
The 38th Annual State Farm Bayou Classic kicks off this weekend starting Thanksgiving Day. For the first time, a Bayou Classic Thanksgiving Day parade will be held.
This annual extravaganza features one of America's greatest college sports rivalries, bringing the fans and alumni of Southern University and Grambling State University for a celebration of football, family and the traditions and pageantry surrounding Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
The Bayou Classic parade will begin at 4 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 24)-- starting at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and ending at the French Market on North Peters. It will feature the Human Jukebox as well as the Marching Tigers and several other local bands.
The weekend culminates with the Bayou Classic football game at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 26. Other events include the annual Battle of the Bands and Greek Show on Friday, an HBCU Summit which features a conversation about the challenges facing Black Colleges moderated by CNN's Soledad O'Brien also on Friday, a Coaches' Luncheon, and an Inspirational Gospel Brunch.
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Evans seeking first Bayou Classic win after 3 losses
This is it. For three seasons, Southern wide receiver LaQuinton Evans stood on the field level at the Superdome, watching the final seconds of the Bayou Classic fade away. Three seasons, three losses. Now, he’s a senior. Now, this week, Evans has one more shot at the one win he wants more than all the others.
At 1 p.m. Saturday in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Evans and Southern (4-6, 4-4 Southwestern Athletic Conference) face archrival Grambling (6-4, 5-3). The Jaguars once dominated this series, winning 10 of 11 meetings from 1993-2003. Now, they’ve lost three straight to Grambling.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Billiot has been solid for WSSU offensive line
The only senior starter on the offensive line, he came from Blinn Junior College in Texas two years ago and has been a starter since Day 1. He's one reason the third-ranked Rams (11-0) are in the Division II playoffs and preparing for a second-round game Saturday against No. 17 California (Pa.) at Bowman Gray Stadium.
"He's everything that we'd thought he'd be," line coach John Eder said of the 6-foot-3, 340-pound Billiot.
When Connell Maynor took over as coach in 2010, the Rams were in dire need of quality linemen. Eder heard about Billiot, who played at Blinn in 2009 when quarterback Cam Newton led the team to the national junior college championship.
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NSU fans, students wait hours for tickets to ODU game
Norfolk, Virginia -- Norfolk State football fans waited in line for seven hours to buy tickets for the school's playoff game this weekend. Katrina Kemp waited in line four hours and left empty-handed.
On the first day that tickets became available to the public, a line of more than 500 fans zig-zagged across the sidewalk outside Norfolk State's ticket center. Annette Johnson, an NSU grad who began taking classes in 1963, arrived at 5:30 a.m. to buy her tickets, plopping her portable chair behind a handful of people already in line.
"I wake up at 4, but usually go back to bed," Johnson said. "We used to play at Foreman Field, and we know what it's about, how many people are getting in. We wanted tickets."
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College football offers The Battle of Norfolk
The Battle of Norfolk will happen sooner than expected. Norfolk State and Old Dominion will meet at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at ODU's Foreman Field in the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
Earlier this year, the schools agreed to begin a six-year series of games in 2013, but now they won't have to wait.
With the NCAA selection committee emphasizing regionalism in its bracketing, there was no easier pairing than pitting NSU and ODU. The travel distance between the two schools is 4.2 miles. Anticipation was high Sunday as students, alumni and local fans gathered on each campus and held their breath to learn who their first opponents would be.
"If that place seats 20,000, there's going to be 20,000 more outside," Moses Atkins, a 1960 Norfolk State alumnus, said of ODU's Foreman Field after the cheers subsided. "It's going to be one of the best things that's happened to this city."
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ODU to host NSU in first round of FCS playoffs
NORFOLK, Virginia -- Old Dominion got a home game. Norfolk State got a close game.
When the dust cleared at 10 o'clock Sunday morning, the two programs learned the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs selection committee had taken the path of least resistance. The teams will meet for the first time at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in a first-round playoff game at Foreman Field.
Since ODU began playing football three years ago, the Monarchs and Spartans camps have been talking about starting a series. This fall, the two agreed to a six-year deal beginning in 2013.
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On the first day that tickets became available to the public, a line of more than 500 fans zig-zagged across the sidewalk outside Norfolk State's ticket center. Annette Johnson, an NSU grad who began taking classes in 1963, arrived at 5:30 a.m. to buy her tickets, plopping her portable chair behind a handful of people already in line.
"I wake up at 4, but usually go back to bed," Johnson said. "We used to play at Foreman Field, and we know what it's about, how many people are getting in. We wanted tickets."
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College football offers The Battle of Norfolk
The Battle of Norfolk will happen sooner than expected. Norfolk State and Old Dominion will meet at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at ODU's Foreman Field in the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
Earlier this year, the schools agreed to begin a six-year series of games in 2013, but now they won't have to wait.
With the NCAA selection committee emphasizing regionalism in its bracketing, there was no easier pairing than pitting NSU and ODU. The travel distance between the two schools is 4.2 miles. Anticipation was high Sunday as students, alumni and local fans gathered on each campus and held their breath to learn who their first opponents would be.
"If that place seats 20,000, there's going to be 20,000 more outside," Moses Atkins, a 1960 Norfolk State alumnus, said of ODU's Foreman Field after the cheers subsided. "It's going to be one of the best things that's happened to this city."
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ODU to host NSU in first round of FCS playoffs
NORFOLK, Virginia -- Old Dominion got a home game. Norfolk State got a close game.
When the dust cleared at 10 o'clock Sunday morning, the two programs learned the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs selection committee had taken the path of least resistance. The teams will meet for the first time at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in a first-round playoff game at Foreman Field.
Since ODU began playing football three years ago, the Monarchs and Spartans camps have been talking about starting a series. This fall, the two agreed to a six-year deal beginning in 2013.
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No. 16 Marquette Golden Eagles Edge Norfolk State 59-57 To Claim Paradise Jam Title
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands -- Darius Johnson-Odom scored 20 points and Jae Crowder had a tiebreaking dunk with 1:09 left, leading No. 16 Marquette to a 59-57 victory over Norfolk State in the Paradise Jam championship game Monday night.The Golden Eagles (5-0) never trailed and Johnson-Odom was selected tournament MVP after he scored at least 20 points in each game.
Crowder sparked a 10-2 run for Marquette with consecutive 3-pointers. The surge lifted the Golden Eagles to a 47-33 lead with 11:40 left, but Norfolk State (3-2) would not go quietly. The Spartans countered with two separate 7-0 spurts and tied it at 57 on a 3 by Pendarvis Williams with 2:03 remaining.
Box Score (PDF)
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Marquette Men’s Basketball: Tracking individual player progress at Paradise Jam
The Marquette men’s basketball team may have been in the warm sunshine of the Virgin Islands this past weekend, but it took care of business on the court, making mincemeat of Winthrop (95-73), Mississippi (96-66) and battling Norfolk State to a 59-57 victory. Below is an evaluation of each player’s performance this weekend using an academic scale (A,B,C,D,F).
Senior forward Jae Crowder: In the 96-66 dismantling of Ole Miss, Crowder was an astounding 9-of-11 from the field and hit his first two 3-pointers. He finished with 25 points and seven rebounds. Against Norfolk State he posted his second double-double of the year (14 points, 11 rebounds). Crowder was expected to be the second fiddle to DJO, and he hasn’t disappointed thus far. A
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Norfolk State shocks Paradise Jam field
When the Norfolk State Spartans upset Colonial preseason favorite Drexel 61-56 Friday, the immediate reaction was not "hey, check out Norfolk State." It was "hey, check out how bad the CAA is looking right now."
The latter sentiment wasn't wrong. (The CAA has looked bad.) But Norfolk State assistant coach Robert Jones wasn't totally thrilled with the angle. When the link to my reaction was posted on Twitter, he responded:
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Lady Pilots rally in second half to defeat XU Gold Nuggets
Willis, a transfer from NCAA Division I Hampton, came off the bench to make 4-of-5 3-pointers and score 13 points. Simone Brewer scored 14 points for the Lady Pilots (2-2), and Sharde Henry scored 13.
Jasmine Grant, playing in her hometown, scored a season-high 19 points for the Gold Nuggets (4-2). Dalila Robinson scored a season-high 11 points, and Brandi Young scored 10.
SiMon Franklin scored eight points and Young seven to lead Xavier to a 34-29 halftime advantage, but LSUS rallied and took the lead for good, 40-37, on a Willis 3-pointer with 13:48 remaining.
Two Jennifer Hicks free throws at 11:18 gave the Lady Pilots their biggest lead, 50-37.
Grant passed to Robinson for a 3-pointer which cut the Lady Pilots' lead to 66-65 with 31 seconds remaining, but Henry made two free throws with 13 seconds to play. Franklin then missed a 2-pointer, and Willis made 1-of-2 free throws with one second remaining for the final point. Xavier made 8-of-10 from the floor in the first 10 minutes but shot 28 percent thereafter to finish at 38.8. LSUS shot 45.3 percent from the floor, 52 percent in the second half.
Grant and Robinson made three 3-pointers apiece and were a combined 6-of-10 from long range. They combined for 25 of Xavier's 31 second-half points, including 16 by Grant.
LSUS had a 37-30 rebound advantage. Brewer and Jenna Diakos grabbed seven rebounds apiece for the Lady Pilots.
Xavier will play NAIA No. 19 Langston at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Xavier Classic at The Barn. The other games that day will match Dillard vs. Rust at 1 p.m., Holy Names vs. Texas College at 3 p.m. and Mobile vs. Tuskegee at 5 p.m.
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TSU Will Conduct National Search for Next Football Coach
HOUSTON, VA - Texas Southern University will conduct a national search to find its next football coach. However, TSU athletics director Charles McClelland told FOX 26 Sports interim head coach Kevin Ramsey is a candidate to retain the position on a permanent basis.Ramsey, who had been the Tigers' defensive coordinator, replaced Johnnie Cole as head coach in April after Cole was fired because of allegations of NCAA rules violations on his watch. TSU won the SWAC Conference championship in 2010, the first outright conference title in the history of the program.
In 2011, under Ramsey, the Tigers were 4-7 overall, and finished last in the SWAC's Western division with a 2-7 record.
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Texas Southern launches search for football coach
Houston, Texas - Texas Southern announced Monday that it has opened a national search for a football coach after the team finished the season 4-7.
Athletic director Charles McClelland said he would immediately begin to identify candidates to present to a university committee and hopes to have a coach named within a month. Interim coach Kevin Ramsey will also be a candidate.
Ramsey recently completed his third season with the Tigers, having spent the first two as defensive coordinator. He was promoted April 1 to replace Johnnie Cole, who was fired in advance of an NCAA report that is expected to reveal major violations.
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