WSSU scrambling after shocking loss to St. Aug's

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina -- Winston-Salem State finds itself in rare territory this week after getting upset 17-14 by St. Aug’s in Raleigh on Saturday.

Offensive lineman Tim Samuels of the Rams came to the weekly news conference on Tuesday afternoon and was asked about the loss.

“I’m still shocked,” Samuels said about only the second loss to a Southern Division team in the last seven seasons.

There were a lot of shocked Rams as the Falcons rallied to score the winning touchdown on Demetrius Lewis’ 9-yard pass to Sam Boyd with 39 seconds left in the game.

Coach Kienus Boulware of the Rams said the goal this week in practice is to regain any kind of confidence they can. At 4-3 and 1-1 in the Southern Division, the Rams aren’t eliminated from the division, but they will need help as they try to win the division for the seventh straight year.

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Virginia State Football Preview: Trojans go for 7-0 at Lincoln (PA)

ETTRICK, Virginia - They’re unbeaten, they’re #1 in their division and they’re 6-0 for the first time since 1970.

This Saturday, the Virginia State Trojans will hit the road and challenge Lincoln (PA) in a bid to improve to 7-0 and earn their 11th straight victory.

Lincoln (PA), sitting at 0-7, is still seeking its first win of 2017 and is hosting Virginia State for its Homecoming Game.

Game time is Saturday, Oct. 21, 1 p.m. at Lincoln University, Pa.

GAMEDAY INFORMATION

Virginia State (6-0) at Lincoln (0-7)

Date: Saturday, October 21, 2017

Time: 1 p.m.

Live Stats: http://www.lulions.com/schedule.aspx?path=football

Location: Lincoln University (Pa.)

SERIES HISTORY SINCE 2008: Virginia State leads 9-0

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S.C. State Bulldogs a bit road weary after early losses

ORANGEBURG, South Carolina --To put it mildly, the road has not been kind to the South Carolina State football team this season.

Through three games away from Orangeburg, the Bulldogs (2-4 overall, 1-3 in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play) have tallied three losses, including this past Saturday's 12-9 defeat against the Wildcats of Bethune-Cookman in Daytona Beach, Florida.



S.C. State has now lost to Southern, North Carolina Central and Bethune-Cookman on the road by a combined total of 14 points.

With another road game on the schedule for this Saturday, at Delaware State (0-6, 0-4) at 2 p.m., Bulldogs head coach Buddy Pough is assessing the state of his team and program, while looking to make any possible adjustments.

"We went down and lost a tough battle to Bethune-Cookman down in Daytona Beach," Pough said at his weekly press conference on Monday. "We spent most of the day yesterday (Sunday) trying to figure ourselves out.

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Wins, losses are what matter to Wood with four games left in FAMU's season

TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- The games have been closer compared to head coach Alex Wood’s first two seasons at the helm, but for the second season in a row, the Rattlers have two wins through seven games.

In Wood’s first season at the helm, the team had just one win through seven games – it was the only win the team would get in 2015.

There are other metrics involved – graduation, on-field performance, etc. – but at the end of the day, Wood said he, like FAMU fans, judges his team based off wins and losses.

Right now, the Rattlers (2-5, 1-3 MEAC) have too many losses. FAMU will try to stop a three-game skid on Saturday at Hampton (4-2, 3-0 MEAC).

“That’s our business, the bottom line,” Wood said about wins and losses.

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Barlow leads Virginia State back into NCAA D-II Top 25

HEAD COACH REGGIE BARLOW
VSU TROJANS FOOTBALL

PETERSBURG, Virginia -- Virginia State has resurfaced in the national rankings under Reggie Barlow.

The Trojans cracked the AFCA NCAA Division II Top 25 after last week’s 47-35 win over then-No. 14-ranked Bowie State.

Ranked 21st in the poll, Virginia State (6-0, 4-0 CIAA) plays Lincoln (0-7, 0-4) Saturday.

Barlow, who was fired at Alabama State in 2014 as the university’s winningest coach (49-42 in eight seasons), is 15-2 at Virginia State since taking the job in May 2016.

VSU was last ranked Dec. 22, 2014. The Trojans won the CIAA and reached the NCAA D-II playoffs that season with Latrell Scott as its head coach.

The now Norfolk State coach went 19-4 in two seasons at Virginia State.

The Trojans finished 6-4 in 2015, but lost its head coach when Byron Thweatt left after one season to coach linebackers at FCS school James Madison.

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Eruption: ASU celebrates first win of 2017 season

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Alabama State finally had reason to rejoice.

Nine days after losing their head coach, the Hornets won their first game of the season, 23-16, at winless Texas Southern last week.

“Those young men erupted,” ASU interim head coach Donald Hill-Eley said during Monday’s SWAC coaches teleconference.

“This was the first opportunity for them to get fruit from their labor of all the conditioning they’ve done since last year. They were very excited and I was excited for them.”

ASU started the season 0-5 after going 4-7 the previous season. Brian Jenkins, who came to ASU after winning 46 games in five seasons at Bethune-Cookman, was fired after losing 24-10 to Alcorn State at home on a Thursday night on ESPNU.

The Hornets went 10-17 in 2 1/2 seasons under Jenkins.

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JSU's Derrick McCall will call offensive plays against Southern

JACKSON, Mississippi -- Tony Hughes finally pulled the trigger Tuesday, elevating wide receivers coach Derrick McCall to co-offensive coordinator and putting him in charge of calling offensive plays going forward.

"I met with each coach individually and we all feel like this is what's best for the team," Hughes said Tuesday at his weekly press conference. "I don't want to go into it much further than that, because we don't want to tip our hand to Southern for this weekend's game."

Hughes did add that he will let McCall make the call on which player personnel he wants to use, saying he and his staff would meet as a group to make final decisions headed into Saturday's 6 p.m. kickoff at Memorial Stadium.

Chad Germany, McCall's co-coordinator who was formerly in charge of calling games, will take on the added role of coaching wide receivers and will be responsible for signaling in the plays and making substitution calls on the sidelines.

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