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FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 22 - 28, 2016 Bayou Classic to decide SWAC West LUT WILLIAMS BCSP Editor BCSP No. 3 North Carolina Central pre- ™ vailed over rival and BCSP No. 1 North Caro- lina A&T 42-21 Saturday in a North Carolina showdown to claim the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference championship and that league's berth in the 2nd annual Celebration Bowl on Dec. 17 at the Atlanta Georgia Dome. Southern Sports Photo There's another spicy rivalry game on tap LENARD TILLERY: this week as the attention shifts to New Orleans CLASSIC SWAC season and career and the 43rd annual Bayou Classic between BAYOU rushing leader primed for Louisiana rivals, the new BCSP No. 1 Gram- SPOTLIGHT ON NEW ORLEANS: Grambling ARMS RACE: Grambling State quarterback season-ending battle with bling State (8-1, 8-0 SWAC West) and BCSP State head coach Broderick Fobbs (l.) and Devante Kincade and Southern quarterback BATTLE Grambling State. No. 4 Southern (8-2, 8-0 W), for that league's Southern head coach Dawson Odums (r) will Austin Howard are centerpieces of the SWAC's send their teams into battle at Saturday's Bayou top offenses that will do battle in Saturday's Bay- West Division title. SOUTHERN/GRAMBLING BATTLE FOR SWAC Classic with the SWAC West Division title and ou Classic in New Orleans. Kincade and How- The game will be carried live Saturday on spot opposite Alcorn State for the SWAC cham- ard are 1-2 in passing yards, passing efficiency, WEST TITLE; NC A&T, TUSKEGEE IN PLAYOFFS the NBC Sports Network beginning at 4 p.m. pionship on the line. touchdowns and total offense. The winner of the showdown will face East Division champ Alcorn State next week ppg.) are 1-2 in scoring offense, 1-2 in scoring 2016 FOOTBALL (Standings and POWs) SCORES (Dec. 3) in the SWAC Championship Game for defense (GSU, 14.9 ppg., SU 25.9 ppg.), 1-2 in a chance to meet N. C. Central in the Dec. 17 Air SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 S. Carolina State 32, Savannah State 0 total offense (GSU 500.6 ypg., SU 473.9) and MID EASTERN SOUTHWESTERN NCAA DIV. II PLAYOFFS SWAC Force Reserve Celebration Bowl. 1-2 in pass offense (GSU 298.7 ypg., SU 265.2 MEAC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SWAC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE LIU-Post 48, Winston-Salem State 41 Alcorn State 35, Jackson State 16 The SWAC West usually comes down to ypg.). CONF ALL CONF ALL Tuskegee 35, Newberry 33 Auburn 55, Alabama A&M 0 FINAL W L W L EAST DIVISION W L W L this season-ending classic in New Orleans and Grambling junior quarterback Devante ^ N. Carolina Central 8 0 9 2 ^ Alcorn State 5 4 5 5 MEAC Grambling State 47, Texas Southern 28 * NC A&T State 7 1 9 2 Alabama A&M 4 5 4 7 this year is no different. Both teams are 8-0 and Kincade leads the passing stats (261.1 ypg., Hampton 5 3 5 5 Army 60, Morgan State 3 Prairie View 57, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7 Alabama State 3 6 3 7 undefeated and relatively unchallenged in con- 27 TDs, 3 ints.) followed by Southern's Austin Bethune-Cookman 4 3 4 5 Bethune-Cookman 39, Florida A&M 19 Southern 55, Miss. Valley State 0 SC State 4 3 4 6 Jackson State 3 6 3 8 Howard 26, Delaware State 21 INDEPENDENTS ference play. Howard (246.0 ypg., 26 TDs, 7 ints.). The sig- Florida A&M 4 4 4 7 Miss. Valley State 1 8 1 10 Norfolk State 17, Hampton 10 Tennessee State 32, SE Missouri 31 # Savannah State 3 4 3 6 WEST DIVISION All eight of Grambling and head coach nal callers are also 1-2 in passing efficiency and Norfolk State 3 5 4 7 Grambling State 8 0 8 1 NC Central 42, NC A&T 21 Morgan State 2 5 2 8 Southern 8 0 8 2 Broderick Fobbs's SWAC wins have been by in total offense. Howard 2 6 2 9 Prairie View A&M 7 2 7 4 at least 21 points. Southern had two league wins In rushing, Southern senior Lenard Til- Delaware State 0 8 0 11 # Not eligible for title * In FCS playoffs Texas Southern 4 5 4 7 NCAA DIV. II PLAYOFF RECAPS by single-digits, 28-24 over Jackson State and lery, who earlier this season became the ^ Champion, Celebration Bowl representative Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1 8 1 10 41-33 over Alcorn State. The rest have been league's career rushing leader, leads the league ^ Clinched Division title MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK SUPER REGION II - First Round blowouts. with 1,431 yards and 12 rushing touchdowns. OFFENSE SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Tuskegee 35, Newberry 33 Anthony Philyaw, Jr., RB, HOWARD - 36 OFFENSE But the teams could not be any closer Grambling counters with Jestin Kelly (710 carries for school-record 281 yards in win over Trey Green, QB, PRAIRIE VIEW - 23 of 29 NEWBERRY, SC – SIAC member Tuskegee (9-2), seeded sev- matched than this year, particularly in confer- yards, 8 TDs) and Martez Carter (528 yards, 6 Delaware State. for 400 yards and career-high 5 TDs (9, 34, enth in the region, jumped out to a 21-10 halftime lead and held on DEFENSE 64, 22, 4) with no picks in win over UAPB. ence stats. TDs) whose numbers add up to Tillery's. Diquan Richardson, Jr., S, B-CU - 5 tackles, one DEFENSE to knock off 2nd-seed Newberry 35-33 in a first round Div. II playoff solo, 1 fumble returned 10 yards for a TD. Also had Jarius Moore, Sr., LB, TEXAS SOUTH- "Our focus now is Southern University and Among receivers, Grambling senior Chad game at Newberry Saturday. third interception of the year in win over FAMU. T. ERN - 9 tackles, 1 sack, 1 interception, 1 what they do and what we do and playing the Williams tops the league with 70 receptions C. Livingston, R-Jr., LB, NSU - 5 tackles, 1 solo, forced fumble recovered and returned for Six-four, 175-pound sophomore wide receiver Javaris Cheatham interception returned 40 yards for TD vs. Hampton. a TD vs. Grambling. SPECIAL TEAMS game the right way," Fobbs said on Tuesday's (7.8 per game) for 1,102 yards (122.4 ypg.) and ROOKIE Marvante King, Jr., WR/KR, UAPB - hauled in second quarter TD passes of 27 yards from QB Jamarcus Mike Waters, Fr., RB, DELSTATE - 30 carries, Returned kickoff 93 yards for TD and had Ezell and 18-yards from QB Kevin Lacey and a one-yard scoring run SWAC Coaches Teleconference. "They (our nine scores in nine games. Southern senior Wil- career-high 224 yards, 2 TDs vs. Howard. Cephas 139 return yards vs. Southern. players) understand that it's a football contest lie Quinn doubles as a dangerous pass catcher Harden, R-Fr., LB, NSU - Career-high 14 tackles, NEWCOMER from Jerome Lewis staked the Golden Tigers to the halftime lead. 7 solos vs. Hampton. Sta'fon McCray, R-Jr., RB, PRAIRIE Newberry (10-2) scored the first ten points of the third quarter to and an opportunity to further our dreams and (58 receptions, 924 yards, 10 TDs) and kick re- SPECIAL TEAMS VIEW - Ten carries, 62 yards, 2 TDs (13, Nathaniel Tique, Jr., P, NCCU - Avg. 43.3 yards 1) vs. UAPB. pull within 21-20 before Tuskegee's Kenneth Gant ran 49 yards to our goals." turner. on six punts, one downed inside the 20. paydirt to put TU up 28-20 midway thru Grambling (43.1 ppg.) and Southern (40.8 "These are two really good football teams OFFENSIVE LINEMAN the period. Terrance Wells, Sr., G, NCCU - 91% grade, that in a lot of the categories are 1 and 2," said 5 pancakes Newberry scored early in the G A M E S T H I S W E E K Southern head coach Dawson Odums. "Turn- fourth quarter to pull within 28-26 but overs are always a factor in a game of this mag- could not convert the 2-point conver- THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24 sion. Lacey came right back to engineer TV GAME nitude. Last year they won the turnover battle Southern had won three straight in the rival- a 9-play, 75-yard drive capped by his 93rd Turkey Day Classic / ESPN3 and they won the game. This year, I think we're ry before last year's 34-23 Grambling win that 7-yard pass to Cheatham that put TU up Alabama State vs. Miles in Montgomery, AL 3p (a league-best) plus-17 (in turnover margin), so sent them to the SWAC title game. 35-26 wih 10:53 left. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26 we've done a great job of taking the ball away Three games involving MEAC teams are Newberry scored with 3:57 left to Morgan State vs. Savannah State in Savannah, GA 1p and protecting the football. I thinks it going to also on this closing week's schedule. Bethune- pull within 35-33 and got the ball back SC State vs. Bethune-Cookman in Orangeburg, SC 1:30p come down to turnovers and penalties. Cookman is at South Carolina State and Coastal Carolina vs. Hampton in Conway, SC 2p twice. The Wolves (10-1) were stopped Tuskegee Sports Photo "Whichever team can play hard and smart Morgan State is at Savannah State in games the first time on an interception by TV GAME THREESOME: Tuskgee and protect the football is going to have an up- postponed from Oct.