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Grambling Finishes As Final No. 1 LUT WILLIAMS Close 10-9 Win Saturday Over MEAC Champion Vember FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 20 - 26, 2016 B C S P F I N A L F O O T B A L L T O P T E N 1. GRAMBLING STATE (11-1) - SWAC and Cel- West, with only losses to Grambling (36-16) and Southern (44-34). ebration Bowl championships get head coach Also lost to FBS Rice (65-44) and Texas A&M (67-0. Broderick Fobbs (r.) and the G-Men the 2016 na- 6. TENNESSEE STATE (7-4) - Tigers got wins over Arkansas-Pine tional title and top spot in the final BCSP rank- Bluff, Jackson State and Bethune-Cookman but dropped three OVC ings. After season-opening 31-21 loss to FBS games, two by single digits (E. Illiniois 35-34, Murray State 38-31, ™ Pac-12 member Arizona, Grambling ran off 11 Tenn Tech 44-16). Also lost to Vanderbilt 35-17. straight wins going 10-0 in the SWAC, beating 7. WINSTON-SALEM STATE (9-3) - The Rams and head coach Ki- Alcorn State for a second time for the SWAC title FOBBS: Completes enus Boulware ran thru seven CIAA opponents to take South Division and knocking off MEAC champion North Carolina three-year journey to title and then knocked off N. Div. champ Bowie State 43-33 to win its Central (10-9) in the Celebration Bowl. the top. second straight CIAA title. WSSU was outscored by LIU-Post 44-41 Phil Ellsworth, ESPN Images 2. NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL (9-3) - NCCU in first round of Div. II playoffs. Also had early season non-conference ran off nine straight wins between opening season losses to FBS op- losses to UNC-Pembroke (20-17) and Virginia Union (37-14). WE'RE NO. 1: Amidst the GRAMBLING confetti, subdued Gram- ponents Duke (49-6) and Western Michigan (70-21) and season-end- 8. BOWIE STATE (8-3) - Bulldogs went 6-1 in CIAA play with only a BACK ON bling State head coach ing Celebration Bowl loss to Grambling (10-9). Jerry Mack's squad ran 42-35 loss to Virginia Union to claim North Division title before fall- Broderick Fobbs raises the table in the MEAC (8-0) including third straight win over rival NC ing to S. DIv. champ WSSU in league's title game (43-33). Had high- TOP the index finger. A&T in season-ending showdown game for the league title. scoring early season losses to Seton Hill (50-48) and Central Conn. 3. NORTH CAROLINA A&T (9-3) - Fell to rival NC Central (42-21) State (44-35). GRAMBLING STATE PREVAILS IN HARDFOUGHT in last game of regular season to cede MEAC title to the Eagles. Fin- 9. VIRGINIA STATE (9-2) - In first year under Reggie Barlow, Trojans CELEBRATION BOWL, 10-9 OVER NC CENTRAL ished 7-1 in league play. Had big 39-36 win in 4OTs vs. FBS member finished behind Bowie State in CIAA North with 5-2 record with losses Kent State in regular season. Also lost at Tulsa (58-21) and to Rich- to WSSU (35-14) and Bowie State (38-37). Defeated Tuskegee (45- CELEBRATION BOWL RECAP mond in first round of FCS playoffs (39-10). 35) in game added to regular season. 4. SOUTHERN (8-3) - Lost to Grambling in Bayou Classic to finish 8-1 10. TUSKEGEE (9-3) - Golden Tigers fell to Kentucky State (10-9) to in the SWAC and in second place in SWAC West. Had eight-game win finish behind the Thorobreds in SIAC West. Also lost to VSU in added streak before season-ending loss to Grambling. Opened season with game, 45-35. Still earned Div. II playoff berth and beat Newberry (35- losses to Louisiana-Monroe (38-21) and Tulane (66-21). 33) in first round before falling to North Greenville (45-26) in second 5. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M (6-4) - Finished 7-2 in SWAC, third in the round. Grambling finishes as final No. 1 LUT WILLIAMS close 10-9 win Saturday over MEAC champion vember. Grambling prevailed 52-30 to claim the BCSP Editor North Carolina Central in the Celebration Bowl. division title. Southern (8-3), whose only other The road to the final No. 1 ranking in the Those 11 wins against just one loss and losses were to BCS members Louisiana-Lafay- BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS PAGE Top Ten was quite SWAC and Celebration Bowl titles makes Gram- ette and Tulane, has the designation as the sec- a journey for head coach Broderick Fobbs and bling a clear choice as the 2016 BCSP national ond best team in the SWAC and final BCSP No. Phil Ellsworth, ESPN Images the Grambling State Tigers. champion and final No. 1 team in the BCSP Top 4. BREAKIN' AWAY: Grambling State's Martez Carter (#4) breaks Coming off a 9-3 2015 season and a runner- Ten. Just behind Grambling State and Southern away from North Carolina Central's Jaquell Tayor (#27) enroute But not by much. in the SWAC West, was Prairie View A&M (7- to his 201 all-purpose yards that earned game MVP honors. up finish to championAlcorn State in the South- western Athletic Conference, Fobbs' G-Men Jerry Mack's North Carolina Central Eagles 4) whose only two conference losses were to the were ranked sixth in the preseason 2016 BCSP lived up to their BCSP preseason No. 1 billing. Tigers and Jaguars. The Panthers are the third Grambling State 10, North Carolina Central 9 Top Ten behind No. 1 North Carolina Central After sharing MEAC titles in 2014 and 2015 SWAC team in the top five of the BCSP ranking. ATLANTA – It's quite ironic that the 2nd annual Air Force Re- out of the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference and – Mack's first two years on the job – they ran the Tennessee State (7-4) begins the second serve Celebration Bowl Saturday in Atlanta to determine the 2016 No. 2 Prairie View A&M and No. 4 Alcorn State table in the MEAC (8-0) this year including get- five, at No. 6, after finishing fourth in the Ohio black college football national champion would come down to a cel- ting a title-clinching win over rival North Caro- Valley Conference. ebration. out of the SWAC. But that’s exactly what made the difference in a dramatic 10-9 The big question for Grambling was who lina A&T on the last day of the regular season (for Repeat CIAA champion Winston-Salem victory for SWAC champion Grambling State over MEAC champion would succeed quarterback Jonathan Williams, the third year in a row) to win the title outright. State (9-3) is the first NCAA Div. II team in the North Carolina Central in a hardfought game Saturday at the Georgia the 2015 SWAC Offensive Player of the Year They entered Saturday's Celebration Bowl as final rankings at No. 7. The Rams proved once Dome pitting the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in HBCU football. who threw for over 3,000 yards and 37 touch- a decided underdog against Grambling and fought again that they are the class of the South Divi- NCCU (9-3), who shut out the high-scoring Grambling offense in downs while earning BCSP first 'Baad Team' sta- the Tigers right down to the final whistle of the sion and the league as they downed high-scoring the first half and led 3-0 at the break, was trailing 10-3 late in the fourth tus. 10-9 decision. North Division champ Bowie State in the CIAA quarter when quarterback Malcolm Bell rolled left and lofted a 39-yard Well, that question was answered in the form If Grambling is an undisputed No. 1, then NC Championship Game. WSSU battled gamely be- strike to senior wideout Quentin Atkinson in the back of the end zone Devante Kincade Central is equally undisputed at No. 2. fore falling at LIU-Post in the first round of the to pull the Eagles within 10-9 with just 2:14 to play. of Ole Miss transfer . In the ensuing celebration however, Atkinson removed his hel- The junior served notice by leading Gram- After two early FBS losses, N. C. Central D2 playoffs. met and was flagged 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct. Grambling bling to a 21-3 halftime lead over Pac-12 mem- fell out of first place and North Carolina A&T Two other CIAA teams occupy the Nos. 8 head coach Broderick Fobbs chose to have the penalty assessed on the ber Arizona to open the season. An injury to his moved into the top spot. Riding a record-breaking and 9 spots. High-scoring Bowie State (8-3) sur- point-after, forcing NCCU placekicker Brandon McLaren to try his ankle just before halftime is likely the only thing season from running back Tarik Cohen, the Ag- vived a tough North Division race before falling attempt from the 34-yard line. Grambling’s Joseph McWilliams got that prevented a huge upset as the Tigers, without gies (9-3) stayed there, winning seven straight to WSSU in the league's title game. Virginia around the right side of the Eagles line and stuffed the attempt leaving Kincade in the second half, fell to the Wildcats games until its loss to NCCU on the final day of State (9-2) took that race and took Bowie State Grambling with the one-point advantage. 31-21. It would be the only blemish on the Tigers' the regular season. A big four-overtime win over down to the wire (a 38-37 loss) before settling NCCU recovered an onside kick following the PAT but was called 11-1 record.
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