2011 FOOTBALL PREVIEW CIAA u MEAC u SIAC u SWAC

WEEK OF AUGUST 29, 2011 Follow Us theyardweekly theyardhbcu theyardhbcu AGAIN?!?? Every Conference Champ is picked to repeat It’s REAL easy to pick a winner in the beginning of the sea- that are new to the conference. son. Just pick the guys that won it last year! Looks like that holds true in black college football in 2011. Every champion 2. Scheduling from last season (Shaw, Bethune-Cookman, Texas Southern Playing within your conference can be hard enough but I and Albany State) is favored to repeat in their respective con- want to know what Fort Valley State and Bowie State were ference. I guess it’s easy to do when these programs return a thinking when they put their schedules together? The Bull- solid nucleus of key players and an experienced coaching staff. dogs three (yes, three) home games have forced them to have Throw in the fact that several other schools within those con- their Homecoming in early September. ferences have made significant changes and those selections The Wildcats can easily be considered the best team in black just became that much easier to make. college football IF they can win out in 2011. Fort Valley State Even with all of this uncertainty, I won’t risk my “cred- will face Florida A&M, Bethune-Cookman and the Division ibility” by personally predicting a champion…this year. After II Runner-Up Delta State along with conference foes Albany all, you play to win the game and ANYTHING can happen. State, Morehouse and Tuskegee. Wow. VUU Downs St. Aug’s 12-0 So with the 2011 college football season officially kicking off in Hurricane: Virginia Union this weekend, I will give you a preview of the conference, picks 3. Players To Watch University’s Jerell Washington made by coaches and other members of the media and a list of It’s easy to keep an eye on guys who have been picked to be rushed for 150 yards as VUU downed Saint Augustine’s College 12-0 in things to watch for this year. players of the year within their respective conference but here a football game at Hovey Field on is a list of players who had big years last year and may have August 27 which was played under 1. Changes break out years this season: hurricane conditions. Every season brings change and 2011 isn’t any different. David Carter, Running Back, Morehouse Washington carried the ball 38 times The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) will Carter averaged 122.5yds per game last season as a sopho- as the Panthers braved 35 mile per move to divisional play. The 10-team conference will split into more. hour winds and gusts of 50 mph. two-5 team divisions and the division winners will face off in Brandon Bridge, Quaterback, Alcorn State VUU is now 1-0 and travels to the first Title Game in Atlanta. “Air Canada” was fourth in the league with a 190-yard pass- Columbia, S.C., to face Benedict The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) has expand- ing average per game in 2010. Only two passers, both upper- College at 3:30 p.m. on September 3. ed into a 12-team league and a total of 10 teams have new classmen, threw for more than his 19 touchdowns. Bridge also head coaches. Southwest Athletic Conference (SWAC) cham- finished No. 7 in the SWAC for rushing, with 600 yards and SCORES pionship contenders Grambling State (Doug Williams), Texas tied for third overall with eight scores on the ground. FOOTBALL Southern (Kevin Ramsey) and Prairie View A&M (Heishma Rico Council, Lineback, Tennessee State Saturday, August 27 Northern) all bring in new coaches. The MEAC will bring in Last year, he recorded the best season of his career leading Bellhaven 47, Texas College 3 The loss of former head coach Johnnie Cole has not stopped experts from picking Texas Southern to repeat as SWAC Champion in 2011. Delta State 28, Elizabeth City State 21 OT a total of 5 new head coaches (Blount/Delaware Stste, Har- TSU in sacks with four. Council finished second on the team Virginia Union 12, Saint Augustine’s 0 rell/Howard, Broadway/NC A&T, Fraizer/NCCU, Dixon/SSU) in stops with a career season best with 79 tackles (39 solo).

MEAC MVP to UCF: Former Bethune-Cookman guard and reigning MEAC Basketball Player of the Year C. J. Reed is transferring to the University of Central Florida. REED Reed, who averaged an MEAC-best 18.8 points per game while leading the Wildcats to a 21-13 overall record and their first ever MEAC regular season title, received a release from Will NCAA academic Going to Homecoming? B-CU in early July afterthe school abruptly dismissed his father, Clifford Reed, as the changes hurt HBCUs? 2 See when it will be 9 Wildcats head coach on June 27. INSIDE THE YARD WEEK OF AUGUST 29TH COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2 Vikings Drop Opener in OT, 28-21 DI Board Approves Increased Academic Performance Concept INDIANAPOLIS—Less than 24 hours after emerging from a landmark Presi- dential retreat, the Division I Board of Directors unanimously approved the concept of increasing the required academic performance of all teams and mandated that teams must meet those requirements in order to participate in any NCAA-sponsored championship or football bowl game. NCAA President Mark Emmert tout- ed the change as proof of the NCAA’s commitment to the academic success of all student-athletes. “This is about the academic performance of all of our stu- The raise to the Academic Progress Rate benchmark from 900 to 930 may make it harder for HBCUs that may not have the dents in all of our sports. This is about resources to assist athletes with academic issues. Southern’s football team was one of the eight teams banned from post season the academic expectations we have for competition due to poor academic perfoprmance. all of our student-athletes.” The board voted to raise the Aca- cluding a timeline for phased-in imple- onship Subdivision-specific override demic Progress Rate benchmark from mentation for both the new 930 bench- requests changed as well, from 15 to 25 900 to 930 and supported a penalty mark and the penalty structure. for an override and from 40 to 50 for structure that will require teams to Currently, the most serious APR pen- suspension of legislation. earn at least a 930 four-year, rolling alties are assessed when a team falls be- The Council believed it was impor- APR in order to participate in postsea- low a 900 four-year APR. The move to tant for the membership to have the son competition. 930 will be significant, especially as it opportunity to override legislation if These changes stemmed from the relates to championship participation. a significant majority opposed the ac- two-day presidential retreat which con- The 930 APR predicts an approxi- tion taken by the Council and Board of cluded Wednesday, Aug. 10 and focused mately 50 percent Graduation Success Directors. However, the previous stan- on improving intercollegiate athletics Rate. Within the last year, the presi- dard represented less than 10 percent Second-ranked Delta State came up big on defense in the second half, shutting down Elizabeth City State for a 28-21 OT win. in a variety of ways: academics, fiscal dents on the Board stoutly affirmed a of the Division I membership. The new responsibility and integrity. The presi- commitment to keeping the benchmark standard requires 22 percent of schools CLEVELAND, MS—No. 2 Delta State offense after halftime. third quarter. swered two plays later. After a kickoff dents also directed NCAA President for penalties at a minimum 50 percent to disagree with a legislative action for kicked off the 2011 season with an Mark Hoskins led the way for the Lucas had a solid game for the return and penalty took the ball to the Mark Emmert to assemble whatever graduation rate. The relationship be- an override to take place. The change is overtime thriller, defeating the Eliza- defense with eight tackles and a sack. Statesmen in the second half. The ju- 40, Powell found Keit Strickland for a groups are necessary to codify the rec- tween the two rates had changed over effective immediately and will apply to beth City State Vikings 28-21 on Sat- Triplett led the linebackers with seven nior finished with 79 yards on 17 car- 40-yard strike to go up 21-7 before the ommendations in all three areas dis- the last several years as adjustments any legislation adopted going forward. urday. tackles and Dominique Davenport led ries and the one rushing touchdown in half. cussed at the retreat. were made to improve the fairness of The presidents also directed the Statesmen sophomore Ixavier the secondary with six tackles. overtime. He also was a big player on Elizabeth City State turned Delta “We have made some very significant the APR. staff to apply NCAA recruiting rules Triplett tipped a Creven Powell pass However, the Statesmen need 14 special teams, setting up a touchdown State turnovers into touchdowns in the recommendations that we want to turn In other business, the Division I concerning publicity of prospective that eventually fell into the hands of points in the second half to force over- with a long return. He also broke what first half, punishing the Statesmen for into action. We will begin working on Board of Directors adopted a Legisla- student-athletes to institutional and Jerry Barnes to seal the victory for the time. appeared to be a 90-yard kickoff return the mistakes. this immediately,” Emmert said. “We tive Council recommendation that the conference networks and broadcasts, green and white. With less than 30 seconds left, the for a touchdown that was called back Brant Botill fumbled deep in Vi- will come before this group no later number of schools required to initiate which will provide time to evaluate the The Statesmen took the lead in over- Statesmen were able to tie the game by an inadvertent whistle. king territory in the first quarter. The than October with a clear action agen- an override of legislative action be in- proper application of NCAA rules. The time with a Brandon Lucas touchdown at 21. Davis sneaked in from less than Chance Dennis brought in the lone Vikings recovered and immediately da to implement the ideas that were de- creased to 75 from 30, effective imme- NCAA is holding a meeting on August run of five yards. The key play of the a yard out behind a big offensive line touchdown for the Statesmen in the turned around a four-play drive that veloped over the past two days. Some of diately. 22 with representatives from broadcast drive was a 15-yard pass from Micah surge. The touchdown drive was con- first half. The senior brought in a ended with a 55-yard touchdown pass that action began today.” The Council recommended the in- networks and several conferences to Davis to Erick Clayton to convert a tinued after the Statesmen converted a 4-yard touchdown pass from Davis that from Powell to Anthony Faulcon. The presidents felt strongly that the crease because the number of active Di- discuss the issue. third-and-15 down. Three plays later, 4th-and-1 on a Brant Botill run to set capped a three-play, 16-yard drive. In the second quarter, Davis fumbled academic principles be adopted swiftly vision I members has increased signifi- The Board heard an update from Lucas scored what proved to be the up 1st-and-goal with less than a minute The touchdown drive was set up by a deep in Statesmen territory and the Vi- and decidedly, with details to be final- cantly since the original number was Bowl Task Force Chair Harvey Perl- game-winner. remaining in the quarter. 77-yard kickoff return from Lucas, fol- kings added another quick strike. Pow- ized in October. The Board directed the set. The Board’s action also increased man. The presidents expect a final re- The defense held the Statesmen in Davis connected with Lucas for a lowing the Vikings second touchdown ell and Faulcon connected on their sec- Committee on Academic Performance the number of requests necessary to port from the task force with recom- the game in the second half, holding 35-yard touchdown pass to bring the of the game. ond touchdown pass of the night, this to produce particulars about the new suspend legislation from 100 to 125. mendations for action at their October the Viking offense to 11 yards of total Statesmen to within seven early in the Powell and Elizabeth City State an- time from 16 yards out. changes in academic requirements, in- The numbers for Football Champi- meeting. THE YARD WEEK OF AUGUST 29TH FOOTBALL 3 2011 preseason all-CIAA CIAA PLAYERS TO WATCH 2011 projected champion OFFENSE Player Pos. Class Creven Powell QB SR Back-To-Back Bears Elizabeth City State HAMPTON­—The CIAA has released Daronte McNeill RB JR the 2011 All-CIAA Football Preseason Elizabeth City State team and Predicted Order of finish as Nicholas Cooper RB SR voted on by the CIAA Football Coaches Winston-Salem State Association. SHAW Robert Holland WR JR The Vikings were picked to finish atop Chowan Predicted Order of Finish the CIAA North followed by defending (2010 Overall, CIAA Record) division champion Virginia State Uni- Tehvyn Brantley WR SO Winston-Salem State Northern versity. Bowie State, Virginia Union, Chowan and Lincoln (Pa.) round out Bobby Holiday TE SR Nicholas Cooper, Running Back, WSSU Shaw 1. Elizabeth City State (6-4, 5-2) the North’s lineup while the Shaw Bears, Last season, finished ranked 19th in the nation in rushing yards with 1,134 yards 2. Virginia State (8-3, 6-1) last year’s conference champion, leads Larry McDonald OL SR and 15 touchdowns. 3. Bowie State (6-4, 6-1) the South’s picks followed by Winston- Fayetteville State 4. Virginia Union (3-7, 3-4) Salem State, Saint Augustine’s, Fayette- Baron Coffin OL SR Elizabeth City State 5. Chowan (3-7, 3-4) ville State, Johnson C. Smith and Liv- ingstone College. Bryan Garnett OL SR 6. Lincoln (Pa) (0-7, 1-9) It certainly wasn’t easy, but Shaw Elizabeth City State Southern went undefeated against CIAA oppo- Allen Buckner OL SR 1. Shaw (9-3, 7-0) nents last year on the way to its third Shaw 2. Winston-Salem State (8-2, 5-2) CIAA Championship in four years. Markus Lawrence C JR Shaw will look to make it back-to-back Winston-Salem State 3. St. Augustine’s (9-2, 6-1) championships for the second time in DEFENSE 4. Fayetteville State (5-5, 4-3) five years and the road could prove to Player Pos. Class 5. Johnson C. Smith (2-8, 1-6) be harder than last year. Shaw’s high- powered offense from a year ago will be Larry Jones DL SR 6. Livingstone (0-11, 0-7) Elizabeth City State looking for leadership this season. Gone Robert Holland, Wide Receiver, Chowan is All-CIAA quarterback Kevin Atkins, Charles Deas DL SR Led the CIAA in receiving touchdowns Raymond Williams the school’s all-time Shaw (7) and receptions per game (6.5) in his DON’T MISS GAMES sophomore year. leading rusher, four of five starters on Stanley Porter DL SR September 24 the offensive line, including two All- Shaw Elizabeth City State at CIAA selections, as well as four of the Akeem Ward DL SR Shaw five leading receivers, although Tyrone Winston-Salem State Will these be the same teams Craig (30-532-8) looks to build upon Delano Johnson LB SR Senior Running Back Raymond Williams looks to lead the Shaw Bears back to another CIAA Championship. that will face off in the CIAA a solid 2010 campaign. Quarterback Bowie State Championship game? Quinshon Odom was thrown into the Brucelee Sterile LB SR fire at times last year and even started tional rookie campaign last year on his when he rushed for 1,321 yards, aver- resentation with five selections each. Lincoln (Pa) October 15 in the Bears playoff game against Shep- way to first team All-CIAA honors with aging 5.6 yards per carry and 10 TDs. Making his second consecutive appear- Jeremy Pruitt LB SR Virginia State at herd. Odom completed 26-62 passes a league-tying six interceptions and led The offensive line is experienced, led by ance on the preseason squad is senior Virginia State Elizabeth City State on the season for 505 yards with 5 TDs the nation in pass break-ups with 18. pre-season All-CIAA selections seniors quarterback Creven Powell, who earned Andre Lyles DB SR Baron Coffin (6-3, 310) and Bryan second team All-CIAA honors last sea- The Vikings and Trojans will battle and 5 INTs. Head coach Darrell Asberry 2010 was a disappointment for head Fayetteville State at ECSU’s Homecoming. This game has also gotten a couple of high-profile coach Waverly Tillar and the Vikings. Garnett (6-3, 330). Defense is normally son after passing for 1,662 yards and Kenny Turner DB SR could very well decide the CIAA transfer quarterbacks into the program The Vikings came into the season with the staple of a Tillar coached team and 10 touchdowns. Joining Powell is pre- Bowie State Brucelee Sterile, Linebacker, Lincoln (Pa) the last couple of years. Defense will be perhaps the best team on paper in the despite a wealth of talent last year, the season All-American tailback Daronte North Title. Darrell Evans DB SO His 90 tackles ranked fourth in the CIAA, and the 9.0 stops-per-game average was the strength of the Bears. It begins up league. Fast forward to the present and unit struggled giving up 313 yards of McNeill along with senior offensive line- Shaw front as Charles Deas and Stanley Por- the Vikings once again have tremen- total offense per game. Only five starters men Baron Coffin and Bryan Garnett, a 32nd in the nation. October 29 Alton Keaton DB SR Virgina Union at ter are pre-season All-CIAA performers dous talent returning. Creven Powell return from last year led by linebacker core that helped the Vikings to a second Winston-Salem State and combined for 29 tackles for loss and returns for his senior season as the Vi- Dewitt Dixon (56 tackles, 8 TFL) and place ranking in both total and rushing Virginia State William Rudd P SO BY THE NUMBERS 10 sacks a year ago. Demarcus Rober- kings signal-caller. Despite injuries last lineman Larry Jones. The Vikings open offense in 2010. McNeill finished with Throw the records out the window Virginia State when these interstate rivals go son will also be counted upon on the season, Powell completed 124 of 219 the season at national championship 1,321 yards as a sophomore, the first defensive line as well and was second passes for 1,662 yards with 10 TDs to runner-up Delta State and four of their Viking to break the 1,000 yard plateau Austin Turner K SR head to head. Oh yeah, it’s going Fayetteville State 4 to be VSU’s Homecoming. on the team last year in tackles for loss 5 INTs. Running back Daronte McNeill first five games are on the road. since the 1994 season. The Shaw Bears have won 4 of the last (15.5). Cornerback Darnell Evans an- returns after shattering the ECSU rush- Elizabeth City State, Winston-Salem  —CIAA Website and Donal Ware Tyron Laughinghouse RET SR 7 CIAA Football Championships (2004, St. Augustine’s chors the secondary and had an excep- ing record for yards in a season last year State and Shaw tied for the most rep- 2007, 2008, 2010). THE YARD WEEK OF AUGUST 29TH FOOTBALL 4 2011 preseason all-meac MEAC PLAYERS TO WATCH 2011 projected champion OFFENSE MEAC Teams Want To “Finish” Player Pos. Class Chris Walley QB SR Norfolk State Tallahassee, Fl Mike Mayhew RB SR North Carolina A&T Charlotte, NC

Antwon Chisholm [TIE] RB SO Hampton Belle Glade, Fl

BETHINE-COOMAN Jaashawn Jones [TIE] RB R-SR Delaware State Asbury Park, NJ Predicted Order of Finish (2010 Overall, MEAC Record) Willie Carter WR SR Howard Denmark, SC

1. Bethune-Cookman (10-2, 7-1) Justin Wilson WR R-JR Mike Mayhew, Running Back, NC A&T 2. South Carolina State (9-3, 7-1) Delaware State Windsor, Ct The MEAC’s leading returning rusher (1,082 3. Florida A&M (8-3, 7-1) Antuanne Kerr TE R-SR yds, 7TDs) from Charlotte shows real good South Carolina State Augusta, Ga instincts. 4. Hampton (6-5, 5-3) Alex Monroe OL SO 5. Norfolk State (6-5, 4-4) Bethune-Cookman Jacksonville, Fl 6. Morgan State (4-7, 3-5) Javahr Nathan OL R-SR 7. Delaware State (2-6, 3-8) South Carolina State Goose Neck, SC 8. North Carolina A&T (1-10, 1-7) Kendall Noble OL SR 9. North Carolina Central (3-8) Norfolk State Rocky Mount, SC Lawrence Brewer OL SR 10. Savannah State (1-10) Morgan State Fort Washington, Md 11. Howard (1-10, 0-8) Natiel Curry C SR Bethune-Cookman Miami, Fl

DEFENSE Player Pos. Class Ryan Lewis, Linebacker, Bethune-Cookman DON’T MISS GAMES Ryan Davis DL JR The Junior from Pompano Beach, Fl. led the Bethune-Cookman Tampa, Fl Wildcats with 81 combined tackles and five September 4 sacks. Bethune-Cookman vs. Sackie Kerkulah DL R-SR Howard Willingboro, NJ Prairie View A&M Josh Turner DL SR The annual MEAC/SWAC Norfolk State Chesterfield, Va Challenge held in Orlando will Coach Buddy Pough and the South Carolina State Bulldogs look to do what they could not over the past three seasons, win a Divion I-AA playoff game. pit last season’s MEAC Champion Pat Washington DL R-SR verses the 2009 SWAC Champion. CHARLOTTE­—It was evident during Pough, whose program has gone 29-8 and then its first-round playoff game to There also are five new head coaches: South Carolina State Charleston, SC football season last year that there isn’t overall and 23-1 in MEAC games over New Hampshire, finishing 10-2. Delaware State’s Kermit Blount, 53, Ryan Lewis LB JR September 10 a baseball program at South Carolina the last three seasons. “That’s probably “I’m not one that becomes compla- the former Winston-Salem State head Bethune-Cookman Pompano Beach, Fl South Carolina State at State. our big role for the year, we’ve got to cent,” Wildcats second-year coach Brian coach; Howard’s Gary Harrell, 39, who Keith Pough LB R-JR Bethune-Cookman Simply put, there wasn’t a closer on get our guys to the point where we do Jenkins said. “That was last year and was Bowie State’s head coach the last Howard Orangeburg, SC campus. everything to the end.” this is a new year. The number one thing two seasons; North Carolina A&T’s The 2011 MEAC Champion might Reginald Sandilands LB SR Of course, it shows how good of a It’s a predicament that plagues the for me is, what are we going to do this Rod Broadway, 56, who left Grambling be at stake in this Week 2 match- Bethune-Cookman Miami, Fl up of conference co-champions level that football program is on when MEAC, which hasn’t shined in late No- year? State’s head coaching position; North Michael Williams DB SR from las season. coach Buddy Pough felt disappointed in vember. The conference’s last playoff “That’s where my mindset is at. Ten- Carolina Central Henry Frazier, 43, who Bethune-Cookman Miami, Fl Justin Wilson, Wide Receiver, Delaware State a season which saw the Bulldogs earn a win occurred in 1999. and-two was good, but it wasn’t satisfy- won the 2009 Eddie Robinson Award Micah Pellerin DB SR The junior native of Windsor, Ct. caught 59 passes for 937 yards with 11 touchdowns. November 19 share of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Con- Bethune-Cookman and South Caroli- ing enough for me.” at Prairie View A&M; and Savannah Hampton New Orleans, La ference title and a spot in the FCS play- na State split last year’s conference title Last year’s trio of titlists and Hamp- State’s Steve Davenport, 43, who had North Carolina Central at D’Vonte Graham DB JR North Carolina A&T offs for the third straight year. with Florida A&M and gave the MEAC ton seem most likely to battle for this been UAB’s running backs coach since North Carolina A&T Tallahassee, Fl BY THE NUMBERS Had there been some fireballing two playoff teams for the first time since year’s MEAC crown. 2006. The first MEAC conference game Dominique Ellis DB R-SR 6-foot-4, 235-pound stud closer on 1999. The MEAC is undergoing change this It should be a terrific season for betwwen these state rivals in South Carolina State Wendell, NC campus, Pough would have converted Bethune-Cookman might have need- year with the addition of North Carolina running backs and linebackers in the Greensboro since 1978. By the Brandon Holdren P JR 4 him into a tight end. He didn’t think his ed a closer more than South Carolina Central and Savannah State to create an MEAC. The amount of time a team other than way, the Aggies won that game Florida A&M Jacksonville, Fl 25-6. squad was adept at finishing games or State. It was the last unbeaten team in 11-team conference. Teams will contin-  —Sports Network Bethune-Cookman, Florida A&M, Hamp- the season. the FCS at 10-0 before it lost its regu- ue to play eight conference games, and Blake Erickson K SR ton or South Carolina State has won a South Carolina State Pensacola, Fl “I think we need to finish,” said lar- season finale to rival Florida A&M not two of the other opponents. MEAC Football Championship since 1993. THE YARD WEEK OF AUGUST 29TH FOOTBALL 5 2011 preseason all-SIac SIAC PLAYERS TO WATCH 2011 projected champion OFFENSE ASU Garners Another Top 10 Ranking Player Pos. Class Stanley Jennings QB SR Albany State Marietta, Ga David Carter RB JR Morehouse Marietta, Ga Tony Reid RB JR Fort Valley State Albany, Ga Albany state Derrick Hector WR SR Predicted Order of Finish Morehouse Mobile, Al (2010 Overall, SIAC Record) Octavius Staton WR SR Albany State Greenville, NC East Tony Davis TE SR Stanley Jennings, Quarterback, Albany State 1. Albany State (11-1, 9-0) Fort Valley State Fort Valley, Ga Last season, Jennings was named 2010 2. Fort Valley State (8-3, 7-2) Mike Mavromichalis OL SR SIAC MVP and Offensive Player of the Year. 3. Morehouse (8-3, 7-2) Albany State Savannah, Ga 4. Clark Atlanta (4-7, 4-5) Travis Walker OL JR 5. Benedict (5-6, 4-5) Albany State Cordele, Ga Marlon Jones OL JR West Morehouse Atlanta, Ga 1. Tuskegee (9-2, 7-2) Jessie Mitchell OL SR 2. Miles (3-8, 3-6) Kentucky State East St. Louis, Il 3. Kentucky State (3-8, 2-7) Norris Byrd OL SR Albany State Atlanta, Ga 4. Stillman (3-8, 2-7) 5. Lane (0-9, 0-10) DEFENSE Player Pos. Class

DON’T MISS GAMES Justin Blash DL JR Ricky Johnson, Linebacker, Ft. Valley State Albany State Alma, Ga In 2010, the Stone Mountain, GA native led September 5 Antorio Wells DL SR a Wildcat defense that was the best in the Fort Valley State at Albany State Alma, Ga nation in total defense. Florida A&M Tyrone Davis DL SR The Wildcats start one of the most Benedict Olympia, Wa difficult schedules in Black College Darel Strong DL SR Football when they travel to Clark Atlanta Ft. Lauderdale, Fl Tallahassee. Albany State quarterback Stanley Jennings, left, looks for a receiver downfield during the Rams’ preseason scrimmage Saturday. Jennings led ASU to an 11-1 record and No. 4 final ranking last season, and based on that past suc- Ricky Moore LB SR cess, ASU starts the season ranked in the Top 10 in three different D-II polls. Clark Atlanta Brooklyn, NY October 1 Ricky Johnson LB SR Tuskegee at ALBANY, GA—The preseason Top 25 dy’s Football Preview Preseason Top 25. senior receiver Octavius Staton, who and a scrimmage over the weekend,” Fort Valley State Stone Mountain, Ga Fort Valley State rankings keep piling up, and the Albany The defending SIAC and SBN Black was the lone Ram selected to the Box- White said. “I think some guys are get- State Rams just keep taking them in College National Champions were also torow Preseason HBCU All-American ting the ABCs and 123s of the defense Isaiah Person LB SR The Tigers’ toughest games in the Tuskegee Auburn, Al SIAC will come from outside of stride. ranked on top of the Heritage Sports Team. “It means something for what we and offense down. I am proud of that, it’s division. Unfortunatley, those ”It’s nice,” Rams coach Mike White Radio Network Preseason HBCU Divi- did last year, but we have to show it this and we are just going to continue to Dominique Patterson DB JR Fort Valley State Brunswick, Ga games (along with their match-up said of ASU’s latest preseason honor sion II Top 10 Poll. year to keep us up there. work.” Dejuan Williams DB JR against Morehouse the following -- a No. 10 ranking in the D2Football. All of these honors come after the ”We still have a lot of work to do, but ASU opens its season Sept. 3 in Ma- Ronnie Partridge, Punter, Stillman Fort Valley State Baxley, Ga week) won’t be played at home. com Preseason Top 25 Poll that was Rams finished 2010 with an 11-1 record right now we are good. We are moving con against Division I Savannah State In 2010, Partridge led the nation with a released Tuesday. “There were a lot of and advanced to the third round of the forward, and things are looking good.” in the Music City Classic. Darrius Williams DB SR 45.5 punting average which earned him November 5 years where we were not (in the Top 25), NCAA Division II playoffs. White agreed that the Rams are be- Also ranked in theD2Football.com Morehouse Detroit, Mi several All-American honors Fort Valley State vs. so it’s nice to be there. I just want us to And White and the ASU players are ginning to put things together on the Preseason Top 25 Poll are Valdosta State DeQuan Starling DB SR Albany State push to be there in the end.” fully aware that these preseason rank- field as the preseason -- one that saw (14th) and Wingate (19th) -- ASU’s op- Benedict Hawkinsville, Ga BY THE NUMBERS This match-up in Columbus could The Rams have been ranked in every ings are based more on last season’s re- two top linemen ruled academically in- ponents on Sept. 10 and 17, respectively Ronnie Partridge P SR decide who will represent the East major Division II poll this preseason, sults than anything else. eligible and two top running backs go  —John Millikan, albanyherald.com Stillman Ridge Spring, SC in the first SIAC Championship including ninth in the AFCA Coaches’ ”Being on teams (growing up), I was down with serious knee injuries -- winds Andy Polanco K SR 1 Morehouse (2001) is the only school game which will be held a week Poll, 13th in the Sporting News D2 always told not to worry about it be- down. Benedict Los Angeles, Ca other than Albany St., Ft. Valley St. and later. Football Preview and 14th in the Lin- cause it was just last year’s season,” said ”We had a good meeting (Monday), Tuskegee to win a SIAC Title since 1992. THE YARD WEEK OF AUGUST 29TH FOOTBALL 6 2011 preseason all-SWac SWAC PLAYERS TO WATCH 2011 projected champion OFFENSE JSU, TSU Look To Lead SWAC Player Pos. Class Casey Therriault QB SR Doug Williams laughs that a lot of Jackson State his football players at Grambling State Marcus Wright RB SR didn’t know much about him when he Texas Southern returned to his alma mater for a second Martin Gilbert RB SR stint as head coach. Texas Southern Dezmond Spivey knew him well. He TEXAS SOUTHERN Nick Andrews WR SR just laughs at Williams’ style. Howard Predicted Order of Finish “He’s a character, he’s a comedian,” (2010 Overall, SWAC Record) Spivey said. “When he imitates Coach Marcellos Wilder WR SR Jackson State Eastern Division Rob, he goes ‘only in America’ and cer- tain things. And I can say this, when Renty Rollins TE SR Moses Ellis, Defensive Back, Prairie View A&M Jackson State 1. Jackson State (8-3, 6-3) there’s a scenario to be given, he has one An All-America selection after a 2010 season where he led the NCAA Div. I-FCS with 8 2. Alabama State (7-5, 6-3) for every single thing.” James Dekle OL SR Prairie View A&M Ints and is on the 2011 Preseason Sports 3. Alcorn State (5-6, 4-5) Spivey’s father played with Williams Network Buck Buchanon Award Watch List. for one season at Grambling State under Sanford Banks OL JR 4. Alabama A&M (3-8, 2-7) Grambling State 5. Mississippi Valley State (0-10, 0-9) Coach Rob - the legendary Eddie Rob- inson - so Dezmond has a history with Terren Jones OL JR Western Division the Tigers’ new coach that includes at- Alabama State 1. Texas Southern (9-3, 8-1) tending his football camp and playing Chris Browne OL JR Southern 2. Grambling State (9-2, 8-1) with his sons. There is one scenario that Williams Roderick Gladney C SR 3. Prairie View A&M (7-4, 6-3) doesn’t have to joke about: winning the Jackson State 4. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (5-6, 4-5) Southwestern Conference champion- DEFENSE ship. 5. Southern (2-9, 1-8) Player Pos. Class He’s serious about it after winning three as a Grambling quarterback from Marquis Jackson DL JR Texas Southern DON’T MISS GAMES 1974-77 and three as the head coach from 1998-2003. Donavan Robinson DL SR Cliff Exama, Linebacker, Grambling State October 8 Williams’ return to the most-es- Jackson State Exama recorded 106 tackles in just nine Alabama State at games during his All-SWAC campaign last teemed black college football program Jomarcus Savage DL JR Texas Southern season. was the brightest news of a troubled off- Grambling State Rematch of last year’s SWAC Title season in the SWAC, where three head Kynjee Cotton DL SR Game. coaches took jobs elsewhere, Johnnie Alabama State Cole of the defending champion Texas Cliff Exama LB SR November 5 Southern Tigers was fired over the pro- Grambling State Grambling State vs. gram’s academic shortcomings and the Jer-ryan Harris LB SO Jackson State program later received Academic Prog- Head Coach Doug Williams looks to take Grambling State back to the SWAC Championship Game. Arkansas-Pine Bluff The potential 2011 SWAC ress Rate penalties as did Jackson State Willie Fuller LB JR Championship game that will and Southern. ing into the season and I think the kids 1,000-yard rusher in Marcus Wright suffered a little bit in our focus both Alabama A&M never be. Jackson State (Eastern Division) and are ready to play. You couldn’t ask for and a tough defensive front that helped from the players’ standpoint and the Moses Ellis DB SR Grambling State (Western Division) more than that,” Jackson State coach them to finish first in the FCS in total coaches’ standpoint. We had quite a few Prairie View A&M November 24 were installed as the preseason favorites Ron Comegy said. defense (204.9 ypg) last season. coaches on our staff that were up for Kejuan Riley DB JR Tuskegee at in the SWAC Coaches preseason poll. Jackson State’s ineligibility may open Grambling State is replacing the head coaching jobs, we had quite a few Alabama State Alabama State Jackson State can’t play in the SWAC the door for Alabama State, the defend- league’s rushing champion, Frank players that had aspirations of playing Zack Gallow DB SR Casey Therriault, Quaterback, Jackson State The senior QB was 3rd in the NCAA in Two of HBCU’s best football teams Championship Game as a result of the ing division champion, or an Alcorn Warren, whom it relied on heavily last in the NFL. So I think you get a little Texas Southern passing yards per game in 2010 and is on from last season will face off at the APR penalties, but it has the confer- State squad that might have its most season. The Tigers know not to take more away from the team concept - ‘let Tim Dandridge DB SR the 2011 Preseason Sports Network Walter Hornets’ Homecoming. ence’s best offensive player in record- talented quarterback since Steve Mc- anything for granted after last season’s me do my thing’ type of thing. And the Jackson State Payton Award Watch List...Again. ing-setting quarterback Casey Therri- Nair in Brandon Bridge, a sophomore preseason favorite, Prairie View A&M, injuries didn’t help us at all last year. I Arturo Tamayo P SR ault, a returning finalist from last year’s sensatiom. was a disappointing 6-3 in conference think we had 14 season- ending injuries November 24 Alcorn State BY THE NUMBERS Grambling State vs. Walter Payton Award, which goes to the Grambling State’s biggest challenge play with a veteran lineup after being last year. We’re not going to make any FCS’ outstanding player, is presented by in the Western Division will come from unbeaten in 2009. excuses. We’re going to come back bet- Zoltan Riazzo K SR Southern Grambling State The Sports Network and sponsored by Texas Southern, which elevated Kevin “Last year, we had a couple things ter.” Bayou Classic. ‘Nuff said. 6 Fathead.com. Ramsey to interim head coach. His Ti- going on,” PAMU first-year head coach  —Sports Network B.J. Lee RET JR Total SWAC Championships won by Doug Jackson State “I think we have the right attitude go- gers feature the league’s only returning Heishma Northern said. “I thought we Williams as a coach (3) and player (3). THE YARD WEEK OF AUGUST 29TH 2011 HBCU Team Schedules 7

CIAA Livingstone (2010 Record 0-11) S 24 at Charleston Southern O 15 Morehouse S 1 at Chowan O 1 South Carolina State O 22 vs. Clark Atlanta3 Bowie State (2010 Record 6-4) S 10 Elizabeth City State1 O 8 at Delaware State O 29 Benedict [HC] S 3 at Assumption S 17 at Bowie State O 15 Hampton N 5 Ft. Valley State4 S 10 Benedict S 24 Virginia University of Lynchburg O 22 Bethune-Cookman 1in Macon, Ga, 2in Indianapolis, In, 3in Valdosta, Ga, S 17 Livingstone [HC] O 1 at Shaw O 29 North Carolina A&T [HC] 4in Columbus, Ga S 24 at Virginia Union O 8 at Edward Waters N 5 at Savannah State O 1 at Virginia State O 15 Winston-Salem State N 12 at Morgan State Benedict (2010 Record 5-6) O 6 at Fairmont State O 22 Fayetteville State [HC] S 3 Virginia Union O 14 at Lincoln O 29 at St. Augustine’s North Carolina A&T (2010 Record 1-10) S 10 at Bowie State O 22 at Elizabeth City State N 5 at Johnson C. Smith S 3 Virginia University of Lynchburg S 17 Shaw O 29 at Shepherd 1in Rocky Mount, NC S 10 at Appalacian State S 24 Fort Valley State 1 N 5 Chowan S 24 Coastal Carolina O 1 vs. Miles St. Augustine’s (2010 Record 9-2) O 1 at Morgan State O 8 at Stillman Chowan (2010 Record 3-7) A 27 at Virginia Union O 8 Bethune-Cookman O 15 Clark Atlanta [HC] S 1 at Livingstone S 3 Catawba O 15 Delaware State [HC] O 22 at Morehouse S 10 at UNC Pembroke S 10 at New Haven O 22 at Howard O 29 at Albany State S 17 Winston-Salem State S 24 Lincoln (Pa) O 29 at Norfolk State N 5 Lane S 24 at Virginia State 1 O 1 at Fayetteville State N 5 at Florida A&M in Augusta, Ga O 1 at Virginia Union O 8 Winston-Salem State N 12 at South Carolina State O 8 at Lincoln (Pa) Clark Atlanta (2010 Record 4-7) O 15 at West Georgia N 19 North Carolina Central O 15 at Stillman O 22 Johnson C. Smith [HC] S 2 Georgia State S 10 Lane O 22 Shaw [HC] O 29 Livingstone North Carolina Central (2010 Record 3-8) O 29 Elizabeth City State N 5 at Shaw S 1 at Rutgers S 17 Fort Valley State 1 N 5 at Bowie State S 10 vs. Central State1 S 24 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff Shaw (2010 Record 9-3) S 17 Elon O 1 at Morehouse Elizabeth City State (2010 Record 6-4) S 3 at Stillman O 8 Miles [HC] A 27 at Delta State S 24 Savannah State S 10 at Delaware State O 15 at Benedict S 3 Winston-Salem State O 8 at South Carolina State S 17 at Benedict O 22 vs. Albany State S 10 Livingstone1 O 15 Morgan State S 24 Elizabeth City State O 29 at Tuskegee S 17 at Fayetteville State O 22 at Hampton O 1 Livingstone O 29 Bethune-Cookman N 5 Stillman S 24 at Shaw 1 2 O 6 Johnson C. Smith [HC] in St. Louis, Mo, in Valdosta, Ga O 8 at Virginia Union N 5 at Delaware State O 14 at Fayetteville State N 12 Florida A&M O 15 Virginia State [HC] Fort Valley State (2010 Record 8-3) O 22 at Chowan O 22 Bowie State N 19 at North Carolina A&T S 3 at Florida A&M O 29 at Winston-Salem State 1in Cleveland, Oh O 29 at Chowan S 10 Delta State N 5 St. Augustine’s N 5 Lincoln (Pa) S 17 at Clark Atlanta Savannah State (2010 Record 1-10) 1in Rocky Mount, NC S 24 at Benedict Virginia State (2010 Record 9-3) S 3 vs. Albany State1 S 3 at Norfolk State S 10 at Southeastern Louisiana O 1 Tuskegee Fayetteville State (2010 Record 5-5) O 8 at Kentucky State S 3 UNC-Pembroke S 10 at West Virginia State S 17 at Appalacian State S 17 at Johnson C. Smith S 24 at North Carolina Central O 15 Bethune-Cookman S 9 at Carson Newman O 22 Stillman [HC] S 17 Elizabeth City State S 24 Chowan O 1 Howard O 1 Bowie State O 8 at Morgan State O 29 Morehouse S 24 at Winston-Salem State 1 O 8 at Fayetteville State O 15 Florida A&M N 5 Albany State O 1 St. Augustine’s Florida A&M (2010 Record 8-3) S 10 vs. Morehouse1 1in Columbus, GA O 15 at Elizabeth City State MEAC O 29 Hampton [HC] O 8 Virginia State [HC] S 3 Fort Valley State S 17 Norfolk State O 22 at Lincoln (Pa) N 5 Norfolk State O 15 Shaw Bethune Cookman (2010 Record 10-2) S 10 at Hampton S 24 vs. Morgan State2 Kentucky State (2010 Record 3-8) O 29 Virginia Union [HC] 1 N 12 at Bethune-Cookman O 22 at Livingstone S 4 vs. Prairie View A&M S 17 at South Florida O 1 at Savannah State S 4 vs. Central State1 N 5 at Gardner-Webb N 19 South Carolina State O 29 at Johnson C. Smith S 10 South Carolina State 1 S 10 Lincoln (Pa) S 29 Southern O 8 at Florida A&M 1in Macon, Ga N 5 at Virginia Union S 24 Hampton S 17 Stillman Virginia Union (2010 Record 3-7) O 1 Delaware State O 15 Georgetown O 1 at Miami O 8 Howard [HC] O 22 North Carolina A&T [HC] S 24 at Kentucky Wesleyan Johnson C. Smith (2010 Record 2-8) A 27 St. Augustine’s South Carolina State (2010 Record 9-3) O 8 at North Carolina A&T O 15 at Savannah State O 29 South Carolina State O 1 vs. Albany State2 S 3 West Virginia State S 3 at Benedict S 1 at Central Michigan O 15 Fort Valley State O 22 at South Carolina State N 5 at Hampton O 8 Fort Valley State [HC] S 10 at Brevard S 10 Winston-Salem State S 10 a Bethune-Cookman O 22 at Norfolk State N 5 North Carolina A&T N 19 at Delaware State O 15 at Miles S 17 Virginia State S 17 at Lincoln (Pa) S 17 at Indiana O 29 at North Carolina Central N 12 at North Carolina Central 1in RFK Stadium, Washington, DC, 2in Meadowlands, NJ O 22 Tuskegee S 24 at Davidson S 24 Bowie State S 24 Delaware State N 5 Morgan State N 19 vs. Bethune-Cookman2 O 29 at Lane O 1 at Winston-Salem State O 1 Chowan O 1 at Norfolk State N 12 Savannah State 1in Atlanta, Ga, 2in Orlando, Fl Morgan State (2010 Record 4-7) N 5 Morehouse O 8 Elizabeth City State [HC] O 8 North Carolina Central [HC] O 6 at Shaw N 19 vs. Florida A&M1 S 3 at Towson O 15 at Johnson C. Smith 1 O 15 Georgia State O 15 Virginia Union [HC] in Orlando, Fl Hampton (2010 Record 6-5) S 10 at Bowling Green State O 29 at Virginia State O 22 Florida A&M O 22 at St. Augustine’s S 3 vs. Alabama A&M1 S 17 Robert Morris Lane (2010 Record 0-9) N 5 Fayetteville State O 29 at Howard O 29 Fayetteville State Delaware State (2010 Record 3-8) S 8 Florida A&M S 24 vs. Howard1 S 4 at Edward Waters N 12 North Carolina A&T N 5 Livingstone S 3 at VMI S 17 Old Dominion O 1 North Carolina A&T S 10 at Clark Atlanta Winston-Salem State (2010 Record 8-2) N 19 at Savannah State S 10 Shaw S 22 at Bethune-Cookman O 8 Savannah State [HC] S 17 Point Lincoln (Pa) (2010 Record 1-9) S 3 at Elizabeth City State S 17 at Delware O 8 Princeton O 15 at North Carolina Central S 24 Morehouse S 3 at Cheyney S 10 at Virginia Union S 24 at South Carolina State O 15 at Norfolk State O 29 at Delaware State O 1 at Stillman S 10 at Kentucky State S 17 at Chowan SIAC O 1 at Florida A&M O 22 North Carolina Central [HC] N 5 at Bethune-Cookman O 8 Albany State S 17 Virginia Union S 24 Fayetteville State O 8 Norfolk State O 29 at Savannah State N 12 Norfolk State Albany State (2010 Record 11-1) O 15 Tuskegee [HC] S 24 at St. Augustine’s O 1 Johnson C. Smith [HC] 1 O 15 at North Carolina A&T N 5 Howard N 19 Hampton S 3 vs. Savannah State O 22 at Miles O 1 West Virginia Wesleyan O 6 at St. Augustine’s 1 O 29 Morgan State [HC] N 12 Delaware State in Meadowlands, NJ S 10 Wingate O 29 Kentucky State O 8 Chowan [HC] O 14 at Livingstone N 5 North Carolina Central N 19 Morgan State S 17 Valdosta State N 5 at Benedict O 14 Bowie State 1 2 O 22 Edward Waters N 12 at Hampton 1in Chicago, Il Norfolk State (2010 Record 6-5) S 24 at Miles in Dayton, Oh, in Indianapolis, In O 22 Virginia State O 29 Shaw N 19 Howard S 3 Virginia State O 1 vs. Kentucky State2 O 29 at Virginia University of Lynchburg N 5 at UNC Pembroke Howard (2010 Record 1-10) S 10 at West Virginia O 8 at Lane Miles (2010 Record 3-8) N 5 at Elizabeth State S 3 at Eastern Michigan S 17 at Howard S 4 vs. Morehouse1 THE YARD WEEK OF AUGUST 29TH 2011 HBCU Team Schedules 8

S 10 Concordia-Selma O 8 at Texas Southern O 8 Panhandle State 2011 HOMECOMINGs S 17 at West Georgia O 15 Prairie View A&M O 15 SW Assemblies [HC] S 24 Albany State O 29 vs. Alabama A&M1 O 22 at NW Oklahoma State Saturday, September 17 O 1 vs. Benedict2 O 29 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff N 5 Texas College Livingstone at Bowie State

O 8 at Clark Atlanta N 5 Southern N 12 at Southern Nazarene Saturday, October 1 1in Little Rock, Ar O 15 Kentucky State N 24 Tuskegee Concordia-Selma at Edward Waters 1 O 22 Lane [HC] in Birmingham, Al Fort Hays State at Lincoln (MO) O 29 at Stillman Lincoln (Mo) (GLFC: 2010 Record 2-9) Seton Hill at West Virginia State N 5 at Tuskegee Alcorn State (2010 Record 5-6) S 3 Avila J. C. Smith at Winston-Salem State 1in Birmingham, Al, 2in Augusta, Ga S 3 Grambling State S 8 at Washburn S 10 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff S 17 NW Missouri State Saturday, October 8 Morehouse (2010 Record 8-3) S 17 Mississippi Valley State S 24 Missouri Southern1 Miss Valley State at Alabama A&M S 4 vs. Miles1 S 24 at Texas Southern O 1 Fort Hays State [HC] Miles at Clark Atlanta S 10 vs. Howard2 O 1 at Alabama State O 8 at Missouri Western Texas College at Concordia-Selma S 17 Edward Waters O 22 Concordia-Selma [HC] O 15 at Pittsburg State Virginia State at Fayetteville State Howard at Florida A&M S 24 at Lane O 29 at Southern O 22 Emporia State Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Jackson State O 1 Clark Atlanta N 5 Alabama A&M O 29 Central Missouri Fort Valley State at Kentucky State O 8 vs. Tuskegee3 N 12 Prairie View A&M N 5 at Truman State Chowan at Lincoln (PA) O 15 at Albany State N 19 at Jackson State N 12 Nebraska Omaha Savannah State at Morgan State O 22 Benedict [HC] 1in St. Louis, Mo North Carolina Central at South Carolina State O 29 at Fort Valley State Grambling State (2010 Record 9-2) Johnson C. Smith at Shaw N 5 at Kentucky State S 3 vs. Alcorn State1 Tennessee State (2010 Record 3-9) Elizabeth City State at Virginia Union

1in Birmingham, Al, 2in RFK Stadium, Washington, DC, S 10 at Louisiana-Monroe S 3 Southern 3 1 Saturday, October 15 in Columbus, Ga S 17 at Alabama State S 10 vs. Jackson State S 17 at Murray State Clark Atlanta at Benedict S 24 Alabama A&M Southwest Baptist at Central State Stillman (2010 Record 3-8) 2 O 1 Prairie View A&M S 24 at Air Force West Chester at Cheyney S 3 Shaw O 15 Concordia-Selma O 1 at Austin Peay Virginia State at Elizabeth City State S 10 at Samford O 22 Mississippi Valley State [HC] O 8 Southeast Missouri Virginia Union at Johnson C. Smith S 17 at Kentucky State O 29 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff O 15 at Tennessee Tech Tuskegee at Lane S 24 at Tuskegee N 5 at Jackson State O 22 at Eastern Kentucky SW Assemblies at Langston O 1 Lane N 12 Texas Southern N 5 at Eastern Illinois Delaware State at North Carolina A&T Wesley at Virginia University of Lynchburg O 8 Benedict 3 N 12 Tennessee-Martin [HC] N 26 Southern O 15 Chowan 1in Shreveport, La, 2in Dallas, Tx, 3in New Orleans, La N 19 Jacksonville State Saturday, October 22 O 22 at Fort Valley State 1in Memphis, Tn Concordia-Selma at Alcorn State O 29 Miles Jackson State (2010 Record 8-3) Shaw at Chowan N 5 at Clark Atlanta S 3 Concordia-Selma Texas College (NAIA: 2010 Record 1-9) Stillman at Fort Valley State N 12 Concordia-Selma [HC] S 10 vs. Tennessee State1 A 27 at Bellhaven Mississippi Valley State at Grambling State S 17 at Southern S 3 at Lamar North Carolina Central at Hampton Tuskegee (2010 Record 9-2) S 24 Alabama State S 10 at Arkansas-Monticello North Carolina A&T at Howard S 10 Langston S 29 Texas Southern S 17 at Texas Southern Fayetteville State at Livingstone S 17 at Alabama A&M O 8 Arkansas-Pine Bluff [HC] O 24 NW Oklahoma State Lane at Miles S 24 Stillman O 8 at Concordia-Selma Benedict at Morehouse O 15 at Mississippi Valley State Johnson C. Smith at St. Augustine’s 2 O 1 at Fort Valley State O 29 vs. Prairie View A&M O 15 at Panhandle State Central State at Texas Southern 1 O 8 vs. Morehouse N 5 Grambling State O 22 at Southern Nazarene N 19 Alabama A&M [HC] Concordia-Selma (NAIA: 2010 Record 4-4) O 15 at Lane N 12 at Alabama A&M O 29 Bacone [HC] Saturday, October 29 1in Orlando, Fl, 2in Dallas, Tx, 3in Shreveport, La O 22 at Kentucky State N 19 Alcorn State S 3 at Jackson State N 5 at Langston Benedict at Albany State O 29 Clark Atlanta 1in Memphis, Tn, 2in Shreveport, La INDEPENDENTS S 10 Miles N 12 SW Assemblies Morgan State at Delaware State Southern (2010 Record 2-9) S 17 New Orleans Texas Southern at Mississippi Valley State N 5 Miles Central State (2010 Record 1-10) S 3 at Tennessee State S 24 Point Bethune-Cookman at North Carolina Central N 24 at Alabama State Mississippi Valley State (2010 Record 0-10) S 4 vs. Kentucky State1 Virginia University at Lynchburg (2010 Record 0-0) 1 S 10 Alabama A&M O 1 at Edward Waters North Carolina A&T at Norfolk State in Columbus, Ga S 3 Alabama State S 10 vs. NC Central2 S 3 at North Carolina A&T S 10 Murray State S 17 Jackson State O 8 Texas College [HC] S 10 vs. Edward Waters1 Hampton at Savannah State 1 S 17 at West Alabama S 24 vs. Florida A&M O 15 at Grambling State Alcorn State at Southern S 17 at Alcorn State S 24 Dayton S 17 Louisburg Bacone at Texas College SWAC S 24 at Prairie View A&M O 1 Mississippi Valley State O 22 at Alcorn State S 24 at Livingstone O 8 Prairie View A&M O 1 Notre Dame College Virginia Union at Virginia State O 1 Southern N 12 at Stillman O 8 West Virginia State Alabama A&M (2010 Record 3-8) O 8 North Greenville O 8 at Alabama A&M O 15 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff O 15 Wesley [HC] S 3 vs. Hampton1 O 15 Southwest Baptist [HC] Saturday, November 5 O 15 Jackson State O 22 Alcorn State [HC] Edward Waters (NAIA: 2010 Record 0-8) O 21 at Fork Union Alabama State at Arkansas-Pine Bluff S 10 at Southern O 22 at Texas Southern O 22 at Grambling State N 5 at Texas Southern S 3 Lane O 29 vs. Lincoln (Pa)2 Morgan State at Bethune-Cookman S 17 Tuskegee O 29 at Kentucky Wesleyan 1 O 29 Texas Southern [HC] N 12 at Alabama State S 10 Virginia University of Lynchburg N 12 at George Mason Miles at Tuskegee S 24 at Grambling State 2 N 5 at Austin Peay N 3 South Alabama1 N 26 Grambling State S 17 at Morehouse 1in Kingsland, Ga, 2in Petersburg, Va O 1 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1in Atlanta, Ga, 2in New Orleans, La N 12 at St. Francis Saturday, November 12 N 12 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1 2 O 1 Concordia-Selma [HC] O 8 Mississippi Valley State [HC] in Dayton, Oh, in Cleveland, Oh Concordia-Selma at Stillman 1in Mobile, Al O 8 Livingstone West Virginia State (WVIAC: 2010 Record 0-10) O 13 Texas Southern Texas Southern (2010 Record 9-3) O 15 at Webber International S 3 at Johnson C. Smith Tennessee-Martin at Tennessee State 2 S 10 Prairie View A&M Cheyney (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conf.: 2010 Record 1-10, 1-6) O 29 vs. Alabama State Prairie View A&M (2010 Record 7-4) O 22 at Winston-Salem State S 10 Virginia State S 3 Lincoln (Pa) Saturday, November 19 N 5 at Alcorn State S 4 vs. Bethune-Cookman1 S 17 at Texas College O 29 Shorter S 24 at Concord N 12 Jackson State S 24 Alcorn State S 10 at Slippery Rock Alabama A&M at Prairie View A&M S 10 at Texas Southern S 17 at Edinboro N 5 at Ave Maria O 1 Seton Hill [HC] N 19 Prairie View A&M S 17 Arkansas-Pine Bluff S 29 at Jackson State N 12 at Southern Virginia O 8 at West Liberty 1 2 S 24 at Kutztown Thursday, November 24 in Chicago, Il, in Birmingham, Al O 8 Alabama State Texas Southern 1 S 24 Mississippi Valley State O 1 Millersville in Kingsland, Ga O 15 Glenville State Tuskegee at Alabama State O 1 vs. Grambling State2 O 13 at Alabama A&M O 22 at Shepherd Alabama State (2010 Record 7-5) O 8 at Bloomburg O 8 at Southern O 22 Central State [HC] Langston (NAIA: 2010 Record 6-4) O 29 at West Virginia Wesleyan S 3 at Mississippi Valley State O 15 West Chester [HC] 1 O 15 at Alabama State O 29 at Mississippi Valley State S 3 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff N 5 Fairmont State S 10 at Eastern Michigan O 22 Shippensburg 3 N 5 Southern S 10 at Tuskegee O 29 vs. Jackson State O 29 East Stroudsburg N 12 Charleston S 17 Grambling State N 12 at Grambling State S 17 at Mo. Western State N 5 at Texas State N 5 at C. W. Post S 24 at Jackson State N 19 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff O 24 at Emporia State N 12 at Alcorn State N 12 California (Pa) [HC] indicates Homecoming Game. O 1 Alcorn State O 1 at Bacone THE YARD WEEK OF AUGUST 29TH TWO-MINUTE WARNING 9 Eaton, Campbell and Fuller are new Directors MARSHALL, TX—Wiley College made Eaton earned her Bachelor of Arts de- the classroom.” intercollegiate athletics at Indiana Uni- campus, including administrators, fac- history with the naming of its first fe- gree in Health and Physical Education Fuller comes to Jackson State Uni- versity in Pennsylvania, where she was ulty, staff and students in the athletic male director of athletics, Janet Eaton. from Dillard University in 1994. She versity from Sojourner-Douglass Col- responsible for internal operations of certification process. Eaton is no stranger to the College. She earned a master’s degree in Education lege, where she served as dean of the the program and developing the aca- The purpose of athletics certification joined the Wiley family in 2008 as head from the University of Phoenix in 2001. college’s Cambridge, Maryland campus. demic component for student-athletes. is to ensure integrity in the institution’s women’s basketball coach. The College She has one son who is entering his third Before joining Sojourner-Douglass in Fuller earned a Bachelor of Science athletics program and to assist institu- announced its promotion of Eaton at a year at Wiley College. 2003, Fuller spent more than a decade degree in Physical Education from tions in improving their athletics de- news conference on August 19th. directing the athletics programs at the Fayetteville State University in 1977, partments. NCAA legislation mandating “I thank God for blessing me with this Hampton, va—Hampton University University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, a Master’s of Education from the Uni- athletics certification was adopted in opportunity,” said Eaton at the confer- has named Keshia Campbell as director Tennessee State University and North- versity of Idaho in 1978, and a Doctor- 1993. ence. “Wiley College has a rich tradition of athletics. She becomes the first fe- eastern Illinois University. ate in Higher Education Administration The certification process, which in- of excellence in athletics and academ- male athletic director to lead the Pirates When named AD at Tennessee State from Iowa State University in 1985. volves completion of a self-study which ics, and my team and I will continue to and will begin working on August 15. in 1997, Fuller became the first Afri- was led by President Watson, includes a build on this great tradition.” Campbell, who served as assistant can-American woman to lead a Na- review of five areas of which were also Eaton takes on the position at a and associate director of athletics at tional Collegiate Athletic Association Chicago State the foci of the five subcommittees name- time of firsts and new beginnings for Hampton from 2004-2006, succeeds (NCAA) Division I Athletics program ly, Academic Integrity, Diversity, Gen- the athletic program. Soccer returns to Lonza Hardy, who has been named di- with a football team. That team finished re-certified der, Governance and Commitment to the College this fall after a six year ab- rector of athletics at the University of its first season under her leadership with DI by NCAA Rules and Student-Athlete Well-Being. sence. The new soccer coach, Demetrio Arkansas at Pine Bluff. She comes to the a 9-3 record and won the Ohio Valley “I am extremely proud that Chicago Hernandez, was introduced at the con- Tidewater Area from the University of Conference championship. CHICAGO—The National Collegiate State University has earned NCAA Di- ference. Hernandez comes from confer- Texas at Dallas where she was director Campbell, a two-time graduate of South Carolina State, becomes the first female athletic director at Hampton. Jackson’s State’s new AD is a nation- Athletic Association [NCAA] Division vision I certification”, said Dr. Watson. ence rival Texas College where he won a of business affairs. ally known expert on academic support I Committee on Athletics Certifica- “The net effect of this work has been RRAC Championship in 2006. “Ms. Campbell comes with athletics ter’s degree in rehabilitation counseling. helm of Jackson State’s athletics pro- programs for student-athletes, aca- tion announced Thursday that Chicago phenomenal in its revelations regard- In addition, bowling was introduced management experience, knowledge of “I am thrilled and honored to be ap- gram later this summer. demic advising, women in sports and State University [CSU] has met all of ing the structural and human capital Friday as part of Wiley’s athletic pro- the institution’s athletics program and pointed to the helm of the Pirate athlet- “I’m excited to be a Tiger,” Fuller management and gender equity. She the requirements for re-certification as changes that we have and will continue gram. Michael Vickerstaff was named direct experience from within the Na- ics program,” said Campbell. “Hamp- said. “Jackson State has such a long has testified before the U.S. Senate in a member of Division I. A certified des- to make. Lessons learned are strength- the new head coach for bowling, which tional Collegiate Athletics Association,” ton is recognized as one of the best and proud tradition; I look forward to congressional hearings on gender equity ignation denotes that an institution op- ening our athletics program for our the Red River Athletic Conference de- said Dr. Rodney Smith, vice president Division I mid-major programs in the honoring that tradition and helping our and minority participation in sports and erates its athletics program in compli- student-athletes, campus life and the scribes as an “emerging sport.” for administrative services, who super- entire country and I look forward to student athletes be the best they can has been involved in numerous NCAA ance with operating principles adopted communities that we serve”, he further Other announcements included the vises athletics at Hampton. “We are carrying on the tradition of excellence.” be.”Fuller committees including the Management by the Division I membership. stated. naming of JB Haggerty as the new cross very excited to welcome her as a mem- Campbell is another in a long line of JSU President Carolyn Meyers an- Council, the Peer Review Committee, This announcement marks the cul- The NCAA Committee on Certifica- country and track and field coach, and ber of the Hampton family and we are women being appointed to senior ad- nounced Fuller’s appointment during a the Initial Eligibility Standards Com- mination of an eighteen-month process tion issued decisions for Chicago State the naming of Madeleine Harris as the looking forward to continued excellence ministration positions under William R. press conference today inside the Lee E. mittee, the Gender Equity Task Force that required a comprehensive review of University [CSU] and 26 other Divi- new assistant coach for volleyball and from our student-athletes under her di- Harvey’s tenure as Hampton president. Williams Athletics and Assembly Cen- and the National Youth Sports Program the CSU Athletics Program and its in- sion I institutions including Georgetown track and field. rection.” “Ms. Campbell has the administra- ter’s Sports Hall of Fame. (NYSP), for which she served as chair- terface with the university community University, Vanderbilt University, But- “I look forward to supporting each Campbell held two administrative tive skills and experience to continue to “Vivian Fuller’s leadership skills, person. conducted by five sub-committees and ler University, Northeastern University and every coach on my staff,” said Ea- positions at the NCAA, assistant and as- guide our student-athletes to academic along with her experience as an athlete, Fuller began her career in higher edu- one steering committee composed of and the University of California, Los ton. “I am excited about the opportunity sociate director of championships, from and athletic success,” Harvey said. “We academician, and director of athlet- cation at Bennett College in 1978 as the university stakeholders. Angeles. to lead, guide, and direct the growth of 2006-2009. In addition to her time at believe her passion and vision will fur- ics at three institutions, make her the director of intramurals and instructor of Dr. Wayne Watson, President of this program.” Hampton, she was head women’s bas- ther elevate the bright future of Hamp- best choice for Jackson State University physical education. From 1984-87 she Chicago State University stated, “I am They day was filled with emotion for ketball coach at South Carolina State ton University athletics.” at this time.” Meyers said. “I’m very served as assistant director for advise- pleased with the exceptional work of Eaton. Her mother and sister surprised University for seven years. confident that she will be able to lead ment programs for student-athletes at our Steering Committee Co-Chairs, the her by driving six hours from Missis- A two-time graduate of South Caroli- Jackson, Ms—Jackson State Uni- our athletics programs to prominence, North Carolina A&T, earning a promo- Steering Committee and the sub-com- sippi to be present for the historical an- na State, Campbell earned a bachelor’s versity has named Vivian Fuller as its ensuring that JSU student-athletes suc- tion to assistant director of athletics. In mittees composed of individuals from nouncement. degree in physical education and a mas- new athletics director. She will take the ceed on the field or court as well as in 1987, she became associate director of across the Chicago State University

Mansfield Accepts Position at SEC: SWAC assistant director of communications, NC CENTRAL IS ACTIVE DIVISION I: At 12:31 p.m. on Thursday, August 11, North Carolina Central University Chevonne Mansfield, has accepted a position as assistant director of media relations at the received a letter from the NCAA confirming the university’s active membership in Division I athletics. Southeastern Conference (SEC) and will transition across town at the end of the month.

The five-year reclassification process moving from Division II athletics competition to Division I (Football Championship Mansfield earned the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) University Subdivision) is now over, and NCCU is eligible to participate in post-season championships starting this fall. Division Rising Star Award in June as a member of the SWAC staff.