FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 21 - 27, 2017 2 0 1 7 B L A C K C O L L E G E F O O T B A L L (Standings and Weekly Honors) CENTRAL INTERCOLLEGIATE MID EASTERN SOUTHWESTERN SCORES CIAA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION MEAC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SWAC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE INDEPENDENTS FINAL DIV CONF ALL CONF ALL CONF ALL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16 FINAL W L NORTH DIVISION W L W L W L FINAL W L W L EAST DIVISION W L W L Langston 10 1 SWAC Virginia State 5 0 7 0 10 1 North Carolina A&T 8 0 11 0 Alcorn State 5 2 7 4 Tennessee State 6 5 Prairie View A&M 42, Incarnate Word 28 Bowie State 4 1 6 1 9 2 Howard 6 2 7 4 Alabama State 4 3 4 6 W. Va. State 6 5 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Virginia Union 3 2 5 2 6 4 Bethune-Cookman 6 2 7 4 Alabama A&M 3 4 4 7 Lincoln (Mo.) 1 9 Chowan 2 3 4 3 4 6 MEAC North Carolina Central 5 3 7 4 Jackson State 3 4 3 8 Texas College 1 9 ™ Elizabeth City State 1 4 2 5 4 6 Hampton 5 3 6 5 Miss. Valley State 1 6 2 9 Edward Waters 1 9 Bethune-Cookman 29, Florida A&M 24 Lincoln 0 5 0 7 0 10 Norfolk State 4 4 4 7 WEST DIVISION Cheyney 1 10 Florida State 77, Delaware State 6 SOUTH DIVISION Savannah State 3 5 3 8 Grambling State 6 0 9 1 Hampton 20, Howard 17 Fayetteville State 5 0 5 2 6 5 SC State 2 6 3 7 Southern 5 1 7 3 BCSP INDY PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Norfolk State 45, Morgan State 32 Saint Augustine’s 4 1 5 2 5 5 Florida A&M 2 6 3 8 Prairie View A&M 3 3 5 5 OFFENSE Winston-Salem State 3 2 4 3 6 4 Delaware State 2 6 2 9 Texas Southern 2 4 2 8 NA NC A&T 24, NC Central 10 Shaw 1 4 2 5 3 7 Morgan State 1 7 1 10 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1 6 2 9 DEFENSE Savannah State 34, S. Carolina State 10 Johnson C. Smith 2 3 2 5 2 8 Chris Collins, LB, TENNESSEE STATE - Led SWAC Livingstone 0 5 0 7 0 10 SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Blue Tigers with 12 tackles, 9 solos, 1.5 tackles MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK for 10 yards in losses, 1 sack for -9 yards in loss Bayou Classic Logo Alabama A&M 24, Kentucky State 13 OFFENSE OFFENSE & NEWCOMER BCSP CIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Neiko Hollins, Fr., QB, PRAIRIE VIEW - Com- to Jacksonville State. Larry Brihm, Sr., QB, BETHUNE-COOKMAN - 26-36-0, SPECIAL TEAMS Alabama State 16, Miss. Valley State 10 QB - Amir Hall, Jr., QB, BSU - Completed 34 of 60 pleted 23 of 35 passes for 343 yards and 4 TDs HOW THE WEST IS WON: 280 yards, 1 TD (35), two rushing TDs (2, 5) vs. FAMU NA Jackson State 7, Alcorn State 3 passes for 332 yards and 2 TDs (2, 13) without an (48, 11, 28, 49) in win over Incarnate Word. AXES BCSP No. 2 Grambling DEFENSE Texas Southern 24, Ark.-Pine Bluff 10 interception and ran for 66 yards on 19 carries with 2 Diquan Richardson, Sr., S, BETHUNE-COOKMAN - Two DEFENSE and No. 7 Southern do TDs (2, 14) in Div. II playoff loss to Delta State. picks, one with :36 seconds left to seal win over FAMU. Kenneth Davis, Sr., LB, ALABAMA A&M - 13 INDEPENDENTS tackles, 5 solos, 1 sack, 1.5 TFL vs. KSU. START LB - Brandon Lynch, Sr., LB, VSU - Led Trojans ROOKIE battle in New Orleans SPECIALIST Jacksonville State 36, Tennessee State 6 with 14 solo tackles, 4 for losses of 22 yards including D’Vonn Gibbons, Fr., QB, SAVANNAH STATE - 13 of 23, 267 yards, 2 TDs (90, 5) 19 carries, 47 yardsvs. SCSU. Darius Floyd, R-Sr., WR/KR, PRAIRIE VIEW - TO FALL for SWAC West title. NCAA DIV. II PLAYOFF GAMES one sack for -11 yards in Div. II playoff loss to West SPECIALIST 262 all-purpose yards, avgd. 36.3 yards on 3 KO Delta State 45, Bowie State 35 Georgia. Javaune Francis, Jr., P, B-CU - Averaged 48.7 yards on returns, 11 receptions, 153 yards, 2 TD catches West Georgia 35, Virginia State 9 WR - Zachary Parker, VSU - Had 6 receptions for 110 3 punts, including 68-yarder vs. FAMU. (48, 28) vs. IWU. 7 FOOTBALL COACHES CANNED; HAMPTON LEAVING yards in loss to West Georgia. OFFENSIVE LINEMAN NAIA PLAYOFFS MEAC; SWAC WEST TO BE DECIDED AT BAYOU CLASSIC SPECIAL TEAMS- Matt Hillquist, PK, VSU - Had Chris Adams, Sr., C, B-CU - 91% grade NW Iowa 55, Langston 7 field goals of 32 and 26 yards accounting for 6 of the UNDER THE BANNER SWAC West again down to Catfight in New Orleans WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS LUT WILLIAMS G A M E S T H I S W E E K BCSP Editor THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23 One of the last postseason berths is to be de- Turkey Day Classic cided Saturday when the BCSP No. 2 Grambling Alabama State vs. Cheyney in Montgomery, AL 2p State Tigers (9-1, 6-0 SWAC W) and BCSP No. 7 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Southern Jaguars (7-3, 5-1 W) do battle in New Spady Carter Wood Comegy Coleman CLASSIC GAMES Orleans at their season-ending Bayou Classic at Bayou Classic - NBC Sports Network the Mercedes-Beuz SuperDome (4 p.m., NBC Grambling State vs. Southern in New Orleans 4p JAMES SPADY OUT at ALABAMA A&M: Sports Network). Rescheduled - Labor Day Classic HUNTSVILLE -- Alabama A&M announced Sun- The game might as well be called the champi- Texas Southern vs. Prairie View A&M in Houston, TX 6p day that James Spady will not return as head football onship game of the SWAC West Division because ANOTHER ARMS RACE: Grambling senior QB coach. The announcement was made by Director of Ath- Devante Kincade and Southern senior Austin that's perennially what the game between the rival Howard lead their teams into Saturday's Bayou letics Bryan Hicks. Louisiana schools has decided. The winner gets to Classic with the winner advancing to the Dec. 2 throws. Edwards is second in rushing yards (900 Spady was 4-7 overall this season, 3-4 in SWAC represent the West a week later in the final SWAC SWAC Championship Game. yards, 100.0 ypg., 5 TDs) while Carter (708 yards, play. He was 15-30 in four seasons Championship Game, Dec. 2 in Houston vs. East 78.7 ypg., 8 TDs) is third. Division champ Alcorn State. are 1-2 in passing yards, 1-2 in passing efficiency Grambling has won the last two games be- HEAD COACH, AD OUT at DELState: The winner of that game gets to represent (Kincade 148.0, Howard 142.4), 1-2 in total of- tween the two. The G-Men went on to win the Delaware State has fired its athletics director and the SWAC in Celebration Bowl III vs. MEAC fense (Kincade 245.4 ypg., Howard 203.8) and SWAC championship game over Alcorn State last will not extend the contract of its head football coach. champion North Carolina A&T at Atlanta's new 1-2 in passing touchdowns (Kincade 18, Howard year after falling to the Braves in 2015. Southern Head football coach Kenneth Carter's contact ends Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Dec. 16. 16). Kincade has thrown just three interceptions won the previous two games and also split cham- Jan. 31, and the university won't extend his contact. The in 278 attempts. Howard has five picks in 241 pionship game wins with Alcorn State. process to recruit a new coach begins in December. BAYOU CLASSIC Carter led the Hornets to a 3-30 record in his three This year's game is the 44th in the series that seasons. Delaware State was 1-10 in his first season with became known in 1974 as the Bayou Classic. Af- followed by marks of 0-11 (2016) and 2-9 (2017). ter last year's 52-30 Grambling win, the Tigers Three teams fizzle out in playoffs The university decided not to continue its relation- hold a 22-21 edge. Prior to 1974, Southern held a • BCSP No. 3 VIRGINIA STATE (10-1), averaging 40 points and 463 yards per game, was ship with former athletics director 15-10 lead giving the Jaguars a 36-32 lead in the held to just 277 yards of offense and three field goals as they fell at home to West Georgia 35-9 in a Louis “Skip” Perkins, who came to all-time series. first round NCAA Div. II playoff game. CIAA Offensive Player of the Year Trenton Cannon was DSU in 2015 as the interim athletics The game will match the top two quarter- held to just 65 yards on 21 carries as UWG bottled up the VSU offense. director. Mary Hill, senior associate backs in the SWAC – Grambling senior Devante • BCSP No. 4 BOWIE STATE (9-2) fought back from a 31-7 second-quarter deficit to go athletics director for internal opera- Kincade and Southern senior Austin Howard and ahead 35-31 in the third quarter but could not sustain it in falling to Delta State 45-35 in a first round tions and senior woman administra- two of the league's top running backs in Southern NCAA Div.