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laudable attempt to showcase the
^ league's football highlights each
week and profile its players and
coaches, has gone the way of the
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I got the notion that the show
might not return when co-host Sallie
Hayes popped up on a video music
channel last summer as a veejay.
A subsequent call to producer
Stuart Davis revealed that he had to
swim ashore in a sea of red ink
because of the venture and found
solace in a profitable community
cable channel he now handles for
Reidsville, N.G.
Though the~44MEAC Review"
had reams of potential, Davis said
in a phone interview, advertisers
were Tew and far between.
MEAC Commissioner Ken Free
agreed, noting that the show had
been a big plus for the league.
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said. 4'But we didn't produce the
type sponsors we needed
Free also said the show-'s airtime
on Sunday nights, which sometimes
shifted, was another problem, but
he said Davis' firm, Mid-Atlantic
Communications, did a "super
job."
Free said he likes the concept of
the show and that it may be resurrected
in the future.
"1 would love to go back to
that," he said of the show. "I'm
hoping we can do it again."
Meanwhile, Free is exqited at the
prospect of 13 ME AC basketball
games being televised live by the All
College Sports Group, based in
Durham, N.C.
l he first telecast will air Jan. 12.
Perhaps now, Free said, black
colleges won't be "the best-kept
secret in the world.^
Instinct
Speaking of the MEAC and television
coverage, the league reaped
more exposure during the third
weekend of September than it may
receive for the rest of the year.
Connecticut was pasting poor
Morgan State 35-7 when, in the
fourth quarter, Morgan Assistant
Coach Darrell Coulter, a former
_ nomore.
As Connecticut running back
Greg Morrison broke down the
sideline for what might have been
his team's 41st point, Coulter hurtled
across the sideline and threw a
perfect body block.
The officials ruled that the
touchdown would be allowed. But
the biggest news is that the nation's
media jumped on the story with as
much surprising eagerness as
Coulter had made the tackle.
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ESPN showed clips of the tackle
time and again on its
"Sportscenter" broadcasts and
"The NFL Today" covered the feat
in both its pregame and halftime
shows.
Meanwhile, Coulter, who faced
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press time, offered a simple enough
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explanation for his actions.
It was instinct,, he said.
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Hold the presses! Mississippi
Valley did it again, romping over
SWAC favorite Southern University I
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Wide receiver Jerry Rice threw
for three touchdowns and caught 17
passes for two more touchdowns
while quarterback Willie Totten
completed 46 of 66 passes for 563
yards and five touchdowns.
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know how that goes.
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