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Q Fob the Week of Nov 5 through Nov 11,2002 I k r DECISION TIME Grambling Sports Photo WILLIAMS: Grambling coach can clinch third straight SWAC W. Div. title with win Saturday over Alabama State I. BOWIE STATE, VIRGINIA STATE SQUARE OFF FOR CIAA E. DIV. CROWN SCORES NOVEMBER 2 Albany St 34 Benedet 2 AlcomSt22.Sou?wm20 Alan 33. Souti Alabama 3 Augustana X. Una* (MO) 6 Bethune-Cookman 13. NCA4T 12 Delaware St 27. SC Stale 21 Eastern Unas 54 Tennessee Si 48 Eta C?ySt 12.St Augustmes6 FayMsvide St 13. Bo?Me Si 7 Florida MM 25. Hampton 13 Fort Valley St 25. Savanna* SI 6 Glenvie Si 35. Weal va Stale 27 Granting St 42. Texas Southed 28 Howard 21 Norte* St 0 Jackson St 42. Ark-Pine Bwfl 0 Langston 20. Peru Stale 13 MansMd49.Cheyneyi7 Mies 39, Kentucky St 17 Miss Valey St X. Prama View 8 '? Morehouse 40 Clark Atlanta 7 Morgan St 42. Moms Brown 41 20T NC Central 14. Gvmgstone 10 Sttnan 48. Edward Waters 14 Tuskegaen LaneO Virgna St 21, Virgra Union 14 Winston-Salem St 48 J C Smith 0 P|A A CtNTWt iNTEKOUiOUTE v,nn Athlttic Association ON All E OMSK* W L W L V.rgna Slate 5 17 2 Bowie State 4 2 5 4 Virginia Union 4 2 6 3 El? City State 15 16 W. DIVISION FayetieviHe State 6 0 8 1 W-Salem State 4 3 4 5 N. C Central 2 4 4 5 Livingstone 2 5 2 7 St Augustine's 0 6 18 J. C Smith 0 7 18 CIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK RECEIVER SHERMAN RIGGSBEE. Sr.. WR. WSSU ? 4 rec, 107 ydsm wr over J. C. Smith OFFENSIVE BACK SEAN WILLIAMS. So.. OB. NC Central ? 6-15 Nor 115 ydl.. 1 TO, 15 car 60 yds, 1 TD vs. LC. DEFENSIVE LINEMAN BRIAN HOLUOAY, Sr.. LB. FSU 1ft. 8s. 2 TFL in win over Bovne St DEFENSIVE BACK FRANKLIN RHAMES. So.. LB, LC - ft. 3s. 1 rt.n loss to NC Central ROOKIE MARTM HICKS. Fr.. RB. WSSU ? 2 car. 93 yds. I md., 7^yd.,TDr\w vs. JC Smith MCAp Mid Eastern m Athletic Conference CONF AU. W L W I Bethune-Cookman 5 0 9 0 FkjndaAAM 5 2 7 3 MorganStale 4 2 5 4 SC State 3 2 6 3 Hampton 3 2 5 4 Howard 3 2 5 3 NCA4T State 14 3 6 Delaware State 14 3 6 Norfolk State 0 6 2 6 MEAC PLAYERS Of THE WEEK OFFENSE CASEY PRINTERS, Sr., 06. Florida AAM ? 26 38,315 yds2 TDs n wai over Hampton DEFENSE RASHEAN MATHIS. Sr.. CB, Bethune Cookman -1M, nis ntft oi season 7 tackles and had waving 26-yard TD reception whan swSched to ottanse in wn ovar NC MT ROOWE RASlllRD POMPEY. Fr RB Florida AAM 28 car. 106 yds 1 TD in win over Hampton SPECIAL TEAMS GREG SPRIGGS. Jr.. 06. Howard Blocked put tour tackles on special teams vs NSU OFFENSIVE LINEMAN SHEDRICk MOTEN, Sr.. Florida AAM CI Ap Southern Intercollegiate v,,r*V/ Athletic Conference COW Ml I I * I Tjsnegee 6181 Fort Valley State 6 17 3 Morehouse 4 2 6 3 Abany State 4 2 5 4 Miles 4 3 5 4 lane 3 5 3 6 Benedict 2 6 2 7 Kentucky State 1 *5 2 7 Clark Atlanta 16 2 7 SIAC PLAYERS Of THE WEEK OFFENSE CORTLANOT FLORENCE. Jr. RB. Tuskegee ? 27 car. 190 yds . vs Lane now over 1.000 yds tor the season NICHOLAS SMTH. So.. 06. Mites 41 car 199yds, 3TDsmwsiover Kentucky Slate DEFENSE JOHN OLIVER. Sr? LB. Miles ? 141 13s. 2I? i sack in em over Kentucky State NEWCOMER OUWUAN BURTON. Fr.. 06. Morehouse -17 26 tor 250 passing yds.. ?i wr over CAU SPECIAL TEAMS BYRON ARCHIBALD. Jr., PK/P. Morehouee - 2-2 FGs (36 4 23), 2 punts lor 42.5 avg TREMON JACKSON. Jr.. P, Lane ? Avgd 41.4 yds., on 7 punts vs Tuskegee OVA/A P WUTMKWSTfcHN OVVMVS AlHLEIt CONftWNCt i nv mi E division W L W L Alabama A&M 4 0 6 2 Aicom State 3 16 2 Jackson State 2 2 4 4 Alabama State 2 3 5 3 Miss Valley St * 1 4 3 6 W DIVISION Qrambkog State 5 0 6 1 Southern 3 2 3 6 Texas Southern 3 3 3 6 AikPmeBMf 1 4 2 6 Prame View A&M 0 5 18 SWAC PLAYERS Of THE WEEK OFFENSE BRUCE EUGENE. So<None>., 06. Gambling ? 24-54,532 yds. 5 TD?. 1 TO rushing vs TSU DEFENSE OUVER CELESTINE, Sr., DB, Texas SouttMm ? 111 3s 1 tack. i ML. at. 100 yds. lor TD vs QSU SPECIAL TEAMS FRED AKON, Jr.. PR. MVSU - Relumed 3 punts lor 79 yards. nduOng 56-yardet for TD vs. PV. CORY ALEXANDER. So.. DB. Texas Southern ?3KOret. 186 yds 90-yarder lor TD vs GSU NEWCOMER KENNETH PEOPLES. So.. RB. Southern -16 carries lor 90 yards vs Alcorn Stale INDEPENDENTS W I Shftw 7 2 Edward Waters 5 3 Shaw 5 3 St Paul's 3 3 PaulQum 3 3 Lincoln (Mo.) 3 7 Tennessee State 2 7 tangskxi 2 8 Allen 1 6 Savannah State 1 7 W Va State 1 8 Moms Brown 1 8 Cheyney 0 9 PLAYERS Of THE WEEK OFFENSE RICCARDO THOMAS. RB StHlman ? Rusned tor234 yanfcandlwoTD??twei over Edward Waters Hw scomg runs cov ered 60 and 4 yank DEFENSE JAMES PATRICK. 06. Stillman ? Tied an NCAA record with live rtercepOonsin 48-14 wn over Edward Waters Patnck now hes 11 mercepaont lor the season UNDER THE BANNER WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS ' FOOTBALL COMING BACK: Add the name of Texas College 10 the list of Historically Black 1 Colleges and Universities bringing back football. The small Tyler, Texas school with an enrollment of 725 stu dents made the announcement recent ly and is expected to name Jay Brown to lead its gridiron fortunes. Dr. Billy C. Hawkins, president of Texas College, will officially make TC Seal and Mascot the introduction of Brown as Texas TEXAS COLLEGE: c0[iege's football coach and athletic Steers ready to step ? ,, , , , , back on to black col- dlrcc,or Wednesday' November 6 at lege gridiron. 11:00 a.m. in the Martin Hall Auditorium on the school's campus. Brown worked with the defensive line, running backs, and defensive ends for several years at New Mexico State University and Stephen F. Austin University. He was defen sive coordinator at Mississippi Valley State University for three years. The Steers compete in the NAIA Div. I and in the Red River South Atlantic Conference. The football team will compete next year on the club level before joining the con ference. *-r? , Two races head to final week LUT WILLIAMS BCSP Editor At least two races in black college football will be decided this Saturday as both the CIAA and SIAC close out regular season play. The CIAA East title will come down to the last reg ular season game between two teams. The SIAC title and berth in Pioneer Bowl V/ will be decided on this last weekend of SIAC games. Meanwhile, the West Division title in the Southwestern Athletic Conference can also be decid ed despite two more weeks of regular season play. CIAA The third annual CIAA Championship Game, scheduled for Nov. 16 in Winston-Salem. N.C., is des tined to have new blood on both sides of the ball this year. For the first time since the game was re-instituted in 2000, neither Winston-Salem State nor Virginia Union, who split the last two championships, will get back to the title game. Instead, Fayetteville State (8-1, 6-0 CIAA W), under third-year head coach Kenny Phillips, has clinched the West Division title. And in Bowie. Md? Saturday, Virginia State (7-2,5-1 CIAA E) will take on Bowie State (6-3, 4-2 CIAA E) with the winner taking the CIAA E. Div. title and a berth opposite FSU for all the marbles. FSU has defeated both teams already. VSU first-year head coach Andrew Faison. a key cog as defensive coordinator in two titles (1999. 2000) for WSSU, has engineered the turnaround for the Trojans. Faison, a VSU graduate, took over from retired FRAZIER FAISON COMEGY 1. BETHUNE-COOKMAN (9-0) - Squeaked by N. C. A&T, 13-12. NEXT: At Hampton. 2. GRAMBLING (8-1) - Won al Tex. Southern, 42-28 NEXT: Homecoming vs. Alabama State. 3. ALCORN STATE (5-2) - Beat Southern, 22-20. NEXT: At Miss. Valley State. 4. ALABAMA A&M (6-2) - Idle NEXT: At Jackson St. 5. TUSKEGEE (8-1) - Shutout Lane, 11-0. NEXT At Kentucky State. 6. S. C. STATE (6-3) - Lost at DelState, 27-21. NEXT:Hosting Howard. 7. HAMPTON (5-4) - Knocked oft by Florida A&M, 25 13. NEXT: Entertains Bethune-Cookman. 8. FAYETTEVILLE STATE (8-1) - Got by Bowie State, 13-7. NEXT: Hosting Virginia Union. 9. FORT VALLEY STATE (7-3) - Handled Savannah State, 25-6. NEXT: Idle. 10. ALABAMA STATE (5-3) - Idle NEXT: At Grambling (Tie) FLORIDA A&M (7-3) ? Knocked oft Hampton, 25 13. NEXT: Troy State in Mobile I head coach Lou Anderson and has installed a stalwart defense to go with a productive bffense. VSU QB Kevin Jones (120-^18. 1,726 yds., 12 TDs, 5 ints.) is the most prolific passer in the C1AA and leads the league's top offense (344.3 yards per game). The defense (14.3 ppg.). however, which stepped up to stop Virginia Union last week after falling behind 14-0 (en route to a 21-14 win), may be the key to the team. BSU's defense (14.8 ppg.) has been steady all year led by linebacker Atcheson Conway (8.9 tackles per game), tackle Charles Alston (8.6 tpg.) and defensive end Damien Walker (league-leading, 11.5 sacks), all likely all-CIAA performers. But the defense has had to compensate for third-year head coach Henry Frazier's anemic offense (16.8 ppg.). PREDICTION: Offensive edge to VSU, defensive edge to BSU. In a classic down-to-the wire finish, VSU prevails, 21-13. In Frankfort, Ky., Tuskegee (8-1, 6-1 SIAC) can clinch its fourth straight SIAC title and fifth straight Pioneer Bowl berth with a win Saturday over Kentucky State (2-7, 1-5 SIAC) in a game to be carried live on MBC Television (see GAMES THIS WEEK). Rick Comegy's Golden Tigers, winners of 31 of their last 33 games, have not been as dominant this year though they've toughed out wins. They'll have to be careful against a dangerous KSU team. KSU QB Shawn Johnson, who leads all SIAC passers averaging 259.3 passing yards per game, has to make up for a defense that gives up 427 yards and 36.7 points per game, both last in conference stats. Expect TU quarterback Terrance Jones (174.2 passing ypg.) and RB Cortlandt Florence 1115.1 rushing ypg.) to take full advantage. PREDICTION: TU can't get cocky because KSU can score some points. They wont TU 42. KSU 30. Doug Williams and Grambling State are in posi tion to clinch their third straight SWaC W. Div. title and a spot in the Dec. 14 SWAC Championship Game in Birmingham when they face Alabama State at Grambling Saturday for homecoming (1:30 p.m.). BET will carry the game by tape delay at 6:30 p.m. The G-Men (8-1), whose only loss came in their season-opener to McNeese State the second-ranked team in NCAA Div. I-AA. are undefeated (5-0) in games that count on the division ledger and have a two-game SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2002 Allen vs. North Greenville in Columbia, SQ3 1:00pm Bowie State vs. Virginia State in Bowie, MD 1:00pm Delaware State vs. N.C. A&T in Dover, DE 12:00pm Fairmont St. vs. W. Virginia St. in Fairmont, WV 1:00pm Florida Atlantic vs. Morns Brown in Miami, FL 4:00pm Hampton vs. Bethune-Cookman in Hampton, VA 1:00pm Jacksonville vs. Edward Waters in Jacksonville, FL 1:00pm Jackson St. vs. Alabama A&M in Jackson, MS 1:30pm Kutztown vs. Cheyney in Kutztown, PA 1:00pm Langston vs. Hastings in Guthrie. OK 1:00pm Lincoln (MO) vs. Lane in Jefferson City, MO 2:00pm Miss. Valley St vs. Alcorn State in Itta Bena, MS 1:00pm Murray State vs. Tennessee State in Murray, KY 1:30pm N.C. Central vs. J.C. Smith in Durham, NC 2:00pm St. Augustine's vs. Livingstone in .Raleigh, NC 1:30pm Shaw vs Bethel in Raleigh, NC 1:30pm S.C. State vs. Howard in Orangeburg, SC 1:30pm Southern vs. Miles in Baton Rouge, LA 7:00pm Texas Southern vs. Clark Atlanta in Houston, TX 1:30pm Virginia Union vs. Fayetteville St. in Richmond, VA 1:00pm WSSU vs. Eliz. City St. in Winston-Salem, NC 1:00pm HOMECOMINGS Ark.-Pine Bluff vs. Pr. View A&M in Pine Bluff, AR 1:30pm Norfolk State vs. Morgan State in Norfolk, VA 1:00pm Stillman vs. Benedict in Tuscaloosa, AL 1:30pm CLASSICS Azalea City Classic Florida A&M vs. Troy State in Mobile, AL 4:00pm 6th Gold Coast Classic Morehouse vs. Albany State in San Diego, CA 3:00pm TV GAMES (On MBC Network) Kentucky State vs. Tuskegee in Frankfort, KY 7:00pm (On BET) Grambling St. vs. Ala. St. in Grambling, LA (HC) 1:30pm Tape Delay at 7 pm MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2002 Mary-Hardin Baylor vs. Paul Quinn in Belton, TX 6:00pm lead over Southern (3-6. 3-2 SWAC W) with just two divisional games left. The Tigers are on a roll scoring 54, 52 and 42 points in their past three games and now lead all of 1-AA at 39.22 points per game. Grambling QB Bruce Eugene has been particularly hot, passing for 1.279 yards and 16 touchdowns over those three games to take over the 1-AA lead in TD passes (31) and total offense (380.2 ypg). PREDICTION: All L. C. Cole's Hornets can do now is play spoiler for Grambling, a role he's sure to rel ish. But the Hornets don't have enough mustard. GSU 48, ASU 28. SWAC East leader. Alabama A&M (6-2,4-0 SWAC E) is at Jackson State (4-4. 2-2 SWA E) trying to elimi nate the Tigers from the division race. JSU has struggled against teams that pressure QB Robert Kent and A&M may be the best at it in the SWAC. PREDICTION: A&M 24, JSU 20. Elsewhere, BCSP #1 Bethune-Cookman (9-0, 5-0 MEAC), up to tenth in the latest Sports Network 1-AA poll, gets injured QB Allen Suber back and should take care of Hampton (5-4,3-2). B-CC 28. Hampton 18. STILLMAN MOVING TO D-2: 2 Stillman College in Tuscaloosa. Ala., which reinstated foot * ball in 1999 and is sporting a 7-2 record this year under head coach Theo Danzy. has been approved to move from NCAA Div. Ill to Div. 11 status. Last summer Stillman requested the move from D-1II affiliation to Division II reclassification. In early September the NCAA Division II Membership Committee accepted Stillman's request for reclassification as a provisional D-II member. Stillman President Dr. Ernest McNealey has guided the university through the re-institu tion process and constructed new athletic facilities for foot ball, baseball and Softball after the announcement. The move . was mainly prompted by the difficulty in scheduling D-III' - opponents in football. In 2000 Stillman played only three 7 NCAA Division III football teams and none in 2001 or 2002. ' Stillman has played a mainly D-II football schedule with ? NAIA D-I teams included over the last two seasons. Another . reason for the move was the disadvantage the Tigers had in facing D-II and NAIA programs that granted athletic schol arships and a football spring practice. The move allows Stillman to offer athletic scholarships in all sports that are sponsored by the college as well as have-a spring training for football. On October 30 an NCAA Educational Assessment team came to Stillman to orientate college officials on ; Division II rules and regulations to prepare Stillman for active D-II membership. The educational assessment pro gram for Division II requires provisional members to com plete certain educational activities in order to be accepted as active members. >, i ' THE STAT CORNER WHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS IN 2002 BLACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL BLACK COLLEGE TEAMS IN NATIONAL RANKINGS THROUGH GAMES OF 11/2 NCAA DIV. II 1 Grand Valley Slate (8-0) 2 Valdosta State (9-0) 3 UC Davis (7-1) 4 Carson-Newman (9-0) 5 Catawba (7-1) 6 Northwest Missouri (9-0) 7 IUP (9-1) 8 Northern Colorado (8-1) 9 Central Missouri (8-1) 10 Saginaw Valley (7-2) 11 Tuskegee (8-1) 12 Minnesota-Duluth (9-0) 13 Central Washington (10-0) 14 Texas A&M-Kingsville (6-2) 15 Nebraska-Kearney (8-1) 16 Tarieton State (7-2) 17 Pittsburg State (7-2) 18 C W Post (9-0) 19 Fayetteville State (8-1) 20 Southern Arkansas (7-2) 21 Emporia State (7-2) 22 St. Cloud State (7-2) 23 Bloomsburg (7-2) 24 Eastern New Mexico (7-2) 25 Firtdlay (8-1) NCAA DIV. I-AA 1. Montana (95) 9-0 2. McNeese State (8) 7-1 3. Northwestern State 8-1 4. Furman 6-2 5. Maine 8-1 6. Eastern Illinois 6-2 7 Grambling State 8-1 8. Western Illinois 8-1 9. Georgia Southern 7-2 10. Bethune-Cookman (1) 9 11. Villanova 7-2 12. Massachusetts 7-2 13. Portland State Vikings 6-3 14. Appalachian State 6-3 15. Wofford 7-2 16. Lehigh 7-2 17. Eastern Kentucky 7-3 18. Northeastern 7-2 19. Western Kentucky 7-3 20. William & Mary 5-3 21. Pennsylvania 6-1 22. Nicholls State 6-3 23. Idaho State 5-3 24 Florida A&M 7-3 25. Gardner-Webb 7-1 Phillips, Fayetteville State soaring, looking for more ROSCOE NANCE BCSP Contributing Writer Handicappers didn't pay a whole lot of attention to Fayetteville State as they sized up the CIAA before the season began. Even though coach Kenny Phillips warned everyone, "We're on the verge if all the pieces fall into the right place." People should have listened. The Broncos are atop the CIAA with an 8-1 record, their best since joining the conference in 1954, and they clinched the Western Division title with two games to play. It is their first division or confer ence title ever. But Phillips doesn't think the Broncos, up to No. 19 in Division II. have had a Cinderella season after guid ing them to 3-7 and 6-4 records in his first two seasons. He says the key to the season has been experience. He has a core group of seniors who have been with him since he took'oVer. One of those seniors is running back DeAngelo Bridges, who is No.2 in the CIAA in rushing with 740 yards. Bridges has scored 10 touchdowns and he aver ages 5.0 yards a carry. Bridges rushed for 215 yards and scored three TDs as the Broncos defeated Johnson C. Smith. 30-6 on Oct. 26 to clinch the West title. They will play Bowie State or Virginia State in the CIA A Championship game Nov. 16 in Winston-Salem, N.C. "This year we were looking for ward to having had guys for three years," he says. "It was time to break out and win some games that we lost last season. I wouldn't say it has been a Cinderella season. We're on schedule." If anything, last year was a Cinderella season for the Broncos. The got off to a 6-2 start and had the division championship in their sights. But the clock struck midnight when they lost their last two games, and they didn't get to go to the ball. "We didn't finish the season. The kids are more focused'on finishing what we started this year." Patience has been key for Phillips, He didn't come in trying to run athletes off and looking to bring in his own recruits. "Whan we implemented our pro gram. we knew we would be a success," Phillips says. "Those who believed stuck around. Others drifted. We recruit ed players that we thought could be the type of players we wanted. We got those players." Phillips did two things that were significant. Rather than recruiting Division II caliber players, he went after athletes he thought could play at the Division I level. "In the long run, if you get four or five you think are Division I, they can make an instant impact." The other thing Phillips did was to upgrade the Broncos' schedule. He added Tennessee Tech, a I-AA program, in his second season and Division II power Catawba this year. The Broncos lost both games, but Phillips says his team benefited from the contests. "We used that as a measure of where we were," he says. "We showed if we get out and do what we're coached to do, we can play with anybody." The highlight of the season was the Broncos' 30-26 quadruple overtime vic tory against former two-time defending CIAA champion Winston-Salem State. "That was one of the games we had to win in order to get to where want to get," says Phillips. The Broncos got to where they wanted to be. in the CIAA champiopship game, w ith their victory against Johnson C. Smith. Now they want more. "Not only do we want to play in the CIAA championship game, we want to play n the Division II playoffs." Phillips says the Broncos must defeat Virginia llnion this weekend in mi UH Williams Photo PHILLIPS: Fayetteville State head coach Kenny Phillips has turned around the Broncos in less than three years leading them to their best record (8-1) ever and a CIAA West Division title. They want more. their regular season finale and win the CIAA championship to have a shot at the playoffs. "We have to win just about every game we play," he says. "At this point in the season you can't take a loss. If you take a loss you pretty much knock your self out."
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