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1^ SPORTS/The Charlotte Post Wednesday, December 31, 1997 Fob tmc Week Of Decembeh 30, 1997 tmbough January 5, 1998 SOUTHERN HERITAGE; HAMPTON STILL #1 Joe Daniels Photo RICHARDSON: Gets third Heritage Bowl win in four tries. ▼ SOUTHERN ESCAPES WITH 34-28 WIN IN HERITAGE BOWL VII; HAMPTON AT #1 UNDER THE BANNER WHATS GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS Temple Sports Photo DICKERSON; To make $95,000 at ASU. WHILE WE WERE AWAY: while the BCSP devoted pages over the last two weeks to Pioneer Bowl and McDonald's Heritage Bowl Special Editions, one big move was made on the black college football coaching front. Former Temple head football coach, Ron Dickerson, 49, who resigned this year after five turbu lent seasons at Temple, was hired to replace Houston Markham at Alabama State and try to rebuild the Hornets program. Dickerson had been unable to turn around the Owls pro gram in five years at the helm. He was the first black head football coach at the school. He posted a 8-47 record in his five year stint including a 3-8 mark this year, the school's best record during his tenure. “If anyone would have said to me two weeks ago, ‘Would you be a head coach anywhere?’ I probably would have said. No,” Dickerson said. “But in the past week and a half, all this has developed. It's exciting to be back as a head coach again.” Dickerson was expected to sign a five-year contract that will pay him a base salary of $95,000 plus incentives. Markham's teams went 3-8 the past two years prompting the change. I-AA ALL-AMERICANS: Mid Eastern Athletic Conference Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year were the only two black college players to make the Associated Press Div. I-AA All-American first team. North Carolina A&T defensive lineman Chris McNeil and Florida A&M quarterback Oteman Sampson both landed first team berths. Named to the second team were Southern offensive lineman, Chris Williams, Mississippi Valley State line backer Terry Houzah and Hampton defensive back Cordell Taylor, Third team selections were Rorida A&M freshman wide receiver Jacquay Nunnally, Hampton offensive line man Lamont Tdmer, Howard defensive tackle Marques Douglas and Rorida A&M placekicker, Juan Toro. NCAA LEADERS: Three MEAC stars are among national leaders in NCAA Div. I statistics. Coppin State guard Antoine Brockington is tenth in scoring at 24.4 points per game and also ranked 12th in steals at 3.4 per game. Florida A&M seven-foot senior, Jerome James is the national leader in blocked shots at 5.4 per game. S. C State guard Roderick Blakney is 15th in steals (3.3). THE STAT CORNER WHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS MCDONALD'S HERITAGE BOWL VII SCORING SUMMARY AND STATS 1st Quarter SU • West, 3-yard run ■ Kick tailed (10:21) SU 6 SCSU 0 2nd Quarter SCSU - Eaddy, 9-yard njn-Derricott run (11:12) 6 SU - Foreman, 25-yard pass from Jacoby - Pass failed (9:27) 12 SCSU - McGowens, 7-yard pass from Cuny - Oglesby kick (1:10) 15 8 8 12 3rd Quarter SU - West, 3-yard run - West run (5:35 20 15 SCSU - Eaddy, 40-yard run - Pass failed (3:38) 20 21 4tti Quader SCSU - Curry, 40-yard mn - Oglesby kir* (14:43) 20 28 SU - Blackwell, 9e-yard kckolf return ■ Pass tailed (14:24) 26 28 SU - West, 3-yard nxi - Turner, pass Iro Jacoby (7:29) 34 28 RUSHING Southern - Woftord, 25-164; West, 6-12; Riley, 1-8; Lewis, 1-4; Mills, 1- (-5); Jacoby, 8-(136) SC State - Eaddy, 16-107; Curry, 17-72; Walker, 6-35; Wilson, 2-5; James, 2--1) PASSING Southern - Jacoby, 20-11-1,155; Huston, 1-1-0,16 SC State • Curry, 16-9-1,98; Russ, 1-04), O', Canley, 1-1-0,22 RECEIVING Southern - Foreman, 2-73; Guye, 2-22; Blackwell, 2-21; Jacoby, 1-16; Han, 1-13; Lewis, 1-12; Riley, 1-11; West, 1-6; Wolloid, 1-(-3) SC State - Mitchell, 4-47; McGowens, 2-9; Mitts, 1-36; Love, 1-22; Walker, 1-4; James, 1-2 i. I.C. VOL. IV, NO » BLACK COLLEGE BASKETBALL (Men's Standings, Results and Weekly Honors) SCORES DEC. 28 Buflato 80. Texas Southern 6i Clemson 80, S. C State 62 LSU 77. Southern 66 Sam hlouston St. 64, Coppin St. 59 Wyoming 72, Norfolk State 65 DEC. 27 Detroit Mercy 90. Texas Southern 75 NorfoNt State 67, Austin Peay 65 Oklahoma 83, Coppin State 72 Pittsburgh 68. UMES 51 S. Mississippi 90. Miss Valley St. 57 Wnght State 69, Praine View 65 DEC. 23 Ouquesne 65, Morgan Stale 78 N. Mexico St. 90. Alcorn State 79 S. Carobrta 90, S. C. State 85 ATHLET)C ASSOCUTION EAST Virginia Umon Shaw St Paul's Vir^nia State Elizabeth Oiy Bowie St WEST JC Smith NC Central Winston-Salem St. St. Augustine's Fayetteville St Livingstone ClAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK NA Athletic Conference Hampton Coppin State SC State Florida A8M Maryland-ES Morgan State Bethune-Cookman Delaware State NCAAT Howard ’Norfolk Slate ’ineligM lor title CONF Aa W L \ 2 0 1 0 0 3 6 1 5 1 BCSP PLAYERS OF THE WEEK DAMIEN WOOLFOLK, G, Norfolk State - Mad 24 points in 67-65 win ever Austin Peay in the opening round of the Casper Shootout in VfyorTMng and had 22 in 72-65 loss to Wyoming in finals. SIAC Southern Intercollegiate Q\A/A^ Athletic Conference CONF AU. W L W EAST Albany State Fort VaDey State Clark Atlanta Savannah State Morris Brown Paine 3 0 3 5 2 0 5. 6 117 5 115 5 113 7 12 6 4 WEST LeMoyneOwen Tuskegee Morehouse Kentucky State 115 3 12 4 4 Alabama A&M 2 5 2 9 5 2 SIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK NA Alcorn State Southern Ark-Pine Bluff Alabama State Grambkng Jackson State Texas Southern Miss Valley Prairie View 1 11 5 4 BCSP PUYERS OF THE WEEK RANDY BOLDEN, Jr, G., Texas Southern > Continued to shine though team struggling through 1- 10 start. He had 33 points and five rebounds in 80*61 loss to Buffalo. Had 21 points in 90-75 loss to Detroit Mercy, INDEPENDENTS Central State 10 7 Cheyney 4 2 Tennessee St. 3 5 Oist of Columbia 2 10 Langston Southern wins Heritage Bowl VII; Pirates retain #1 lut williams BCSP Editor You couldn't have a.sked for a better game than what transpired at the McDonald's Heritage Bowl VII Saturday at the Georgia Dome. Before 32,629 fans and a national ESPN television audience. Southern University and S.C. State University engaged in an exciting see-saw affair that had all the makings of one of those “who gets the ball last” finishes. As it turned out it was Southern who had the last word as they came up with the big plays down the stretch while SC State self-destructed, surrendering an eight-point (28-20) fourth quarter lead allowing the Jaguars to prevail, 34-28, "We knew we had to play a full sixty minutes against South Carolina State. They have a great football team," said Southern head coach Pete Richardson, who ran his Heritage Bowl record to 3-1 and his team's record on the year to 11-1. “We had to try to control the line of .scrimmage. They have a huge offensive line and if they get the lead they will start pounding you. So I thought the game had to be won in the pits on both sides.” Statistically, the game was about dead even. Only 20 yards separated the teams in total offense (SU 318, SCSU 338), and there was less than four min utes difference in time of possession (SU 28:03, SCSU 31:57). The largest discrep ancy was in penalties. Southern suffered only five for 66 yards while the Bulldogs had a whopping 19 for 151 yards. Those penalty yards figured significantly in the outcome. Richardson's strategy of staying close worked for most of the game as the team's traded scores through three quar ters, SC State (9-3) led 21 -20 at that point only because they made good on more extra points. SCSU cornerback Jami Oats' interception of a Marcus Jacoby pass just before the end of the third quar ter set the stage for the unpredictable fin ish. Two plays into the fourth quarter Bulldog QB Reggie Curry broke loose on a 40-yard TD. Cedric Oglesby's extra point put them up 28-20. On the ensuing kickoff, the pendulum swung right back Southern's way as wide receiver/kick returner Terrance Blackwell ran 98 yards to paydirt up the left side of the field. An excessive celebration penalty cost the Jags 15 yards and their attempt to pass for a PAT ended in a sack by SCSU defensive lineman Charfric Darby. But that was just the beginning of the Bulldogs trou bles. After an exchange of punts, the Bulldogs penetrated to the Southern 32, primarily on the strength of an 18-yard run by RB Chad Eaddy. That's when Joe Daniels Photo SOUTHERN MVP: SWAC Commissioner Dr, James Frank pre sents Southern RB Steve Wofford with his team's Heritage Bowl Most Valuable Player Award. Wofford set a Heritage Bowl record rushing for 169 yards. Joe Daniels Photo BULLDOG MVP: SC State RB Chad Eaddy rushed for 118 yards and two TDs. Curry, who had been out the previous series with leg cramps, returned just in time to mishandle a snap from center. Southern defensive lineman Joe Williams pounced on it. From there the Jags needed six plays to cover the final 68 yards aided by three key Bulldog penalties. FB Jermaine West got his third short yardage TD to give Southern their first second half lead, 32-28. Jacoby added a two-point conver sion on a pass to Brian 'Dimer. The ‘Dogs would get the ball twice more. The first drive was thwarted by a 15-yard personal foul penally. In their final possession, they committed another personal foul and a holding penally that cost them 18 yards. On fourth and 29 from their own 25, Curry was sacked and fumbled on their last offensive play. “There were two good football teams out there today,” said SCSU head coach Willie Jeffries, whose Heritage Bowl record fell to 1-2. “We didn’t make the big plays. Southern made the big plays. No excuses. We didn’t make the plays when we needed to.” Eaddy (16 carries, 118 yds., 2 TDs) and Southern RB Steve Wofford, who set a Heritage Bowl record with 169 yards rushing, were named the outstand ing players for their respective teams. Darby set a HB record with four sacks. final BCSP GRID TOP TEN 1. HAMPTON (10-2) - MEAC champ fell to eventual I-AA champ Youngstown Stale, 28-13, in first round of playoffs. Wins BCSP national championship by virtue of no losses against black college opponents. 2. ALBANY STATE (11-1) - SIAC champ narrowly defeat ed at #1 ranked Carson-Newman, 23-22 in Div. II quarter finals. 3. FLORIDA A&M (9-3) - Outgunned at Ga. Southern 52- 37 in opening round I-AA playoff game. 4.SOUTHERN (11-1) - Defeated SC State 34-28 in Heritage Bowl VII. 5. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE (9-3) - Fell to Southern 34- 28 in Heritage Bowl VII. 6. JACKSON STATE (9-3) - Lost at W. Illinois, 31-24, in opening round I-AA playoff game. 7. KENTUCKY STATE (7-5) - Upset Livingstone in inau gural Pioneer Bowl 30-26. 8. LIVINGSTONE (8-3) - Suffered first loss on field in Pioneer Bowl I, 30-26 to Kentucky State. 9. VIRGINIA STATE (8-2) - Tied for second in ClAA. 10. HOWARD (7-4) - Finished fourth in MEAC 10. (tie) ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF (8-3) - Third in SWAC. Case for Hampton as BCSP champion ▼ The McDonald's Heritage Bowl was not "the Black College Super Bowl" as far as the BCSP final ranking is concerned. Southern's win over South Carolina State in the final black college game of the year didn't measure up to the billing because, though Southern was the SWAC champion, SC State had losses to MEAC champion Hampton (20-14, OT) and Florida A&M (22-20) during the season. Both those teams went to the I-AA playoffs. Southern also lost at Florida A&M, 33-3. Hampton gets the final BCSP top ranking by virtue of wins over both Florida A&M and SC State and no losses to other black college teams. SIAC champion Albany State (il-1) who made it to the Div. II quarterfinals, fin ished a close second. In the BCSP final rank ings, Southern moves up the fifth to fourth, but still behind FAMU. the MEAC in the Heritage Bowl though Southern’s win was only the second in 1997 by a SWAC team in eight games against the MEAC. ▼ Other Heritage Bowl records set: Longest Kickoff Return - Terrance Blackwell, Southern, 98 yards; Most punts - Cedric Oglesby, SC State 7; Highest punting average - Southern, 49.0; Most kickoff return yardage - Southern, 179. BASKETBALL THIS WEEK ▼ The SWAC now has a 5-2 record against Heritage Bowl Notes OVERHEARD AT THE HERITAGE BOWL • Khaiii Johnson, General Manager of the Georgia Dome on the official attendance "The attendance for tonight was 32,629 people. This number includes everyone In the building including ticket takers, ushers, police, my staff, the game staff. It's a total attendance number." Younger Trophy can bring exposure to both the games (the Heritage and Pioneer Bowls). I think there needs to be a stronger lateral position to all people who are supporting historically black colleges, especially as far as the spon sorships are concerned." • Craig Cason, Executive Director of the Heritage Bowl, on ideal dates for the game and its future. "No question about it, this game needs to be held on a Saturday. Putting it on a Saturday and having a time slot that is consistent is the very first thing. ... All the teams of the SWAC and the MEAC can share in a milestone of progress. This game is going to ascend to one of the pin nacles of black college football and bowl games in gener al." - Roscoe Nance, USA Today sportswriter, on the progress of the Heritage Bowl and the attendance of 32,629. “It's an improvement. There’s something to build on. The additions to the crowd, the activities surrounding it and the organization seems to be a lot better. I think they’ve made some positive strides. They just have to continue building on it. The date is a lot better, the time is a lot bet ter. They just have to keep fine tuning It." • SWAC Commissioner, Dr. James Frank, who is retir ing in June, on the attitude about attendance at the Heritage Bowl. "We are, black colleges are, the envy of colleges on our level. We just left the I-AA (football) championship. (MEAC) Commissioner (Chartes) Harris and I sit in meet ings with commissioners of other conferences. They ask us 'How do you do it.’ When they get a crowd of 7-8,(XX) peo ple. they're overjoyed. We’re somewhat spoiled. We know that's not the kind of standard we want. We want a stan dard of 35,40. 50,(XX) people. That's why I made the point that let's not make attendance the only yardstick.” - Phil McAlpin, president of Focus Marketing and for mer HBCC Director, on the attendance, up from 18,000 a year ago. “tiJIearty, ifs an improvement over last year. It evi dences the fact that a Saturday is key to this game. This is the first Saturday since four years ago when it first came to Atlanta and had over 36,000. Our audience needs the weekend to arrange their travel and get where they need to be. Saturday is the optimal day to put on an affair like this for African Americans." - Reggie Rutherford, producer of the Spirit and Tank Younger Awards, on attending his first Heritage Bowl. 1 thought the Heritage Bowl was very enlightening. I'm glad to see the support that's here. I think the Tank - Howie Evans, sports editor of the Amsterdam News, on the game, the organization and attendance. “The one problem I have with these games is the offi cials. I don’t think they move the game along swiftly enough. And it appears that they themselves try to become part of the game. You don’t see this In other conferences and bowl games - the excessive amount of penalties - some of them are not necessary. It’s just plain, old-fash- ’bned, hard-fought football. And those things they have to let go." December 29,1997 North Carolina at Bethune-Cookman - 7;30p Tennessee State vs. Dartmouth ■ 6:00p Prairie View at Dayton - 7;30p Mississippi Valley in Montana State Tournament Virginia Union in Califoma PA Tournament Texas Southern in Cessna Classic @ Wichita St December 30,1997 Jackson State at Ala.-Birmingham - TBA Alabama State at Arkansas - 7;00p S.C. State at Charleston Southern - 7:30p Liberty vs. Florida A&M in Capitol City Classic St. Augustine's at Florida Southern - 6:00pm Southeastern La. at Grambling State - 7:00p Morehouse at Savannah State - 7;30p West Alabama at Southern - 7:30p Mississippi Valley in Montana State Tournament N.C. A&T at Tulane ■ 7:00p Virginia Union in Califoma PA Tournament MD-Eastem Shore at Wagner - 7:30p Tennessee State n Wis.-Green Bay Tournament December 31,1997 Detroit-Mercy at Bethune-Cookman - 8;00p January 2,1998 Johnson C. Smith in Queen's Marriott Classic St. Paul's in Capital Key Classic January 3,1998 Southern at Alcorn State - 7:30p Texas Southern at Ark.-Pine Bluff - 7:30p Howard at Bethune-Cookman - 8;00p Virginia State at Bowie State * 7:30p Coppin State at Delaware State - 4;00p Morgan State at Florida A&M • 4;00p Albany State at Georgia Southwestern - 8:00p S.C. State at Hampton - 4:00p Alabama State at Jackson State • 6;00p Johnson C. Smith in Queen's Marriott Classic N.C. A&T at MD-Eastem Shore - 7:30p Grambling State at Mississippi Valley - 7:30p Xavier at Morehouse ■ 7:00p Kentucky State at Morris Brown - 8:00p Fayetteville State at N.C. Central - 7;30p Alabama A&M at Paine - 7:30p Fort Valley at Savannah State - 8;00p St. Paul's in Capital Key Classic Austin Peay at Tennessee State • 7;45p Benedict vs. Virginia Union - 7:30p Elizabeth City State at West Chester • 7:30p BluefiekJ State at Winston-Salem State - 7:30p January 4,1998 Johnson C. Smith in Queens Marriott Qassic St. Paul's in Capital Key Classic
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