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Thursday, December 1, 2005
Fcm IHE Week of Nov. 30 - Dec. 6, 2006
2005 BLACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL (Results, Standings and Weekly Honors)
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BACK
ON TOP
BCSP Pho(o
SPEARS: His Grambling
Tigers at 9-1 now top the
BCSP Top Ten with two
more hurdles to dear.
▼ PIONEER BOWL IN CHARLOTTE; SIAC
HONORS; JSU NARROWS COACH CHOICES
SCORES
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MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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^Tuskegee 8 1 10 1
FortValeySlMe 7 2 7 3
Kentucky Slate 5 4 6 5
Stiman 4 4 6 4
Benedict 4 5 6 5
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Mies 3 6 4 7
Morehouse 2 7 3 7
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SIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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Alabama A&M
Alabama Slate
Alcorn State
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Jackson Slate
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Southern
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Prairie View A&M
Texas Southern
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SWAC PUYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSE
BRUCE EUGENE, Sr., OB. GSU • 22 ot 45 for
^8 yds. 6 TDs. 10 carries, S3 yards, 1 TD ki
Bayou Ctasac win over Southern
DEFENSE
HARRY DAWKINS, Sa. LB. TSU • IS ladles. 7
ados, vs PrainsVIew
SPECIAL TEAMS
MARIO SANCHEZ, Fr„ PK, PV • Mated 3 leld
goals and 3 PATs In an over TSU.
NEWCOMER
DARNELL LOVEH, Jr„ OB. TSU -12 oi 30 lor
236 yards. 2 TDs. rushed lor l TD vs Prairie
View
UNDER THE BANNER Pionecr Bowl Oil; More work for Grambling
BCSP Phao
EUGENE: Has thrown
lor over 3,600 yards,
46 TDs and only three
Ints., for 9-1 Tigers,
WtlArs GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS
SNUBBED, AGAIN: (irambling senior QB
Bruct* KuKene has to be wondering what it lakes to win the
Sports Network's Walter Payton
Award given to the best offensive
player in NCAA Div. I-AA ftKiibai!.
The 6-1. 270-pound senior finished
in the top three for the award, named
for the former Jackson State and
NFL running back great, in 2002
after thmwing for over 4,500 yards
and 43 touchdown.s, and followed
that up with another lop three finish
in 2003 when he tallied 34 TD pass
es and over 3.800 yards. Bui in this
his senior year, after missing all but
one game of last season with a knee injury, he's putting up his
best numbers yet but has been left off the final ballot. It was
announced Monday thiU Eugene finished fourth in voting for
the award. The three finalists, who will travel to Chattanooga
Tn.. on Dec. 15 for the I-AA College F(x>lbal! Awards, are
Brown senior RB Nick Hartigan, the I-AA rushing leader who
led Brow'n lo a 9-1 record and Ivy League title rushing for
1.727 yards and 20 TDs. Eastern Washington senior QB Eric
Meyer who pavsed for 3,616 yards and 26 TDs while leading
the Eiigles to a share of the Big Sky Conference title and New
Hampshire sophomore QB Ricky Santos who has passed for
3,2(X) yards and 33 TDs while leading New Hampshire lo the
Atlantic 10 title, the No. 1 ranking and a spot in the I-AA quar
terfinals. After Eugene's performance at Saturday's Bayou
Classic where he threw for 418 yards and six TDs before a
national TV audience on NBC. the New Orleans native has
3.693 passing yards. 46 touchdown passes and only four inter
ceptions with one more regular .season game to play. Eugene
leads all of I-AA in passing efficiency and total offense. While
all three Sports Networic I-AA awards arc named for black col
lege pnxlucts, only two black college players. Grambling Stale
RB Waller Dean in 1990 and Alcom Stale QE Sieve McNair
in 1994. have won the Payton Award since its inception in 1987.
Two black college players. NC .A&T defeasive end Chris
McNeil in 1997 ;ind Belhune-f,'ookman .safety Ra.shean
Mathis in 2002. have won the Buck Buchanan Award that since
1995 has been given to the Division's best defensive player and
naiiKd for the fomier gieat Grambling ?uk1 NFL defeasive line
man. The Pddie Robinson Award, sin» 1987 named for the
legendary Grambling head coach, has never been won by a
black college coach.
MILES' SLOAN PASSES: Miles College
President Dr. .Albert J. H. Sloan died Friday. Nov. 25 at a hos
pital iK*ar Binningham after complicalioas from an earlier sur
gery- Skxin. 63. was the 12ih president of Miles and chairman
of the SIAC Council of Presidents.
After receiving his baccalaureate
from .Albany State, Sloan earned
the Master of Divinity from the
Inierdcnomina-lional Theological
Center. He pursued further studies at
the Miles Law School in
Birmingham, where he earned the
degree Dcvlcx of Jurisfxudence. He
MteB College Phoio relumed to Miles in 1971 and served
SLOAN: 12th president as profes.sor of religion and philoso-
I? ^airman relaticms director, team
teacher for NASA, Dean of the
Chapel and Dean of Students befwe
assuming the presidency. Dr. William E. Lide. SIAC
Commisskwr stated Dr. Sloan will he mis.sed not only as my
biYss but also as a very close and dear friend. His vision not only
for his institution but also for the conference is a precioas gem.
and it is ixir hcxKir and duty lo continue his mission of making
this land a better face for the leaders of lomonow. The SIAC
Conference office and all the member institutions of the SIAC
will surely miss him. Dr. Skxm was a great teacher, leader and
most importantly a great friend.’* Services were to he held at 11
am. uxlay at Btxjiweil Auditorium in downtowTi Birmingham.
Burial will follow in ElmwtxxJ Cemetery.
All flowers should be sent to Smith and Gaston Funeral Home.
102 6th Avenue. SW. Birmingham, Al.. 35211. For additional
information please call the funeral home at 205-322-3581.
r
the SIAC Council of
Presidents, succumbs
LUT WILLIAMS
BCSP Editor
SWAC West Division champion Grambling State
(9-1) moved into the top spot of the BCSP Top Ten after*
its impressive 50-35 win over Southern in Saturday’s
Bayou Classic.
MEAC champion Hampton (11-1), who had held
the top spot since the beginning of the season, had its
undefeated season spoiled when It dropped its first
game of the sea.son Saturday, a 38-10 decision to
Richmond (see story below) in a first round I-AA play
off game.
The G-Men, whose only loss this season was to
Div. lA Washington State (48-7) back on Sept. 17, are
now in position to claim the top spot in the final rank
ing but they still have some work to do.
The quest for head coach Melvin Spears’ troops
continues this week when they travel to Alcorn State to
face the 6-4 Braves in a make-up game postponed on
Sept. 3 by the effects of Hurricane Katrina. The Tigers
then have a rematch with SWAC East Division champ.
9-2 .Alabama A&M. the following Saturday (Dec. 10)
at the SWAC Championship Game in Birmingham. In
their first meeting on Sept. 10, Grambling dominated
the Bulldogs in a 44-0 win.
Grambling enters Salurday's^game as the most pro
lific offensive team in all of I-AA football. The G-Men
lead the nation in total offen.se at 489.8 yards per game,
lead in passing al 364.8 yards per game and are scoring
leaders averaging 43.8 points per game. Senior Bruce
Eugene is the trigger-man of the offense. He has passed
for over 3,600 yards with 46 touchdowns and only four
interceptions and leads the nation in total offense (379.1
GAMES THIS WEEK
SATURDAY, DEC. 3
Grambling St, vs, Alcom Slate at Alcorn State, MS 1:00pm
BOWL/TV GAME
Pioneer Bowl VIII (ESPN Classic)
Tuskegee vs. Bowie State in Charlotte, NC 2:00pm
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COMEGY
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ypg.) and passing efficiency (176.9).
The Tigers' defense has been the second
most stingy in the SWAC giving up just 21.1
points per game.
Alcom Stale counters with the SWAC's
lop msher in Jeremy McCoy, who has
amassed 931 yards in eight games, averaging
116.4 yards per game and 6.0 yards per carry.
Freshman Tony Hobson (201-95-14. 1,506
yds., 10 TDs) calls the signals for the Braves.
The only other game on this week’s
schedule pits the runners-up from the two
black college Div. II conferences, 8-3 Bowie
State of the CIA A vs. 10-1 Thskegee of the
SIAC, at the 8th Pioneer Bowl in Charlotte.
N.C., the annual bowl game between the con
ferences, The SIAC leads the series 5-2.
Tuskegee and head coach Rick Comegy
will be making their fifth trip to the Pioneer
Bowl where they have posted a 3-2 mark
including last year's last-minute 30-28 loss to
CIAA champ Shaw. BSU, the CIAA East
Division champ, is making its first appear
ance in the game.
BSU fought through a four-team race to
claim the CIAA East Division title this year
before dropping a 20-17 last-second heart-
breaker to North Carolina Central in the
conference's championship game on Nov. 5.
Third-year coach Mike Lynn's Bulldogs are
led on offense by QB Lamar Manigo (1,256
yds., 15 TDs, 11 inis.) and all-conference
stars in RB Isaac Redman (1,305 yds., 11
TDs, 118.6 ypg.. 5.3 ypc.) and WR Glenn
Thomas (38 rec., 906 yds., 14 TDs).
For the second year in a row, the only
blot on Tuskegee's record is a loss to SIAC
champ Albany State. This season it was a 31 -
21 loss to the Golden Rams on Oct. I. SIAC
MVPQB Kevin Huff(311-181-9,2,511yds.,
13 TDs) leads the charge for the Golden
Tigers. Richard Fitzhugh (166 car., 870
yds., 7 TDs) leads the ground attack while all
conference WR Kenneth Henderson (67
rec., 1,023 yds., 6 TDs) is the chief weapon
through the air.
1st ROUND NCAA DIV. I-AA PLAYOFFS
BCSP TOP TEN
1. GRAMBLING STATE (9-1) • Outscored Southern in Bayou
Classic. 50-35. NEXTFinishes regular season with make-up
game at Alcom State Saturday.
2. HAMPTON (11-1) - Dropped first round I-AA playoff game to
Richmond, 38*10. NEXT; MEAC champs season over.
3. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE (9-2) - MEAC njnners-up sea
son over.
4. NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL (10-2) - CIAA champs lost
in second round of Div. II playoffs to North Alabama.
5. ALABAMA A&M (9-2) - SWAC East Div. champs will face
Grambling in Dec. 10 SWAC title game in Birmingham.
6. ALBANY STATE (B-2) - SIAC champs' lost in first round of
Div. it playoffs to Central Arkansas.
7 TUSKEGEE (9-1) -SIAC runners-up finished regular season
with 28=27 OT win vs. Alabama State at Turkey Day Classic.
NEXT: Dec. 3 Pioneer Bowl in Charlotte vs. Bowie State.
8. DEUWARE STATE (7-4) - TNrd place finish in MEAC
9. FORT VALLEY STATE (7-3) - Third place in SIAC,
10. BOWIE STATE (8-3) - CIAA runner-up lo face SIAC runner-
up Tuskegee in Dec. 3 Pioneer Bowl.
(TIE) ST. AUGUSTINE'S (8-2) - Season completed.
Hampton lays an egg, falls 38-10
Hampton's vaunted rushing attack, which came into Saturday's I-AA first round
playoff game featuring two 1,000-yard rushers and averaging 251 yards per game, was
held to just 100 yards by Richmond as the 12lh-seeded Spiders brought an abrupt end
lo the third-seeded Pirates' undefeated season, 38-10 in Hampton.
The Spiders (9-3) broke from a 10-10 halftime tie to rush for four short second half
TDs while shutting out the Pirates (1 l-l). UR running backs Tim Hightower (15 car.,
73 yards) and David Freeman (21 car., 117 yards) each had two second half TD runs
and combined with QB Stacy Tutt (15 car.. 61 yards, 1 TD) to control the clock and
pound the Pirates into submission. Richmond rushed for 251 yards in the game.
Hampton came back from a 7-0 first quarter deficit to take the lead in the second
quarter behind back-up QB Antwan Smith (15 of 27, 221 yds., 1 TD, 1 int.). Smith
replaced starter Princeton Shepherd and hooked up with wideout Onrea Jones (11
rec., 192 yards) to slake the Pirates to a 10-7 second quarter lead. Smith had comple
tions of 39 and 15 yards to Jones to set up Andrew Paterini’s 44-yard field goal early
in the quarter. He came back to hit Jones with a 44-yard pass before the pair hooked up
on a seven-yard scoring strike with 7:48 left in the period.
Richmond would lie the score at 10, 2:48 before the break on a 22-yard Joseph
Fore field goal.
In its first second half possession, UR needed just five plays to cover 49 yards and
go up 17-10 on a one-yard run by Hightower. Hampton failed to field the ensuing kick
off and the Spiders recovered at the Hampton 37. Four plays later. Freeman ran in from
four yards out to pul them up 24-10. They would later add two scoring drives, throw
ing only one pass en route to the TDs.
With Hampton RBs Alonzo Coleman (14 car., 34 yds.) and Ardell Daniels (6 car.,
12 yds.) effectively bottled up, Jones was the Pirates' only offense, but it was hardly
enough. Shepherd returned in the second half but neither he nor Smith could get the
Pirates on the scoreboard.
BCSP Notes
SIAC Football Honorees
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference champion Albany State and run
ner-up Tuskegee each placed five players on the
first team as the conference coaches chose the
all-SIAC teams and award winners.
Tuskegee junior QB Kevin Huff toc4c home
the offensive player of the year
and most valuable player awards.
^Huff threw for 2.511 yards and
13 TDs to lead the Golden Tigers
to a 10-1 record and the spot rep
resenting the conference in the
HUFF Pioneer Bowl.
Albany Slate junior defensive lineman
Alton Pettway was named the defensive player
of the year. Pettw ay led the conference with nine
sacks. Lane freshman QB Sherrard Ellis who
threw for 16 touchdowns and 244 yards per
game, was named the leagues' lop freshman.
Albany Slate head coach James
"Mike" White, who led the Golden Tigers to an
8-1 recordlheir second consecutive league title
and Div. 11 playoff berth, was named the league's
coach of the year.
FIRST TEAM .
OFFENSE »
QB Kevin Huff. Jr, Tuskegee RB: Antwan Andrews,
Sr., Albany State; John D. Washington. Sr., Morehouse
WR: Kenneth Henderson. Sr., Tuskegee; Raymond
Johnson, Jr.. Morehouse TE: Marcus Moore, Lane
OL: Claiborne Green, Morehouse; Terry Abrams, Fort
Valley State; Ronald Simmons. Albany State; Felise
Langt. Clark Atlanta; Bryant Ervin, Morehouse
DEFENSE
DL. Frankliq Turner, Sr.. Albany State; Alton Pettway.
Jr. Albany State; Mchael Porter. So.. Clark Atlanta:
Johnny Williams. Tuskegee LB: Titus Curry, Fr,
Benedict; Derrick White. Sr.. Clark Atlanta: Torres
Moztey, Sr., Tuskegee DB. Marcus Wright, Sr.,
Kentudiy State; Demetrie McCray, Sr.. Albany State,
Gerard Washington, Benedictt Johnny Eubanks. So.,
Morehouse KR/PR: Jacoby Jones. Jr, Lane; PK:
RooseveQ Echeverry, Sr.. Tuskegee P: Brandon
Larkin. Jr. Clark Atlanta
OFFENSIVE PUYER OF THE YEAR
Kevin Huff, Jr, OB, Tuskegee
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Alton Pettway. Jr. DL. Albany State
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Sherard Blls. OB. Lane
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Kevin Huff. Jr. Tuskegee
COACH OF THE YEAR
James ‘Mke* White. Albany State
Jackson State interviewing for
vacant head coaching spot
Tuskegee head coach Rick Comegy and
Alcorn State offensive coordinator John
McKenzie are reportedly two of the finalists for
the vacant head football coaching position at
Jackson State.
Unconfirmed reports out of Jackson Tuesday
indicated that former JSU wide receiver and NFL
standout Harold Jackson, now a receivers coach
at Baylor, had withdrawn his name from consider
ation. There was also speculation that former
.41abama State and Tennessee State head coach
L.C. Cole, now defensive coordinator at Lane,
would be interviewed.
Comegy, whose team is preparing for
Saturday's Pioneer Bowl in Charlotte, was sched
uled for an interview Tuesday, according to the
Jackson Clarion-ledger. The newspaper reported
that Cole was also scheduled to be interviewed
Tuesday with McKenzie’s Wednesday.
According lo the newspaper, the nine-mem
ber search committee is to meet after the inter
views and make a recommendation to JSU
President Ronald Mason, Jn, by Dec. 2.
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