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5C o«o SPORTS/tB^e Cfjarlottc Thursday, September 21, 2006 ^ For the Week of Sept. 19 -25, 2006 BCSP Photo NICHOLSON: Marketing genius who helped put wNC OP Grambling band and foot- jK world map A IvIND passes at 85. T SU/NCCU TOP INTER-CONFERENCE GAME; FOUR BATTLES VS. I-A FOES SCORES THURSDAY, SEPT. 14 Albany State 14, Stillman? SATURDAY, SEPT. 16 Alabama Stale 31, Ark-Pine Bluff 13 Bethune-Cookman 45, S. C. Stale 21 California (Pa.) 43, Cheyney 8 ' Carson Newman 24, St. Augustine's 14 Catawl^a 31, Virginia State 13 Eliz. City State 43, Fayetteville St. 31 Florida A&M 31, Howard 23 Hampton 48, N. C AST 14 Houston 42, Grambling State 22 Kentucky State 34, Morehouse 31 Lane 27, Concordia 20 Miles 15, Foil Valley State 7 Miss. Valley St. 23, Alabama A&M 20 Missouri-Rolla 49, Lincoln 7 Morgan State 28, Bowie State 20 New Mexico St. 48, Texas Southern 14 NW State 23, Delaware State 3 Prairie View 26, Southern 23, OT Shaw 26, Edward Vinters 20 Tenn. State 31. Jackson State 30, OT Texas College 37, Bellhaven 34 Tusculum 28, St. Paul's 0 Tuskegee 41,8enedict14 Virginia Union 14, Livingstone 12 • W. Va. Wesleyan 21, W. Va. State 14 HOW THEY DID IT Six of the teams ranked in the BCSP Top Ten lost this week. - Prairie View 26. No. 5 Southern 23 RB Arnell Fontenot scored on a 14-yard TD run in overtime to give Prairie View (2-1, l-I SWAC W) its first win over Southern (2-1, 1-1 SWAC W) since 1971. Fontenot's three-yard TD run with 18 seconds left followed by Eric Hernandez's PAT kick had enabled PV to tie the score at 20 and force the overtime. It was the second of two 11-play scoring drives by the Panthers in the fourth quarter which followed fumbles by Southern QB J. C. Lewis (16 of 26,140 yds., 2 ints.). QB Chris Gibson had scored with 2:33 left on a one-yard run. Southern got the ball first in the OT and scored on Brett Ackley's 27-yard field goal. PV held Southern to 211 total yards while the Panthers rushed for 251 yards. - No. 10 Miss. Valley State 23, No. 2 Alabama A&M 20 MVSU placekicker Zach Giiarski hit on a 48-yard fidd goal with 8 seconds left after a disputed timeout to allow the Delta Devils (2-1, 2-1 SWAC E) to knock A&M (2-1, 1-1 SWAC E) from the unbeaten ranks in a key SWAC East Division game. Gilarski's game-winner followed a six-play 37-yard drive keyed by a 21-yard rim from QB Aries Nelson. MVSU called a timeout with 11 seconds left which A&M coach Anthony Jones disput ed. MVSU led 20-0 at the half behind most of Johey Hargett's 104 rushing yards which included a 22-yard second quarter TD scamper. A&M came back to score 20 second-half points, tying the score on a 15-yard scoring pass from Kelcy Luke (9-of-24,94 yds.) to Anton Mitchell with 2:20 to play. - No. 8 Bethune-Cookman 45. No. 6 South Carolina State 21 Bethune-Cookman (2-1, 1-0 MEAC)furabled on its first two possessions spotting SC State (1-2, 0-1 MEAC) the game's first 14 points and then scored on its next seven possessions tallying 45 unanswered points behind the sterling play of QB Jarod Rucker, who completed 22 of 27 passes for 367 yards and five TDs. Stephen Walker had six receptions for 123 yards including a TD catch of 44 yards to get the Wildcats on the board in the first quarter and a 27yarder to close out their scoring in the third quar- -ter. Between Walker's scores. Paul Neufville, who had six recep tions totalling 112 yards, had a 34-yard second quarter TD catch and Eric Weems, who had six catches for 87 yards, had second quarter scoring receptions 6f 33 and 17 yards. - Noithwestem State 23, #4 Delaware Slate 3 Delaware State (2-1, 1-0 MEAC) could manage only a 48-yard second quarter Josh Brite field goal in its loss at NW State. DSU RB Emmanuel Marc rushed for 110 yards on 18 carries and WR Shaheer McBride had eight receptions for 71 yards but the Hornets could penetrate no deeper than the opponents’ 31-yard line. DSU had 12 penalties for 135 yards. - Morgan Slate 28, No. 9 Bowie State 20 Morgan State (1-2, 0-0 MEAC) got its first win of the season behind RB Chad Simpson who rushed for 178 yards on ten car ries including TD runs of 40, 54 and 60 yards. MSU fell behind 13-0 before scoring 28 straight points. The Bears rushed for 259 yards and passed for only 29 yards. BSU (2-1, 0-0 CIAA E) gained 323 yards of total offense but had 13 penalties for 106 yards. - Houston 42, No. 7 Grambling State 22 Div. lA Houston spotted Grambling (0-3,0-1 SWACW) an early touchdown and then scored 42 consecutive points to hand the G- Men their third straight loss. Back-up GSU QB Larry Kerlegan played most of the game for the Tigers completing 18 of 23 pass es for 248 yards and two TDs and. also rushed 20 limes for 88 yards. WR Clyde Edwards had six receptions for 87 yards including a 34-yarder to open the scoring. Tim Abney had four receptions for 86 yards including a 33-yarder for a TD. BCSP TOP TEN 1. HAMPTON (3-0) Dominated NC A&T 48-14. NEXT: Meets Morgan State at New Jersey Meadowlands. 2. N. C. CENTRAL (3-0) - Idle. NEXT: At No. 4 Southern. 3. DELAWARE STATE (2-1) ■ Fell to NW State, 23-3. NEXT: Idle. 4. SOUTHERN (2-1) - Surrendered late lead and lost to Prairie View, 23-20 in OT. NfXT: Hosting No. 2 NC Central. 5. BETHUNE-COOKMAN (2-1) - Passed its way to 45-21 win over No. 6 S. C. State. NEXT: Hosts unbeaten Norfolk State. 6. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE (2-1) • Beat Alabama A&M, 23-20. NEXT: At Jackson State. 7. ALABAMA A&M (2-1) - Knocked off by then No. 10 Miss. Valley State, 23-20. NEXT; At Texas Southern. 8. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE (1-2) .- Beaten by then No. 8 Bethune-Cookmai, 45-21. NEXT: At Coastal Carolina 9. GRAMBLING STATE (0-3) Lost to Div. lA Houston, 42-22. NEXT: Idle. 10. MILES (2-1) - Beat Fort Valley State, 15-7. NEXT: Faces Stillman Sunday in Birmingham. ©AZEEZ Communications, Inc. VOL. XIII, NO. 8 2006 BLACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL (Results, Standings and Weekly Honors) Athletic Associutioh N. C. Centra! SI. Augustine's iiytls,2TDs H, JR., Jr„ RB, ECSU 24-15-255,411)8 ROOKIE BILLY WIGGINS, II, Fr., WR, ECSU • 71-yard punt latum lor TO, 3 relums 149 yds SPECIALTY KEVIN DODSON, Sr., PK. ECSU -6pi.nl6,490aifg,40-var(IW[l9oal OFFENSIVE LINEMAN RONNiE Pfci Sr„0T,ECSU * Athletic CoNfenENCE CONF ALL HEAC PUYEftSOFTtiE WEEK OTFENSE JAROD RICKER, r-Jr., QB. B-CC • 27-22-0-367,5TDs( Athletic Conference AYERS OF THE WEEK ,E RONI ROBINSON, Sr., RB.KSU-17 92 yds, 10 6 yiK, TD, 1 lec, 51 yds ' ATKINSON, So., QB, TU - 16-16KF DL, KSU - 7 ' ATHLETIC CONFEREHCE DIV ALL E. DIVISION W L W L Mss. Valley St. 2 12 1 Alabama A&M 112 1 Alabama Slate 1112 Jackson Stale 0 0 11 Alcorn State 0 10 2 W. DIVISION Texas Soufliem 2 0 *2 1 Southern 112 1 Prairie View A&M 112 1 AtV Pine Huff 12 12 Grambling State 0 10 3 SWAC PUYERSOF THE WEEK OFFENSE ARNELL FONTENOT, Jr., RB,PV •22cai,7Cyaj(ls,2TDsl3,14) SPECIAL TEAMS ZACK GIURSKI, Fr., KA>, MVSU • 49-yard game-winning FG wtli IB sec- ends lett S ants, 33 4 avg, 2-cil-3 pats NEWCOMER URRY KERLEGAN, Jr., QB, GSU •23-16K)-248,2TD8,20car,88yd8 ALEXENGRAM, So., QB, AUB. ST. • I3-I1-0- 15B,3TD5,9cames, 70yds INDEPENDENTS W. Ife. Slate Langston 1 1 Concordia 1 2 Texas College 1 1 Central Slate 0 1 PaulQumn 0 2 Savannah Stale 0 2 Lincoln (Mo.) 0 3 Cheyney 0 3 Edward Waters 0 4 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSE JAVARRIS WILLIAMS, Sc., RB, TNST- 25carries, til yds, STDs(1,1,4) including a lour-yarder in OT DEFENSE ANTWAN NICOUS, D8, EWC • Three solo tackles, nine assists and an inler- ceplai relumed 100 yards fer a TO Non-conference games highlight schedule LUT WILLIAMS BCSP Editor The next-to-the-last weekend of September is filled with out-of-conference games for HBCUs, four against tough Div. lA opponents on the road. The top inter-conference battle however is between the SWAC and CIAA in Baton Rouge, La. The CIAA also has three more games against its NCAA Div, II Southeast Region nemesis, the South Atlantic Conference. Key conference games are also on tap in the MEAC, SIAC and SWAC. #2 vs. #3 This week's top inter-conference game is between teams ranked second and third in the latest BCSP Top Ten- Southern (2-1, 1-1 SWAC W) ranked third, who GAhAES THIS WEEK SATURDAY, SEPT. 23 Vanderbilt vs. Tennessee State in Nashville, TN 12noon Cheyney vs. Edinboro in Cheyney, PA ■ 1:00pm Fairmont St. vs. W. Virginia St. in Fairmont, VW ' 1:00pm Mara Hill vs. Saih^Aug'gBline's.in'Mafs'Hil!, NC 1:30pm Newberry vs. Eliz. city'St'.'in Newberry , SC 1:30pm Alcorn St. vs. Alabama St. in Alcorn State, MS 2:00pm Lincoln vs. Kentucky Wesl. in Jefferson City, MO 2:00pm Maine-Orono vs. Shaw in Orono, ME 2:00pm Rutgers vs. Howard in Piscataway, NJ 2:00pm Virginia St. vs. Cars.-Newman in Petersburg, VA 3:00pm B-Cookman vs. Norfolk State in Dayt. Beach, FL 4:00pm Jackson St. vs. Miss Valley State in Jackson, MS 4:00pm La.-Lafayette vs. NC A&T in Lafayette, LA 4:00pm Benedict vs. Lenoir-Rhyne in Columbia, SC 6:00pm Fayetteville St. vs. St. Paul's in Fayetteville, NC 6:00pm Florida A&M vs W-Salem State in Tallahassee, FL 6:00pm Fort Valley State vs. Tuskegee in Macon, GA 6:00pm Lane vs. ClarkAtlanta in Jackson, TN 6:00pm Prairie View vs. Langston in Prairie View, TX 6:00pm Southern vs. NC Central in Bqton Rouge, LA 6;00pm Ark.-Pine Bluff vs. S. Illinois in Pine Bluff, AR 6;30pm Coastal Carolina vs^ SC State in Conway, SC 7:00pm Morehouse vs. Concordia in Atlanta, GA 7:00pm Paul Quinn vs. Howard Payne in Dallas, TX 7:00pm Texas Southern vs. Alabama A&M in Houston, TX 7;00pm Virginia Union vs. J. C. Smith in Richmond, VA 7:00pm N. Greenville vs. Edward Vinters in Greenville, SC TBA CLASSIC GAMES The Classic Livingstone vs. Bowie State in Charlotte, NC 4;00pm New York Urban League Classic Morgan State vs. Hampton in East Rutherford, NJ 4:00pm Toyota Heritage Classic - WCSU-88.9FM Kentucky State vs. Central State in Lexington, KY 5;00pm Joe Turner Classic Savannah State vs. Liberty in Savannah, GA 6:00pm SUNDAY, SEPT. 24 6th Annual Steel City Classic - ESPNU-Live Miles vs. Stillman in Birmingham, AL 5:00pm suffered a a tough overtime upset loss to Prairie View last week, hosts CIAA defending champion, undefeated North Carolina Central. NCCU (3-0, 2-0 CIAA W), coming off a NCAA Div. 11 playoff appearance last year, is currently ranked second in the BCSP Top Ten behind top-ranked Hampton. This will be a real test for Rod Broadway’s talented NCCU squad against a quality I-AA oppo nent and perennial SWAC contender. This is the first meeting between the schools and NCCU has never defeated a SWAC opponent: NCCU is expected to move up to I-AA next year. Southern continues to be plagued by an ane mic running game which accounted for only 59 yards in 33 carries vs. Prairie View and averages just 39 yards per game. Southern QB J. C. Lewis however is the SWAC's most proficient and prodi gious passer hitting on 60.8% of his passes (59 of 97) for 698 yards with eight TDs and only two interceptions. NCCU QB Stadford Brown is also his con-, ference's leading passer and has numbers similar to Lewis. Brown has completed 58.5% of his tosses (38 of 65) for 690 yards with six TDs and two interceptions. The game is likely to come down to who takes better care of the ball and which defense does the best job. Taking on the Big Boys As far as the lA foes are concerned, Tennessee State (2-1) is travelling crosstown in Nashville to face winless Vanderbilt (0-3), who has close losses to Michigan (27-7), Alabama (13-10) and Arkansas (21-19). This will be the first meet ing between the schools on the gridiron. The schools are separated by about five miles. The TSU men have met Vanderbilt once in basketball. Winless Howard (0-2) travels to Piscataway, N.J, to face unbeaten Rutgers (3-0) while Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1-2) gets a chance to host a lA program when it entertains unbeaten Southern Illinois (2-0). Winless North Carolina A&T (0-2) travels to Louisiana to take on Louisiana-Lafayette (0-2), whose losses are to nationally-ranked LSU and Texas A&M. CIAA The CIAA will try to improve on its 1-8 record vs. the SAC this season as it closes out this phase of the schedule with three more games. Unbeaten Newberry (3-0) hosts fellow unbeaten BCSP Notes Black college legend passes When the history of Grambling University football is written, the name of a non-football player will be near the top of the story. That's because as the sports information director for Grambling from 1948 to 1978, Collie Nicholson was as much responsible for creating the Tigers' national and world-wide reputation as legendary coach Eddie Robinson and their legion of football stars. Nicholson passed last week in Elizabeth City State (3-0), Mars Hill (2-1) hosts St. Augustine's (1-2), who lost to SAC frontrunner Carson-Newman 24-14 last week, while Virginia State (0-3) entertains CNU in Petersburg. In conference games, Virginia Union (2-1, 1- 0 E) e^itertains Johnson C. Smith (2-1, 0-1 W), Fayetteville State (1-3, 0-1 W) is at home vs. St. Paul's (1-2, 0-0 E) and Livingstone (0-4, 0-1 W) takes on Bowie State (2-1, 0-0) at Memorial Stadium in Charlotte (N.C.) in a game billed as The Classic. SWAC The wild, wild SWAC had three games Saturday that went down to the final seconds. Prairie View upset Southern in overtime, Mississippi Valley State got a last-second field goal to knock off Alabama A&M and Jackson State lost to Tennessee State on a two-point con version in overtime. In games this weekend, A&M (2-1, 1-1 W) has to regroup as it travels to Texas to face Texas Southern (2-1, 2-0 W). TSU's only win last year was an upset of A&M at the Bulldogs' homecom ing, MVSU (2-1,2-1 E) is at Jackson State (1-1,0- 0 E) and Alcorn State (0-2,0-1 E) hosts Alabama State {1-2, l-I E) in pivotal East Division battles. Prairie View (2-1) hosts Langston (1-1) in a non conference tilt. MEAC and SIAC Bethune-Cookman (2-1, 1-0) hosts Norfolk State (2-0,0-0) in the key MEAC match-up. B-CC and NSU played to a 63-61 four overtime decision last year in Norfolk, This game matches B-CC head coach Alvin Wyatt against his former defensive coordinator, second-year NSU head coach Pete Adrian. Top-ranked Hampton (3-0, 2-0) meets Morgan State (1-2, 0-0) at the New York Urban League Classic at the New Jersey Meadowlands while South Carolina State (1-2, 0-1), reeling after a 45-2! loss to B-CC, is at Coastal Carolina (1-2). In the SIAC games. Fort Valley State (2-1, 1-1) and Tiiskegee (2-1, 2-1) meet in Macon, Ga. and Miles (2-1,2-0) and Stiliman tussle Sunday in Birmingham. Benedict hosts Lenoir-Rhyne, Morehouse hosts Concordia and Kentucky. State plays Central State in Lexington, Ky., in out-of- conference games. LEGENDS: Former Grambling coach Eddie Robinson (left) with his partner in GSU lore, former GSU SID and marketing genius, Collie Nicholson. BCSP NFL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK FOR GAMES OF 9/17-18 DEFENSE RASHEAN MATHIS, 6-1, 200, DB, Jacksonville (BETHUNE-COOKMAN) - Two interceptions, three tackles and one assist in shutout win over Pittsburgh. ROBERT MATHIS, 6-2, 235, DE, Indianapolis (ALABAMA A&M) Two sacks among four tackles with two assists and a forced fumble in win over Houston. Mathis' sock come against Houston QB David Carr on the first ploy of the gome. OFFENSE DONALD DRIVER, 6-0,188, WR, Green Bay (6th year, ALCORN STATE) Led Packers with eight receptions for ]53 yards and hod one carry for 16 yards in loss to New Orleans. Shreveport after a lengthy illness. He was 85. Nicholson, along with Robinson and late GSU President Dr. Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones, created a triumvirate that worked to, as Nicholson explained, "make Grambling to black America what Notre Dame was to American Catholics." And that's exactly what they accomplished. Robinson's job was to win games, Jones had to make sure Robinson had the wherewithal to do so with Nicholson as the architect and marketing genius behind the effort. Today, Grambling is known as the gold standard in black college foot ball because of the legacy built by the three. Nicholson returned from a three-year stint as a writer in the Marines to finish Grambling in 1948 and assume the post of director of sports infor mation, From that post he arranged for the band and the football team to appear in venues across the world. He drove an hour after games at Grambling to Shreveport, La., to send game stories to over 400 African-American newspapers around the country. He beat the pavement in New York and cultivated corporate relationships that paved the way for Grambling to play Morgan State at Yankee Stadium in 1968, the first-ever televised game between two black colleges that aired on ABC. That event was the spark for the big-venue classic games that Grambling and many other black colleges still play in today. But he went funher, learning Japanese to converse with Japanese spon sors as he arranged a Grambling game played in Tokyo, Japan, He was also the brainchild of the successful Bayou Classic between Grambling and Southern. He created the Grambling Football Highlight Show that at its peak was shown on over 120 TV stations around the country in the 1960s that as much as anything acquainted a national audience with the G-Men. Nicholson’s legacy was honored at Grambling State this past summer as the pressbox at Robinson Stadium was renamed in his honor.
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