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black college sports by barry cooper itlMNIIilllllllHtfHtinWiiaUillNlllltllllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIUMIIIIIIIIIIIIUmilHimiir tike virtually every other black college conference in the country, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference is saddled with a number of problems right now, but MEAC commissioner Kenneth A. Free never dreads going to work. He says the best is yet to come for the seven-team league. "Everybody says I'm optimistic," said Free. "But what should I be?" This year is a crucial one for the MEAC, which will lose three teams to the CentraV Intercollegiate Athletic Association at the end of the year. Moving to the .ClAA will be Maryland Eastern-Shore, Morgan State, and North Carolina Central. The departure of those three schools would reduce the MEAC to a four team league. That would make it tough for the conference to survive, and Free knows it. "We are trying to attract two more schools," Free said. "That would give us a seven-team league. We think Florida A&M might come with us, and we have, talked with Bethune-Cookman (Fla.) College." The biggest problem facing the MEAC right now are thr stringent scheduling requirements facing Division 1 teams. And the Mb AC is a Division 1 conference. That's why Eastern-Shore, Morgan State, and North Carolina Central decided to move to the CIA A, which is composed of Division 2 schools. "They are leaving on their own accord so that they will not hold the conference back in meeting Division 1-AA requirements," Free said." The decision for them to decide not to go into Division 1 wasn't much of a struggle. They saw that they couldn't do it economicaliy" Division 1 basketball teams must play 85 per cent of their games against other Division 1 teams, and Division 1-AA football teams must play more than half of their games against Division 1-A or Division 1-AA opponents. (Division 1-A is composed of the nation's largest schools, like Notre Dame, Southern California, and others. Smaller schools like Howard, Delaware State, andFlorida A&M are in Division 1-AA). Because its schools did not meet the scheduling requirements in basketball, the MEAC schools are listed as "unclassified" with the NCAA this year. That means none of the schools will be eligible for the Division 1-AA playoffs in football this year, or the Division 1 basketball tournarnent in March. Not being eligible for the football playoffs is a real blow to MEAC member South Carolina State, which is country. But the likeahle Free says he hopes his conference will have it's Division 1 status back by next year. He said he - is trying to solve the basketball scheduling problem? "Things are going fine," he said. "I think things are better now than ever since I have been here. Things we will really get to moving as soon as we get some new people in. "Basketball was where we were hit with our scheduling dilemna. With three Division 2 schools in the conference (Morgan State, Maryland-Eastern Shore, and North Carolina Central), teams were only playing six games against Division 1 opponents in the conference. And to meet the 85 percent requirement, you have got to play something like 18 games or so against each Division 1 team. We just didn't make it this year." It became apparent to Free that his league would have to go outside the conference for more Division 1 basketball games, and will probably have toj?orttinue doing so. The logical place to start would be the basketball-rich North Carolina-Virginia-Maryland area. But Free said that is easier said that than done. i "It would be ideal to get some of the white schools < that are in this area," Free said from his office in i Durham, N.C. "But they won't play us. And other schools want you to come to their place, but they don't want to come to vours." L Some of the schools that are already in Division 1 are ^ talcing advantage of those that are trying to get admitted to Division 1. They know teams like those in the MEAC need Division 1 games. So they say, "play us here or else." And that is exactly what the MEAC will be forced to do. "I think our teams will be playing a maximum of eight games at home," he said. "That's just the way it is going to be. We'll be ort the road a lot." Free wants badly to land FAMU and Bethune-Cookman. FAMU is already a member of Division 1, and Bethune js said to be seeking admission. Those two additions could make for a strong conference. Free said he is doing everything he can to help the schools make of their minds. A&M has already withdrawn from the Southern intercollegiate Athletic Conference, and plans to join either the Southwestern Athletic Conference or the MEAC by December 1. Bethune is still a member of the SIAC. 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Central Intercollegiate Mahan has one 100-yard Athletic Association game to his credit and CIAA- in rushing. Armstrong has two^lOO^ yard games. In Hampton s long foot- jn addition, Armstrong ball history that dates has won the NAIA District back to 1901, no runner 19 Offensive Player of the has ever managed to gar^ Week honor two consecuner 1,000 yards on the tive weeks. Against Elizaground. Some years were SO lean in fact that the rushing leader for the entire 1971 season had just 187 yards. The 1969 rushing leader had 197. The all.time rnshing lead r a i n: er iur uie riraies is mine m Holland who, in 1961, "jifcWi dashed for, ^083 yards. But the 1979 team boasts two outstanding runn- , ing backs which has caus- 11^ \ j /I ed head coach Walter | I \ 1 / Lovett some sleepless nights. Prep AH-America 113 yards before sustain- Just Sa ing^n4njury and Anthony^ Armstrong has posted back-to-back 100 yard games. Included in the stable of runners are fullbacks Donnell Jones and Willie Pair who are both ^u effective and bio It's the talented back- or field that is troubling ^ Lovett. *'I woke up at 3:00 ^BnaiyHI in the morning in a cold sweat. I dreamed that we changed to the wishbone ? ~ offense to take advantage \#( of Mahan and Armstrong ^ ' ... and we fumbled 10 B ( times." But that wasn't I l the end of it, "Then 1 B?r dreamt that we were us- I Qty Size ing both Mahan and Arm- H~~"~ I 4 H70X15 \TTENTION I TAXPAYERS I 8 G78X15 Your tax dollars, like I 4 B78X13 ( your paycheck dollars, I fl don't stretch as far as they used to. I ^ J78X15 Hive your state government your best ideas on how to stretch I tax dollars further by I n* m ^ m Waste-Line 1-800-662-70S7 Ckivernor's Office of Titian Affairs A\ C.fl __j>P*tol. Rateifh. N.C. 27611 XtOgJ )ment of I S* * SUITS I %JP?C count today I I ^ 4 , mmap^pr I jim therrell. Mgr DOWNTOWN 601 W. 4?h OPfN AN ACCOUNT I Ph0?Ju?"? u * * S20 M. 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